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In reply to the discussion: Dixie's long reign of terror has finally ended. [View all]Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)33. From 2008
ALABAMA: 813, 479 people voted Obama; roughly TOTAL population of VERMONT
FLORIDA: 4,282,074 people voted for Obama; roughly the TOTAL population of CONNECTICUT
GEORGIA: 1,844,137 people voted for Obama; roughly the TOTAL population of NEW HAMPSHIRE
I could go on, but you get the point: there are a lot of Obama votes in the South. And some of us are still in the grips of SuperMajorities of the Dark Side.
WE mourn....do novenas for us or cast the runes...something...I'm expecting the goons in our TN legislature to ban public schools, re-institute slavery and have roving bands of menstruation inspectors all over the hills. Packing heat, of course.
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Superb analysis and writing. It took an African American to drive a stake
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#6
I think you are calling southerners racists as if racism does not exist in the rest of the country.
Tennessee Gal
Nov 2012
#25
270 is irrelevant to FDR's era because the total number of electors was 531?
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2012
#31
OK, I'll say it. It is true that there are many excellent progressives in the South...
Barack_America
Nov 2012
#27
It's not the message that one disagrees with, it's the patronizing tone.
Tommy_Carcetti
Nov 2012
#45