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countmyvote4real

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75. Vigilance All: Red, Blue & Purple.
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 01:52 AM
Jun 2014

The more carpet advertising I see for a cause or a candidate, the more suspect I am of their true calling. You cannot take most political ads at face value. Research.

K&R pscot Jun 2014 #1
DU Rec. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #2
Thanks from Idaho, it always helps to make those points IDemo Jun 2014 #3
K & R Iliyah Jun 2014 #4
I have it easy in blue Minneapolis. I know it takes *courage* to be a liberal in myrna minx Jun 2014 #5
No one ever hears about bad legislation you stopped from happening. Stay strong. Dollface Jun 2014 #6
Good on you all! riqster Jun 2014 #7
Thank You!!! I have beat my head against the proverbial Peacetrain Jun 2014 #8
Oh God yes- KrazyinKS Jun 2014 #13
Use this next time you visit derby378 Jun 2014 #26
I would use that everywhere awoke_in_2003 Jun 2014 #91
I very much agree A Little Weird Jun 2014 #9
Why do you think the liberals in Southern states are not able to get their message across? JDPriestly Jun 2014 #65
Why can't liberals in northern states get their message across? MFrohike Jun 2014 #72
Don't look now, but Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Maine are not in the South. Scuba Jun 2014 #78
I don't know A Little Weird Jun 2014 #98
The answer Wolf-Pac.com mentalslavery Jun 2014 #101
Thanks from Texas. nut flamin lib Jun 2014 #10
Get rid of the Electoral College AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #11
How does that affect the senate? zipplewrath Jun 2014 #25
It affects the presidential election AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #27
Money zipplewrath Jun 2014 #41
If the EC was scrapped AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #50
Kinda dangerous zipplewrath Jun 2014 #54
That was the original rationale of the founders AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #55
Oh no zipplewrath Jun 2014 #57
Then do tell AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #58
Change the entire constitutional form of government zipplewrath Jun 2014 #61
Thanks! AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #64
+1,000 I totally agree RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #67
We don't even get presidential ads up here. Blue_In_AK Jun 2014 #71
It'd be worse under a purely popular vote zipplewrath Jun 2014 #92
I agree with you. Blue_In_AK Jun 2014 #99
The problem with the two senators thing zipplewrath Jun 2014 #116
While I agree about ending the EC quakerboy Jun 2014 #74
No fines, please. bigwillq Jun 2014 #105
I tell people I enjoyed living in Texas Johonny Jun 2014 #12
As a Californian stuck in Texas... thank you. eom Scully Jun 2014 #14
Red State Liberals Are My Heroes Yavin4 Jun 2014 #15
Thanks from Arizona. kairos12 Jun 2014 #16
Thanks so much for this MissDeeds Jun 2014 #17
Consider us deep cover operatives behind enemy lines wyldwolf Jun 2014 #18
The #1 thing that THIS Red State Liberal wants Blue State Liberals to understand.... bvar22 Jun 2014 #19
Hoping for that! I want you to be so RIGHT on this one... CTyankee Jun 2014 #43
+2 nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #44
Beautiful does not even begin to describe the south mentalslavery Jun 2014 #100
I have a love-hate relationship with the south. alarimer Jun 2014 #107
I've woken up on that side of the bed many a day in the south mentalslavery Jun 2014 #109
On behalf of every Democrat in Texas: DFW Jun 2014 #20
And something I want red state liberals to know about this blue state liberal AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #21
But you hit everybody all the same. Are_grits_groceries Jun 2014 #24
Well, they do live in the damage at the epicenter of resulting RNC political policies. AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #49
Thank you from Jawja... Bookmarking in anticipation of the next "Fuck the South" rant, klook Jun 2014 #22
And we're all in this together... charliea Jun 2014 #23
it does need to be revived! why doesn't the party appear to get this? barbtries Jun 2014 #32
5 Things Red State Liberals Want Blue State Liberals To Know The CCC Jun 2014 #28
What? tosh Jun 2014 #29
6. it's more distressing to be a liberal living in a red state barbtries Jun 2014 #30
I just posted below about my move from NY to Georgia (and then to Virginia) Raine1967 Jun 2014 #33
me too actually barbtries Jun 2014 #48
I lived in NY for nearly 40 years. Raine1967 Jun 2014 #31
The MEDIA labeled them "Red States and Blue States".... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #34
Good list. But speaking as a Texan, I doubt it will do much good. Paladin Jun 2014 #35
Being from Texas but having lived in California for 25 years, most of my family nirvana555 Jun 2014 #38
and the worst of it mokawanis Jun 2014 #63
I know exactly how you feel. Paladin Jun 2014 #80
As a red state Dem who fights HARD every election - raven mad Jun 2014 #36
K&R and bookmarking for use later Javaman Jun 2014 #37
The worst is "South Bashing" AlbertCat Jun 2014 #39
"The whole country is a problem." Yes it is. nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #45
"Blue" or "purple" states like VA, FL, NC get WAY less respect here than red states in the West carolinayellowdog Jun 2014 #40
When Sam Houston was governor of Texas, he didn't want to secede either. kentauros Jun 2014 #102
Sam Houston whom we Virginians claim as one of our own carolinayellowdog Jun 2014 #104
A "perfect" Union kentauros Jun 2014 #106
Cheering you from blue CT! CTyankee Jun 2014 #42
Yes. I was raised in MS and I gave up trying to explain it here. nolabear Jun 2014 #46
The Appeal: It's the story of the purchasing of a Supreme Court seat in Mississippi. ~ John Grisham MinM Jun 2014 #81
I'm not sure WI gets more money than it pays in taxes HereSince1628 Jun 2014 #47
+1000 As a Kentucky liberal I know exactly what you are talking about. Stonepounder Jun 2014 #51
I know I've got it relatively easy living in Washington the State. I greatly rhett o rick Jun 2014 #52
It also doesn't help to relentlessly tear down red state Dems like Claire McCaskill, Wendy Davis, Tarheel_Dem Jun 2014 #53
Hagan is timid MFrohike Jun 2014 #68
In northern KY iamthebandfanman Jun 2014 #56
I live in Pennsylvania Bickle Jun 2014 #59
Kicking. nt littlemissmartypants Jun 2014 #60
WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! annabanana Jun 2014 #62
That's what it feels like, lol! Phentex Jun 2014 #84
Hate to admit it, but I could NEVER live in a Red State RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #66
I have lived in the urban south my whole life. Austin, Houston, Atlanta---totally different McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #83
Very interesting. Thanks RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #89
So here's the thing. LA and MS are full of people just living. nolabear Jun 2014 #86
Thanks for insights. I realize that LA is kind of a special case. RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #90
Admittedly I'm from the coast and it's all the same. nolabear Jun 2014 #103
That is an excellent article, Blue_In_AK Jun 2014 #69
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #70
I often wonder WHY elected Democrats tend to be so damn weak against the GOP nastiness. Some days it blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #73
Vigilance All: Red, Blue & Purple. countmyvote4real Jun 2014 #75
I live in rural virginia gwheezie Jun 2014 #76
Keep up the good fight liberal N proud Jun 2014 #77
As a Texas Democrat, I love this article Gothmog Jun 2014 #79
Visit the urban south. Austin. Atlanta. NOLA. Houston. You'll be charmed. McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #82
Yep, it's urban versus rural. Manifestor_of_Light Jun 2014 #115
Something else: The stupid idea of boycotting isn't working! Phentex Jun 2014 #85
I grew up as a liberal in a Red State of Georgia now living in the bluest of Blue State of Maryland Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #87
Maryland gets pretty un-liberal the further away you get from the cities RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #93
red states are more dominated by talk radio than most blue states. and a lot of blue states are certainot Jun 2014 #88
Our House is Divided The River Jun 2014 #94
"Screw the red states." Thanks for your support. Scuba Jun 2014 #95
how masochistic would it be to move elsewhere for this kind of disdain? carolinayellowdog Jun 2014 #110
Its tough for a lib in the big Mis, even tougher for a radical mentalslavery Jun 2014 #96
Thanks, I appreciate your thoughtful post. Scuba Jun 2014 #97
K&R Sissyk Jun 2014 #108
Georgia could go blue if people would just register and vote. They're too lazy and/or apathetic! YOHABLO Jun 2014 #111
Here in NC more folk voted for D candidates than for R candidates in 2012 struggle4progress Jun 2014 #112
And you're fighting back. I'm so proud of the Moral Monday protesters and appreciate Rev Barber ... Scuba Jun 2014 #113
There are few Red or Blue states in reality. DemocraticWing Jun 2014 #114
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