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In reply to the discussion: DNC to hold public hearings for party platform [View all]JimDandy
(7,318 posts)31. Yes, it's considered part of the Upper South.
Take your beef to the US Census Bureau who has it firmly in the Southern States category. By the way, Maryland (and the District) was a southern slave state right up to the start of the Civil War.
Any comment on not holding any of the hearings in solidly blue states?
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LOL, All of Dem Platform hearings are in conservative GOP controlled southern states!
JimDandy
May 2016
#3
I guess I don't read Politico enough to know how they referrence things. nt
Dr Hobbitstein
May 2016
#80
I live in NoVA (Alexandria, to be specific) and am always reminded that I am in the South...
Raine1967
May 2016
#27
I own a home in Cape May, NJ....below the Mason Dixon. That's how useful that line
msanthrope
May 2016
#29
Yes. How about California, for instance?!!! Or New York? Odd, slanted choice of locations.
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#56
I mean radicals as in radicals. As in aspousing to values not representative o the Democratic Party.
beastie boy
May 2016
#42
In reference to your post: these are Democrats not known for their strong advocacy for the unions.
beastie boy
May 2016
#64
Yes. How about California, for instance?!!! Or New York? Odd, slanted choice of locations.
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#57
Actually, Obama held hearings on the Democratic Party Platform in all 50 states.
JimDandy
May 2016
#41
Hopefully she's just trying to redeem her (cough) reputation, and nothing more sinister.
JudyM
May 2016
#70
Brilliant move! There goes Bernie's claim to represent the will of the people.
beastie boy
May 2016
#37
Yeah, there's goes Debbie's plan to fuck up the 2016 GE. Pretty sure she can take a Progressive
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#58
Who started all this "Progressive/Regressive" nonsense ? Shouldn't it really be Leftist/Centrist ?
OnDoutside
May 2016
#66
Funny how people, especially Democrats, do not seem to appreciate Bernie's people agenda.
beastie boy
May 2016
#83