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Taverner
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:06 PM Original message |
DUers in Heavily Red Areas/States - Do you ever fear for your lives? |
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Neecy
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I live in a rural red area and no. |
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texastoast
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. 78% straight puke ticket county here |
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ddeclue
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not usually but I've lived in the Deep South in very red places much of my life. |
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Redneck Socialist
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nah, there was a dude at the gun range the other day with an Obama sticker on his truck. |
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Donnachaidh
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. yes. |
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Maru Kitteh
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. My husband has taken a couple of thinly veiled gun threats from a Rush-sucking co-worker. |
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Lisa0825
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Texas here..... not my life, but my car. |
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w8liftinglady
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. lol...see my post below-Texas,too |
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Cresent City Kid
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. I'm just outside San Antonio |
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Lisa0825
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. That's not very pro-life of him! |
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treestar
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Wed Sep-09-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
72. Wonder what his opinion on abortion is |
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w8liftinglady
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. sometimes when I drove my "Liberal-mobile" |
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Lisa0825
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. I have had a fantasy of..... |
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NRaleighLiberal
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. No fear for my life in this red area of N. Raleigh. I fear for my sanity! |
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HughMoran
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. They might |
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Taverner
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. But what if they show up in numbers? |
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HughMoran
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Gun |
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Taverner
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. What if they bring guns? |
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HughMoran
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Wed Sep-09-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
69. Live Free or Die |
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laconicsax
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Do you mean brother and cousins or a brother who was also his cousin? |
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Old Codger
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I am not |
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TwilightGardener
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. oops, wrong spot. |
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Syrinx
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. no |
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MadHound
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Fear for my life, no. Fear for my country, by all means |
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tammywammy
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. No n/t |
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customerserviceguy
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. The rural areas I lived in out in Western Washington |
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BolivarianHero
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Furthermore... |
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customerserviceguy
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. So are most all conservatives out there in the sticks |
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Jennicut
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I don't like bashing of the South and I live in very blue CT |
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tabbycat31
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. I dealt with quite a few of them in liberal NJ |
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Jennicut
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. They are everywhere! My parents are conservatives but not so looney |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
57. I certainly know I hear more racist remarks |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #57 |
76. I would consider many parts of NY, NJ and even Queens to be a "red area" |
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brendan120678
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Wed Sep-09-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #44 |
63. Yeah...some areas of CT are unusually conservative. |
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Taverner
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. That's not what I meant and you know it |
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customerserviceguy
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. It is baseless, for the most part |
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Taverner
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. No - it's not baseless |
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cliffordu
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Wed Sep-09-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #37 |
55. ROFL.....Fuck with me and I'll stab you with my runcible spoon!!!!! |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. About the last time I actually SAW a member of a right wing militia |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #56 |
68. Yeah, that's the ticket. The militias don't exist. Timothy McVeigh was a lone nut. |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
95. They exist |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. The Black Panthers DID exist |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #97 |
101. Again, the threat of RW militias is overblown |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #101 |
107. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were not Left Wingers |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. They weren't Montana Freemen, either |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #110 |
114. unhinged violent loners being the keyword |
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treestar
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Wed Sep-09-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #56 |
73. Are you using the Freeper Debate Manual? |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #73 |
91. All I'm saying |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. "you're certainly safer there than you would be in most of America's big cities especially at night" |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #96 |
105. Not sure what part of Oregon you're talking about |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #105 |
118. Well I have personal experiences in Lebanon |
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treestar
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #96 |
111. Good point. Maybe some African Americans will answer |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. You're seeing a magnification of this |
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treestar
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #113 |
121. Well that's true |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. What is far more dangerous to healthcare reform |
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LanternWaste
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Wed Sep-09-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
87. ELF? |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. I don't think ELF counts as a militia |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Unarmed? |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Criminal, and Terrorist is debateable - but armed? |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. If you use your tire iron as a weapon |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Not at all - your life has never been theatened by Rednecks before, has it? |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. Yeah, mine has been |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. Thing is its in their culture |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. Well, I guess it's a matter of definition |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Like I said, most of the folks who call themselves rednecks aren't |
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customerserviceguy
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. And he's typical of the folks you'll find out in the backwoods |
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LanternWaste
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #88 |
115. I imagine one man's terrorist organization is another man's militia movement... |
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Skittles
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. those ignorant bastards don't scare me one bit |
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TK421
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Wed Sep-09-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
83. Forget outshooting them, they would piss their overalls in anticipation of |
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Lagomorph
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. I've had some hilarious political arguments... |
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havocmom
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. Of late, yes |
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madamesilverspurs
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. Nope. That said, |
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Taverner
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. ROCK ON!!!! |
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madamesilverspurs
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Wed Sep-09-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
77. ... |
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seabeyond
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Tue Sep-08-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. amarillo texas. after 2006 election. immediately. i had tons of stickers on car |
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rucky
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. No, but I'm white and clean-cut. |
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sierraok
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. Rural Okie here! |
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ccharles000
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. welcome to DU |
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RagAss
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. Welcome...great post ! |
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Wed Sep-09-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
61. Your not the only Dem in Oklahoma. |
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sierraok
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Wed Sep-09-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Thanks for the welcome wagon!! |
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guitar man
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Wed Sep-09-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
79. hey fellow Okie |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
82. FTR Bartcop is also from OK |
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Froward69
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. only when I travel |
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librechik
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. Dem HQ got our windows broken out a couple weeks back--and that was lefties! |
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girl gone mad
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. No. |
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RagAss
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
39. No....these assclowns would never come into my neighborhood anyway ! |
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Penguin31
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. My native county (KY) went 80.7% to 19.3% for McCain |
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kelly1mm
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. Prius = "Box trap for lib'ruls". That is actually kind of funny! nt |
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onestepforward
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
45. I live in the extreme far edge of Houston |
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EndersDame
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
47. I have lived in Wacko tx and not really |
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era veteran
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. No they can kiss my ass |
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TwilightGardener
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. No. Nebraska doesn't have a lot of wackaloons--or should I say, |
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RoyGBiv
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Tue Sep-08-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. Not because of politics, no ... |
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Manifestor_of_Light
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Wed Sep-09-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
54. yes. |
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kctim
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Wed Sep-09-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
58. Nope, never... |
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RebelOne
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Wed Sep-09-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
59. I live in North Georgia in a 100% red county and have had no problems |
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n2doc
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Wed Sep-09-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
60. Only my sanity n/t |
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old mark
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Wed Sep-09-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
62. Back when Clinton was President, my wife drove a tiny Subaru Justy |
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ampad
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Wed Sep-09-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #62 |
90. LOL |
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deaniac21
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Wed Sep-09-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
124. You are so manly! |
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old mark
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Thu Sep-10-09 04:54 AM Response to Reply #124 |
128. Just angry, actually - this was man years ago, |
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Are_grits_groceries
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Wed Sep-09-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
64. You mean beside family? |
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Lerkfish
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Wed Sep-09-09 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
65. doesn't have to be a rural area: suburban SW Ohio can be pretty scary |
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Arkansas Granny
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Wed Sep-09-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
66. No. I've never felt like I was in physical danger from anyone because of their politics. |
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ohheckyeah
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Wed Sep-09-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
70. No, I can't say I fear for my life. |
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asdjrocky
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Wed Sep-09-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
71. In my neighborhood it's not uncommon for people to fear for their lives. |
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Enthusiast
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Wed Sep-09-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
74. One danger is |
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Javaman
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Wed Sep-09-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
75. AHHHH!!!! SOYLENT GREEN IS FEAR!!! |
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gauguin57
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Wed Sep-09-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
78. I fear my car getting keyed and my bumper stickers pulled off. |
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LuvNewcastle
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Wed Sep-09-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
80. Mississippi isn't as bad as you might think. |
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guitar man
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Wed Sep-09-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
81. No |
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Xithras
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Wed Sep-09-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
84. No. The overwheming majority of conservatives are sane, normal people... |
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trayfoot
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Wed Sep-09-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
85. I live in a very rural, highly ReTHUGlican area. |
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LanternWaste
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Wed Sep-09-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
86. No. The reds seem to be just as friendly as the blues. |
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Lone_Star_Dem
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Wed Sep-09-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
89. Not unless I'm bungee jumping, but then that's part of the thrill |
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TransitJohn
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
92. Only when I visit those overpopulated liberal bastions known as cities. |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. I assume you are white and male |
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TransitJohn
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. Huh? |
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Taverner
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Sorry man, missed that part |
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TransitJohn
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. will this help |
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Witchy_Dem
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
100. I'm a drop of blue in a sea of red |
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scrinmaster
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Wed Sep-09-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
102. Nope. |
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xultar
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
116. Black woman near Forsyth County GA. HELL YES. |
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tjwash
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Wed Sep-09-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
119. Jeebus H Christmas...what a ridiculous question |
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Taverner
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Thu Sep-10-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #119 |
129. Again, you must not be a member of any minority... |
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Feron
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Wed Sep-09-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
125. No. I'm not afraid of them. |
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cayanne
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Wed Sep-09-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
126. North Idaho here |
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Texasgal
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Wed Sep-09-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
127. Umm... no. |
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blogslut
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Thu Sep-10-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
130. As a single woman with no car |
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