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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:05 PM Original message |
How do we make the South blue? |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. If the federal government stopped sending them money |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Agree. n/t |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. To our military and NASA? |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Cut "defense" spending by two thirds |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I certainly agree with that. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. My suggestion and ONLY true way to do it. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. ROFL |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not every state is winnable... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. But why are they Conservative? |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Why are you liberal? Why am I moderate? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Why am I a liberal? Because the data led me to be so. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Are you saying that if you were born in Missisippi to conservative parents... |
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angel823 (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. I was born in Texas |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. I'm the progeny of VERY conservative Christian parents from coastal Mississippi and Alabama... |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
59. YES...I am an ODD BALL considering I grew up in... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. I'm not so sure that fits. |
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wtbymark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. kick em' out of the union for 10years |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Massive Liberal Reproduction Project? |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Reintroduce slavery. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. But I don't think all Southerners, or even a majority are racist |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No, not all are. Not even a majority. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. And don't forget how many of those who the South is racist against are southern. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. A lot of it comes down to Abortion and the myth that it is RAMPANT. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. "...they are outnumbered by conservatives." |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Hmmm, then if this is true a massive GOTV might take back the South |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. How do we change that problem? I also think it is not just the actual |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. "How do we change that problem?" |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. When the fascists have them *all* working the plantations (I mean, in prison |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Kick it in the nuts? |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. hurrrrrrrrrrr nt |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Gun rights, lower taxes, more shows like Glee. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. Mandatory abortion of inbred fetuses? n/t |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. The bigoted responses of a majority of posters on this thread is the biggest reason |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yep |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. +1 |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Easy |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. My portion of Texas is deep blue! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I'm assuming you live in Austin or the Hill Country, no? |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. No, I live in deep red territory |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. Break up with it after we've met its parents and right before its birthday |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. I've been advising that for years. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. We are at least another generation away from seeing the South turn even purple. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. By pandering to them: Union-busting, pro-corporate/anti-worker policies, coupled with a regressive |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. making them understand that they unwittingly serve the moneychangers. n/t |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. By running more Tom Harkin type Democrats, Sherrod Brown,etc. |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. Ya gotta start with Crystal Gayle's brown eyes. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. Block Fox News |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Aren't they just one big infomercial trying to sell fear? |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. More like Missinfomercial |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
41. This thread makes my soul hurt. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. Here's how: |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. By migrating there |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. YUP ... I grew up in PA, not live in NC. |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
45. Won't happen in our lifetime. |
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center rising (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. How can you turn the south blue??? |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. Education and going after youthful and minority voters |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
53. This is just my opinion but... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
55. Hypnosis. n/t |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
56. With alot of paint..nt |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. beat me to it n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. Cut off all federal funding to them and wait for them to crawl back and beg for mercy. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
60. Boat loads of paint and dye? |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. beat me to it n/t |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
61. lots and lots of paint nt |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
65. it's about racism, not homophobia |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. Take away our biscuits. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. Decrease their oxygen /nt |
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