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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:03 AM Original message |
You know, I really do NOT understand Louisiana going red after the debacle of Katrina |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's baffling to me too. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. It didn't "go red," it has generally been red. |
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Gato Moteado (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. i wonder how many african american families were displaced from the state..... |
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progressive_realist (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. The people most affected became refugees |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. They gentrified and there was a diaspora of the Black & Poor/Lower Middle Class community. |
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Two Sheds (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. a lot of blue fled the state... |
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Poseidan (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. it is true, you do not understand Louisiana |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Yup. I'm not from LA, but heard a LA redneck saying the Katrina victims deserved what they got. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. I do. |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. Racism, pure and simple. Trust me, I live in Baton Rouge n/t |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. Then how did they elect Bobby Jindal? |
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opstachuck (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. he's not considered "black" |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I figured. :( Thanks for the info. That puts a lot into perspective. |
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opstachuck (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm from Louisiana... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. A great share of the "Blue" voters were evacuated |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. that and a neo-con governor with control of the secretary of state and elections. n/t |
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