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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 08:11 AM
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96. Apparently, the Dominican Republic is one possibility.
Edited on Thu Feb-12-09 08:11 AM by mwb970
I assume that's what this FR poster means by "DR":

You’re not alone brother. The wife and I are looking into the DR. We will not live in a socialist state.

Actually, "the DR" sounds like a good match for wingnuts, based on its recent political history:

Politics of the Dominican Republic (Wikipedia)

The Dominican Republic has a multi-party political system with national elections every four years. In two rounds of presidential elections in 1996, nearly 80% of eligible Dominican voters went to the polls. The leading parties in 1994 were the PRSC, linked to the International Christian Democratic political movement, whose candidate was President Joaquín Balaguer; the PRD, affiliated with the Socialist International, whose candidate was José Francisco Peña Gómez; and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), whose candidate was former President Juan Bosch.

In the 1994 elections, international observers noted many irregularities in the voter lists, and the opposition PRD immediately charged the Central Electoral Board and the PRSC with fraud. A Verification Commission appointed by the Central Electoral Board, however, did not accept the PRD's charges. By all estimates, total disenfranchised voters far exceeded the 22,281-vote margin of victory in favor of President Balaguer on 2 August 1994.
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