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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 11:11 PM
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87. For the first time in over 100 years, NC Republicans took control...
of both chambers of the General Assembly:

http://www.gastongazette.com/articles/house-52246-senat...

NC did not kick Richard Burr to the curb, unfortunately. Bob Etheridge lost his seat. One good thing, though, the Teabagger lunatic Pantano lost to McIntyre (who is no prize).

As we're seeing with the destruction of the school diversity policy in Wake County, not all "well educated folks from the North" are Democrats. I brought my raging liberal ways with me, but there are a lot of wealthy Republican country clubbers retiring to this state.

Yes, there are pockets of blue, but during the 2010 mid-terms, it did not get better. Obama won NARROWLY in 2008; he's got his work cut out for him in 2012, especially if there isn't substantial improvement on the unemployment front. Republicans, at least in Wake County, are incredibly well organized.
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  -"Right now in most of Dixie it is culturally unacceptable to be a Democrat" wikileaksfan  Dec-16-10 02:39 PM   #0 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-16-10 02:42 PM   #1 
  - exactly nt  Ricochet21   Dec-16-10 02:52 PM   #9 
  - Good luck trying to secure THAT border!*  DrToast   Dec-16-10 03:04 PM   #12 
  - I was thinking that yesterday.  DenverDad   Dec-16-10 03:15 PM   #18 
  - Secession is an unworkable and destructive idea. It may sound "cute"  ladjf   Dec-16-10 03:29 PM   #29 
  - actually, once the empire falls apart, we'll be breaking up into a half-dozen or so  villager   Dec-16-10 03:36 PM   #31 
  - My vision of the future for America is that the mass of wealth already  ladjf   Dec-16-10 04:36 PM   #58 
  - I don't disagree, but I think other tensions -- like the depletion of resources,  villager   Dec-16-10 04:45 PM   #63 
     - You are exactly right. I was trying to keep my post as brief as  ladjf   Dec-16-10 04:53 PM   #66 
  - Agreed.  mwb970   Dec-17-10 06:50 AM   #98 
  - Agree With The  RobinA   Dec-17-10 07:25 AM   #102 
  - Why don't you just strangle us?  Dappleganger   Dec-16-10 03:46 PM   #34 
  - Agreed.  Jawja   Dec-17-10 06:20 AM   #96 
  - +10000  NotThisTime   Dec-16-10 03:58 PM   #43 
  - I am a Georgian and I don't deserve to "collapse"  SmileyRose   Dec-16-10 07:37 PM   #78 
     - Don't worry. We'll accept refugees.  Crunchy Frog   Dec-16-10 10:47 PM   #85 
     - We Can't Bring Our Weather  DemocratSinceBirth   Dec-17-10 02:23 AM   #90 
        - Price Ya Pay  RobinA   Dec-17-10 07:28 AM   #103 
        - Wearing a coat among nice people is not all that bad..We did it for many years  SoCalDem   Dec-17-10 07:30 AM   #104 
     - +1  cordelia   Dec-17-10 06:06 AM   #94 
  - Let'em have their states' rights  sadbear   Dec-16-10 02:42 PM   #2 
  - Another victory for the repuke messaging machine and their success at framing the debate  BrklynLiberal   Dec-16-10 02:43 PM   #3 
  - The Teabagging is going strong in my county. Not sure about anywhere else.nt  nc4bo   Dec-16-10 02:45 PM   #4 
  - well-My partner lives in Henderson County,Tx-avg income 30K...  w8liftinglady   Dec-16-10 10:05 PM   #83 
     - But I heard on NPR a few days ago that the Texas economy is booming.  Crunchy Frog   Dec-16-10 10:48 PM   #86 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-16-10 02:45 PM   #5 
  - Thanks, appreciate that. nt  awoke_in_2003   Dec-16-10 05:32 PM   #70 
     - Sad, isn't it  cordelia   Dec-16-10 07:36 PM   #77 
        - yeah, but not unexpected. nt  awoke_in_2003   Dec-16-10 07:50 PM   #81 
        - And you jump right in assuming I was indicating everyone who lives in a region?  gateley   Dec-17-10 02:13 AM   #89 
        - How do you presume to know that's what I was implying? That wasn't what I meant  gateley   Dec-17-10 02:11 AM   #88 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-17-10 07:15 AM   #101 
           - Puhlease. No one here has a "hatred of Southerners"  PassingFair   Dec-17-10 07:39 AM   #106 
              - Few people bother to make that distinction. n/t  QC   Dec-17-10 08:15 AM   #107 
  - Or...  Roy Rolling   Dec-16-10 02:46 PM   #6 
  - +1  get the red out   Dec-16-10 03:26 PM   #26 
  - Thank you, but then again it's easier to offer simplistic jokes  Dappleganger   Dec-16-10 03:48 PM   #35 
  - Thank you.  Jamastiene   Dec-17-10 02:55 AM   #91 
  - Not really.  JoePhilly   Dec-16-10 02:50 PM   #7 
  - did you pay attention to the last election  dsc   Dec-16-10 03:08 PM   #14 
  - My view ... blip. But a blip to watch.  JoePhilly   Dec-16-10 03:25 PM   #25 
     - Wasn't Obama win mostly attributable to the Independents and Youth vote?  olegramps   Dec-17-10 06:58 AM   #100 
  - NC is also very modern in the places I've visited. It has a lot going for it. ny  AlinPA   Dec-16-10 03:41 PM   #32 
  - immigration and high tech may bring change  DBoon   Dec-16-10 04:00 PM   #45 
  - agree ...  JoePhilly   Dec-16-10 04:19 PM   #51 
  - For the first time in over 100 years, NC Republicans took control...  WorseBeforeBetter   Dec-16-10 11:11 PM   #87 
  - NC  stuntcat   Dec-17-10 07:31 AM   #105 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-16-10 02:51 PM   #8 
  - What a racist statement.  reformist2   Dec-16-10 03:01 PM   #10 
  - Good catch...  Dappleganger   Dec-16-10 03:48 PM   #36 
  - I know a few African Americans who vote for the repugs. And at least here the GOOP state legislature  Erose999   Dec-16-10 04:20 PM   #52 
  - I was also thinking "amongst white guys maybe"  alphafemale   Dec-16-10 05:52 PM   #71 
  - "most of Dixie" is not very descriptive  treestar   Dec-16-10 03:03 PM   #11 
  - It is like that in my state.  Arctic Dave   Dec-16-10 03:07 PM   #13 
  - "not having any principles they will not sell out" That's a perfect description of Republicans.  eShirl   Dec-17-10 06:57 AM   #99 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-16-10 03:09 PM   #15 
  - Well, I'm here in Mississippi keepin' the faith and nobody's giving me grief about it.  piedmont   Dec-16-10 03:10 PM   #16 
  - The South has thousands of very enlightened and gracious people.  ladjf   Dec-16-10 03:22 PM   #23 
     - Well said.  Dappleganger   Dec-16-10 03:49 PM   #37 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-16-10 03:11 PM   #17 
  - The dirty secret about voting patterns in Dixie...  reformist2   Dec-16-10 03:16 PM   #19 
  - The kind of racist thinking that caused the Civil War is still present  ladjf   Dec-16-10 03:19 PM   #20 
  - Correction: Every state in the South is at or above 60% caucasian  piedmont   Dec-16-10 03:36 PM   #30 
     - Many transplants did move here to be with other reichtwingers  wikileaksfan   Dec-16-10 03:59 PM   #44 
  - Like with many states, it depends on where you are.  ceile   Dec-16-10 03:20 PM   #21 
  - It's very easy. Expose the culture of corruption that exists in these states.  The Backlash Cometh   Dec-16-10 03:21 PM   #22 
  - Progressive in Alabama  33Greeper   Dec-16-10 03:23 PM   #24 
  - A LOT OF EDUCATION  RT Atlanta   Dec-16-10 03:28 PM   #27 
  - This is my answer to "don't bash the south" threads.  FiveGoodMen   Dec-16-10 03:28 PM   #28 
  - What made me post this was a US complaint about Russia  wikileaksfan   Dec-16-10 03:56 PM   #42 
     - Wrong  cordelia   Dec-17-10 06:11 AM   #95 
  - Um, they're claiming some sort of superior "culture" to democrats and democracy?  Fire Walk With Me   Dec-16-10 03:45 PM   #33 
  - Sunday Schools for Liberalism  JHB   Dec-16-10 03:51 PM   #38 
  - the Populists made inroads in the South--but collapsed when they submitted to bad local policies  MisterP   Dec-16-10 03:54 PM   #39 
  - K&R- I believe the statement is correct, and unfortunately, the South is growing in population  old mark   Dec-16-10 03:54 PM   #40 
  - Then it will become "cool" to be a dem among young people there  RadiationTherapy   Dec-16-10 03:55 PM   #41 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-16-10 04:01 PM   #46 
  - Raleigh succumbed to the stupid with the new Wake County B of E members.  mnhtnbb   Dec-16-10 04:07 PM   #49 
  - Am a proud liberal living in Tn and don't give a damn how others vote.  southernyankeebelle   Dec-16-10 04:02 PM   #47 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-16-10 04:04 PM   #48 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-16-10 04:24 PM   #53 
  - Mudcat has tried hard to advance Dem cause in the South  wikileaksfan   Dec-16-10 04:40 PM   #59 
  - What is the answer to this?  mdmc   Dec-16-10 04:17 PM   #50 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-16-10 04:26 PM   #54 
  - A competing 24 hr channel to Fox "news". nt  valerief   Dec-16-10 04:26 PM   #55 
  - Who the fuck still calls it Dixie?  rucky   Dec-16-10 04:27 PM   #56 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-16-10 05:57 PM   #72 
     - That's the entire story  Ricochet21   Dec-16-10 06:43 PM   #76 
  - The older I get the more the cold weather bothers me, but  Vinca   Dec-16-10 04:31 PM   #57 
  - Southern California? LA, Santa Clara, Santa Barbara, Long Beach?  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Dec-16-10 04:44 PM   #62 
     - Couldn't afford it, but it's a beautiful area.  Vinca   Dec-17-10 06:49 AM   #97 
  - Good thing that I  mstinamotorcity   Dec-16-10 04:42 PM   #60 
  - I guess I'm culturally unacceptable then. Oh well, what really bothers me is 100 posts of  AlabamaLibrul   Dec-16-10 04:43 PM   #61 
  - Not to mention the broadbrush insults of southerners.  SixString   Dec-16-10 04:51 PM   #65 
  - That sort of thing used to get deleted toot sweet,  QC   Dec-16-10 05:15 PM   #69 
  - I know what you mean about the insults. It makes me want to say  Liquorice   Dec-16-10 05:00 PM   #67 
     - I came into this thread expecting a serious discussion, too. Here's my take:  AlabamaLibrul   Dec-16-10 05:09 PM   #68 
        - I agree. People here tend to be suspicious of the government and how  Liquorice   Dec-16-10 06:04 PM   #73 
        - There are some subjects that one cannot discuss intelligently around here  QC   Dec-16-10 06:07 PM   #74 
  - sad but true  Jeffersons Ghost   Dec-16-10 04:46 PM   #64 
  - It wasn't culturally unacceptable in Dixie to be a Democrat until they Wellstoned Ronnie Van Zandt  taterguy   Dec-16-10 06:13 PM   #75 
  - Answer? Well that is a flat out lie so why reply to bullshit?  Rex   Dec-16-10 07:46 PM   #79 
  - +1 nt  piedmont   Dec-16-10 09:59 PM   #82 
  - It's a "masculinity" thing.  WinkyDink   Dec-16-10 07:49 PM   #80 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-16-10 10:36 PM   #84 
  - Another bigotted broadbrush condemnation  cordelia   Dec-17-10 05:21 AM   #92 
  - Dixie will go away when the "myth" of global warming melts the ice-caps  panzerfaust   Dec-17-10 05:47 AM   #93 
  - Hey haters- what about the midwest and west?  n2doc   Dec-17-10 08:20 AM   #108 
 

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