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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 10:35 PM Original message |
Alabama Vote Opens Old Racial Wounds |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. they're soooo behind the times. it's all about the anti-GAY bigotry now.. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 10:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What do you expect from Jesusland? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
44. Please don't insult Jesus's name by calling that place "Jesusland". (nt) |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Too late, the name has stuck in our culture! |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
71. I think Jesus is far more insulted by these pretend xtians. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #71 |
92. self delete...nt |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. who knows? |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. In case anyone is interested |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Good luck. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. You want to defend those people? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I'm fine with all the progressives in the south. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You remind me of homophobes who tell me they have nothing against me, |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. This isn't red state/blue state BS |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:35 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Sure it is. |
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purduejake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I don't see how that reminds you of homophobes. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Indiana has supported one Democratic presidential candidate in 64 years. |
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Moloch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Name ONE Democratic politician in the south who even |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You bet wrong. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
58. Great two are gone and one is mocked by the party leadership. |
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Boosterman (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Preaching to the choir in my case |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Why is it ... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Why are southern democrats so special from the rest of us? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Many, if not most, democrats in the south *are* black people. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. I am not sure they are the people who identify with being called that |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. As you say, those people are mostly Republicans now. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. "And since they don't hang out here at DU," |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. No, I am assuming, and I think correctly, that non-racist southerners |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 08:14 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. No one said you were. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
61. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, my friend. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. "Democrats who live in the southeast." |
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Sleepless In NY (749 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. QC...... what allies? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Ah, the joy of binary thinking! |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. I admire your dedication, but to be quite honest, |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:06 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. So we should just sit down and shut the hell up? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Why not just move to Florida? That state isn't a lost cause, and it needs |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:25 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. I do live in Florida. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. I am not sure what you should do but whatever you are doing .. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Will Pitt is from Alabama. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Of course we acknowledge that. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. I think you are projecting guilt |
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xerox (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. ever think |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
72. "Remember you live where all the serial killers are from." |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not all Alabamians are racist |
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purduejake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Yea, for the better. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. I think this vote clears that up nicely. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. That was June 11, 1963 - I lived in Mobile at the time |
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msgadget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. And, they got away with it |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. This can be easily explained... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Has the poll been analyzed by age? |
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BamaLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-28-04 11:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. My Grandfather Lost 1 Election in His Lifetime... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Who's your grandpa? |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 07:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. And then a good portion of Dems became Republicans when it became... |
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Boosterman (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Now thats an oversimplification |
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Kellis (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. you are wrong. |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. even then it was a two-party state... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-04 09:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
94. And slaves. Don't forget slaves. |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. Why those were lovely times in Alabama, and you can ask |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. Hell, you know that as soon as you remove references to |
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Moloch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. That is just disgusting.... |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. I don't want those f-ing bigots to be my "fellow countrymen." |
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Boosterman (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. So you are going to deport the 45% of California that voted for Bush.... |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Who said anything about voting for Bush? |
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Boosterman (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. So you would welcome any conservatives |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
85. I am sure most of them would look at it as an oppertunity... |
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Traction (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 02:33 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Not really |
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American Tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. But I suspect they hate liberals far more, being such moral authoritarians |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
84. You have to admit he is the "lesser of two evils" for them though. |
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undergroundrailroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. Ruby Bridges is my hero: |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
26. What we see here |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. No, what you ACTUALLY see here is the fact that you're being told... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 08:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Careful.... |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. name me one |
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vajraroshana (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
91. even harder find one that got the black vote after doing it |
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BamaBecky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. The Republicans have employed Karl Rove in the state of Alabama |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 01:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
52. Very true |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
64. Hmm, interesting idea. |
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BamaBecky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. Well I have to live here for the time being....... |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Hey Becky |
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BamaBecky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 10:17 AM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Clarke County - send private message if you want to e-mail |
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sonicx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. opponents say they are afraid of rising taxes... |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. That Kool Aid is available here |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
63. AL got $1.69 back for every federal tax dollar in '03 |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Here's some "red state welfare" you can have back. |
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xerox (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
48. Remember |
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Secular-Tool (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-04 07:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
93. We can't give up on Red States |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
70. Alabama is a national disgrace. Always has been, always will be. |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
86. Maybe the blacks on the Alabama football team should quit |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 08:10 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I would never ask them to do that. A college education may be their |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. True but my point is that to whites in the south that is about the only |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
83. Democrats all over the country should make this about the GOP. n/t |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
90. I absolutely Abhor and DETEST that state |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-04 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
95. Alabama is doing just dandy reinforcing their stereotype! n/t |
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