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barbiegeek

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13. Town Repub outnumber farmers. Farmers are 3% of vote. 97% in Rural Town Repubs

Reply to Itchinjim (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 28, 2018, 11:22 AM

Nov 2018

Iowa Dem Farmer here. Farmers will never vote Dem if you challenge their pride & intelligence by name calling

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Farm bankruptcies surpass Great Recession levels in upper Midwest [View all] workinclasszero Nov 2018 OP

As an Iowan and the grandson and nephew of farmers. Itchinjim Nov 2018 #1

I guess their racism/stick it to the libs/Hillary hate won out over their need to make a living workinclasszero Nov 2018 #2

My grandfather and uncles were solid blue Democrats thanks to FDR. Itchinjim Nov 2018 #5

Town Repub outnumber farmers. Farmers are 3% of vote. 97% in Rural Town Repubs barbiegeek Nov 2018 #13

Democratic Iowa Farmer here- stop the name calling. We risk injury & hurt business barbiegeek Nov 2018 #12

I'll try to convince my late grandfather and uncles stop calling you names Itchinjim Nov 2018 #18

What crops does your farm grow? Blue_true Nov 2018 #43

Sorry, but in my book Republicans are not a protected group. They are traitors and/or dupes. McCamy Taylor Nov 2018 #50

Yet most of them still don't blame him. nt tblue37 Nov 2018 #42

Apologize -Democratic Farmer here. Most farmers vote Rep cuz of Grain Embargo Carter did AND barbiegeek Nov 2018 #9

not my job to woo you Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #16

I vote, I am team leader & Causus Recorder& a delegate all for Dems for 30 years barbiegeek Nov 2018 #22

If you're a Democratic farmer and you dont vote because your feelings have been hurt, Itchinjim Nov 2018 #17

30 yrs as Dem voter, Delegate to conventions, Team leader, Causus leader & register to vote & barbiegeek Nov 2018 #24

If you ain't a dumb fuck, don't take it personally.... Adrahil Nov 2018 #20

They get it. It's why they stayed home in midterms but Farmers only 3% of vote. It's Town voters barbiegeek Nov 2018 #23

You mean rural towns? Yeah, I see that here as well. NT Adrahil Nov 2018 #25

Labor did the same thing with Reagan over carter still_one Nov 2018 #28

It was the culmination of the Southern Strategy... Adrahil Nov 2018 #32

yes it was cumulative, but labor was upset because Carter deregulated the airline industry, and in still_one Nov 2018 #33

Yup. Locally, the white "proud union" workers are supporting Trump. Adrahil Nov 2018 #35

Based on the midterms, I believe for the time being they know they have been deceived by Trump and still_one Nov 2018 #37

"But keep lumping us all together is WHY the Dem farmers stay home." Well, then, the Squinch Nov 2018 #29

I love this! betsuni Nov 2018 #36

I never heard of Centurion farm and looked it up. Kali Nov 2018 #53

True, but doesn't tell the whole story Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2018 #3

Thanks. That last: let's hope it gets better. Hortensis Nov 2018 #4

So they take the 12 billion in bailouts and still claim bankruptcy? allgood33 Nov 2018 #6

The $12 billion bribe is pretty much stuck in the starting gate . . . hatrack Nov 2018 #10

The $12 billion republican bribe to farmers was FAKE sucker bait from the gitgo Achilleaze Nov 2018 #47

The bailout goes to large Corp farmers not small operations barbiegeek Nov 2018 #15

You and I are of the few that see the Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #40

+1 Hassler Nov 2018 #54

12 billion.. HAH! Scoopster Nov 2018 #26

And Chuck Grassley - he gets a check! rurallib Nov 2018 #27

But ... but ... there's MAGA !!! uponit7771 Nov 2018 #7

well as they go from farming to food stams...same government agency? dembotoz Nov 2018 #8

Gee, Thanks Donwald! MineralMan Nov 2018 #11

All posters read my 3 replies above before I report this thread for abuse. Stop name calling barbiegeek Nov 2018 #14

Why not "trash this thread" instead of threatening other members? Kaleva Nov 2018 #19

I kind of like edicts to "all posters." They crack me up. Squinch Nov 2018 #31

It happens. I get sick of fat-shaming. Adrahil Nov 2018 #21

Lol. Squinch Nov 2018 #30

Just trash the thread. Blue_true Nov 2018 #44

Sorry you're getting trashed. cwydro Nov 2018 #48

Not one farmer went bankrupt from 1964 to 1996 LiberalFighter Nov 2018 #34

Some of those areas still voted Republican in the midterms Thrill Nov 2018 #38

K&R Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #39

Hate and resentment blind otherwise smart people. lindysalsagal Nov 2018 #41

Didn't they accept some pain in trade for putting Hillary and Dems in there place? ffr Nov 2018 #45

republicans are steadily weakening America Achilleaze Nov 2018 #46

Maybe the tariffs are on purpose and someone plans to snatch up all this real estate McCamy Taylor Nov 2018 #49

I am guessing that, just like the GM workers, they don't blame trumpelstiltskin. AJT Nov 2018 #51

Tired of winning yet? muntrv Nov 2018 #52