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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:00 AM Original message |
I'd just like to point out that Oregon is the WHITEST state in the union. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Those under the bus dont count |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Dammit. There is NO justice. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
61. I think New Hampshire is, isn't it? How did they vote or does it |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. lawl |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Actually, Possum Hollow went for Obama in OR.. Monkeys Elbow in KY went 90-10 Clinton. |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah, but they aren't hard working |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Don't forget the lattes.... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I have a single speed....does that count?? |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. I've seen some pretty cool 1-speeds lately. |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
49. Only if it;'s a direct drive track bike. n/t |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Naw, I can't be that hip - my wife won't let me.... |
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ORDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hey!! I resemble that remark!! |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. And I resent your resemblance! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. Okay, okay -- so we don't have much of a chance to tan. We get it. We're pale! |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Iowa, Utah, North Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho... pretty damned white. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. Obama has won the majority of the whitest states - either counting latinos, or not.... |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. U should make this into its own thread |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. 62% white working class |
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casus belli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. One of the prettiest too. n/t |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
13. Sorry, but he was supposed to win by over 20%. |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Sorry, but SHE was supposed to win by any %. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. Vermont's probably whiter |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah. I thought VT was the whitest. |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:08 AM Original message |
and i bet they work hard as hell |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
20. Wages are depressed here, but it's green and pretty so we don't |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
15. No bearing about any election.... |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. We know about you oregonians... |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. mmmmm... arugula... |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. That's ORGANIC argula from a farmer's market. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. My theory: that rally was so big most of the people couldn't see that he was black |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Or maybe they are all lazy white people? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Or maybe they graduated 10th grade. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. MWAAHHHAHAHA!!! ROFLMAO!! n/t |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. My theory: They know who he is and wanted to show their support n/t |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. But... but... but... that would mean that white people KNOWINGLY voted for Obama |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
53. I think it's obvious. It's the mitochondrial vote ... that's the half that's white and Kansan. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
28. ah, but none of them are from the buckshot county 82.5 free militia... |
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aquarius dawning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. Oregon will go blue regardless of who wins the primary election. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Ain't necessarily so. McCain is Oregon's type of republican. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. As Rachel Maddow said, McCain has a better chance of competing in Oregon... |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
69. That's absolutely true. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
35. I think Iowa is close to being the whitest state and we put Hillary |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
36. San Francisco whites. You don't win general elections with those. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Yeah, those "San Francisco whites" in Oregon with their logging trucks... |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
68. A tiny percent of the workforce |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
37. But theyre "liberal elitists" and that is the KEY group excluded from the "hard working white" group |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. No, Vermont is the whitest state in the union |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Obama won VT. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Maine is second-whitest, and Obama won by 20 points here... |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
78. I think you're right. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 08:05 PM Original message |
And why doesn't Maine count? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
41. it's not the whitest, it's the weirdest |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Florida is the weirdest |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
70. I'll take that as a compliment. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. you should because I love Oregon |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Mine too. |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Only affluent liberals have both the luxury and the inclination to VOLUNTARILY "take pay cuts" |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Hmmm.... Interesting thought, but I'm not sure I agree. |
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susankh4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
42. Which goes to prove that racism is not the issue. |
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jcla (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
45. Funflower, VERMONT is the Whitest state in the union... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. um, no. Maine is now the whitest. |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Vermont and Maine are also mostly rural |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. why yes, and living in the most rural and poorest part of VT, the Northeast Kindgom |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. Maine is pretty white. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. OK. OK. Maybe we're 2nd or 3rd whitest - but we're something like 1.6% black. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
46. A racist would say "It's WHITE of you to notice." - TEASE! |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
51. I thought Maine and Vermont were the whitest? |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
54. Yup. Oregon is lily white and a bastion of liberal thinking. |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
73. Just what kind of thinking do you prefer? |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. You think "bastion" is a derogatory term? |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
55. different kind of white... and no one said he didnt win whites... it is blue collar whites he has |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I guess all those latte drinking construction workers in Oregon don't count |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. After a hard day of clear-cutting... |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #62 |
74. Microbrew is the proper thing to quaf after a hard day in the woods. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. PBR |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I see you are not from Oregon. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Moved here from Portland in 2005. |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. I've seen other Portlanders here refer to their city as "PDX" as well. Where does this come from? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Airport Code n/t |
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funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I suppose next they'll be drinking Folgers (sigh) n/t |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
56. Vermont is also extremely Anglo (I supect more than Oregon). |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
58. but only uneducated, semi-racist, rural whites from KY and WVA count. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
63. They're also below-the-median income-wise |
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gal (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
64. Hillary will find a way to say they don't count... |
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pdx_prog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
65. Not only that, but.... |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
66. They wear Birkenstocks and like them |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
72. But were they REDNECKS - that's the key, apparently. |
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