Will Any National Democratic (Presidential Candidate) Ever Turn Texas Blue?
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Sun Oct-07-07 10:57 AM
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Will Any National Democratic (Presidential Candidate) Ever Turn Texas Blue? |
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Utah?
Oklahoma?
Kentucky
Mississipi?
Alabama?
Wyoming?
Alaska?
Tennessee?
Oklahoma?
Indiana?
Virginia?
I don't think any of those states have went blue in the past thirty or so years except Tennessee
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Sun Oct-07-07 10:59 AM
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1. If it is ever to happen |
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Sun Oct-07-07 11:00 AM
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3. My Guess Would Be Virginia |
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Sun Oct-07-07 11:22 AM
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5. Slowly but surely we are heading in the right direction. |
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Sun Oct-07-07 11:26 AM
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Sun Oct-07-07 02:32 PM
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(Not a sarcastic question).
I lived in the Fredericksburg area (Spotsylvania County)and spent my time there freaked out because I was certain I was one of three Democrats that lived there ... are other regions of the state more likely to vote Democratic?
I also lived in Alexandria where the quest was for the almighty dollar and nothing else seemed to matter.
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Sun Oct-07-07 02:40 PM
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10. Off The Top Of My Head |
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The most likely red states to turn blue are
VA, NM, IA, and FL...
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Sun Oct-07-07 10:59 AM
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2. No, but the repukes will.. |
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Edited on Sun Oct-07-07 11:00 AM by pwb
Even those states don't buy their message anymore.
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Sun Oct-07-07 11:14 AM
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4. difficult in 08 since Holt's election audit protections were shot down by some DUers - indeed that |
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is the thing (DRE election theft that will not be found by audit since there will be no audits) that I suspect may give us a GOP president in 08.
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Sun Oct-07-07 01:58 PM
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7. Wasn't Texas blue not to long ago? A governor by the name of Ann Richards? |
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I think Rove worked hard to turn Texas Red. Now is the time to turn it back.
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Sun Oct-07-07 02:21 PM
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8. I'm Talking At The Presidential Level |
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Last time TX went blue Muhammad Ali was still heavweight champion of the world, John Travolta was Vinny Barbarino, and Night Moves was at the top of the record charts...
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Sun Oct-07-07 02:45 PM
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11. Yep, you got it pretty close |
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And Ann, rest her wonderful soul, was a recepient of a gaffe from the Republican asshole she was running against in 1990. I believe Clayton Williams was leading the polls before his statement about rape and just "lie back and enjoy it."
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Sun Oct-07-07 02:48 PM
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12. Too Bad She Couldn't Beat Shrub In 94 And Nip The Bush* Phenomenon In The Bud |
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Sun Oct-07-07 02:51 PM
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14. Yes, Rove was up to his tricks that campaign |
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Sun Oct-07-07 03:01 PM
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18. And Ann Richards Had A Good Record As Governor |
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It wasn't as if TX was misruled... They "misundersestimated" him...
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Sun Oct-07-07 02:49 PM
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13. Did all those things take place at the same time? Was Muhamed Ali |
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world champ when Welcome Back Karter was on the TV?
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Sun Oct-07-07 02:52 PM
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15. Yes, I believe just about to around 1980 |
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He held on to it a little too long.
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Sun Oct-07-07 03:00 PM
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17. I Think Ali Was Heavywight Champ From 64-67 and 74-78 |
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Welcome Back Kotter was on tv from 75- 77 or so...
And Night Moves was at the top of the charts in 76 or 77...
Thode days look really, really good to me now...
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Sun Oct-07-07 03:20 PM
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19. Okay I was wrong about Ali then. I thought he was the champ only in the 1960s. |
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Sun Oct-07-07 03:31 PM
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Maybe you were young...
It was really his comeback in the 70's after being stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing to be inducted into the U S Army that defined his career and established him as a transcendent figure...
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Sun Oct-07-07 02:56 PM
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16. Kentucky is trending that way. We elect a new governor in Nov |
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If you want to help, go to the Change for Kentucky link below in my sig line. A Dem governor and AG would really help.. If the Republican AG candidate wins he will go after Dem voters and candidates. He's a theocratic asshole that is not adverse to using the courts to punish opponents.
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Sun Oct-07-07 03:40 PM
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21. Texas will go blue in a decade or two because of the increasing Hispanic population |
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Virginia could go blue this election.
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Sun Oct-07-07 03:46 PM
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a virtually one party state
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