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annabanana

(52,791 posts) Tue Aug 28, 2012, 07:35 PM Aug 2012

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New Excuse for moving American Samoa to the front row:

per Tuck Chodd

"To showcase diversity". And here I though it was to move the Paul-heavy states to the nosebleed seats.

HEY

win/win!

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New Excuse for moving American Samoa to the front row: (Original Post) annabanana Aug 2012 OP

He said that on the NBC Nightly News too. Motown_Johnny Aug 2012 #1

I'd also wager because there is a large LDS population there. Drunken Irishman Aug 2012 #2

They can't even vote for Romney in the general election! KeepItReal Aug 2012 #3

Large Pacific Islander population in Nevada, a swing state Nevernose Aug 2012 #4

LDS influence atreides1 Aug 2012 #6

No. It's Las Vegas. Hawaiians love to gamble. Aristus Aug 2012 #7

They segregate the dark-skinned foreigners to one small area for "diversity"?!?!? baldguy Aug 2012 #5

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

1. He said that on the NBC Nightly News too.

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 07:38 PM

Aug 2012

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

2. I'd also wager because there is a large LDS population there.

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 07:40 PM

Aug 2012

They make up about 27% of the population there.

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)

3. They can't even vote for Romney in the general election!

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 07:40 PM

Aug 2012

eom

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)

4. Large Pacific Islander population in Nevada, a swing state

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 07:47 PM

Aug 2012

Hawaiians jokingly refer to it as "the ninth island." A lot of Polynesians/Micronesians here. Maybe that has something to do with it? Or they just really like Samoa?

atreides1

(16,079 posts)

6. LDS influence

Reply to Nevernose (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 08:26 PM

Aug 2012

Many Samoans, even those that don't live in Samoa are members of the LDS church...so there is no doubt where their loyalty lies!

Aristus

(66,329 posts)

7. No. It's Las Vegas. Hawaiians love to gamble.

Reply to Nevernose (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 08:28 PM

Aug 2012

I have it on good authority...

baldguy

(36,649 posts)

5. They segregate the dark-skinned foreigners to one small area for "diversity"?!?!?

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 08:03 PM

Aug 2012

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