Reply #6: Agree [View All]

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I'm in a very blue section of a red state. All this red-blue crap is just a rhetorical resurrection of the old Nixon strategy used effectively everywhere, but most focused on the South. It pit poor black and white Southerner's against each other (to the benefit of the Republicans) by using race as a wedge issue.

The Red-Blue argument is a reflection of frustration that many feel about the election and it will die down. But you're right, it is not helpful and does contain a current of bigotry.

I am all in favor of a Metro/heavy suburban-Rural/light suburban dialog in each and every state. In VA, Northern Virginia supports the rest of the state. It's the same with major urban areas around the country. New York City, for example, had a fiscal crisis while I lived there in the '70's despite the fact that it gave much more in state taxes than it received.

This crap has to end. The issue should be joined in every state where urban/heavy suburban areas subsidize less populated areas. Why? Because this happens due to undemocratic weighting in state legislatures for light suburban/rural areas.

Excellent point on the red-blue stuff.