Reply #9: People here are nuts [View All]

[ArtieBoy]

I'm in the suburbs of Atlanta, and at least within my 10-mile radius, it's VERY conservative. I've been in more than one shouting match.

Atlanta is unusual in that most of the population is transplants from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and New York. However, they moved here because they liked the conservative political climate, as well as the weather. Radio host Neal Boortz, who promotes himself as a Libertarian (but he isn't) gets huge ratings here, and Hannity, who launched himself from our WGST, is also a favorite.

The natives in the areas outlying Atlanta have turned to the Republicans thanks to talk radio and they're belief that Democrats give "handouts" (that they fear are going to "lazy blacks on welfare") and want to take their guns. Mexicans they don't mind, surprisingly, because they mow their yards and clean their gutters cheap.

HOWEVER, at the last Dean meet-up I went to they showed us a map that this county was divided something like 52/48 Bush/Gore in the last election, so maybe it's just my particular zone.

ArtieBoy, from the ground in Atlanta.