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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:28 PM Original message |
My week in Florida....a very enlightening trip indeed. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Interesting visual, NRaleigh! |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. It would help if we could get some free merchandise on major corners of US 19. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't think I've ever heard it summed up that well: |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. I think that's pretty much a common occurance |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Wow |
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KathieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sounds about right |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
40. I was raised in Summerfield |
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Errrica (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
53. I pass all of those weird billboards |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, You are "spot on". |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Y'all aren't seeing McCain stickers as much either? |
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MamaDem (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Lifelong Floridian and I live in O-town and work for the mouse |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I've lived in O-town and worked for the mouse for almost 20 years now |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. I miss my old Florida, which was predominantly down-to-earth Florida cracker |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Me too. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Not much of that world left.. grew up in Florida (my family arrived there in the 1820's and 1830's) |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I am not sure when you grew up in Florida. However, I am afraid you |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. LOL. Well, when Askew got the Sunshine Amendment passed |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. How long ago? |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Those memories were from about 30 years ago. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. South Florida is different. You drove around rural 'red' hell. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. South Florida= Concrete swamp... |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I have to admit I'm about to look for a piece of land in N. Florida |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 05:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I have always hated Orlando... dislike it much more than that I-95 megalopolis |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I live in Downtown Orlando; very blue and much more cultural |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Must be developing culture since 2000 |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
50. I don't like Orlando or Jacksonville. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. We got 5+ acres in Inglis |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
10. I took that drive up from Miami when I livd there. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. "sex and God and shallowness" |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. No, you did exactly what all northerners do when they drive through the South |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Let's let the Southerners speak for themselves. Florida elected Jeb Bush to 2 terms and STILL |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Florida doesn't count. Nobody in the South thinks of Florida as a southern state. |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. You sure you are in the right place at DU? Your response to my post is shallow and reactive - |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You judge a place by driving through on the interstate? Talk about shallow... |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Ah, more short attention span theater! I was sharing observations, |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. For future reference, you spell it 'Asinine'. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. So we should not believe what we see with our own eyes? |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. it's not that bad in west palm beach - more obama than mccain stickers here! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
21. The further North you are in Florida, the redder it is |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
28. so, you know all about FL just driving through it. congrats! |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Man, you people should get some therapy. I was relating observations. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. ROFL!!! Do you READ what you write before you hit 'post'?? |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. you asked for reactions, you got some. don't like 'em? tough shit. |
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lynettebro440 (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Do you ever drive through a ghetto and get the bigger picture |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. For a man with eyes there is always a lot to see |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. Sometimes, the red stands out or is louder. |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
37. I always kind of saw Florida as being kinda like Illinois (or any other state.) |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
42. I've never found Tampa to be particularly red. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
43. Hmmm...I live in Tampa |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. 104.1 FM, d'uh |
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hannah (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. florida |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. If North Carlina Is Soooooo Progressive |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
51. next time tune into 88.5 on your FM dial |
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Errrica (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. Pretty much. |
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