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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:57 AM Original message |
Hey rural voter dissers: : Vermont is the most liberal state in the country |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe it's the maple syrup? n/t |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nothing so confounds our fellow urban DUers |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. so true |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I get amused watching it go both ways. |
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amdezurik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. that really is no excuse anymore |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. i like rural |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm Larry, this is my brother Daryl... |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Do you have a theory? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I can't really explain Vermont's liberalism except to say |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I think its the live free or die.. green mountain boys thing that is ingrained into |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. heh. that actually probably is part of it. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I remember learning that in second grade and running home to proudly |
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sl8 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Regarding Vermont and slavery. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. My mother equates the transition in VT to people from the cities coming in and touristing |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Where in Vermont would be the best place to retire to? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Probably somwhere near Burlington |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. If you can survive the lake effect off of Lake Champlain in the winters. |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Not sure |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. 2nd vote for Burlington area |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not surprising at all |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. *snicker* I know. Lots of farmers do that here. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. I will probably be flamed :) |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. What I wonder is what's the difference between your rural societies and those in the south/midwest. |
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dogpatch (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. Thank you! |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. you couldn't argue this in the original thread? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. gad. you are taking this way too personally. your OP was just the |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. it looks like you just continued your argument outside of the thread |
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Lefty-Taylor (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. Didn't Vermont just elect a Republican governor? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. it was a three way race: Dem Speaker of the VT House |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. well, Vermont is largely rural, but it's also a big hippie college area |
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