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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 02:54 PM
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I wonder if Republicans in Red States now believe in Global Warming
1.) I wonder if Republican voters in the Red States of Mississippi and Louisiana and Alabama and Florida who scoffed at the scientific community who along with Albert Gore warned them about the dangers of Global Warming are now having second thoughts.

2.) I wonder if Republican blue collar voters in the Red States of South Carolina and North Carolina and Georgia and Tennessee who have lost their jobs in the textile industries to outsourcing to sweatshops in China and Malaysia are now having second thoughts about their faith in their corporate masters who underwrite the Republican lawyers in Congress.

3.) I wonder if Republican white collar voters in telecommunications and telemarketing and telephone customer service markets in Red State Metropolises like Atlanta, Austin and Dallas who have lost their jobs to outsourcing in India perhaps are having doubts about their loyalty to their CEO's and the creed of "free market enterprise".

4.) I wonder if Republican women and single moms in Red States in the South and Midwest who five years ago laughed and dismissed any suggestion that George W. Bush might tamper with a woman's court protected reproductive rights are perhaps now becoming wary of the White House's intentions and actions to clearly interject government interference into the health and privacy rights of not just themselves, but their daughters and granddaughters, too.

5.) I wonder if Red State Republican working class men and women who joined in the ridiculing of labor unions are still as devoted to the concept that the average CEO deserves to earn over 400 times the wages of a worker within their own companies.

6.) I wonder if Red State Republican men and women --- who profess their faith sometimes a bit more publicly than the rest of us --- feel just a little bit more uneasy with the leaders of their Party's federalizing the government' reach into a family's tough decision making regarding a love one incapacitated and in a persistent vegetative condition.

7.) I wonder if Red State Republicans --- who questioned the patriotism of their own neighbors, friends, co-workers and friends that spoke out against George Bush's illegal invasion of Iraq and also that challenged his false claims that Saddam Hussein posed an imminent threat to the American people --- are still as vocal in their support of a war that has cost the lives of 2,000 American young men and women, nearly 200 Billion Dollars, and the respect of the world.

8.) Finally, I wonder if Red State Republicans honestly believe that our beloved country is better off now than we were five years ago when Bill Clinton and Al Gore were at the helm of our national ship.
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 02:57 PM
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1. GAY MARRIAGE!
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 03:03 PM
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2. Bingo.
This was certainly the issue that Rove made more important to millions in the Red States than any of the issues I mentioned above...and now they are paying for it dearly.
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tex-wyo-dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 03:17 PM
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5. Yep...
as Mike Malloy would put it, "at least the queers can't marry!"
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 03:36 PM
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8. Those are the EXACT words of my Republican in-law. n/t
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 03:19 PM
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6. Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional!
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DemGirl7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 03:09 PM
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3. They will believe it when the false prophets say so
:evilgrin:
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T Wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 03:15 PM
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4. Whenever lists of how red-staters are suffering under Bush* come up,
I think of the rant "Fuck the South" that was going around back in November after the stolen election.

I next imagine the POS standing under a banner reading "Mission Accomplished."

The juxtaposition of the two ideas just fits the current reality so well.
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tnlefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 03:26 PM
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7. Thanks for putting this together so well.
I wonder when they'll tire of hearing, 'This is what the people of this state wanted, afterall this state was red on the electoral map in '00 and '04'. This is in response to people complaining about TN Care cuts, education cuts, outsourced jobs, etc.

If I don't have time for a lengthy discussion the response is usually, 'Well, at least gays can't get married and no woman had an abortion today.'
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 04:23 PM
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10. President Gore.
How much better would we all be had Albert and Tipper been in the White House today!
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Gemini Cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-05 03:44 PM
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9. Some are some aren't.
Like everywhere else.

Those who do the mega-freeper-church super hop on Sunday are probably still in denial no matter where they live.
The rest of us know better.
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