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Old 10-28-2012, 02:08 PM   #271
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Old 10-28-2012, 02:10 PM   #272
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xoB--yes very very good, very good . Likewise their (off topic) human sexuality
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Old 10-28-2012, 06:00 PM   #273
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not in the "funny" thread because it isn't. It's damning and true.
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Old 10-29-2012, 07:49 AM   #274
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It didn't click until I read this but kind of eerie:

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I made the following claim: that if Virginia and Florida and North Carolina flip back to the GOP from Obama this November, as now looks likely, Romney will have won every state in the Confederacy.
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast....nfederacy.html


The election is literally split by geographic location besides a select few examples. I don't think this should be looked into too much but it seems the political polarization is turning more and more into a cultural issue (the best explanation I've heard/thought of).
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Old 10-29-2012, 08:32 AM   #275
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It didn't click until I read this but kind of eerie:
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I thought Ibby's post was predicting "back alley abortions"
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Old 10-29-2012, 08:58 AM   #276
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What? My post has nothing to do with Ibby's. It has to do with the red and blue states being split geographically, at almost the same borders as in 1860.

Edit: I can see how that was confusing. My post wasn't a response to Ibby's.
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Old 10-29-2012, 09:12 AM   #277
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right, ph was saying that what didn't click was the claim that Romney's winning the "confederacy", and that it only became clear when he clicked on the link to the story about the colors on the maps of the confederacy and today's likely electoral votes.
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Old 10-29-2012, 11:42 AM   #278
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It didn't click until I read this but kind of eerie:



http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast....nfederacy.html


The election is literally split by geographic location besides a select few examples. I don't think this should be looked into too much but it seems the political polarization is turning more and more into a cultural issue (the best explanation I've heard/thought of).
The geography of American culture is interesting stuff. Here is Colin Woodward's map.
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Old 10-29-2012, 12:41 PM   #279
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reeeeeally not liking how appropriative it is to talk about "american nations" without meaning, yknow, the actual native american nations that we exterminated...
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Old 10-29-2012, 12:49 PM   #280
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The geography of American culture is interesting stuff. Here is Colin Woodward's map.
Do you recommend the book? It seems interesting.
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Old 10-29-2012, 01:11 PM   #281
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reeeeeally not liking how appropriative it is to talk about "american nations" without meaning, yknow, the actual native american nations that we exterminated...
Note the First Nation up North. This is a serious look at what actually exists not an exercise in political correctness.
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Do you recommend the book? It seems interesting.
I'd recommend it. The book is interesting, he shows some differences between Tidewater and the Deep South that I wouldn't have picked up on. He admits that folks can quibble with his counties, but he has historical reasons for his inclusions. He also talks about and takes into account our mobility as a nation. I'm only 1/4 into it but a couple hurricane days from now and I'll have a better idea about his ideas.
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Old 10-29-2012, 01:13 PM   #282
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Old 10-29-2012, 02:26 PM   #283
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I'm really astounded at the size of their balls...

Hundreds of voter registrations flipped

Did they think people would not notice when they got to the polls? Was it so that these people would be disenfranchised, come voting time?

If no one does anything about these sorts of shennanigans, more and more people will attempt it, and eventually our election system will be unrecognizably corrupt...much like some third world country's are now.
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Old 10-30-2012, 07:55 PM   #284
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Dear Americans,

Pretty much everyone would prefer you to keep Obama.

Everyone except Pakistan, that is, and I think that is an even stronger reason to like BHO.

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Rest of the world.

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Yes, Russia is notably absent. Maybe opinion polls are considered subversive or something.
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Old 10-30-2012, 08:02 PM   #285
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Iran is missing too.
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