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Filuwaúrdjan
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« on: March 13, 2004, 08:57:33 AM »
« edited: March 13, 2004, 09:12:30 AM by Al »
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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2004, 09:11:01 AM »
The last time anyone won the Presidency without winning a single Southern state (ie: south of the Mason-Dixon line) was Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

Mind you the last person to lose every single Southern state was the hapless Walter Mondale in 1984
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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2004, 10:01:26 AM »
I think you Republicans need to stop trying to turn terrorism into a partizan issue...

Look... Al Qaeda et al couldn't give a f*** who the President is or whether he's a Democrat or a Republican.
If they want to attack you, they will attack you.

I grew up in a country where terrorist attacks were common and I am sick of people playing politics with terrorist attacks.
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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2004, 10:28:21 AM »
Grow up
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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2004, 10:35:59 AM »
No... I told you to grow up because you were being immature
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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2004, 10:44:03 AM »
Quote from: GOPhound on March 13, 2004, 10:37:46 AM
Typical, they can't win in the arena of ideas so they resort to name calling.

Such intelligence...

It is immature to play politics with terrorism
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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2004, 12:51:18 PM »
Question: why is everyone treating "the south" as if it was somehow monolithic?
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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2004, 01:25:29 PM »
Not true though. Southern states are just as varied as non-Southern states.
More so sometimes.
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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2004, 01:35:36 PM »
In 1972 Nixon swept the South via blatent race-baiting... Mondale and Dukakis (who won West Virginia) were both idiots.
Kerry won't win Texas, Bush won't win New York. But Kerry might win Louisiana and I have these worries about New Jersey...

In the next 10 or so years I think differences between North and South will continue to melt away... there's a chance the "new division" might be east-west.
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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2004, 01:43:00 PM »
Bush doesn't play at being a Southerner (his power base is West Texas), but he plays the Western/Cowboy image extremely well.
Certainly better than his dad, G.H.W "splash of coffee" Bush...
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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2004, 03:33:21 PM »
Nice rose-tinted glasses there...
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« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2004, 07:00:29 AM »
Quote from: bandit73 on March 13, 2004, 07:13:19 PM
If Kerry can't get elected, all because he loses every Southern state, then maybe it's time to resume Reconstruction.

If that's what it takes in order for a halfway decent President to be elected, then I'm all for it.

Eh... Worst idea ever.
If the South were to break off it would be ruled by conservative and/or populist Democrats... while the GOP would play the fiscal conservatives in the rest of the U.S
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« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2004, 04:29:41 PM »
They are usually about 12 though...
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