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Bandit3 the Worker
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« on: June 30, 2013, 05:48:29 PM »
Kentucky just elected a Democratic legislator in an upset in a special election.

The GOP has maxed out in Appalachia, and the coal counties are losing population like it's going out of style anyway.
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Bandit3 the Worker
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2013, 06:07:09 PM »
Quote from: Jbrase on June 30, 2013, 06:03:36 PM
Wasn't that a Dem seat already anyways?

It was, but this time the GOP only got 34%.

Only 1% of jobs in Kentucky today are in the coal biz.
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Bandit3 the Worker
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2013, 01:00:59 AM »
Quote from: Jbrase on July 01, 2013, 12:59:06 AM
Quote from: Bandit3 the Worker on June 30, 2013, 06:07:09 PM
Quote from: Jbrase on June 30, 2013, 06:03:36 PM
Wasn't that a Dem seat already anyways?

It was, but this time the GOP only got 34%.

Only 1% of jobs in Kentucky today are in the coal biz.
How much did the indie receive?

21%. Almost all of that was split from the Democrats, because he is very popular among Democratic voters in that area.
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Bandit3 the Worker
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2013, 12:54:24 AM »

In other words, Big Coal is trying to buy the election for the Republicans, a party that's done nothing good for the region in modern times.
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Bandit3 the Worker
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2013, 01:59:52 AM »
Quote from: barfbag on July 18, 2013, 01:58:55 AM
Quote from: Bandit3 the Worker on July 18, 2013, 12:54:24 AM

In other words, Big Coal is trying to buy the election for the Republicans, a party that's done nothing good for the region in modern times.

Do you support the war on American coal?

Do you support the war on American green energy?
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Bandit3 the Worker
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2013, 10:51:25 AM »
Quote from: barfbag on July 18, 2013, 02:19:44 AM
No, look at my thread on debating the environment and energy. Do you support the war on coal? Are you opposed to the war on drugs or the war on terror? Look at my environmental thread and you'll find I'm very much and environmentalist. Coal causes dangerous pollution for our atmosphere. I'm just encouraging you to explain what you don't like about coal.

Coal is too polluting, and it has a very limited supply.
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Bandit3 the Worker
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Junior Chimp
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Posts: 7,958


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« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2013, 10:53:23 AM »
Quote from: barfbag on July 18, 2013, 02:15:07 AM
I wouldn't be surprised if it looks like the triad of Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho within the next couple of decades.

It won't. Also, the only state that's all Appalachia is West Virginia. In Kentucky, the big cities will soon be outvoting Appalachia.
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