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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 05:49 PM
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Poll question: how popular is * in your area?
Edited on Sat Mar-13-04 05:50 PM by ButterflyBlood
i'd put it at a 3. i don't think he has ANY support outside of the outskirts of town where a lot of fundies live and some stupid misguided college Republicans.
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 05:51 PM
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1. everyone I work with is a Bush fan...
...with maybe one or two exceptions.
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joanski01 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 05:54 PM
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2. Everyone here in my little town
in PA hates the dumbass -- except for the NRA members. But, I believe most of them are now wise to the dumbass. And even if they like their guns, they will not vote for him again.
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SeveneightyWhoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 05:58 PM
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3. I live in what seems like the second most conservative city..
..in Canada, and it seems evenly split over here.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 04:44 AM
Response to Reply #3
66. and what city would that be?
Canadians who like *...

As Casey Kasem would say, "Ponderable, just f***ing ponderable."
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mhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:05 PM
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4. Dallas, TX What More Needs To Be Said! Yuck!
eom
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:51 PM
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32. ditto for f***ing PLANO
:o
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TiredTexan Donating Member (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 12:10 AM
Response to Reply #32
47. Ditto, ditto for Ft. Worth.
I'm lonely and afraid over here in freeperville. Fortunately, my entire family is reformed repub, like me.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 03:12 PM
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83. double dog dittos from Houston, except lots of people are waking up
Hopeful signs abound. But Bush has a lot of work to do to become as popular this year as he was in 2000 in these parts
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 04:01 PM
Response to Reply #32
87. Plano here too. While shrub support still seems about universal,
the chinks in the armor I see is that the people in my work environment (people who most would characterize as very well off) seem to have a real concern that shrubco will not be reselected, there seems to be a dawning realization of that possibility becoming fact.

Some of these people seem quite happy about the idea that shrubco might be keeping Osama in a freezer to pull out in October. Apparently the ethics involved doesn't trouble them a bit.

I have met like one other person here in my field (aside from my transplant friends) who is against shrubco.
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yella_dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 07:54 PM
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99. Hah! I can top that!
Nacogdoches.

Here, the Shrub is a God.

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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:05 PM
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5. Everybody here hates him
I'm in Cambridge, MA.
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Rockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 03:19 PM
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84. Milton, Mass HATES Bush....
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jsw_81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 06:59 PM
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94. Ha! Bush Sr. was born in Milton, Mass.
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Rockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-04 10:32 AM
Response to Reply #94
101. Sigh, I Know!
His house is around the block from me. It has a silly little placque in front of it.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:06 PM
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6. Rural GA
If that doesn"t say it all, then let me state that Ft. Benning is right down the road, and there's a Baptist church not far away that says on their message board "Real men marry women".

S^%theads.
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:35 PM
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23. Can I just offer my condolences?
I used to live in Columbus and ICK. I got out as fast as I could.
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dand Donating Member (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:08 PM
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7. Virginia Beach, military
* is a God here, I am an endangered species
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SCRUBDASHRUB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 10:44 PM
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41. I feel your pain, dand
I'm in Richmond, and people practically worship him! Ugh!!

I work w/ a bunch of architects, who you'd think are free-thinking, creative types. I'm one of two people who are Dems in that place.

By the way, dand, my cousin, David Ashe (I posted this yesterday) is running for Congress against the two-term Republican incumbent. Hopefully, if everything goes as planned, he'll be running against him.

Hey, at least we have Governor Warner!?
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dand Donating Member (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 11:30 PM
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44. We are two very rare creatures, scrubdashrub,
liberals in VA, even my wife is Repub. I am very glad I am not alone, thanks for the message. Dan
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SCRUBDASHRUB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 01:43 PM
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71. Dand, we must stand tall and proud
Anytime, my friend. My husband and I are both liberal Dems (grew up in VA as well) whose families vote Democratic (even rarer,huh?)!

KERRY IN 2004
8 MONTHS AND BUSH IS DONE!
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lanlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:35 PM
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75. in my part of VA
support for * is fading fast. Lots of fed employees around here who absolutely despise him--no surprise. A lot of the military families in my neighborhood are down on the Iraq War and disturbed by what's happening.
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Suspicious Donating Member (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:08 PM
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8. My lifelong Republican mother
informed me over breakfast this morning that she is seriously considering casting her ballot in the other direction in November. You could have knocked me over with a feather.

Mom - if you're reading this - your daughters thank you, your grandchildren thank you, and welcome to the light!
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LDS Jock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 01:09 AM
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54. Come to the light!
Thats awesome!! Its exactly what needs to happen. His core base eroding away. I'm still puzzled why so many republicans are so loyal. He doesn't stand by the party platform at all.
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:09 PM
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9. rural Somerset, PA
everyone loves Bush and worships the ground he walks on. I go to school in Rochester, NY and it seems to be the opposite. Everyone hates that bastard and some of the rich people support him but nobody really loves him.
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no_arbusto Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 12:19 AM
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49. But he gave Somerset TWO shout outs in his first 2 years in office
Remember when he singlehandedly pulled those guys out of the mine with his bare hands and bulging muscles? Also, who could forget how he bravely flew his fighter jet to the site of the crash of Flight 93 and spearheaded the rescue effort?

Oh wait, neither of those things happened. He just used those events for his own political gain. Of all places, I thought that Somerset would have figured this opportunist out by now.
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 12:42 AM
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50. it's full of ignorant rednecks
and extremely Republican. I hate that place. I'm glad I go to school far away in Rochester, NY.
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no_arbusto Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 01:03 AM
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52. I know the area.
I ski at 7 Springs & Hidden Valley and I'm originally from Western PA. I also did a lot of work in the Somerset/Johnstown/Altoona/Clearfield/Centre County Region, so I know the mindset of the area. It's just so ironic that these areas are some of the most impoverished areas in the Eastern US and yet they still vote for the party that has done them the most damage. I guess the GOP just really appeals to the alcoholic, unemployed, gun totin', hypocritical, Bible thumpin', liberal hatin', gay bashin', redneck "conservatives" of central PA.

Look at the bright side. At least you guys still have an Italian Oven. That place was one of my favorite restaurants until they pulled out of Western PA.
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 01:19 AM
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56. Johnstown is very Democratic
and Windber somehow has greens for mayor and city council. There are Democrats in the greater area but the town of Somerset is a right-wing haven. They even gerrymandered us out of Murtha's (D) district and into Shuster's(R).
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no_arbusto Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 02:54 AM
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62. You're right.
I have a lot of friends that still live in the Johnstown area. I went to college near there. I never realized how Democratic Cambria County was until I looked at the data posted below. As I mentioned before, I grew up in Western PA. I'm well aware of the gerrymandering. I was from Mascara's district. You know what happened with that.

Official Voter Registration Data, May 2003


COUNTY DEM REP LIB GRN OTHER ALL
ADAMS 16,484 28,802 250 84 6,104 51,724
ALLEGHENY 516,456 238,820 2,427 1,003 75,882 834,588
ARMSTRONG 19,943 19,340 127 22 3,563 42,995
BEAVER 70,680 33,793 241 40 9,725 114,479
BEDFORD 10,795 18,312 67 12 2,184 31,370
BERKS 91,080 89,185 1,555 311 25,501 207,632
BLAIR 25,303 42,172 290 92 7,393 75,250
BRADFORD 10,046 22,451 125 37 3,584 36,243
BUCKS 155,349 197,269 2,918 571 57,795 413,902
BUTLER 39,374 51,213 353 66 10,345 101,351
CAMBRIA 54,550 26,696 188 46 5,191 86,671
CAMERON 1,575 1,810 8 0 258 3,651
CARBON 16,476 13,585 137 39 3,310 33,547
CENTRE 26,861 34,193 476 272 10,672 72,474
CHESTER 83,357 157,780 1,669 369 44,471 287,946
CLARION 9,494 12,008 74 22 1,718 23,316
CLEARFIELD 21,262 21,549 124 22 3,904 46,861
CLINTON 9,419 10,153 68 33 1,994 21,667
COLUMBIA 16,978 16,752 127 53 4,462 38,372
CRAWFORD 21,680 28,743 150 79 4,420 55,072
CUMBERLAND 38,653 75,230 573 197 16,126 130,779
DAUPHIN 56,102 77,597 651 233 16,632 151,215
DELAWARE 111,144 211,502 349 0 35,388 358,383
ELK 10,536 7,517 36 27 1,797 19,913
ERIE 86,427 64,810 474 206 14,989 166,906
FAYETTE 61,208 19,757 240 27 5,052 86,284
FOREST 1,176 1,710 4 3 159 3,052
FRANKLIN 22,414 43,074 215 76 8,161 73,940
FULTON 3,248 4,681 26 2 551 8,508
GREENE 16,988 5,960 46 20 1,303 24,317
HUNTINGDON 9,355 16,163 71 49 2,628 28,266
INDIANA 22,080 21,712 158 75 5,103 49,128
JEFFERSON 10,924 14,308 69 11 2,027 27,339
JUNIATA 4,673 7,329 32 5 939 12,978
LACKAWANNA 93,112 44,386 323 179 8,282 146,282
LANCASTER 70,411 168,134 1,213 563 36,060 276,381
LAWRENCE 31,009 19,859 84 23 3,903 54,878
LEBANON 18,879 38,566 329 66 7,301 65,141
LEHIGH 78,101 74,902 969 239 23,558 177,769
LUZERNE 115,460 71,988 538 335 13,703 202,024
LYCOMING 23,068 34,845 208 108 6,084 64,313
MCKEAN 7,960 15,938 105 17 2,481 26,501
MERCER 36,686 31,073 185 65 7,258 75,267
MIFFLIN 9,033 13,939 74 16 1,979 25,041
MONROE 34,744 35,452 538 102 14,686 85,522
MONTGOMERY 184,008 254,792 2,944 582 64,751 507,077
MONTOUR 4,084 5,396 39 13 1,175 10,707
NORTHAMPTON 68,904 55,190 747 241 41,697 166,779
NORTHUMBERLAND 23,479 23,823 154 31 3,729 51,216
PERRY 6,620 15,904 0 17 2,599 25,140
PHILADELPHIA 688,885 161,796 2,520 872 57,822 911,895
PIKE 11,222 16,898 92 50 5,798 34,060
POTTER 3,642 7,278 28 14 865 11,827
SCHUYLKILL 34,098 45,880 238 53 6,839 87,108
SNYDER 4,473 12,680 47 28 1,612 18,840
SOMERSET 21,950 24,573 94 26 3,145 49,788
SULLIVAN 1,611 2,494 15 7 308 4,435
SUSQUEHANNA 8,107 15,132 98 44 2,271 25,652
TIOGA 7,272 16,657 78 27 2,099 26,133
UNION 5,281 11,646 69 54 2,368 19,418
VENANGO 12,391 17,716 112 12 2,911 33,142
WARREN 10,605 14,802 73 38 3,055 28,573
WASHINGTON 86,992 43,715 338 70 11,947 143,062
WAYNE 7,670 16,349 96 75 3,133 27,323
WESTMORELAND 138,258 79,493 513 139 21,047 239,450
WYOMING 5,922 11,087 72 11 1,705 18,797
YORK 81,387 124,008 1,340 376 31,010 238,121
PENNSYLVANIA 3,607,414 3,162,367 28,591 8,597 790,812 7,597,781

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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 01:20 AM
Response to Reply #52
57. It's pronounced Clur-field
not far from Hawidazeburg. On a hot day yer ice cream gets melded.
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:45 PM
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78. Somerset used to be the home of the...
Pennsylvania Church of God Headquarters and Camp Grounds (it's now located in Harrisburg). I know, because my mother used to drag me there every single summer. I absolutely hated it! It *always* rained in Somerset and the only thing black other than me and my family, was all the mud. I believe a lot of people from the Church of God settled there and never left and that may be part of the reason why there are so many Bush* supporters concentrated in that area.
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AngryYoungMan Donating Member (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:13 PM
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10. Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. WE ALL HATE HIM.
eom
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:19 PM
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11. What the heck is going to happen at the GOP convention, then?
Talk about occupying hostile territory! How the hell is NYC going to deal with safely blockading the shrub from "first ammendment zones" when the entire city loathes him? I know the RNC debated using a cruise ship exclusively, but now it appears that shrub fancies himself fit to hit Madison Square Garden after all. Is this going to be 1968 revisited?
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AngryYoungMan Donating Member (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:21 PM
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13. Everything will be cordoned off, and we'll be forced to stay blocks away.
Just like the trade convention last year. Cops in helmets and plexiglas shields; riot gear, the works.
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Bullshot Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:21 PM
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12. He seems to be pretty popular around here...
because he's "pro-life." I'd like to know how you can argue that someone is pro-life when he and his administration make lie after lie after lie about a country holding WMDs and continue to lie after the evidence overwhelmingly indicates otherwise. And then, the war you lied this country into has produced thousands of deaths and thousands of injuries to innocent civilians. And this administration just dismisses them as "collateral damage." And this administration won't acknowledge the military deaths and do everything in their power to keep any light from exposing the real truth about U.S. casualties.

I just can't understand it. And there's no sense in cramping your brain trying to change these people.
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AngryYoungMan Donating Member (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:23 PM
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14. Call "Pro-life" people "Anti-Choice." It's more accurate and they hate it.
"Pro-life" is a bogus term. I hate that they've got everyone using it.
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:29 PM
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15. about 95% of seattle hates his guts
but the 5% that love him are VERY vocal & bumper stickered.

i guess they rely on LIBERAL TOLERANCE to allow their minority opinons to be expressed safely.
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LDS Jock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:30 PM
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16. Austin Texas
I'd say a 5 here. Its Texas, but Austin is not like the rest of Texas, particularly in the city like where I am. Of the Bush/Gore votes, Bush won Travis County by 52.9% to 47.1%. Since that time his popularity seem to have only dropped, judging from the people I've talk to here. I know realistically it won't happen, but few things would bring me more pleasure than if Bush were to lose Texas like Gore did Tennessee in 2000.
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sugarcookie Donating Member (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:31 PM
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17. Texas
We are a rare breed in my part of Texas.
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SCRUBDASHRUB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 10:47 PM
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42. Oh, I had to mention this (damn, I'm posting a lot this weekend!)
Someone from Austin, TX called into C-Span this morning and said the following:

"I have one thing to say to all you Republicans: 8 more months and you're done!"

LMAO!!
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LDS Jock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 01:04 AM
Response to Reply #42
53. yeah
we need more of that down here in Texas
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FDRrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:34 PM
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18. North East PA
1.

I'm hard pressed to find anyone in my daily travels who has anything good to say about him.
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Athletic Grrl Donating Member (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 06:50 PM
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19. It's Oakland.
I've seen ONE Bush bumper sticker in 4 years. We sent Barbara Lee to congress. Need I say more? :kick:
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asteroid2003QQ47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:02 PM
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20. * quite popular
Jesus freaks in north half of Maine love him.
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:32 PM
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21. My neighborhood, mixed. New Orleans in general, hates his guts n/t
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:34 PM
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22. Lemme tell you something
not NEARLY as much as anyone thinks. Not NEARLY as much as the media seems to think. And not NEARLY as much as the GOP and the bush-cheney campaign seems to think.

But SHHHHHHH!!!! KEEP A LID ON IT!

I want them to ignore Texas, assume it's in the bag. Meanwhile bush is hemorraghing supporters here. It's great.
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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:41 PM
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24. Pretty lucky in SF
Here we consider Gavin Newsom a conservative...
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:47 PM
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25. man oh man, Orange County, Calif.
fortunately, many of the more-advanced politics courses have many that are discontened with the neocon/lib status quo
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dawn Donating Member (876 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 03:48 PM
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85. I'm in OC, too. In Irvine, I'd give Bush a 7. (puke)
Edited on Mon Mar-15-04 04:00 PM by dawn
There's more Dems here than you'd imagine, but it's not as Republican as it is down South or in HB/Westminster. Still, we have a long way to go here in Irvine. So many selfish, greedy pukes. (But at least we have a Democrat as a mayor...although more of a DINO nowadays.)

In Costa Mesa, I'd give Bush a 6.

And in Santa Ana, I'd say Bush has very few fans. !! :)
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 04:02 PM
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89. if it makes you feel any better....
I have one sister in Fountain Valley (works in Santa Ana), and another (works in Irvine) -- and my father -- in Huntington Beach and they all hate *.
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jsw_81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 07:01 PM
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95. But didn't Orange County elect Congresswoman Sanchez?
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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 07:06 PM
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96. yeah
but she's in a gerrymandered Hispanic majority district.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:51 PM
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26. I can't really tell. They ALL voted for him but they are real quiet now
I have only seen one Bush/Cheney 2004 bumper sticker and that was on an old station wagon with bullet holes decorating the sides and back, and a "Rush was right" bumper sticker on the tail, so I really don't know.
They are dumb as sticks here, so I expect they will do whatever Faux or their fake christian GOP churches tell them to do.
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:52 PM
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27. If anyone knows anything about it, I live in Delafield, WI.
They go ORGASMIC over Bush here. It voted something like 85% for him.
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:56 PM
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28. Northern Va
split. 50/50 I think.
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SixShooter Donating Member (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:00 PM
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29. Sarasota,FL
Home of Katherine Harris :mad:

I'd say its probably about 60-40 here, 60 being the ones who would follow Bush off a cliff, 40 being the younger population, and the New College contingent..

Im heavily involved in churchwork and 4H so basically everyone I see is a Bush lover....they dont really know the issues though...most are the type that see Bush praying on TV or hear his stance on abortion and then go out and plaster Bush-Cheney stickers all over their cars....I try to convert as many as I can...
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 01:16 AM
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55. I thought Sarasota was liberal friendly
I am trying to move from Freeperville Raleigh to possibly Sarasota.
Please don't tell me I will get more billy bobs with their stepford wives.
Where in Florida can I get away from this?
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:55 PM
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80. How do you handle
going to church with so many Bush lovers? I am in an extremely conservative Arkansas town and I can't even stomach going to church like I used to 'cause of the bias and I really want to try but they just get under my skin!

Just wondering!?!
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laura888 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 04:14 AM
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63. Agreed - I am in Alexandria and see a 50-50 split, as you said.
Unforunately, I work for a defense contractor, and there are a lot of gung-ho freeper types. But every day, I'm meeting new liberals even there.
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lanlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:45 PM
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79. hello there in Alexandria
I love Old Town, go there once a week or so for drinks & eats. Not especially GOP-friendly, and all the fed employees I know in our area hate Bush's guts. The army of defense contractors, on the other hand, is a different story, they're a lot more freeper. I actually heard one today (I'm in DC) say that he was cancelling his trip to Spain....
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number6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:08 PM
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30. about 6, I'm in Utah
but I don't think they love him...

they'll vote fur em cause he's pro gun and against abortion
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Jandar Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 02:54 AM
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61. Must be better up north...
Most everyone south of point of the mountain thinks Bush is playing the "John the Baptist" role for the second comming. But then the only people I converse with are college students... oh, the irony.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-16-04 02:11 PM
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102. Hi Jandar!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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Raenelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:50 PM
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31. There are some Bush supporters here
your typical white born-again-Christian male types. But they are sheepish about it mostly; keep it private.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:58 PM
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33. Midland Texas is slowly turning
Many many folks are fed up with junior.

Of course family connections, business connections don't die easy.
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beanball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:26 PM
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34. Shrub in my area
southeastern Arizona(Home of the morans),the morons are on the fence,but the morans are Bush 100%.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:47 PM
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35. In Iowa,
I haven't seen the converts that are being reported here. My konservative co-workers worship chimpy, but he's lost the vote of a least one moderate repug that I know. My dad and brother are both freeper-type repugs. It will be a cold day in hell before they turn.
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:52 PM
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36. In NYC, everyone hates him!!
Everyone I have talked to anyway - ranges from the very rich to taxicab drivers.

Even more so now, after the September 11th ads. We were here. He was AWOL. :mad: :grr: :mad: :grr:
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 10:24 PM
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37. Westside of Los Angeles -- he is reviled
you have to look pretty hard to find anybody who doesn't hate him.
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calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 11:24 PM
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43. I've seen a couple of bush/cheney bumper stickers around the westside
but a lot more mixed-bag Democratic signs, for Clark, Kerry, many for Dean and LOTS for Kucinich. One of the teachers at school has a bumper sticker on her car that says "Let's not elect him in 2004 either."
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maggrwaggr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 12:01 AM
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46. yeah, here in Santa Monica lots of Dean and Kucinich
n/t
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Katha Donating Member (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 10:35 PM
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38. Sonoma County, California
We've got more Green party members here than Republicans. It's a wonderfully liberal place to be.

Each time I go out wearing my "Bush for Ex-President" shirt, I get at least two or three "Right on!" comments.
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 10:36 PM
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39. In 1992, Clinton finished
thid in my county. Don't ask.
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northofdenali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 10:43 PM
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40. Check out my post in the Lounge -
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x886933

Probably 70% pro-*, but we do have a vocal progressive community.

Most of the fundies did not arrive here until the Pipeline construction began - and imported so many pipeline workers from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana..........who brought their preachers with them.

We have a RABID fundy community, but they are small and, I hope, getting smaller. Seems the fundies can't quite cope with the weather when their neighbors despise them so............
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RichV Donating Member (858 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 11:44 PM
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45. Decatur, GA
Right here, pretty much everyone despises the guy.
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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 01:27 AM
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59. that's encouraging
I went to the Gwinett Hockey game tonight with a bunch of locals. How depressing...
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 12:13 AM
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48. I said 3. I'm in a definate blue state and his actual home state.
There's a few who like him and most people are right of me, but still left of center.
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no_arbusto Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 12:48 AM
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51. Not very popular in the DC metro area
Aside from the few Texans currently here for military, school, or political purposes, and some of the fundies in PG County (yes, the Dem "stronghold" that seems to be shifting to the right), you won't find too many supporters around here.

Of course with this being an area where almost everyone has SOME connection to the govt in their careers, most people aren't very vocal about their beliefs. However, in comfortable surroundings, most people around here are VERY outspoken about *. I've also actually noticed quite a few bumper stickers in the work parking lot lately including: Clark for President, Kerry, Attack Iraq? No, and one of those "Jesus fish" with rocket wings and the word SCIENCE instead of Jesus or IXOYE or Ichthus or Fish or Believe or whatever the fundy symbol du jour is.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 05:00 AM
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67. OT - Dude...
How 'bout a Stern avatar?


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AlFrankenFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 01:23 AM
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58. I would say an 8
There are a lot more Democrats here in Laguna Niguel than I was lead to believe...:)
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Doomsayer13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 02:34 AM
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60. Santa Barbara, CA
in south county, towards the coast, people loathe him. Up north they're a bunch of tax hating ranchers, so it's pretty split.
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Jane Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 04:17 AM
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64. Central Texas
Granted you see the stupid bumper sticker from time to time, but I never talk to anybody who isn't at least having grave doubts about him.

Most people think he's an idiot.
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BonjourUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 04:39 AM
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65. I can't vote, but I can answer !
Edited on Sun Mar-14-04 04:47 AM by BonjourUSA
In France, and in Europe, we have to search under the carpets for finding a Bush supporter.... And we are not sure to do.

We hate Bush since his first day "reign" and we don't understand why so many American still want to vote for him !
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 05:24 AM
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68. South Bay area of Los Angeles, lots of die-hard repukes
here but now and then I find some who hate chimp as much as I do, todday I actually saw two cars with Kerry stickers on them. :-)
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aldian159 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 05:48 AM
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69. I live in one of the 'rich' neighboorhoods of Chicago
and even here everyone loathes the man. Must be the water, people here just hate the GOP. Thank God I live here.
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gator_in_Ontario Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 08:05 AM
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70. Basically no-one (see pic)


Where I am from in the states used to be about a 9, but his popularity has been sinking like a stone since the war started, and more and more as the lies emerged.
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number6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-04 02:21 PM
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72. there's another good thing about Canada
:thumbsup: ;)
"only 15 % support re-(S)election of B*sh"
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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:29 PM
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73. interesting
I tallied up the votes and numbers, and found the average is about 4.88. the midpoint would be 5.5, so that's pretty close to his national approval ratings.
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:31 PM
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74. Cincinnati, Ohio - I chose "9"
I can count at least three other people in my city who think he's a loon.
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skippysmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:38 PM
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76. Not very popular
Most people I talk to can't stand him. Recent polls here in Barnstable County (Mass) showed Kerry was preferred by a 2 to 1 margin. And this is one of the more conservative parts of the state.
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Viking12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:40 PM
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77. "World Headquarters of the John Birch Society"
I'll let you figure it out :)
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 02:57 PM
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81. San Diego. I gave it an 8.
A lot of brainwashed military/ex military/ military dependants that think that our brave and fearless leader is doing an outstanding job at protecting us from the terraists.
I get in heated arguments all the time at work and out on the streets about how bu$h is screwing up the nation, exposing his lies and facist agenda. Sadly these people put their fingers in their ears and go "La, La, La, La". They cant and wont do any research and tell me that I shouldnt do so much research and trust bu$h and the US of A.
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cclark401 Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 03:09 PM
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82. NC
I live in one of the only counties (only 2 or 3 in the state) which went to Gore. Most people dislike the man. Our only local newspaper "spews forth lots of freeper thought". I can barely stand it.

By the way if you wanna help there's a question they're asking us to respond to on *'s use of 911 ads if you will vote at


I'd like to see them come up with a reason for the #'s not going their way!
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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 04:02 PM
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88. a lot more than 2 or 3:
http://www.uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/img.php?year=2000&st=NC&type=map

Gore's in red, * is in blue. I figured there was no way it could be that small since you probably have a lot of black majority counties.
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cmf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 03:58 PM
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86. I'm in WA
It's a military area, but I've only seen one Bush sign, and no bumperstickers. It went for Gore by a 6% margin in 2000, so I assume that it will go Dem again this year.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 04:11 PM
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90. Montgomery County Maryland
Enough Wealthy People, Retired Military and Beltway Bandits that love the tax cutting, free spending weasel to get him to around 35-40% support. However, I would have to say a solid 60% of the people here think he's stupid and mean spirited. He has also been rotten to Government Employees.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 06:40 PM
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92. Shout out to Monkey Co.--Wootton grad.
Folks still live in G'burg. Joe Gibbs back as Skins coach. I love Maryland. Go to Bethesda Crab House, enjoy a couple dozen and let me know how it was.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 07:49 PM
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98. Sure Thing from this Magruder Grad
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 08:37 PM
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100. BTW my parents often split their votes but Moms is going Dem this time.
Yay. She has voted for some Dems (Clinton x 2 I think).
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 04:14 PM
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91. not popular at all
We are talking negative numbers here.

PS. BErlin, Germany
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jsw_81 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 06:58 PM
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93. Probably 2 or 3
Gore carried my county (Seattle area) by over twenty points last time; Bush has no chance here this fall.
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ElementaryPenguin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-15-04 07:17 PM
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97. Los Angeles - Westside - Bushler is WIDELY hated!!
No longer personally know of anyone that still defends the slimey, stupid fuck!!
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