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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:21 AM Original message |
Please allow me to explain West Virginia to you |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Excellent post! I love WV, btw.....it's almost heaven to me |
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iiibbb (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
116. The WV I know and love |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #116 |
178. Jesco!!! I've got his autograph. n/t |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. I've traveled the West Virginia Turnpike every year since 1978 or earlier. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. K & R |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:32 AM Original message |
Thanks for the information! K&R |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. you arent racist cause there are no black people...but.... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I was making a joke. I also said I know where every Catholic lives. |
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futureliveshere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Say do you also know how many of you are there in WV |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. at last count, 8 |
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Kukesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Funny. But true, I'm afraid. n/t |
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futureliveshere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Yoiks... Sigh!! Thanks. |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
179. My husband and I are two of them, lol. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
107. I know you're an Obama guy..I remember. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #107 |
157. Senator Jay Rockefeller. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I'd say you missed the point. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. you can be both |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
126. But that's the racist you can actually talk to. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. I grew up in WVA, and the OP is correct. WVA AA population about 3.5% |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Bluefield is strange because it is divided by a state line too, right? |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
168. There's two Blfds, Blfd WVA and Blfd Va |
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NobleCynic (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
189. That phrase isn't a joke |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. What's the best way for Obama to campaign there? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I don't think he has time for the town meeting approach. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Fortunately, Obama's sitting so pretty that Hillary needs 86% of the vote |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. He would do better to campaign in Kentucky, I think |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. "you physically can't get to some of them" |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I've been to most counties, but you really have to desire to get to some of them |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Webster County demographics |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. His name's John |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
180. When I was a child, I raised goats for 4-H . My dad and I drove to this place called Duck |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
170. I'd think the college crowd would be the best place to campaign. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. I have a friend in West Virginia |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm really glad I read all of this before responding. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. The point I was trying to make is, we aren't like other states. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
190. I can empathize with you there... |
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nomorewhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. great post and a real insight about the "on the ground" politics |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. We've had "persistent economic troubles" since 1863 |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. So are you saying it's the incumbency ALONE that is valued, regardless of what an incumbent is |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. No one particularly cares about Byrd's constitutional views |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Okay, so how does the Constitution rate in a "Southern mentality"? nt |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I don't get the question |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. You got the question okay. Just trying to understand what factors might |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. McCain's military background will trump anything he can do on the ground, I think |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Thanks for the reality check. I hope the campaign demonstrates their respect |
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kaybea (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
89. Unless it's John Kerry, yes? Then it's the purple heart band-aid treatment? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #89 |
100. Kerry had his own problems in WV |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #100 |
120. I thought the GOP put out a flier saying Democrats would ban the bible. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #120 |
127. Give us a little more credit that that |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #127 |
137. Oh, that is true on the steel -- Bush, a free trader, went all protective on steel. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. Bush's protectionism on steel triggered a fist fight that I witnessed |
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kaybea (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #100 |
135. Yeah, a douche, great reply, really answers that rank hypocrisy. |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #100 |
151. I can somewhat see where the poster is coming from |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #89 |
109. Hypocritical of folks, isn't it. |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
150. You just made me ROFL |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #150 |
155. You have to experience life with Senator Byrd to understand it. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #155 |
165. Your Own Personal Byrd... Someone who can answer your prayers / someone who cares... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #150 |
163. WE NEED A PIC!! Photoshoppers? |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. Hey can you help me? I remember being about 12 and my family got lost on this back road off of |
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Kukesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
81. Try this link to Lost River State Park: |
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Kukesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. My husband was born in Elkins and went to Greenbrier Military |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Oh man Elkins! That has got to be one of the prettiest places in the US. |
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Kukesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Gotta agree with you. Almost heaven? n/t |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Elkins is gorgeous country; impossible to get to though |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
16. Is it a closed primary? And do you know how many Democrats there are roughly? |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
186. Independents can vote in the Democratic primary. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. very interesting post, thank you for the info! |
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futureliveshere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. Great post and great job at "Expectation Management" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. Shorter: Bigoted hillbillies who lost to Pitt last year - WOOT!! |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. My dad and I were trying to decide if that was the single worst day in state history |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Heh. That's what's so great about rivalries - each one is a coin flip... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
26. Excellent post! |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
28. "my hometown which is really a suburb of Pittsburgh in some ways" |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
187. I was just going to ask him |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #187 |
202. Big Red, or Catholic Central? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #202 |
204. I played Little League right next to it |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #202 |
208. Wintersville High School |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #208 |
212. I can probably tell you |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. Very interesting. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
37. This is a FACT that is both indisputable, and unchangeable: |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I don't disagree |
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The Ghost (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. Grew up in Martinsburg |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. The Eastern Panhandle and Northern Panhandle are outliers |
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The Ghost (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. so do you think Obama can win WV? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. No...in neither the primary nor the general |
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The Ghost (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:23 PM Original message |
Isnt ironic that WV seceded |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
58. We didn't really secede over slavery |
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The Ghost (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Technicalities! :) |
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DeaconBlues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
207. the eastern panhandle may be an outlier, but it has a nice chunk |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. I think you hit it on the head! I was married to a W Virginian whose family changed their name from |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. OMG...I loved this post. |
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Kukesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I loved it too. Nice to read something both funny and true. n/t |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
49. Nicely put. Lived in Lewisburg for two years. I miss it. Beautiful down there. n/t |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Are you an osteopath? |
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Kukesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. The old Greenbrier Military Academy is now |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
93. My wife is. The O-School was great for both of us. They really |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
53. Now is the time for all good Dems to come to the aid of their party! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Nice! .jpeg!! Thanks. nt |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. I found it right here on DU :-) |
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Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
57. Sorry, but Idaho and Wyoming are racially isolated as well. That didn't stop them from voting Obama |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Obama might win a WV Caucus |
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arewenotdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #62 |
184. Did the Big Dog win in WV twice? |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. What white people don't get their choice. and if it is not Obama |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
122. Yeah, there is a distinction. I don't think racists voted for Clinton in NH. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #122 |
159. I think most people vote what they know.... eom |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. Wisconsin as well. (I agree w the rest of your post as to the real reason) |
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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
94. Then what do you call 92% voting for obama??? |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. Hi fellow Mountaineer! |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. Welcome to DU! |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
66. I lived in Buckhannon for a year |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Ok...Buckhannon deserves its own little section because scary shit happens there |
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Kukesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. My husband's mother was born in Buckhannon and the KKK |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. I'm not being defensive, but it's the only part of the state where I've heard extensive KKK stories |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #66 |
119. "Long live the Dancing Outlaw " |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. My Brother (who is black) lives in parkersburg and he loves it |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
70. I have two questions about West Virginians... > |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. The first one is tricky |
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TexanDem (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Thank you very much. Will be interesting to see how it goes. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
72. my mother grew up in Charleston |
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fight4my3sons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
74. I went to a Rainbow Gathering in WV 18 years ago. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
77. Wow. Freaking Amazing Post. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm familiar with the state |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. There is no loyalty to the Republican Party in WV...never has been |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #82 |
92. sounds about right |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
83. Thanks for the thorough and informative description and a question for you |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Some...maybe....Our relationship with our senators is weird |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. thanks. |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
86. Here ya go. Let's see if I look familiar... |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. I liked Morgantown |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #90 |
98. I still live here in Morgantown, and ugh, I'm getting too damned old for this place. |
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hillsidestrangler (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Wow...you look amazing. n/t |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. Well thank you. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #96 |
110. That was my first thought too.. You watch out |
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hillsidestrangler (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #110 |
175. Hey, I only go after the conservatives.... |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #86 |
106. uhhh....... |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #106 |
121. Thanks, I think. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #106 |
129. She's mine. I saw her first. |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #129 |
162. "Though a cousin of hers will be at my wedding..." |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
177. You're beautiful! |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #86 |
182. Sky... |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #182 |
199. "I'd be happy to show you around." |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #199 |
200. I'm busted! |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
87. I was born and raised in a PGH suburb too and |
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Khaotic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
88. I admit ... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
95. Do y'all grow a lot of weed? The demo's and geography suggest it. |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Marijuana is WV's #1 cash crop. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. There was a program on The History Channel about pot-growing in Appalachia |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #97 |
103. Think of the roads, schools, and healthcare |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
104. "We are not liberal" Excuse me, whsat is your definition of liberal? Don't you care about economics? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. 40 years ago, the Unions had power. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #112 |
118. The more MR and other "efficiency" measures they endorse, the more jobs will be cut. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #118 |
131. I never thought of West Virginia as a paticulary pro-capitliast state |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #131 |
167. I might live with capitalism (the original version, not what we have now.) |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #118 |
140. I'm really trying to explain how odd West Virginia's politics are |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #140 |
169. Sounds like it is a clannish place... not unlike parts of Scotland and Ireland |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #169 |
174. "other mountainous "don't fuck with us and we won't fuck with you" type places." |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
105. Could be a Dem pick up this fall. Important to hold a Dem primary there to |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #105 |
115. As an Obama supporter, I think WV is one state that Hillary can win that he can't |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
108. Also, those interstates and strip mines are filling every single holler with gravel and slag |
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iiibbb (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
111. All Obama needs is to declare Jesco White as his running mate... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
113. West Virginians who work in the DC area (mostly building trades) like to joke about "Homey" |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
114. Yikes , I wouldn't like to be live there |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #114 |
134. Not having any zoning has its advantages |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
117. You forgot to mention Don Blankenship |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
123. So Hillary wins because she's the incumbent (sort of). |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #123 |
136. I think Obama has a hell of a hill to climb in the general |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. Considering Al Gore lost by 5.... |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #123 |
185. Obama doesn't stand a chance against McCain in WV. |
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susankh4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
124. Nice synopsis. |
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MadAnne (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
125. I certainly would not recognize that as the state |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #125 |
133. Are you in Bluefield? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
128. good post - sad, funny, frustrating |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
130. You forgot Morgantown. There are plenty of black people in Morgantown. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Morgantown is only 4 percent black. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #132 |
152. Yes, but that only counts the people who live within the city limits. |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #152 |
161. Hey! |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
141. posting from my home here in Bluefield and...... |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
142. Is not having many or any blacks in your state really a justification for being racist? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #142 |
144. A guy from Sweden would probably be poked with a stick |
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MadAnne (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. You know, I don't think I want to allow you to |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #146 |
172. Wierd albino ice-men should always be poked! Just look at Conan O'Brien n/t |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #142 |
147. One horribly ugly xenophobic/racial moment from my childhood |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #147 |
173. Did the steel mill get built? n/t |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #173 |
193. Yes |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #147 |
188. I had to laugh at this. Simply because it is so ridiculous. I hope they've made a little progress |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #188 |
194. Dude. This was 1983 |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
143. Obama plans to win Wyoming instead |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
145. I remember someone posting... |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
148. Why are the Appalachians so Hillarite? |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
149. Thanks for the info!! |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
153. Basically, West Virginia is full |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
154. What is the feeling in WV about the war? |
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Willo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
156. Great info TB, throughout the tread. Thanks. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
158. Hmm..thanks for the heads up. I'll probably avoid that area for now nt |
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MadAnne (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
160. One of the black people who live in WV |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #160 |
183. Mountain Stage is the gem of the state! LOVE that show. n/t |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
164. Wouldn't you say that anti-environmentalism has something to do with it? |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #164 |
171. No, it has much more to do with Gun politics than environmentalsim. |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #171 |
181. Agreed. The majority of West Virginians actually OPPOSE strip mining. n/t |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
166. Could you also recognize them by this flag ? Just wondering. |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
176. West Virginian for Obama here checking in. |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #176 |
201. Obama will win Monongalia county... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #201 |
203. Can you really see him winning Hancok or Ohio counties? |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #203 |
205. Ohio county? Yeah. |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
191. Nice explanation |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
192. As a black man who lived in Parkersburg, WV for 1 year |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:17 AM Response to Reply #192 |
196. "most blacks wouldn't feel comfortable living or even visiting." Why? |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #196 |
197. There is a clue in the OP |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #197 |
198. Don't overstate the case |
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pettypace (695 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
195. Anyone think Obama will campaign there? |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
206. Absolutely fascinating stuff! |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
209. You make West Virginians sound like a bunch of willfully ignorant morons |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #209 |
211. I think we sound like nice people |
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george_maniakes (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
210. I'd like to thank the OP for a great post. |
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Secret_Society (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
213. New Poll on RCP |
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