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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:37 PM
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Just a rant - why is Lunsford close in KY while Obama is so far behind?
Is it racism? I don't know why Kentucky is even redder than Mississippi.

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/ky_mccain_57_obama_38_surveyus.php
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:38 PM
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1. It's Appalachia, where people tend to answer ethnicity questions with "American".
That should tell you all you need to know.
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Kalyke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:39 PM
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3. I live in Appalachia and no one here says that!
But, I live in a bigger city.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:39 PM
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4. I just get angry seeing polls like this
Shows we still have a long way to go in some states.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:38 PM
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2. I would say that part of it may be due to race.
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:40 PM
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5. Why did Kerry lose Montana while Brian Schweitzer won?
It's not always fair to compare a local candidate to an out of state one.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:42 PM
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7. Obama is doing better in MT, though
It seemed Kerry just did not play well there.
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virginia mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:43 PM
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9. One word..
Guns.....

Kerry has a history of openly embracing gun control supporters, Schweitzer told them to them to go to hell...

If only Obama could tell them to "go to hell" aswell
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:47 PM
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11. I'm a gun control supporter, so I wouldn't want to be told that
LOL

Obama's playing it right by not using strong language either way. Even though I support more controls, the platform might be better off playing it as a local issue.
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Alhena Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:41 PM
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6. Hillary got 95% of the vote in certain Appalachian KY counties
you figure it out.
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:43 PM
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8. Lunsford is running as a McCain Democrat.
His latest ad uses quotes from Mclame to dis McConnell. It is a pretty effective
ad. So much so that McConnell has responded with an ad say McLame just loves
him and they agree on pretty much everything.

Partly it is racism; partly it is ignorance; and partly it is because Lunsford
is a DINO.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:46 PM
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10. So Lunsford is supporting McCain?
That's sad.
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FARAFIELD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:48 PM
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12. YOU ARE JOKING RIGHT?
Here is the quickest answer 1) Lunsford is white 2) -- and a distant second at that --- Lunsford is from Kentucky. Sheesh dumb question!
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 03:51 PM
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13. It's more of a rant than a question
Edited on Tue Sep-23-08 03:52 PM by mvd
More rhetorical, but it's something that can be explored more.
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