I love that map! But I also noticed that, if you go to the original map at the New York Times and pull the slider back to 1992, we’re still redder than we were coming off Bush I. We’ve got momentum, but there’s still lots of work to do!
– Obama wins presidency
– Gay marriage and adoption rejected
– Medical Mary Jane more legal then ever
– South Dakotans send Democrats to Washington yet more Republicans to Pierre.
The medical marijuana one does not surprise me. Anyone with compassion should have no trouble voting for it, and it shows with compassionate states passing it, but when given the opportunity South Dakota was the first state to reject it.
Sad to see my home state of OK went more red – except for OKC and Tulsa. WTF is with Arkansas, though? Looks like everywhere but Little Rock went redder by a mile.
Personally, I’m glad there are still republicans out there. If not for them, we’d have one party rule – and it wouldn’t be long before they were just as bad as the republicans were.
I have a feeling there will be a big push over the next four years for the Republican party to distance themselves from the extreme bible-bumper end-timers, pro-lifers and Wall street so they may ‘seem’ more moderate.
I agree that they’ll probably abandon the theocrats, but the only reason Wall St. was so in love with the republicans was because they were in charge. They kiss whichever ass it takes to get what they want.
Most Wall Streeters are pretty socially liberal.
I see that it appears this conversation is over, but if I must say, AND I MUST, if it weren’t for the “theocrats” you wouldn’t have the freedom to express what you are expressing now!! Our founders were mostly Christian, or at least acknowledged Christian values to be the best at governing a free people. Look at the “buddhist” countries. Look at the “Hindu” Countries. Look at the “Muslim” countries. And now look at the “Christian” countries (aka US, England, Spain, etc) Although not perfect, no country on earth can be, these countries are examples of the “free” world, aka “the Christian” world. You do not have to be Christian to agree that it is the best and ONLY religion that allows a free, civil society to exist. Thomas Jefferson, the one everyone likes to point to as the father of “separation of church and state” although this was taken entirely out of context, was most definitely not what we would consider Christian today, although he DID in fact carry a Bible, was the FIRST superintendent of Washington, DC schools. Guess what? He MADE THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE the PRIMARY textbook for ALL schoolchildren in DC. Don’t believe me? Look it up, but it might be hard to find, since so many liberal and communist historians in America have literally re-written our history!! ALL of our founders agreed that it is necessary for a people to fear a higher authority than government so that government does NOT have to be over our shoulders all of the time, and they believed Christianity to be the most BALANCED of religions to achieve this (and yes, most modern religions did also exist at that time). People who do not fear THE higher authority are more likely to commit crimes such as tax fraud, theft, and other crimes when the government can NOT see them. To date, there has been no other religion that has allowed a free country to exist as long as the United States has!!! However, these days are numbered. As we continue to allow things previously considered crimes or mental illnesses to openly be practiced, such as adultery, homosexuality, tax fraud, etc. to go free, we will have lawlessness (actually we already do) prevailing on the streets, and the United States as we know it will collapse (I would argue that it already has collapsed). Man, I could go on and on, and on. Did you know most of our founders lost EVERYTHING for the principle of freedom? They lost family fortunes, status, saw their wives and children sacrificed, literally murdered, by British troops, and the list goes on and on. Do you actually think Barack Obama would sacrifice all of that? I think John McCain would have, not that he was perfect or anything, because no man is. John McCain sacrificed six years of his life in HELL for YOU AND ME!!! And I know he would do it again. Everyone is thinking about their jobs and stuff nowadays, and sure, I am too, but that doesn’t mean I sacrifice unborn babies lives, the right to freely worship God in private or public, or the right to bear arms just so I can eat. Our founders, Thomas Jefferson included, would have a fit if they knew they sacrificed money, family and comfort for the future right of a country to elect a COMMUNIST president!!!
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I love that map! But I also noticed that, if you go to the original map at the New York Times and pull the slider back to 1992, we’re still redder than we were coming off Bush I. We’ve got momentum, but there’s still lots of work to do!
What a weird election;
– Obama wins presidency
– Gay marriage and adoption rejected
– Medical Mary Jane more legal then ever
– South Dakotans send Democrats to Washington yet more Republicans to Pierre.
The medical marijuana one does not surprise me. Anyone with compassion should have no trouble voting for it, and it shows with compassionate states passing it, but when given the opportunity South Dakota was the first state to reject it.
It still got about 40% of the vote though.
Still, we are the FIRST state to reject it.
. . . maybe the electorate did, but
Sad to see my home state of OK went more red – except for OKC and Tulsa. WTF is with Arkansas, though? Looks like everywhere but Little Rock went redder by a mile.
Personally, I’m glad there are still republicans out there. If not for them, we’d have one party rule – and it wouldn’t be long before they were just as bad as the republicans were.
I have a feeling there will be a big push over the next four years for the Republican party to distance themselves from the extreme bible-bumper end-timers, pro-lifers and Wall street so they may ‘seem’ more moderate.
I agree that they’ll probably abandon the theocrats, but the only reason Wall St. was so in love with the republicans was because they were in charge. They kiss whichever ass it takes to get what they want.
Most Wall Streeters are pretty socially liberal.
I see that it appears this conversation is over, but if I must say, AND I MUST, if it weren’t for the “theocrats” you wouldn’t have the freedom to express what you are expressing now!! Our founders were mostly Christian, or at least acknowledged Christian values to be the best at governing a free people. Look at the “buddhist” countries. Look at the “Hindu” Countries. Look at the “Muslim” countries. And now look at the “Christian” countries (aka US, England, Spain, etc) Although not perfect, no country on earth can be, these countries are examples of the “free” world, aka “the Christian” world. You do not have to be Christian to agree that it is the best and ONLY religion that allows a free, civil society to exist. Thomas Jefferson, the one everyone likes to point to as the father of “separation of church and state” although this was taken entirely out of context, was most definitely not what we would consider Christian today, although he DID in fact carry a Bible, was the FIRST superintendent of Washington, DC schools. Guess what? He MADE THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE the PRIMARY textbook for ALL schoolchildren in DC. Don’t believe me? Look it up, but it might be hard to find, since so many liberal and communist historians in America have literally re-written our history!! ALL of our founders agreed that it is necessary for a people to fear a higher authority than government so that government does NOT have to be over our shoulders all of the time, and they believed Christianity to be the most BALANCED of religions to achieve this (and yes, most modern religions did also exist at that time). People who do not fear THE higher authority are more likely to commit crimes such as tax fraud, theft, and other crimes when the government can NOT see them. To date, there has been no other religion that has allowed a free country to exist as long as the United States has!!! However, these days are numbered. As we continue to allow things previously considered crimes or mental illnesses to openly be practiced, such as adultery, homosexuality, tax fraud, etc. to go free, we will have lawlessness (actually we already do) prevailing on the streets, and the United States as we know it will collapse (I would argue that it already has collapsed). Man, I could go on and on, and on. Did you know most of our founders lost EVERYTHING for the principle of freedom? They lost family fortunes, status, saw their wives and children sacrificed, literally murdered, by British troops, and the list goes on and on. Do you actually think Barack Obama would sacrifice all of that? I think John McCain would have, not that he was perfect or anything, because no man is. John McCain sacrificed six years of his life in HELL for YOU AND ME!!! And I know he would do it again. Everyone is thinking about their jobs and stuff nowadays, and sure, I am too, but that doesn’t mean I sacrifice unborn babies lives, the right to freely worship God in private or public, or the right to bear arms just so I can eat. Our founders, Thomas Jefferson included, would have a fit if they knew they sacrificed money, family and comfort for the future right of a country to elect a COMMUNIST president!!!