tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post3345125266669614356..comments2023-09-15T08:07:28.542-06:00Comments on Western Hero: Sacred ConstitutionSilverfiddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-33593107048096185312011-01-26T05:36:59.883-07:002011-01-26T05:36:59.883-07:00Yeah Jersey, They'll try their best to import ...Yeah Jersey, They'll try their best to import the liberalism that wrecked the failed experiment they are fleeing, but sometimes it's not so easy.<br /><br />Bostonians infected New Hampshire, but they are now snapping back to conservative sense.<br /><br />Californians escaping the mess they have made have been attempting to Calfornicate Colorado for over 20 years now, and they've turned us light purple at best.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-6596924698858095682011-01-25T22:25:44.061-07:002011-01-25T22:25:44.061-07:00"Each of the 10 states losing congressional s..."Each of the 10 states losing congressional seats as a result of the newly announced 2010 census reapportionment process is politically Democratic...Five of the eight states gaining seats skew Republican."<br /><br />Yes. For now they do. But what will happen when millions of baby Boomer Northerners move south? Think about that.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-41659533633406638662011-01-25T19:44:11.172-07:002011-01-25T19:44:11.172-07:00The facts, Jersey, seem to paint a different pictu...The facts, Jersey, seem to paint a different picture:<br /><br />Each of the 10 states losing congressional seats as a result of the newly announced 2010 census reapportionment process is politically Democratic...Five of the eight states gaining seats skew Republican.<br /><br />http://www.gallup.com/poll/145397/States-Losing-Congressional-Seats-Tilt-Democratic.aspx<br /><br />Conservatives remained the largest group, followed by moderates and then liberals.<br /><br />Very Conservative 10%<br />Conservative 30%<br />Moderate 35%<br />Liberal 15%<br />Very Liberal 5%<br /><br />http://www.gallup.com/poll/145271/Conservatives-Continue-Outnumber-Moderates-2010.aspx<br /><br />Top 10 Republican States:<br />Wyoming, Utah, Alaska, Idaho, Alabama, Montana, Nebraska, Mississippi, (Texas, North Dakota, Kansas (tied))<br /><br />Top 10 Democratic States:<br />D.C, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont, Hawaii, New York, Illinois, Connecticut, Delaware<br /><br />And seven of those represent the N.E corridor, only two of the top Republican states can be considered 'South'.<br /><br />Jan 14-16 2011 Gallup Poll<br /><br />Republican 28%<br />Independent 42%<br />Democrat 28%<br />Republican Leaners 47%<br />Democrat Leaners 43%<br /><br />http://www.gallup.com/poll/15370/Party-Affiliation.aspx<br /><br />Liberals moving out of liberal states does nothing but dilute the existing liberal urban oligarchy...which is a good thing.Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-56838319996259263292011-01-25T18:57:58.869-07:002011-01-25T18:57:58.869-07:00Well, of course without the coasts the Dems would ...Well, of course without the coasts the Dems would be a distant second. I just don't know why it bothers you guys so much that the GOP is powerbased mainly in of the South. It doesn't mean we think all Southerners are "toothless, racist hicks." Sounds like a little insecurity on display there. There are historical demographical and political reasons the GOP is now concentrated in the South.<br /><br />One thing MK strikingly neglects to consider is the effect Northeastern migration will have on the politics of the South and Desert Southwest.<br /><br />They're not leaving the Northeast for to embrace the joys of Republican rule. They're simply retiring to warmer, cheaper states.<br /><br />First and foremost - retirees don't need schools. Right there, they save a fortune on property taxes. And sure enough, the Red States, even wealthy ones, on average, have relatively poor-performing schools. You do get what you pay for, ya' know?<br /><br />Between the warm weather and low property taxes, the Baby Boomers, over the next twenty years, are going to flood into Florida, Arizona, the Coastal South, Nevada, and probably even Texas and Utah. That will significantly boost the representation of the South, but at the same time it will bring more Northern Liberal Baby Boomers into those electorates.<br /><br />On top of that, the disbalanced dependence on immigrant labor in the South will ever increase Hispanic votes. And when the Boomers start flooding those Southern states, it will be immigrant labor that builds their homes and pools and landscapes, and tend their yards, and clean their pools, and on and on. Unless the GOP can reverse its reactionary image among Hispanics, they will vote more and more Democrat, trying to lift their conditions.<br /><br />Don't start counting partisan chickens yet. I expect the country to start moving heavily to the Left, in many ways, in the next twenty years.<br /><br />I would prefer to see improvements in both parties rather than just endless, pointless disparaging of either. <br /> <br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-75411308945686006812011-01-25T18:24:31.110-07:002011-01-25T18:24:31.110-07:00First of all:
"salon.com/news/politics/w...First of all: <br /><br />"salon.com/news/politics/war_room"<br /><br />I mean... should they really be calling it a "war_room"? Won't some disturbed individual take that as a call to arms and start gunning all of us down? Oh, I forgot...that only applies to conservatives.<br /><br />"disproportionately a party of white Southern reactionaries"... as opposed to what? The party that is disproportionalely a party of urban progressive statists? <br /><br />First I would have to take exception to the term "disproportionately" applied to the Republican party given that 14 of the 23 members of the 112th Republican congressional leadership are not from the South.<br /><br />Second, I would like to point out that if you're going to call anyone "disproportionate" you need look no further than the Democratic party, since only 3 of the 23 members of their leadership are from the South.<br /><br />It seems that Michael Lind is the one with the deeply flawed understanding of America's founding, as it has nothing to do with the Civil War and Reconstruction and everthing to do with a reaction against the oppressive, over-regulatory, over taxing and far reaching government of King George III. I suppose though he has never read the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers.Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-7658510229261475852011-01-25T18:23:57.683-07:002011-01-25T18:23:57.683-07:00Indeed, MK. It's all lies and BS funded by mo...Indeed, MK. It's all lies and BS funded by money borrowed from ChinaSilverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-73437585461616965962011-01-25T18:17:41.989-07:002011-01-25T18:17:41.989-07:00"And without the coasts, the Democrats would ..."And without the coasts, the Democrats would be a distand second party."<br /><br />Judging by the number of people fleeing the glorious, free-milk-and-honey liberal states along the coast or where ever for the republican states in the south, the democrats will be lucky to be a distant second.<br /><br />On a side note, isn't it mysterious how after a year or two of experiencing the wonderous liberal ideology, people soon start leaving for places without this wonderous liberal ideology. Oh but i'm sure it's only the stupid, racist and toothless hicks who are leaving right.MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-83282615094455294702011-01-25T17:24:26.893-07:002011-01-25T17:24:26.893-07:00I can never understand the liberals hatred of your...I can never understand the liberals hatred of your constitution, if they hate it so much why don't they make good on their promises to move somewhere else. I mean, there are plenty of countries in the west where there isn't a similar wretched and much-loathed constitution like yours.<br /><br />Perhaps it's because they're unwilling to admit that these countries are not quite like yours and that's really because we don't have quite the same rights as your constitution grants.MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-45831943149332875362011-01-25T12:22:10.766-07:002011-01-25T12:22:10.766-07:00@ Jersey "Without the South, the GOP would be...@ Jersey <i>"Without the South, the GOP would be a distant second party."</i><br /><br />And without the coasts, the Democrats would be a distand second party.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-69001964450699078542011-01-25T11:06:48.174-07:002011-01-25T11:06:48.174-07:00without the Northeast liberals and Unions and welf...without the Northeast liberals and Unions and welfare states of California and NY you could say the same thing about the democrat party Jersey.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02173702830006208833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-15245319294237663262011-01-25T10:46:26.229-07:002011-01-25T10:46:26.229-07:00Well, the Upper Midwest, the Dakotas, Montana, and...Well, the Upper Midwest, the Dakotas, Montana, and such are very sparsely populated and so not much total represenation comes from them. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and such are swing states.<br /><br />The Mountain West and the Breadbelt have long been GOP country, and would be second to the South in strength of representation. But the main power base, by far, of the GOP is the South, period. There's just no arguing with that. It is a fact. Without the South, the GOP would be a distant second party.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-9716250052105380822011-01-25T10:19:50.912-07:002011-01-25T10:19:50.912-07:00From the looks of the last election, the upper mid...From the looks of the last election, the upper midwest is now part of the south?Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-80304466255759358862011-01-25T10:12:35.552-07:002011-01-25T10:12:35.552-07:00Lind was simply pointing to the irony that the GOP...Lind was simply pointing to the irony that the GOP's power base is the South. You really can't argue with that, and surely any intelligent person would see the irony.<br /><br />You'd really have to point to a specific when you talk about constructionism, originalism and such. Nine times out of ten, people cry constituional foul not because something is unconstutional, but rather simply becaue it's seomthing they don't like.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-16561379245023740222011-01-25T06:23:57.929-07:002011-01-25T06:23:57.929-07:00I hope that you're correct in your assessment:...I hope that you're correct in your assessment:<br /><br /><i>Indignant howls from the liberal press are our victory trumpets.</i><br /><br />Meanwhile, the propaganda war on the education front continues. Conservatives, pay attention to what your children are being taught in their classrooms!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com