I would be proud to be from a state like Oregon or Minnesota where whites support Obama

Alhena

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Tue May-13-08 10:17 AM
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I would be proud to be from a state like Oregon or Minnesota where whites support Obama

actually, there are many states like that, unfortunately I don't live in one of them. Instead, I live in a state where I have to cringe whenever we have an election. This is my home and my job is here, but it must be nice to actually live in a state you can be proud of culturally and politically.

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book_worm

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Tue May-13-08 10:20 AM
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1. I'm from Wisconsin and whites here supported him in our primary.

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cali

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Tue May-13-08 10:23 AM
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2. I'm from Vermont which is the 2nd whitest state in the country after Maine

both went for Obama. And in Vermont we held a primary, and Obama won by 21 points. And I am proud of Vermont. We take the lead in many political areas. We're small, but we have something to say.

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Lucky 13

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Tue May-13-08 10:25 AM
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3. I'm in Vermont. It's OVERWHELMINGLY white and in the Obama win column.

Appalachia is a full step behind even the deep south. It doesn't help when the democratic candidate is telling you those kind of views are ok, though. Shouldn't we be better than that? ALL OF US? EVEN HILLARY?

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BlooInBloo

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Tue May-13-08 10:25 AM
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4. Yup - white folks aren't all the same, thankfully. Those in WV and KY are "special".

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newmajority

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Tue May-13-08 10:25 AM
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5. I'm from Washington state here

And the majority of white voters at my precinct caucus supported Obama :)

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Andy823

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Tue May-13-08 10:27 AM
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7. We must have posted

At the same time! :hi:

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Growler

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Tue May-13-08 11:48 AM
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15. Me too!

n/t

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Andy823

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Tue May-13-08 10:25 AM
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6. So did Washington state.

Every county in the state went for Obama.

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cemaphonic

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Tue May-13-08 10:41 AM
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8. Well, we have our own vile racists in the Pacific Northwest too.

Most of them are Republicans or radical white supremacists though.

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tyne

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Tue May-13-08 10:43 AM
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9. I'm proud to be from Idaho

1% AA....and we gave it HUGE to Obama!

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cemaphonic

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Tue May-13-08 11:07 AM
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13. Idaho has some interesting political currents

There is a huge streak of economic populism there. I know Republican teenagers there that know (and sing!) all the old Wobbly songs. I can tell you that the only teenagers here in liberal Seattle that know about the IWW are the ones who were paying attention in History class, and Seattle had some of the biggest labor demonstrations of that era.

Of course, somewhat paradoxically, that populism exists alongside a Reaganesque small-government libertarian viewpoint.

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Pharaoh

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Tue May-13-08 10:46 AM
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10. It seems to be

more of an issue of education than race.

I'm amazed that Hillary touts the support of the large percent of uneducated white folks.......:shrug:

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Supersedeas

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Tue May-13-08 10:48 AM
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11. North Carolina -- we do appreciate the Mason Dixon line in Indiana

As if the double digit victory in NC for Obama didn't mean a thing.

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Pirate Smile

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Tue May-13-08 10:48 AM
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12. I'm proud to be from Iowa.

Edited on Tue May-13-08 10:49 AM by Pirate Smile

:hi:

I feel like we made the leap first and let everyone know (especially African-Americans) that it was OK to go for it.

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caledesi

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Tue May-13-08 11:38 AM
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14. Me too! nt

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