Posted on 07/15/2007 4:11:42 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
I sell for a living, things change.
I suggest that we sell the notion that “Red” is by far a human beings favorite color, Red Sports Cars, Red Hair, Red Fingernails, Red Underwear, Red everything... stupid media will about face in a couple of years.
TT
>>>”showed Carter with his two upper front teeth missing when he was governor of Georgia”<<<<
I will bet that a Freeper has that picture, and I will bet that looter guy is in it as well!
TT
In 1979, as the Iranian crisis turned into a "fuel crisis," international spot prices moved past $20 a barrel. OPEC official prices were $13-16 a barrel. Meanwhile, domestic U.S. crude was price-limited to $5-$6/ barrel.
Ya think there was an incentive to produce? Price limits and import quotas caused the "energy crisis" and not OPEC.
Yeah, no sheet, Jimmah:
I know, of course, being President, that government actions and legislation can be very important.Thanks for the memories!
What is the .. etymology of this change, because I’m old enough to remember this from national election coverage on the major networks but memory is not always infallible but there doesn’t seem to be anything by way of explanation. The green map above reminded me of that - gave me a bit of indigestion but whattaya do? Then you brought it up, which is one of the great things about the forums.
mal·aise 1 : an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness 2 : a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being
he was a useless POS then and is still a useless POS
I think it was the Carter election map shown on TV that was the genesis of the change. Newspapers didn't use so much color back then. The leftist MSM then switched the color coding rules for Reagan saying the challenger would be red, the incumbent blue, to be "fair", then alternate that way going forward. They make up their rules as they go along. Then based on a market research study showing an advantage for blue they changed the rules to always show Republicans red, Democrats blue, to give Democrats a permanent boost. The Gore/Bush recount fiasco, with Bush the "red challenger" solidified that change. Now "red state" means Republican, "blue state" Democrat. The leftist MSM has completed the switch. Outside of America people are confused at the current color scheme. Aren't the reds supposed to be red?
The amazing thing is that in 1980 nobody had a clue just how big an idiot/traitor the peanut farmer was.
All the traditions of our past, all the lessons of our heritage, all the promises of our future point to another path, the path of common purpose and the restoration of American values. That path leads to true freedom for our Nation and ourselves.
I'm trying to interpret Mister Carter's intent here. Is he saying that replacing individual self-interest for the collective path of "common purpose" somehow leads to "true freedom"?
Who wrote this for him, Ho Chi Minh or Che?
Did you notice Jimmy won Georgia, his home state. The next election, Mondale won Minnesota, his home state. Even these pathetic losers, at least got their home state.
In 2000, TN voted for Bush, NOT Gore. Says a lot about the man.
This is so sad. MD as always a freakin’ commie supporter (I know, I know, they finally went R with Reagan for ‘84, but....)
Also, I didn’t know Carter was the original guy who “feels our pain”!!!
BINGO!
Thank you.
I have ALWAYS noted that since 2000 (at least?), suddenly the Commie Dems were “blue”.
I refuse to use the term “red state” to associate with Republicans. We were NOT red when I was a child. Only commies were red. The media used to publish R’s as blue, not red.
Do you think there is EVER a hope of MD going GOP again in a Presidential election?
I refuse to do that too. It bugs me when I see conservatives accept the MSM manipulation. Some idiot even started up a red state conservative blog.
Wikipedia has a pretty good write up of the switch: Red states. It was started in 1984 by the Communist Broadcasting Service, CBS. It took a while to catch on but by 2000 all the leftist MSM and even Fox News were on the same page.
yes, i do
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