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To: snarkytart
Why are so many nice mid western states so left leaning??

Agriculture. When your livelihood is at the mercy of forces beyond your control, like the weather, you welcome collective security and govenment backup. The result is a bunch of people who see themselves as cultural conservatives but are in fact economic leftists.

110 posted on 09/14/2008 11:15:09 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard

“When your livelihood is at the mercy of forces beyond your control, like the weather, you welcome collective security and govenment backup”

Joke’s on them. Ethanol subsidies go to giant agri-businesses and welfare goes to the inner-city and suburbs. Ha, ha!


114 posted on 09/15/2008 6:35:46 AM PDT by Tublecane
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