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A little blue island that withstood the red electoral wave
The Oregonian ^
| Nov 08, 2014
| David Sarasohn
Posted on 11/09/2014 5:41:43 PM PST by nwrep
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:41:43 PM PST
by
nwrep
To: nwrep
Good, let them enjoy their isolation in a liberal utopia.
To: headstamp 2
Massachusetts, and presumably Oregon... are doing something funky behind the scenes to choreograph this one-party putsch.
Has something to do with some or all (and more) of: Agenda-21, building codes, encouraging the “Big Sort”, state campaign finance laws, “affordable” housing, sanctuary cities/states, ...
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:48:14 PM PST
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: nwrep
Uh, this is nothing to be proud of, you dope..
(not you nwrep)
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:49:48 PM PST
by
cardinal4
(Certified Islamophobe..)
To: nwrep
So every idiot in the country moved to Portland?
Why am I not surprised?
To: nwrep
Oregon has been in the economic dumps since the late 70’s. That makes it look like one of the rust belt states that have democratic trends as lots of motivated people leave for greener pastures.
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:50:23 PM PST
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: nwrep
"The change is the post-industrial economy," argues Professor Jim Moore of Pacific University. "High-value manufacturing requires a highly educated workforce, and they bring their politics from the college towns and big cities where they used to be." Because Engineers are not conservative and can't do math...?
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:53:07 PM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters
What's changed Oregon from the Republican dominance of two and three decades ago to its current oceanic blueness That's easy: proximity to California.
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:53:21 PM PST
by
lonevoice
(Life is short. Make fun of it.)
To: headstamp 2
I’ve been to Oregon and found it to be far less than Texas. In fact, in the leftist cesspool of Portland, holder’s people ganged up on me and attempted an assault. I was a-carryin’ and that sent the thugs a-scurryin’. My impression is that the largely white populace of the state carries a burden of White Guilt and that’s one factor that contributes to its embrace of marxism.
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:53:40 PM PST
by
re_nortex
(DP - that's what I like about Texas)
To: 2banana
Oooga booooga Sociology. Not engineering
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:54:06 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: re_nortex
Get the self pride out of your yeehaw or you will find God takes your yeehaw away too.
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:55:14 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: nwrep
You can never expect to root out all the parasites in one pass.
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:55:34 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(EARBOLA – the nausea one gets when hearing the sound of Barack Obama 's voice)
To: nwrep
Rhode Island is also a “blue island”.
And then there’s Connecticut and Vermont.
All states that are predominately made up of white people, who believe the network news and who have not yet been exposed to the hordes at the gate.
To: nwrep
More important, Oregon's Democratic electorate is not the same as in many states; it's one of the few places where Obama has twice won among white voters.Many stupid people are nonetheless sufficiently functional not to advertise their stupidity. Apparently not this Oregonian.
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posted on
11/09/2014 5:58:29 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: USNBandit
In 1973, Oregon passed a highly restrictive land use law, and as a result it missed the prosperity of the Eighties. With the high tech boom of the Nineties, Oregon prospered, but that ended with the crash. Oregonians don't mind the fact that they were behind the curve on prosperity because that prosperity would have caused damage to the environment. Oregonians have been quite willing to accept a lower standard of living if that protects Mother Earth.
When that post-industrial wealth disappears, there will be hard choices to be made.
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posted on
11/09/2014 6:00:31 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: nwrep
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA---Republican takeover as of midnight 11/5---some states undecided.
Map courtesy of http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/here-s-what-a-republican-takeover-looks-likes-20141105
Behold the LEFT Coast ....
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posted on
11/09/2014 6:00:36 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Electoral BUMP)
To: 2banana
Because Engineers are not conservative and can't do math...?No, I'm pretty sure that's not it. I'm gobsmacked and completely amazed when I find even ONE engineer (typically software engineers for some reason) who pledges to the dark side. Never really have figured out those exceptions. You'd think employment in a business where the results can be judged objectively, based on reality, would preclude liberal participation, but for some reason some do get in.
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posted on
11/09/2014 6:02:35 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: nwrep
Did 0regonlive.com forget (cough, cough) to mention that voters in Oregon overwhelmingly rejected a law passed in 2013 that would grant drivers license cards to illegal aliens, defeating it by a landslide of 68% of voters in favor of vetoing S.B 833, with only 32% in support of the law, despite the pro-illegal side outspending the anti-illegal side about 10-1?
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posted on
11/09/2014 6:02:41 PM PST
by
SharpRightTurn
(White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
To: proxy_user
Not every idiot. There are plenty of idiots to go around, enough for Seattle, San Francisco, Boston...
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posted on
11/09/2014 6:04:41 PM PST
by
Lexinom
To: C210N
Massachusetts, and presumably Oregon... are doing something funky behind the scenes to choreograph this one-party putsch. Between environmental regulations and land use/zoning restrictions, Oregon is perfecting a form of utopia called the "no-growth economy".
In time, it will become a Luddite colony trapped in amber.
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posted on
11/09/2014 6:06:37 PM PST
by
okie01
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