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Old 05-12-2008, 11:17 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by CosmicRocker View Post
of course not - nor are they representative.
You might wanna actually visit WV, or the south.
Folks get along pretty fine down here, much more so in the racially tense north.
Statistically, there's a lot of white people in Appalachia (and the South) who won't vote for a black guy. That doesn't mean everybody who lives in those areas is a racist, just that a lot of people who live in those areas are. Have you ever visited NY? Chicago? Pittsburgh? Baltimore? Philadelphia? Etc etc etc? I have. Trust me ignorant racist morons are far from a southern phenomena.

I believe there is a sizable base in Appalachia that could care less about Rev. Wright, Obama's economic plan, or his position on the war-- they're simply not going to even consider voting for a person of color.
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