Originally Posted by Vicariously I

Wow, and here I thought you'ld try to prove that were NOT a moron.

But hey, thanks for backing me on that one.

Originally Posted by CosmicRocker

out of context snippets, some clearly in a sarcastic mode, may amuse your simple mind.
Who am i to take that away from you?

what's the old saying about publicity?
I don't care what you say about me - just be sure to spell my name correctly.

Originally Posted by KeithO#1

I've been here a short time, but you seem to have common sense and can make a point with out ranting.

Originally Posted by KeithO#1

I've been here a short time, but you seem to have common sense and can make a point with out ranting.

Originally Posted by Curator

Oregon and West Virginia has a comparable white population.

WV is 95% white and Oregon is 92.3%, or somewhere around there.

Why is Obama winning Oregon 55% to 33%, but lost WV by a landslide? Is it all about economics in WV or tree huggers living in Oregon?

I don't buy it. Why did Obama win a large segment of the white vote in Western states but lose them in the Appalachian states?

Does inherent racism still exist and always will exist in the Appalachian region?

Originally Posted by Environment Man

Dog gets peeped so quickly. Dog why are you hated so?

Originally Posted by Jonesy

No. Racism is something nurtured. It will die away soon enough.

Originally Posted by itsmeeeeeee

If a Black Man Still Can't Get Served in a West Virginia Restaurant, How Can a Black Candidate Expect to Get Any Votes?
By astral66 - May 13, 2008, 1:15PM

Cafe Talk | Talking Points Memo | If a Black Man Still Can't Get Served in a West Virginia Restaurant, How Can a Black Candidate Expect to Get Any Votes?

Before you start celebrating Hillary's win in West Virginia tonight, perhaps you should read this post by a West Virginia voter today on Daily Kos, and ask yourself what it is that you are celebrating.

wvtrailerdweller writes:

"I went with my son, his first election,and my retired neighbors. I know my son and I voted for Obama, and I believe they both did, also, because they mentioned NOT voting for Hillary. There are two polling places in our tiny town, and people were at both, with the line actually growing as we were waiting at ours. There was talk that they'd never seen so many people for a primary.

I don't take that as too positive a sign, as everyone was over 60. I heard one man say that as a republican he had no one to vote for, so either he voted democratic, or was registered independent, not sure if you can cross parties, but independents had their pick of ballots.

We went into the oldest restaurant in town for breakfast, and I was trying to listen to the conversations, all among retired locals. They were joking about voting for Obama before they started hammering on the same old "talking points"(he's muslim, he's embarrassed by his horrible wife can you imagine her in the white house..., he doesn't face the flag...etc.) I didn't wonder if so many of them are riled by how well he's doing, that's what is driving turnout. As one old farmer got visibly upset I could see how frustrated he was by "those stupid, stupid people" as he described, well, us, I guess.

Oddly, we have a good sized gay community, and while many are weekenders, quite a few live up here, so I remain hopeful!

As to the racism issue, while eating our neighbor told us he had come there several years ago with men who were working on constructing a house, one of whom was AA, and he told the others they wouldn't be served as they walked in the door. The others including my neighbor were all from No. VA and thought he was being paranoid. Sure enough, no one ever came to their table. My neighbor's daughter raised hell before they left (and she's great at that!) but I was surprised at how recent that was AND that he was willing to return

I have say, both my neighbors said it was their first primary and they felt the need because they wanted to be a part of history being made, which I have to say I felt too. First time I ever got choked up when filling in a bubble.(We had a choice of electronic touchscreen or paper) It's a beautiful spring day, and there's excitement in the air!"