Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce
Originally posted by: AndrewR
The majority of the world hates that Moronic drug abusing coward named Bush.
Seen any poll numbers lately? The majority of the UNITED STATES approves of Bush. Seems that you're in the minority where it counts.
The majority of Germany approved of Hitler as well, what's your point? Just because the majority follows the leader does not make the leader right. BTW, check out this map of literacy levels in the US. Funny how the majority of people with 9 years or less of education live in predominantly Republican states.
MAP. Oh, and this one of the % of people with 9-12 years of schooling without a high school degree:
MAP. See a trend here? It's easy to herd sheap.
OK, I'll play. Let us now examine more closely the "Map(s)" you reference.
Map number 1 "Percentage of Population with Less than 9 Years of Education". Hmmmm. Verrrrrrry Interrrresting. Why, most of the darker shaded areas are in
border counties in Texas or the heartlands of Kentucky and Tennessee!:Q Um,
border counties in Texas, meaning
bordering the country of Mexico, meaning a high concentration of aliens. Can you see an obvious connection here?
Now, as much as one shouldn't compare the great state of Tennessee or my birth state, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, evidence to the contrary nevertheless exists regarding party affiliation. The current governor of Tennessee is a Democrat. Tennesseeans voted predominately Democrat in the largest two of the four major metropolitan areas (Shelby-Memphis, Davidson-Nashville) during the last gubernatorial election. 5 of the 9 current U.S Representatives from Tennessee are Democrats. Paul E. Patton, the governor of Kentucky is Democrat. How can such party affiliation exist if these are "predominantly Republican states" as you so imply?
Map number 2 "Percentage of Population with 9 to 12 Years of Education Without High School Degree" Moving right along. Wow, the majority of areas matching this catagory are in the Deep South.
Trivia (Source, CNN):
Georgia: Only one Republican has ever been elected Governor of Georgia: Rufus B. Bullock in 1868.
Arkansas: Sen. Tim Hutchinson is the first Republican senator from Arkansas since 1879.
Tennessee: Tennessee was one of the plum prizes of the 1994 Republican "revolution." The Volunteer State, with a
Democratic tradition dating back to Reconstruction, elected two Republican senators.
Louisiana: If you want conservative Democrats, look no further than Louisiana. In the 1996 general election, 46 percent of all Louisiana voters said they were conservatives- but 53 percent also described themselves as Democrats. That made Louisiana the second-most conservative state in the 1996 election- AND the second-most Democratic.