@v0ider
"Red states" are kind of an illusion, though. Plenty of people in those states aren't Republican voters. The folks that do vote Republican aren't all as far to the right as Newt Gingrich or Paul Ryan. The state legislatures may be right-wing, but that doesn't mean all the people who were born there are. Even a very red state may have 40% of the state's citizens be not so extremely right-wing. Maybe Republicans in "red states" would get more respect if they acted like those citizens mattered.
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@v0ider
"Red states" are kind of an illusion, though. Plenty of people in those states aren't Republican voters. The folks that do vote Republican aren't all as far to the right as Newt Gingrich or Paul Ryan. The state legislatures may be right-wing, but that doesn't mean all the people who were born there are. Even a very red state may have 40% of the state's citizens be not so extremely right-wing. Maybe Republicans in "red states" would get more respect if they acted like those citizens mattered.