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Wonder if the woman shouting was Sarah Palin? The brass over at ABC News must have let their proofreaders go. Read the next to the last paragraph (pay attention to the bold part)...

That same year, Kentucky had a similar proposed ban on the ballot. As you can see by scrolling through the county by county results, that highest percentage of "yes" votes was 94% in one county, with the lowest "yes" percentage being 57%....which was in Fayette County, which contains the state's second largest city of Lexington. In Jefferson County, which has Louisville (the largest city), it was 60%. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004//pages/results/states/KY/I/01/county.000.html The ban passed statewide 76%-24%. In my county it was 85-15. I voted against it because, even though I not gay myself, I saw so reason why they shouldn't be able to get married like everyone else. Those people who argue about the sanctity of marriage obviously have not noticed that divorce rates are nearing an all-time high and that more and more people are cheating on their spouses and living together out of wedlock. And all of that hasn't already tarnished the institution of marriage? Crazy. But the numbers here locally didn't surprise me. There was a similar dust-up a few miles down the road from me in the county seat here when people voted on serving alcohol in restaurants that seated more than 100 people and made like 70% of their total revenue from food. I don't drink, but it is better for someone to have a beer with dinner in their own town than driving 30-60 miles or more to do it and then driving back. Plus, it would help the local economy. But some churches were playing big prayer meetings around the courthouse square and one pastor claimed that God told him that if he got 500 people together to pray that the measure would not pass. Needless to say, you can buy a beer now there when you go out to eat.

Of course it's not a coincidence. But it does reinforce what I already knew. Something else that is sad is just how conservative my town and county are. Almost every single local office here is held by Republicans, has been for years and years, and likely will continue to be until hell freezes over. Just makes me sick. I tell you, you just can't make this stuff up, lol: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/mississippi_rep_wants_the_gulf_of_mexico_renamed_t.php

And this article is from 2006, but it really fits in with what you were saying... http://www.salon.com/2006/08/01/mississippi_7/

Greetings from the Great State of Mississippi (hard to keep a straight face while saying that)....when I was growing up people here in Kentucky used to say "Thank God for Mississippi," because at the time they were the only state that ranked below us in education. Fortunately we have since moved on up the list (31st according to this site), while they are still dead last. Also, it seems fitting that several people they talked to on that video were interviewed in front of a WalMart parking lot... http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2011/01/21/america-s-smartest-kids.html#slide52

I am from the south as well and I can agree and attest to much of what you are saying. It is much the same where I live, with one person living on another street until recently still proudly flying his Confederate flag in the front yard and rednecks and junk filled yards all over town. I don't know if these types of people are really stupid, or just ignorant....or perhaps they are both. The county seat here, which is just a few miles down the road from my hometown was the sight of a hanging of a black man almost 100 years ago on the public square on trumped up charges, and I fear that some of those old feelings and attitudes still exist down here. And I think that much the same can be said about women across the rural south. I know that back when Hillary was running for President that, despite the fact that she carried my state in the primary, I remember hearing from people who said that if she was elected to the White House that they were moving to Canada because they didn't want a woman president.

Well the Republicans are nothing if not disorganized... St. Charles County [Missouri] Republicans embarrassed by caucus shutdown Read more: http://www.stltoday....l#ixzz1piI3TlZf

Ole Newt's all riled up again... Gingrich Says De Niro’s ‘White First Lady’ Crack Is ‘Inexcusable’ http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/gingrich-says-de-niros-white-first-lady-crack-is-inexcusable/

And they are only focusing on the most important issues like high gas prices and unemployment....oh wait.

Wow....

No big surprise, Romney wins again... Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/puerto-rico-republican-caucus-results-2012-201823184.html

Oh Santorum, where's the (self) love?

LOL... Iowa Republican congressional candidate Dan Dolan gives speech to local Democrats after mixup The mixup occurred after the Republicans moved their convention, but neglected to notify Dolan Read more: http://www.nydailyne...7#ixzz1pJsEBaPE

GOP: Old, white and in trouble, poll says Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-poll-primary-battle-has-hurt-gops-image-among-young-nonwhites-20120314,0,4642543.story

Sorry Carl...didn't see your post. And yeah, it did seem that way. But still, it doesn't surprise me.

Wow...I suppose ignorance really is bliss. Talk about stupid... Swaths of GOP voters in Alabama, Mississippi still want ban on interracial marriages http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2012/03/13/large-swaths-of-gop-voters-in-alabama-mississippi-want-ban-on-interracial-marriages/

Rick Santorum claims there's no danger from carbon dioxide: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/rick-santorum-dangers-carbon-dioxide-tell-plant-152230291.html Way to go Rick. What's next, the hole in the Ozone layer is just a big conspiracy theory? Or maybe dinosaurs were nothing more than mythical creatures?

No one, and certainly not me, believes that we will return to the glory days of the 1990s anytime soon, however I think things are very slowly starting to improve from where they have been the past few years. And I agree that second terms for presidents have historically been worst than the first....just look at what happened during Bush's last four years in office for instance. And it hasn't helped Obama that he has to spend the past four years cleaning up his predecessor's messes. The Republicans have had four years to put together a plan on how to take down Obama and this is the best they can do? That's what happens when you refuse to compromise at all and vow to derail the Democrats by going against anything and everything that they try to do. And it sickens me that two of the biggest supports of that "no" agenda...Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul...are both my home state of Kentucky.

Exactly. With the economy still in trouble and unemployment high, the Republicans are doing whatever they can steer conversation away from the real issues. Rick Santorum should just keep his mouth shut, Newt Gingrich needs to realize that he is not, and really never has been, as popular as he thinks he is, and Ron Paul is just a crazy ole kook. Romney is just too slick and laid back. And he continues to stick his foot in his mouth with comments such as liking cheesy grits, his friends being football team owners, and talking about all the fancy cars he and his wife drive. Yet he is better than Santorum, whose ideas are just too far out there and dangerous. Why are we still talking about the government controlling what women can and can not do with their own bodies, when so many people are out of work and losing their homes? It's just stupid. Much like so many of these southern states trying to implement blatantly racist voter registration laws now? And why stay so focused on striking down gay marriage when the institution of marriage has already clearly been desecrated with increasingly high divorce rates among heterosexual couples? Why not focus on the real issues of the day instead of continually trying to restrict an individual's personal rights and freedoms where the government clearly has no business being in the first place? That's one thing I will never understand.

I agree...me too. Between this and the Rush Limbaugh mess, I am just loving how the Republicans are just so screwed up right now. If I were Obama, I would just go ahead and start thinking about any possible renovations that are needed in the White House, because it is looking more and more like he'll be there another 4 years. Now all we need is for Sarah Palin to keep trying to stay in the spotlight and say more stupid things.

As expected, Romney wins American Samoa: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/03/13/international/i223521D77.DTL I had not realized there were so many Mormons living in the U.S. Pacific territories until I heard them mention it on MSNBC and read something about it online the other day. Now, only the results from Hawaii have yet to come in, but it appears as if it may be another win for Romney As a Democrat, I really hope all this primary mess continues through the convention in August. I have never seen such a disorganized mess.

Haha...not so funny now, eh Mr. Santorum? LOL http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/03/guam-santorum-apology-primary-romney.html

Looks like Romney has also won Wyoming, where the state's caucus is finally over after weeks of voting spread out across the state.

Romney won two more contests today....Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, compared with only one (Kansas) for Santorum, and one for Ron Paul (U.S. Virgin Islands). Santorum breezed past Romney 51-21% in Kansas. In Guam, Romney received 217 of the 225 total votes (the other 8 were uncommitted). In the Northern Marianas, Romney had 87% of the vote (738 votes). His closest competitor was Santorum with 6% (31 votes). Paul and Gingrich had 25 and 24 votes, respectively, with each getting only 3%. And in the U.S. VI, "The 2012 United States Virgin Islands Republican caucuses were held on March 10, 2012.[1] The popular vote was won by Ron Paul, the Republican Party chairman for the U.S. Virgin Islands announced, but Mitt Romney was awarded a majority of the territory's delegates. Before the announcement, Mitt Romney also won 3 of the island's superdelegates." Link: http://en.wikipedia...._caucuses,_2012 Not sure why there appears to be such love in the territories for Romney. Next contests on Tuesday are in Alabama, American Samoa, Hawaii, and Mississippi.

I don't know if I would say that no one remembers Taft...although he never really wanted to be President, he actually did more to fight trusts and civil service reform than Teddy Roosevelt and went on to his love (law), becoming Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1921-30.