FARK.com: (7123260) CNN: Obama only lost Arkansas and Kentucky because they aren't and never have been Democrat strongholds even though nearly every election since 1900 they went Democrat including 1996 and Obama beat Hillary there in 2008

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		CNN: Obama only lost Arkansas and Kentucky because they aren't and never have been Democrat strongholds even though nearly every election since 1900 they went Democrat including 1996 and Obama beat Hillary there in 2008 (newsbusters.org)		120
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bdub77		2012-05-23 08:23:19 PM

Both those places went full derp.

Demographics change.

gameshowhost		2012-05-23 08:33:31 PM

Gosh, I wonder what transpired in the mid-'60s... hmm.

propasaurus		2012-05-23 08:34:50 PM

gameshowhost: Gosh, I wonder what transpired in the mid-'60s... hmm.

Subby's lobotomy?

Grand_Moff_Joseph		2012-05-23 08:36:56 PM

A lot of southern states elect many Dems to local/state/federal office, but they have a spotty record in the last 30+ years when it comes to Presidential ballots.

Also, TFA would have been wise to acknowledge Nixon's southern strategy.

mactobain		2012-05-23 08:44:32 PM

gameshowhost: Gosh, I wonder what transpired in the mid-'60s... hmm.

LBJ

Gulper Eel		2012-05-23 08:46:08 PM

CNN is also not worried about losing the Boston gig since it's not a big college town.

SilentStrider		2012-05-23 08:50:14 PM

Grand_Moff_Joseph: Also, TFA would have been wise to acknowledge Nixon's southern strategy.

Journalism? From Newsbusters?
Surely you can't be serious.

Lionel Mandrake		2012-05-23 08:52:55 PM

And Georgia voted for Carter.

Georgia: Democratic stronghold

Louisiana voted for Clinton

Louisiana: Democratic stronghold

Between 1952 and 1992, California voted Republican (except in '68)

California: Republican stronghold

FlashHarry		2012-05-23 08:55:25 PM

hey, look! another farking moron republican who doesn't understand the "solid south!"

Lionel Mandrake		2012-05-23 08:55:47 PM

Lionel Mandrake: Between 1952 and 1992, California voted Republican (except in '68)

And by 1968 I mean 1964

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-05-23 09:27:18 PM

Is it November already? No?

/I'll worry later

Nadie_AZ		2012-05-23 09:36:15 PM

Americans should not only be embarrassed, but disgusted and borderline violently ill by their knowledge of their own history.

Revek		2012-05-23 10:00:39 PM

Arkansas has a aging population. The older you get the more you want them off your lawn.

Shostie		2012-05-23 10:14:42 PM

gameshowhost: Gosh, I wonder what transpired in the mid-'60s... hmm.

Lots of stuff.

Free love, moon shot, aerated president head, Vietnam...

Nadie_AZ		2012-05-23 10:17:47 PM

Shostie: gameshowhost: Gosh, I wonder what transpired in the mid-'60s... hmm.

Lots of stuff.

Free love, moon shot, aerated president head, Vietnam...

Didn't The Dude occupy some administration buildings while smoking weed?

I mean, that was before he was a roady for Metallica.

Sgt Otter		2012-05-23 10:18:15 PM

A Democrat won a Democratic primary? No shiat, subby?

Gyrfalcon		2012-05-23 10:34:46 PM

You can't predict them hillbilly states till three days after the election.

ramblinwreck		2012-05-23 10:37:41 PM

"Democrat strongholds?"

Do you mean "DemocratIC strongholds?" Damnit, that Republican word substitution is so farking annoying!

Dr.Zom		2012-05-23 10:37:56 PM

They got it, he's black.

bulldg4life		2012-05-23 10:40:03 PM

A democrat won the democratic primary, thus proving the state is a democratic stronghold?

Now that's some high level logic there

you are a puppet		2012-05-23 10:40:39 PM

Including 1996? Okay? So you're saying Clinton won his home state plus a neighboring state and no Dem has won there since...

12349876		2012-05-23 10:42:10 PM

Kentucky has had both Senators be Republican since 1998 election.

Kentucky has had 2/3 of the Congressional delegation Republican since 1994 election.

And if you want a completely meaningless stat.

Obama got more total votes than Romney in Kentucky.

MFAWG		2012-05-23 10:42:25 PM

nearly every election since 1900

Weasel word AND an overly long time span? I don't even need to read it to call BS.

chopit		2012-05-23 10:43:44 PM

Nadie_AZ: Americans should not only be embarrassed, but disgusted and borderline violently ill by their knowledge of their own history.

Way ahead of you.

spamdog		2012-05-23 10:43:58 PM

Gulper Eel: CNN is also not worried about losing the Boston gig since it's not a big college town.

Do you have any context for this statement or is this just something that only right wing retards will understand?

AngryTeacher		2012-05-23 10:46:56 PM

Nadie_AZ:
Didn't The Dude occupy some administration buildings while smoking weed?

The dude? I summon the dude!
i3.ytimg.com

12349876		2012-05-23 10:47:20 PM

MFAWG: Weasel word AND an overly long time span? I don't even need to read it to call BS.

It's hard to blame them when the mainstream media still calls Pennsylvania a swing state. Romney will win in a landslide if he gets PA because he'll also win every state that flipped red to blue 2004 to 2008 save NM and maybe win a couple more.

God's Hubris		2012-05-23 10:47:27 PM

spamdog: Gulper Eel: CNN is also not worried about losing the Boston gig since it's not a big college town.

Do you have any context for this statement or is this just something that only right wing retards will understand?

[quizzicaldogpic.jpg]

Nina_Hartley's_Ass		2012-05-23 10:53:57 PM

ramblinwreck: "Democrat strongholds?"

Do you mean "DemocratIC strongholds?" Damnit, that Republican word substitution is so farking annoying!

Well, the article used "Democratic" extensively and "Democrat strongholds" doesn't really bother me but every time I hear "Democrat party" I look up and, lo and behold, there's an asshole.

On the other hand, I'm perfectly content to let some nobody from dustbusters debate(poorly) some nobody from cnn all day long.

Call me when you bust Maddow.

ShawnDoc		2012-05-23 10:54:32 PM

A lot of the lack of support Obama is getting from "Democratic strongholds" can be chalked up to being a protest vote because he isn't being liberal enough. These people act like those on the left that aren't happy with Obama are going to support Romney. They're upset at Obama because he's too much like Romney, they aren't going to then go and vote for Romney. They'll hold their nose and vote for Obama when the time comes.

birchman		2012-05-23 10:56:23 PM

Breathe subby, breathe.

Sail The Wide Accountancy		2012-05-23 10:56:56 PM

ramblinwreck: "Democrat strongholds?"

Do you mean "DemocratIC strongholds?" Damnit, that Republican word substitution is so farking annoying!

I'm actually a pretty staunch Democrat and I wholly welcomed the change. I don't understand why the GOP felt it was an attack, but I don't understand anything they do. (Well, the rich ones I get. I mean. I can understand wanting to only think of yourself. I don't agree with that, but at least I get it.)

Mr.Tangent		2012-05-23 10:57:47 PM

The Boston gig has been cancelled...
Yeah. I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town.

12349876		2012-05-23 10:58:35 PM

ShawnDoc: A lot of the lack of support Obama is getting from "Democratic strongholds" can be chalked up to being a protest vote because he isn't being liberal enough

A lot of these areas you have people who evolved Democrat->Reagan Democrat->Republican->Tea Partier but never bothered changing their registration.

spamdog		2012-05-23 11:01:51 PM

Mr.Tangent: The Boston gig has been cancelled...
Yeah. I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town.

OK right, I get the reference now!

God's Hubris		2012-05-23 11:02:02 PM

Mr.Tangent: spamdog: Gulper Eel: CNN is also not worried about losing the Boston gig since it's not a big college town.

Do you have any context for this statement or is this just something that only right wing retards will understand?

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The Boston gig has been cancelled...
Yeah. I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town.

I guess there ARE things that are obscure on FARK. Who woulda guessed.

Salt Lick Steady		2012-05-23 11:02:30 PM

That read like an email forward from my dad's teabagger friends, minus the comic sans font.

Mrtraveler01		2012-05-23 11:03:12 PM

spamdog: Mr.Tangent: The Boston gig has been cancelled...
Yeah. I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town.

OK right, I get the reference now!

Can you help me out? I'm still lost.

rebelyell2006		2012-05-23 11:03:49 PM

Anybody really surprised that Arkansasites wouldn't vote for someone who is successful and attractive?

Last Man on Earth		2012-05-23 11:04:35 PM

God's Hubris: Mr.Tangent: spamdog: Gulper Eel: CNN is also not worried about losing the Boston gig since it's not a big college town.

Do you have any context for this statement or is this just something that only right wing retards will understand?

[i1105.photobucket.com image 320x240]

The Boston gig has been cancelled...
Yeah. I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town.

I guess there ARE things that are obscure on FARK. Who woulda guessed.

Of all the things to be obscure, I wouldn't have pegged Spinal Tap as one of them. Not one of its more-quoted lines, but still.

Sabyen91		2012-05-23 11:05:57 PM

Salt Lick Steady: That read like an email forward from my dad's teabagger friends, minus the comic sans font.

Sans the comic sans.

/Poor pun for me. Yay!

Salt Lick Steady		2012-05-23 11:06:30 PM

Nadie_AZ: Americans should not only be embarrassed, but disgusted and borderline violently ill by their knowledge of their own history.

Is that like having HIV of the brain?

Salt Lick Steady		2012-05-23 11:07:29 PM

Sabyen91: Sans the comic sans.

I actually started writing it that way...

God's Hubris		2012-05-23 11:08:58 PM

Last Man on Earth: God's Hubris: Mr.Tangent: spamdog: Gulper Eel: CNN is also not worried about losing the Boston gig since it's not a big college town.

Do you have any context for this statement or is this just something that only right wing retards will understand?

[i1105.photobucket.com image 320x240]

The Boston gig has been cancelled...
Yeah. I wouldn't worry about it though, it's not a big college town.

I guess there ARE things that are obscure on FARK. Who woulda guessed.

Of all the things to be obscure, I wouldn't have pegged Spinal Tap as one of them. Not one of its more-quoted lines, but still.

Seemed one of the staples, to me.

Britney Spear's Speculum		2012-05-23 11:17:43 PM

Protest Vote

How does it work?

Dr.Zom		2012-05-23 11:22:42 PM

ShawnDoc: A lot of the lack of support Obama is getting from "Democratic strongholds" can be chalked up to being a protest vote because he isn't being liberal enough.

My conservative GOP brother and his more conservative wife mentioned to me once that Obama was even in trouble with Democrats. When I pointed out that many Dems were unhappy that Obama wasn't liberal enough they both looked like I had kicked them in the stomach. It had never even occurred on them. It took a minute for them to process the information and the idea that some people are more liberal than Obama, the libbiest lib who ever libbed and soshalist.

WhyteRaven74		2012-05-23 11:24:53 PM

Geee it wouldn't have anything to do with Obama doing absolutely zero campaigning in those states and people voting for other options just for the lulz.

Mikey1969		2012-05-23 11:36:06 PM

It doesn't make the Republican field any less full of total morons. Seriously, anyone with a brain would rather vote their dog in than Romney. But hey, go ahead and shoot yourselves in the foot, 'Pubs, reload, and shoot yourselves in the other one.

Lando Lincoln		2012-05-23 11:39:40 PM

No, seriously guys - if Obama is losing in Arkansas and Kentucky, then he's in real trouble here.

This is what some really really stupid Republicans think.

PlasticMoby		2012-05-23 11:39:53 PM

I'm in the Little Rock area and I had no idea the primary was today. If i had I would've voted the same way I did in 2008.

Also,I haven't heard or seen a single notice mentioning the primary date. So, I'm gonna call shenanigans on this one.

P.S- The center of the state is as progressive and forward thinking as any other major metro area with a great deal of diversity in every category .It's the area surrounding it that's full of backward hillbillies/rednecks.(We just call those parts East Texas,East Oklahoma,South Missouri,Northwest Tennessee,West Mississippi and North Louisiana because we're ashamed of them.They think we're snooty assholes and i'm okay with that.)

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