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Sent: Monday, 12 September, 2005 20:36
PM
Subject: Re: Devil's AdvocateRE: Dear RED
STATES
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Adrian
Bartholomew
Leawood KS
On Sep 12, 2005, at 2:22 PM, Stephen
Goodman wrote:
From: "Timothy Mungenast" <mungenast@earthlink.net>
To:
<Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent:
Monday, 12 September, 2005 17:23 PM
Subject: Devil's AdvocateRE: Dear
RED STATES
Sounds good, but I'd miss ZZ Top, I'd miss Moon Pies, and
besides, I've got
a whole passel of red-state relatives who think
Dubya is just great.
I'm not sure that re-starting the Civil War is
the answer.
Let's try to understand Bush supporters-- aside from a
few cynical
plutocrats, most Bush supporters are basically
good-hearted folks (like my
Mom) who were raised in very socially
conservative households and would
vote for a bag of popcorn if it ran
on a ProLife platform. Anything that
even vaguely smells of hippiedom
is anathema to them.
Not really. I'm a
Republican but somehow not a raving fundamentalist drone.
Whoops, that
one doesn't work. Neither does the line being continuously fed
through
the media about the 2000 and 2004 elections somehow causing a
permanent
divide in our country. Somehow it only seems to exist in the
minds of
people who can't um, 'move on'.
so do u blame the folks who get married and then divorced. the 66% of
them? and growing? or do u investigate what the institution itself means in
this day and this age?
do u question the folks who cant drive properly and
who misuse a car out of lack of "car" knowledge or do u recall the car as not
fit for the society that drives it?
...cant "move
on"????
Take your meds and calm down.
They would help you if they found you lying in the middle of
the road. Your
wallet would be safe. They work hard for their
families, and they're so
busy working their butts off making a living
that they really don't have
time to read the news. THAT'S KEY.
And
honestly, they've been underwhelmed by the Democrats'
less-than-awesome
marketing of less-than-inspiring candidates who
kinda lacked charisma,
whereas Dubya has this aura that makes ya
think he wants to be your
drinkin' buddy. It's a gift that not
everybody has.
Look at Gore. He was a Southerner, a VietNam vet, a
sportsman, a genuine
bubba, and still the Red States would have none
of it. The fact that they
chose Captain AWOL over Gore points to
feeble Democratic campaigning and,
possibly, Al's stiff public
persona.
Even when you have a good product, ya gotta sell, sell,
sell. Ditto for
Kerry. A good guy, but you can't afford to shoot
yourself in the foot when
you are up against the GOP, the best
salesmen the world has ever seen. And
Kerry did shoot himself in the
foot more than a few times.
The Red Staters had reasons to vote for
Dub. We may not be able to fully
comprehend those reasons, but WE
CANNOT write these people off as HeeHaw
goofballs and inbred haters.
You will not win over anybody if you insult
them, contrary to what
Howard Dean thinks. Resist the urge. Reach out. Try
to find some
common ground.
Sonic Luv,
Tim Mungenast
[Original Message]
From: Luis Angulo
<labalou2000@yahoo.com>
To:
<Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Date: 9/12/2005 4:34:22
AM
Subject: Dear RED STATES
This sounds great if you dont
mind i am coming with
you;-!
> Dear Red
States...
>
> We've decided we're leaving. We intend to
form our
> own country, and we're
> taking just the Blue
States with us.
>
> In case you aren't aware, that
includes Hawaii,
> California, Oregon,
> Washington,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois
> and all the
Northeast.
> We believe this split will be beneficial to
the
> nation, and especially to
> the people of the new
country.
>
> To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma
and all
> the slave states. We get
> stem cell research
and the best beaches. We get
> Elliot Spitzer. You get
Ken
> Lay.
>
> We get the Statue of Liberty. We get
Hollywood and
> Yosemite... You get
> Dollywood. We get
Intel and Microsoft. You get
> WorldCom and Enron. We
get
> Harvard. You get Ole' Miss. We get 85 percent of
>
America's venture capital
> and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama.
We get
> two-thirds of the tax revenue,
> you get to make
the red states pay their fair share.
>
> Since our
aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower
> than the
Christian
> Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families.
You
> get a bunch of single
> moms.
>
> Please
be aware that the new country will be
> pro-choice and anti-war,
and
> we're going to want all our citizens back from
Iraq
> at once. If you need
> people to fight, ask your
politicians and
> evangelicals. They have kids
> they're
apparently willing to send to their deaths
> for no purpose, and
they
> don't care if you don't show pictures of their
>
children's caskets coming
> home. We do wish you success in
Iraq, and hope that
> the WMDs turn up, but
> we're not
willing to spend our resources in Bush's
>
Quagmire.
>
> With the Blue States in hand, we will have
firm
> control of 80 percent of the
> country's fresh
water, more than 90 percent of the
> pineapple and lettuce,
92
> percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of
>
America's quality wines
> (you can serve French wines at state
dinners) 90
> percent of all cheese, 90
> percent of the
high tech industry, most of the U.S.
> low-sulfur coal,
all
> living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy
>
and Seven Sister schools,
> plus Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cal
Tech and MIT.
>
> With the Red States, on the other hand,
you will
> have to cope with 88
> percent of all obese
Americans (and their projected
> health care costs), 92
>
percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent
> of the
tornadoes, 90
> percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of
all
> Southern Baptists, virtually
> 100 percent of all
televangelists, Rush Limbaugh,
> Bob Jones University,
>
Clemson and the University of Georgia.
>
> Additionally,
38 percent of those in the Red states
> believe Jonah
was
> actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe
>
life is sacred unless
> we're discussing the death penalty or
gun laws, 44
> percent say that
> evolution is only a
theory, 53 percent that Saddam
> was involved in 9/11,
and
> 61 percent of you crazy bastards believe you are
>
people with high
morals.
>
www.luis-angulo.com
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