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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Short answer Polite.....he can't...hence he scares me.The new "Santurom Presidency Culture wars"would tear this country apart. I don't know if it would really be a change. I look at the attitudes and beliefs of the South, and I can't see how that part of the US can be part of the same nation as the West and NorthEast. Maybe it would be better to finish the job the civil war started, and split the nation into parts that are less acrimonious. Given the rage, including use of guns, from some folks regarding their political beliefs, getting the sane parts of the US out of the picture might be better for everyone. Plus, without the tax base of California and New York, the rump US wouldn't be able to afford to start wars or maintain nukes, so the world would be a more peaceful place. 1. You might want to have an actual looksee as to the actual physical location of "Hate Groups" "White Supremacist Groups" and "Christian Dominionists" before you start making blanket statements about us "Poor Racist Right Wing Southerners". You might be surprised as to their physical location. After all, where do Santorum, Bachman and Palin hail from? 2. What the FUCK is 'the rump US"? 1. Where do Bush Jr, Perry, and Gingrich hail from? I don't think I was talking about anyone being Racist, I was talking about folks who are willing to use violence for political gains, and I grant you that Palin's crosshairs are a good example of that. OTOH, look at my answer to #2. 2. The "rump US," is what would remain of the United States if the hotbeds of Liberalism (the West Coast and the NorthEast) were to leave the Union. This would allow the rest of the nation to pursue the religious state Santorum and friends seem to want. The other point of the idea is to rub conservatives' noses in the fact that most of the taxes they whine about are paid by liberals, and most of the federal spending they whine about goes to conservative states such as the South and Alaska (Alaska gets about $6 for every dollar of federal taxes Alaskans pay). Take California out of the Union, for example, and it would be able to fix it's revenue shortfall just by collecting the taxes that currently go to the IRS and Social Security, while meeting all current obligations the federal government provides other than defense. Heck, they'd probably have enough money left to support a few aircraft carriers. Can Georgia make a similar claim?
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