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Appalachia

A Little Weird

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4. I'm not sure

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 09:18 AM

Nov 2014

I guess I would tell them that the best way to win is to actually stand up for progressive causes and to stop trying to "out-republican" the republicans. The one bright spot in Kentucky was that democrats retained control of the state House. But if you look at some of the state representatives, you would be hard pressed to tell the democrats from the republicans. Jim Gooch comes to mind.

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