[RosieCotton]

but VT is, I think, the epitome of "a nice place to visit, ..."

Yep...I'm lucky in that I'm in perhaps the most conservative county in the state (we all had fun torturing our token Democrat during the whole Gore / Bush election fiasco), but the flatlanders in some of the other counties tend to beat us out in the voting booth. It's really frustrating, and the reason I avoid any Vermont threads in the News forum - there are always TONS of people who will happily treat ALL Vermonters as if we're closet liberals. Sigh!

[Corin Stormhands]

I'm lucky in that I'm in perhaps the most conservative county in the state...

Yeah, but I bet my saying that about my county in Virginia and you're saying that about your county in Vermont are still two different things...;-)

[Wordsmith]

Yes, I know just what you mean after living for several years in Massachusetts. You must get sick of getting blamed for Jeffords! And Leahy, and Sanders, and Dean...

[SuziQ]

there are always TONS of people who will happily treat ALL Vermonters as if we're closet liberals. Sigh!

Dittos for the MA conservatives; granted there aren't very many of us, but we're still here!