Exactly. I am a firm believer that people from other states shouldn't tell people who to select as their candidate; I certainly wouldn't want anybody messing around in North Carolina (although I wish somebody had warned us about Edwards......LOL)
All that being said, don't try to get us to go along with this "it's not the same." It is.
We had this same thing with Elizabeth Dole; and it was a little different with her; she was actually born and lived in North Carolina, and owns a home and property here; she came and stayed here with her mother in Salisbury at least twice a year. We just had to accept the fact that she hadn't lived here in years and go on from there; we didn't try to say she WASN'T a carpetbagger.
Just can't make you purists happy.
LOL...
I think I stepped into parallel dimension or something. ;-)
But seriously, these arguments are amazingly parochial and petty.
I hope the Dems base their hopes on the same thin reed.
Every case is different: In this case, Keyes didnt come in and run, he was drafted by the party. They are saying he is their man to represent them, and I think we should support that. I am sure they took the residency question into account, and truly it is only an issue if the voters say it is an issue.
And besides, 'carpetbagger' is a pejorative used by racist southerners against people coming into their states to help blacks, improve things and engage in entrepreneurship. It's like the iraqi 'resistance' talking about 'occupiers'.
Is there really a problem with an 'outsider' coming in to help in a case where the locals ASK FOR HELP?!?
I for one have no problem with where people grew up or came from, so long as they COME TO HELP.
KEYES IS COMING TO HELP. JMHO.