[tom h]

"It used to be a land of common-sense conservatism much like New Hampshire

This is a NH paper being delusional. "

I disagree. Vermont did used to be conservative. I'm too young to remember directly but it you listen carefully to Bing Crosby in "White Christmas" you'll hear him make a joke, on the train to Vermont, that it's hard to find any Democrats up there. [Another example of Hollywood trying to make a joke out of conservatives. You never hear in a movie a joke about finding Republicans in the inner city.] So, as recently as the 1950s, Vermont was known as a conservative bastion.

[Cowman]

listen carefully to Bing Crosby in "White Christmas" you'll hear him make a joke, on the train to Vermont, that it's hard to find any Democrats up there.

Another old movie with some good political lines is The Ghost Breakers with Bob Hope. The joke that equates Democrats with mindless zombies is as accurate today as it was then.

How far Hollywood has fallen