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To: papertyger

Maybe in FL but not where I live.

Maryland has voted Dem for 150+ years because of the "martial law" deal with Lincoln.
Some of the ridgerunners still see Republicans as the "Federals" [revenuers, etc] and as ridiculous as that may see to us *now*, it makes perfect sense to them.
Lots of Scots/Irish here and they hold grudges forever.

FWIW, I was a Dem until the 80s myself and my kin have voted loyally Dem from Lincoln clear up to Reagan.

Western MD is not unique in this.
Southwestern PA [mountains] and the western majority of WV is still fighting the war between the states, politically speaking.

I'm less than a mile as the crow flies from both the WV and PA state lines and if a D/R "civil war" ever does break out, I'm screwed.



139 posted on 09/09/2005 1:55:27 AM PDT by Salamander (There's nothing that "MORE COWBELL!" can't fix.......)
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To: Salamander
Maryland has voted Dem for 150+ years because of the "martial law" deal with Lincoln

If it weren't for PG county and Montgomery county being essentially extensions of DC, MD would be resoundingly Republican.

BTW, although I have lived in MD for 12 years, I finally visited your end of the state last weekend - lovely country and nice people. I asked a guy with a bass boat for some fishing tips and he insisted I walk away with several dollars worth of tube baits and hooks.

195 posted on 09/09/2005 4:32:46 AM PDT by ko_kyi
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To: Salamander

Life in the Border States has always has/d it share of problems. I live in No VA, and the imports here think it is some where NORTH of the Mason Dixon Line.


517 posted on 09/12/2005 6:22:36 AM PDT by Free in PRA (Living in The People's Rebublic of Arlington, VA)
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