I'm sorry, but I take offense to your characterization of Maine as a "filthy place" That is completely beyond the pale.
Maine is a wonderful state. And we are not "blue blue blue." The state government is almost equally divided between the two parties. We have two GOP senators. And we believe in fiscal responsibility and personal privacy. What's so "filthy" about that?
The last I checked the Bush family has a place in Maine...
Nothing "filthy" about it. It is a beautiful place with lots of fine people...
However, your two GOP senators are Republicans in name only. Margaret Chase Smith they ain't.
Maine is a long way from what it used to be: A bastion of strong and free individuals who relied on themselves to get through life and not the government.
A similar situation has occurred In Vermont. Once it was a state of stalwart individuals. Now it is, more than ever before, a repository of whining liberals who are outraged at everything. This is due, largely, to folks moving there from Massachusetts - the epicenter of extremely liberal thinking in New England.
I love Monhegan Island. Loaded with some crazy artists, bless'em, but as beautiful a place as I've ever seen.
I like Maine, too. Please don't take offense.
The state government is almost equally divided between the two parties.
And the last time the Republican Presidential nominee got more that 44% of the vote there was 1988.
We have two GOP senators.
Who are both the darlings of the Hollywood left and the New York Times.
And we believe in fiscal responsibility and personal privacy.
And you have a Governor who proudly proclaims that he's a Communist.
(Just for the record,please understand that I'm not saying that *all* folks in Maine are filthy...just a clear majority)