This is complete B.S.
Bush very nearly won Oregon in 2000. Get your facts straight before shooting off your mouth.
O.K. B Knotts sounds like you have some unresolved issues. Everyone knows that the great "kook" migration from California to Oregon has made it ultra liberal especially when it's compared to Montana, Colorado, Utah, and other Western States, even Washington. I commend the good people of Oregon for a close race in 2000 but add the Nader vote to Gore's; it's not even close. In 2004, Kerry won handily.
Now, what reasons do I have for making my statement?
LET'S START WITH THIS ONE: Oregon is one of only two states in the U.S. that does not allow their convicted pedophiles to be viewd online. (http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/pedophile.html)
HERES MORE:
Almost 1/3 of births in Oregon are from unwed mothers and Oregon, per capita has one of the highest percentage rates of abortion in the nation. http://www.abortionfacts.com/statistics/states/oregon.asp
In 1987 the Supreme Court of Oregon held that obscenity is protected by the state constitution’s freedom of speech provision. The impact of that court decision made it much more difficult to zone “sexually oriented businesses." Oregonian 5/7/95: "Portland, a city of 500,000, now has 20 times the number of nude entertainment businesses as Los Angeles, a city of 3 million...People fear Oregon is being overrun by a pornography industry gone wild.
GAY RIGHTS AND GAY MARRIAGE: A mere 55% of Oregonians opposed Gay Marriage Amendment whereas other states in the west and soutwest went 70-80% against Gay Marriage.
From "The Bro Blog": Oregon has built a diverse and powerful team of non-GLBT and GLBT activists, business and labor leaders, religious and civic leaders, and coalition partners that is a model to others in the movement.
From State Line.org: Portland issued marriage licenses to 3,000 same-sex couples. A trial court judge ruled in April 2004 that the marriages were valid and banning same-sex marriage violates the state's constitution.
I could also mention Oregon being the first to fight for Euthanasia (Right-to-Die)legislation and leads the nation in drug legalization drive.
Out of time and running out of space.