[Lorianne]

Sorry, no room for the BARF alert in the title line

[My2Cents]

And there point is....? That voting for Bush is hazardous to the wellbeing of children? Gag me.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

‘Blue’ states tend to tax themselves at significantly higher levels, which makes it possible to reach more children and families with beneficial health, social and education programs. ‘Red’ states overwhelmingly are home to decades-long adherence to anti-government and anti-tax ideology that often runs directly contrary to the needs of healthy children and stable families.

translation: we must raise little socialists instead of those coming up in households that believe in the individual..

[darkwing104]

[big'ol_freeper]

Ping

[rjp2005]

A brilliant attack by the culture which is driving Hillary Clinton's campaign. Really brilliant. Undermine the confidence of all those red state moms and get them to vote for Hillary.

How dare people be anti-big government and anti-tax? What a crime.

[rbookward]

We noticed you are at risk. We're the government, and we're here to help. /s

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bush's fault.

[Westbrook]

All that may be true, but Red-State children are less likely to be shot-up in school, or killed by drug gangs, or hooked on heroin, or OBESE, or blown up by terrorists ...

... you get the idea ...

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[RVN Airplane Driver]

Research indicates that the average size of the male penis is significantly smaller in Blue States than in Red States. Wonder why that would be???

[Mr. Jeeves]

All 10 of the bottom states of this measure are “red” states.

Proabably driven by liberal tolerance of social pathologies in the "blue" parts of those "red" states - like New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami, and Dallas.

[Gay State Conservative]

Checked out their website...briefly.Saw the Children's Defense Fund mentioned as one of their "sister' organizations.I now know everything about them that I need to know because,as my Mom taught me as a kid...."you're know by the company you keep".

[Disambiguator]

I'm surprised the article didn't mention gun ownership rates in "red" states.

high gun ownership = children in poverty

Reminds me of this organization that puts up billboards in New Mexico that imply that weapons research at the labs (Los Alamos and Sandia) is causing poverty in New Mexico.

www.lasg.org

[EagleUSA]

No wonder the liberal media is tanking.

[Pete]

“The bottom line here is that where a child lives can be a major factor in that youth’s ability to survive and thrive in America. The reason why this is the case is no mystery: ‘Blue’ states tend to tax themselves at significantly higher levels, which makes it possible to reach more children and families with beneficial health, social and education programs. ‘Red’ states overwhelmingly are home to decades-long adherence to anti-government and anti-tax ideology that often runs directly contrary to the needs of healthy children and stable families.”

But this guy doesn't have an agenda. Surely not.

[Obadiah]

“Homeland Insecurity … American Children at Risk” outlines a $500 billion “Invest in Kids” agenda to reverse the harmful impact of conservative ideology on children...

In other words, the author is calling upon the powers that be to force servitude upon those reckless red-staters who are neglecting and abusing their children.

This book is dangerous in that it represents an early and beginning effort to demonizing a fellow countrymen based upon ideology. The book also appears to recommend punitive action on those who do not share the "blue state" philosophy.

This book is the new "Animal Farm" book.

[ctdonath2]

Polypragmonocracy on the march.

[buwaya]

The real difference here is that the top states are extremely white, and the bottom ones are very "minority".

There is a huge difference in black vs white infant mortality for instance, and this cuts across regional lines. This is a cultural problem as well, and not directly related to poverty, as Hispanic populations in the US do very well on infant mortality (matching whites) in spite of being just as poor as blacks.

Any state with a high black population will look bad in a study like this.

[VeniVidiVici]

Wyoming, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana and, in last place, Mississippi).

Yeah, all the states that are on the frontlines of the illegal immigration hordes.

[pray4liberty]

You've got to be kidding. I live in a so-called "Blue" State and we have a public high school graduation rate of 61% that is dropping every year. So that means that right now, 39% of the 'children' who attended public school are now left behind.

39% of the eventual adult population who have the equivalent of a sixth grade education (if that) is not good news, long-term, for this so-called "Blue" state!

No wonder Hillary wants to control everybody. At this rate, she can and she will.

[Rummyfan]

My inital reaction to this is what a load of bullsh*t!