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Democrats and Republicans supported the ban at about the same level, 67 percent and 68 percent, respectively.

Despite the rhetoric you read here, conservatives regularly go to the voting booth and freely vote to ban smoking.

1 posted on 10/20/2007 1:52:56 PM PDT by Wheee The People
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To: Wheee The People

Jesus, what the hell has happened to Wyoming???


2 posted on 10/20/2007 1:53:38 PM PDT by GOP_Raider ("I guess I like to do things that bother people." -Urban Meyer)
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To: Wheee The People

Sounds an awful lot like “keep polling until you get the answer you want”


3 posted on 10/20/2007 1:55:49 PM PDT by xcamel (FDT/2008)
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>>More than 70 percent responded that they believe exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke is harmful to people’s health.<<

Too bad the WHO disagrees.
I believe too much perfume is harmful to my health. I believe that the only “poor” should be those without DVD players or cell phones.

No one cares what I believe, facts count.


4 posted on 10/20/2007 1:58:34 PM PDT by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time .)
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To: Wheee The People

Yep, banning smoking is a non-partisan issue. The left approaches it as a control issue, the right as a moral issue.

*cough* Mike Huckabee *cough*


5 posted on 10/20/2007 1:59:30 PM PDT by Baladas
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Despite the rhetoric you read here, conservatives regularly go to the voting booth and freely vote to ban smoking.

They're not real conservatives, they're nanny-state fascists who hate private property rights.

8 posted on 10/20/2007 2:02:40 PM PDT by lesser_satan (READ MY LIPS: NO NEW RINOS | FRED THOMPSON '08)
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Wish you’d find something better to do. You’re an insult to Free Republic. You only use Robinson’s board to spread your vile hate-filled personal vendetta. I rarely even see you post about any other subject other than the one that brings out both the hatred and glee from within you-namely the further demonization of 25-35 per cent of the law-abiding public using a “legal” product.


9 posted on 10/20/2007 2:02:57 PM PDT by The Ghost of Rudy McRomney ("Vote Hillary - the unanimous choice of vacuous Liberal newsreaders!")
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Fascism abounds across America. But I thought it would be a few more years before the left wing nutjobs took over Wyoming. Next will be mandatory glorification of the homosexual lifestyle in kindergarten.


11 posted on 10/20/2007 2:04:59 PM PDT by microgood
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To: Wheee The People
article states 2/3 of voters... NOT (implying that everyone voted) instead of this

Weak sample: 504 registered voters

out of a total population, 2006 estimate 515,004 (USA Quickfacts)

13 posted on 10/20/2007 2:05:22 PM PDT by xtinct (I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
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My father grew up in Wyoming where he says they used to smoke corn silk. Now if legislation like this can happen in Wyoming then we can conclude that a strange and evil critical mass has been reached.


15 posted on 10/20/2007 2:06:42 PM PDT by HockeyPop
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ping!


16 posted on 10/20/2007 2:07:36 PM PDT by lesser_satan (READ MY LIPS: NO NEW RINOS | FRED THOMPSON '08)
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...74 percent of registered voters believe the right of customers and employees to breathe clean air outweighs smokers' right to light up indoors.

And, what are the rights of the owners of the establishments? Smoking nazis striking again!

19 posted on 10/20/2007 2:21:20 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Officially Fredbacker1 but don't know how to change my name)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

ping


24 posted on 10/20/2007 2:26:09 PM PDT by darkangel82 (All right! Let's go Tribe!!)
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Limited government is a forgotten value for Americans?


31 posted on 10/20/2007 2:46:50 PM PDT by Old 300
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...conservatives regularly go to the voting booth and freely vote to ban smoking.

Unfortunately, ignorance concerning property rights is so pervasive these days that even conservatives fall prey to bogus appeals like this.

Sad, don't you think?

33 posted on 10/20/2007 2:50:07 PM PDT by timm22 (Think critically)
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Here in Alaska the 220,000 acre tundra fire goes on and on and on and smoke is in the air month after month. Wyoming should ban that, too.


34 posted on 10/20/2007 2:52:09 PM PDT by RightWhale (50 years later we're still sitting on the ground)
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Like 3 wolves and one sheep voting on whats for lunch.


35 posted on 10/20/2007 2:54:14 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Wheee The People

And who polled this?


40 posted on 10/20/2007 3:06:10 PM PDT by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: Wheee The People

This is not a state-wide smoking ban. It is a state-wide smoking ban for public indoor places such as resturants, bars and a few other venues.


42 posted on 10/20/2007 3:25:41 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Old Chinese Proverb (well sorta) say dance with the one who brung ya. Yes we very much like Crinton.)
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How come the pollsters never cut to the chase?

That is, ask the BIG question:

“How many people are in favor of banning the sale, possession and use of tobacco products entirely?”

Only by asking the BIG question do you start to ask the real questions.


43 posted on 10/20/2007 3:25:52 PM PDT by Popocatapetl
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Thank God we're still a Republic where the property rights of even the mangiest Citizen are protected. Rights that allow him to choose to consume any legal product on his own property -- or allow him to choose not to consume any legal product on his own property, and allow him to invite like-minded folks over to help him enjoy his rights.

Oh, wait! Businesses are not private property, are they? Or are they?

53 posted on 10/20/2007 4:37:25 PM PDT by Eastbound
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