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Tennessee Democrats look to stem exodus
Memphis Commercial Appeal ^ | 3/18/12 | Lucas L. Johnson II

Posted on 03/18/2012 9:43:58 AM PDT by SmithL

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1 posted on 03/18/2012 9:44:02 AM PDT by SmithL
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The way.that state legislatures are moving to one party dominance by region seems reminiscent of pre-civil war America.

it is also hilarious that the obvious is not mentioned in the article - nobody in Tennessee likes communists.

2 posted on 03/18/2012 9:58:04 AM PDT by WMarshal (Where is the next Sam Adams?)
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To: SmithL

All of the southern states except the Clintons’ AR have Republican legislative majorities, but at least a third of the members are RINOs.


3 posted on 03/18/2012 9:59:42 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: WMarshal

They seem to adore Cooper. I saw him last week on TV...... flull fledged marxist....... enemy of the state


4 posted on 03/18/2012 10:00:23 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: WMarshal

There are some communists in TN: they had some kind of training school at a place called War Eagle in the 1950s.


5 posted on 03/18/2012 10:01:17 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: SmithL

Jimmy Nafhi isn’t running again. Tipton county is pretty much GOP.


6 posted on 03/18/2012 10:01:51 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek (He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
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To: SmithL

Jimmy Naifeh died, finally


7 posted on 03/18/2012 10:01:51 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: SmithL

Jimmy Nafhi isn’t running again. Tipton county is pretty much GOP.


8 posted on 03/18/2012 10:01:55 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek (He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
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To: SmithL

Thank you for my first big smile of the day!


9 posted on 03/18/2012 10:02:12 AM PDT by Silentgypsy
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To: SmithL

What the rats need to do is move even further to the left.

Certainly, they need to continue to promote flat-out, full speed ahead “take and spend” communism, but if they can just unabashedly add a little government-mandated taxpayer funding for partial-birth abortions, legalized gay “marriage”, “fisting for fourth-graders” in the government schools, and the complete prohibiton of public displays of Christianity.... voila!, the Democrats will cruise back into power!

Yeah. That’s the ticket.


10 posted on 03/18/2012 10:15:17 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: SmithL

They’ll trot out a claque of Jim Webb clones, iOW, false “moderates.” That works until the people get wise to it, or they close the trap and institute martial law.


11 posted on 03/18/2012 10:30:18 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The RNC would prefer Obama to a conservative nominee.)
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To: SmithL

End the charade, just rename themselves the Communist Party of Tennessee.


12 posted on 03/18/2012 10:33:20 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (6 November, 2012, the day our embarrassment is sent back to Kenya.)
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To: depressed in 06

I keep thinking that the two mainline parties are going to merge into one “moderate party” and leave their extremes to duke it out.


13 posted on 03/18/2012 10:45:43 AM PDT by Stegall Tx (Living off your tax dollars can be kinda fun, but not terribly profitable.)
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To: SmithL
“I think that Jimmy Naifeh said it pretty well,” he said. “There are a lot of legislators who kind of see this as a passing of the torch year. It’s actually a pretty exciting time.”

Anyone who is wondering what the expression "Whistling past the graveyard" means, this is it.

14 posted on 03/18/2012 10:55:16 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: SmithL
Having a State House and Senate that is strongly Republican means nothing if said Republicans are corrupt.

For example, I give you the South Carolina House and Senate.

IMHO, term limits are one part of the solution.

15 posted on 03/18/2012 11:19:32 AM PDT by upchuck (Where others hold a window into the world, nobama holds a mirror. h/t - Don Surber)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Undoubtedly, you have some local insight to add to this article.


16 posted on 03/18/2012 11:37:45 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued (A chameleon belongs in a pet store, not the White House)
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To: upchuck
IMHO, term limits are one part of the solution.

NO. 10,000 times NO. CA has had term limits for over 20 years. It's a complete and unmitigated disaster.

The Founders had it right: the voter is the term limiter.

Arbitrary term limits for legislators mean the voter hasn't a hope in hell of benefitting. The bureaucrats and lobbyists are everlasting and the "institutional memory" is that of a chronic amnesic.

The only "check" Californians have on the madness of those sent to Sacramento is their initiative process.

17 posted on 03/18/2012 12:16:21 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Santorum: 18-point loss, voted for Sotomayor, proposed $550M on top of $900M Amtrak budget...)
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To: WMarshal

The other thing not mentioned in the article I believe, is that TN is a right-to-work state.


18 posted on 03/18/2012 12:31:43 PM PDT by prairiebreeze
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The Founders had it right: the voter is the term limiter.

Unfortunately, IMHO, The Founders greatly underestimated the American voter.

I suppose the closest we've come was 2010.

19 posted on 03/18/2012 3:54:11 PM PDT by upchuck (Where others hold a window into the world, nobama holds a mirror. h/t - Don Surber)
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To: newzjunkey

Agreed. Term limits are an insult to voters’ intelligence, and nothing good can come of it.


20 posted on 03/18/2012 5:10:16 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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