[lentulusgracchus]

[Art.] The Republican Party is a Southern, Midwestern and Western party, suburban and rural. Not since Tom Dewey in 1948 has the GOP nominated a candidate from the urban Northeast.

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That's because people living on the Atlantic Slope share values among themselves that are half-European and more than a little authoritarian, and have little use or affection for the interests, politics, or aspirations of the gomers who live on the wrong side of the Blue Ridge.

Atlantic Seaboard people are selfsatisfied snobs and it shows. Just pull up Commentary and look at all the New Yorkers sneering at Sarah Palin -- they hate her guts and will tell you so -- because of what she represents. She's the apotheosis of Midwestern (her ancestors were from Minnesota) and Western values, and it shows -- and they dislike her for all that, and that shows, too.

Shoot a gun? Ewwww! </pansy>

[RegulatorCountry]

That attitude ends north of Richmond. You paint with too broad a brush.