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The Case for Philly Statehood
Philly Magazine ^
| 12/20/2016
| BRIAN HOWARD
Posted on 12/20/2016 11:04:26 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
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To: Albion Wilde; Tribune7; TAdams8591; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; wireman; Mr. Binnacle; brityank; ...
I remember when the Great North East wanted to succeed from Philadelphia and all the liberals had a fit.
**** Philly Metro Ping ****
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posted on
12/20/2016 11:09:45 AM PST
by
Kid Shelleen
(Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
To: Kid Shelleen
How about just nuking it instead.
Along with San Francisco, Portland and Detroit.
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posted on
12/20/2016 11:10:21 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Kid Shelleen
And New York City could separate from the rest of New York; Chicago could split from Illinois; Denver could split from Colorado, etc. Politically you would end up with city states which elect Democrats only. But the leftover parts of these states would be more Republican, without having their votes diluted due to big city overwhelming rural and small town GOP votes.
To: Kid Shelleen
Why not let NYC and philly become part of nj? Would solve all our problems. One liberal state that is already liberal anyway and two new conservative states.
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posted on
12/20/2016 11:16:20 AM PST
by
Brilliant
To: Brilliant
Yes, one big liberal state eating the seed corn stored up from past glories...
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posted on
12/20/2016 11:19:57 AM PST
by
oblomov
(We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
To: Kid Shelleen
Many so-called blue states would turn red in the absence of their single largest metro area. Pennsylvania would be solidly Republican without Philadelphia and its suburbs, and Upstate NY would be Republican-leaning if Long Island and NYC separated. I suspect that the same would be true for Illinois without Chicago, Washington without Seattle, etc.
Perhaps separate statehoods would be the best thing in all of these instances. It wouldn't be a case of creating additional blue states - the states in question are already blue. Instead, it would create new (albeit smaller) Republican states with two new Republican Senators and retaining the conservative upstate Congressional districts. The Senate and Congressional count from the liberal metro areas would remain unchanged if they became independent, in contrast.
I say that it's a win-win situation for us, so by all means let the Upstates start their divorces from the Metro areas.
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
12/20/2016 11:22:00 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Kid Shelleen
![](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/65360/blog_images/ripley.jpg)
Take out Chester and Upper Darby while you're at it...
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posted on
12/20/2016 11:22:23 AM PST
by
EEGator
To: Kid Shelleen
Combine all the big cities ; Pilaelphia, NYC, Detroit, Chicago, LA, SF, etc ... The New State would be called, “The Pepole’s Conederation of Sanctuary”... One State... Fence them off, and have guards preventing anyone from leaving. Sort of a Berlin wall in reverse
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posted on
12/20/2016 11:30:08 AM PST
by
BigEdLB
(To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
To: Dilbert San Diego
And New York City could separate from the rest of New York; Chicago could split from Illinois; Denver could split from Colorado, etc. Politically you would end up with city states which elect Democrats only. But the leftover parts of these states would be more Republican, without having their votes diluted due to big city overwhelming rural and small town GOP votes.
And more Republicans in the Senate and statehouses! And more Republican EVs. I like it!
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posted on
12/20/2016 11:31:26 AM PST
by
Genoa
(Luke 12:2)
To: Kid Shelleen
Why not? Give Philly and it dark blue fraud machine to the Dems which gives them 3 electoral votes in exchange for turning the other 17 PA electoral votes to the GOP?
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posted on
12/20/2016 11:31:59 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(Trump discriminates against non-successful people.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Negative on two more libtard senators in perpetuity. I would rather see New Jersey’s state line redrawn to include Philadelphia. No new senators and Pennsylvania goes red forever. Win-win.
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posted on
12/20/2016 11:34:44 AM PST
by
50mm
(Trust nobody and you'll never be disappointed.)
To: Kid Shelleen
The best thing to happen to Pennsylvania would be for a huge hurricane to come in and wipe out Philthadelpia, just like hurricane Katrina did to Chocolate City.
It would be glorious to see 200,000 democrats forced to move to Baltimore. Let Maryland deal with the parasites in the same way that Houston Texas had to deal with the leaches of Norleans.
To: Kid Shelleen
These dumb ‘think’ pieces are so 2006.
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posted on
12/20/2016 12:19:28 PM PST
by
StAnDeliver
(Protocol: "President Trump"; subsequent references "The President" or "Pres. Trump". NO "POTUS")
To: Travis McGee
That is map is stunning, particularly the bottom half.
It is also encouraging - most of the >50% areas are all that high (60% or less) - within reach!
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posted on
12/20/2016 12:31:18 PM PST
by
gnawbone
(McCain and Graham - leave us adults alone - we know what we're doing)
To: Kid Shelleen
But that doesnt mean Philly, and what have become its increasingly like-minded surrounding counties, couldnt go it alone.63 year 5 county resident. What would happen to the 4 counties surrounding Philadelphia would be absolutely hilarious.
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posted on
12/20/2016 12:31:27 PM PST
by
Stentor
To: Brilliant
Why not let NYC and philly become part of nj? That is, quite simply, brilliant, Brilliant !
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posted on
12/20/2016 12:33:15 PM PST
by
tomkat
To: gnawbone
Let me try that in English (this is what I get for not proof reading ....)
my post should have said:
That map is stunning, particularly the bottom half.
It is also encouraging that most of the >50% areas are not all that high (60% or less) - they could be within reach.
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posted on
12/20/2016 12:36:26 PM PST
by
gnawbone
(McCain and Graham - leave us adults alone - we know what we're doing)
To: gnawbone
If you further distilled the “archipelago,” their weakness would be even more fully revealed.
They can’t feed themselves, heat themselves, or power themselves. They would die without Redsylvania.
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posted on
12/20/2016 1:18:45 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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