[FreeTheHostages]

Yes, I chose to ignore the politics of this beautiful state

Bless you, Mama_Bear! It's a bit of an embarassment. I was in denial about it for the longest while, accepting strained versions about why Leahy or Sanders was just some weird charismatic exception to the general Vermont tradition. Fact is, too many out-of-staters live in Vermont now for it to ever be what it used to be: a paridigm of common sense.

[Mama_Bear]

Yes, I chose to ignore the politics of this beautiful state

Bless you, Mama_Bear! It's a bit of an embarassment.

LOL! Hey, no one knows better than I do what you're talking about. People think we're all a bunch of leftist looneys and whackos out here on the left coast. I plan on doing exactly the same thing when it's "California day". I will be concentrating on the good things about CA - what good that's left. :-)