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"West Virginia clearly isn't ready for democracy."

-That remark is as stupid as the one Rockefeller made aginst the Iraqis. WV already IS a state of the Union.

>Inbred hillbillies, coal miners, and mountain men?"

-How about beautiful, hardworking, ethical Americans who have never harmed you nor deserve your insulting them on the world wide web? How about the thousands of them who toiled under backbreaking conditions to keep your whiny ass warm this winter? How about Jessica Lynch and the other heroes from that great state who gave their lives fighting our nation's wars so that even small minded fools like yourself could spew out offensive drivel without fear of being visited and punished in the middle of the night. They are Americans and deserve your respect.

>Give these people the vote, they'll send a pair of racists to the US Senate.

-You don't know that. How do you know the people of WV actually elected those morons? They came in with enough unearned money and blind ambition to cheat. Besides, who the people of West Virginia elect as their representaives to our great Congress is THEIR business.

>I've never been to West Virginia, but I have done research, consisting of watching several episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies.

-Your life would be much richer and more enjoyable if you "studied" more than just tv shows.

Thank you Publicus, for the beautiful defense of our wonderful WV people. I think though that Galahad was being sarcastic. He wasn't serious. Rockefeller is an East coast elitist and as someone has said, a self-absorbed condescending imbecile who got elected with a slick, money-fed campaign.

I think that one of the reasons the people of WV keep voting Democrat is because they are fiercely loyal. Grandpappy and Daddy were Roosevelt, John L. Lewis Democrats and they honor that and continue to vote the "union" party. I think that things are changing and WV is winable given a good candidate and enough money. The fact that Dubya won this state speaks volumes. The people are conservative. They are simply politically naive. In all my travels I have never met more honorable and honest people. They are wise in ways that most can't imagine.