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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
Yes, you are correct. I should have phrased it "one of the most conservative large metropolitan cities." I know it doesn't compare with the redneck lifestyle and brand of conservatism over in Podunk, Iowa. We don't do lynchin's or marry our first cousins.
I was simply pointing out that San Diego is the only large city in California that boasts a conservative majority, and is reflected in our voting patterns. That is what I meant about a "sea of liberalism."
In no way did I infer or intimate that there aren't many brave, patriotic liberals. My HS assignor is a big liberal, yet was a very courageous, brave Boswain's Mate in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He is also one of my dear friends, who gave me my now-infamous nickname. And I wasn't always a conservative. In fact, I voted for Mondale/Ferraro in 1984. That was the last time I voted Democrat for any office higher than Dog Catcher.  |
I was 10 and working on the Mondale campaign in 1984. I voted for Bill Clinton twice and for Tom Vilsack in 1998. That was the last time for me.
And I'm offended by the Podunk comment. There were no lynchins. Cousins, OTOH.... In all seriousness, the biggest problem I saw with small towns was the general aversion to outsiders regardless of skin color or politics. I wasn't 3rd or 4th generation, so we were outsiders to that town.