Uncommon Priors

3 Responses to “Iowa > California”

1. Steve M. Says:
   April 3rd, 2009 at 10:32 am

   I come from Iowa. I can assure you that despite its reputation, it is in many ways unexpectedly liberal. (It is also in other ways unexpectedly conservative, but I gather the lesson is that one ought not to rely on reputation.)

2. Arvita Says:
   April 3rd, 2009 at 11:26 am

   Yes, personally I would have liked it to be Minnesota.

   That said, the Hawkeye State gives us many lovely things: blue cheese, highly photogenic bridges, and washing machines to name a few.

   Now if it were Nebraska, that would be plenty of reason for outrage. Then there’d be a smackdown coming.

3. CJ Says:
   April 3rd, 2009 at 7:30 pm

   It also would be bad if it was Kansas. Hilarious, but shameful.

   Steve–I think that can hold true for a lot of the midwest, or at least where I’m from in the midwest. A lot of the midwesterners I know are capable of demagogue-ing liberals and their liberal policies with the best of them, but are relatively accepting of all sorts of liberalism in practice.

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