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.)
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.
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.)
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.
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.