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What do the 10 poorest cities in the nation have in common?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lue C Fur" data-source="post: 774451" data-attributes="member: 25159"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: green"><strong>TEN POOREST CITIES</strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level</strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">1. Detroit , MI</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">32.5%</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">2. Buffalo , NY</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">29..9%</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">3. Cincinnati , OH</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">27.8%</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">4. Cleveland , OH</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">27.0%</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">5. Miami , FL</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">26.9%</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">5. St. Louis , MO</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">26.8%</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">7. El Paso , TX</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">26.4%</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">8. Milwaukee , WI</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">26.2%</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">9. Philadelphia , PA</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">25.1%</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">10. Newark , NJ</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">24.2%</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><em>U.S.<em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em> Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007</em></span></span></span></span></em></em></span></span></span></em><span style="color: black"><em> </em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><strong><span style="color: #006312"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #006312"><strong>What do the top ten cities</strong></span></span></span></strong></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><strong><span style="color: #006312"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #006312"><strong>(over 250,000) with the highest</strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #006312"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #006312"><strong>poverty rate</strong></span></span></span></strong> <strong><span style="color: #006312"><span style="color: #006312"><strong>all have in common?</strong></span></span></strong> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Detroit<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">, MI</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> (1st on the list) <strong><strong>hasn't</strong></strong> elected a Republican mayor since 1961.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Buffalo, NY (2nd) <strong><strong>hasn't</strong></strong> elected</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">a Republican mayor since 1954.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Cincinnati, OH (3rd) <strong><strong>hasn't</strong></strong> elected a Republican mayor since 1984.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Cleveland, OH (4th) <strong><strong>hasn't</strong></strong> elected a Republican mayor since 1989.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Miami, FL (5th) has </span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>never</strong></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> had</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">a Republican mayor.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">St. Louis, MO (6th) <strong><strong>hasn't</strong></strong> elected a Republican mayor since 1949.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">El Paso, TX (7th) has </span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>never</strong></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> had</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">a Republican mayor.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Milwaukee, WI (8th) <strong><strong>hasn't</strong></strong> elected a Republican mayor since 1908.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Philadelphia, PA (9th) <strong><strong>hasn't</strong></strong> elected a Republican mayor since 1952.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Newark, NJ (10th) <strong><strong>hasn't</strong></strong> elected a Republican mayor since 1907.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #008000"><span style="color: green"></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #008000"><span style="color: green">Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is the </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">poor who habitually elect Democrats </span></span></span></span></span></span></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">yet they are still </span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>POOR!</strong></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span> </p><p></em></span><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>"You cannot help the poor </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>by destroying the rich.</strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>You cannot strengthen the weak </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>by weakening the strong. </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>You cannot bring about prosperity</strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>by discouraging thrift. </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>You cannot lift the wage earner up </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>by pulling the wage payer down.</strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>You cannot further the brotherhood of man</strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>by inciting class hatred. </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>You cannot build character and courage </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>by taking away people's initiative and independence.</strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>You cannot help people permanently</strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>by doing for them, </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>what they could and </strong></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>should do for themselves."</strong></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><strong><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><em>Abraham Lincoln</em></span></strong></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lue C Fur, post: 774451, member: 25159"] [CENTER][B][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=green][B]TEN POOREST CITIES[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][B]City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]1. Detroit , MI[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]32.5%[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]2. Buffalo , NY[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]29..9%[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]3. Cincinnati , OH[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]27.8%[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]4. Cleveland , OH[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]27.0%[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]5. Miami , FL[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]26.9%[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]5. St. Louis , MO[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]26.8%[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]7. El Paso , TX[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]26.4%[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]8. Milwaukee , WI[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]26.2%[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]9. Philadelphia , PA[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]25.1%[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]10. Newark , NJ[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]24.2%[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][I]U.S.[I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][I] Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/I][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][I] [CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#006312][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#006312][B]What do the top ten cities[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#006312][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#006312][B](over 250,000) with the highest[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#006312][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#006312][B]poverty rate[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#006312][COLOR=#006312][B] [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#006312][COLOR=#006312][B]all have in common?[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Detroit[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial], MI[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] (1st on the list) [B][B]hasn't[/B][/B] elected a Republican mayor since 1961.[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] Buffalo, NY (2nd) [B][B]hasn't[/B][/B] elected[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]a Republican mayor since 1954. Cincinnati, OH (3rd) [B][B]hasn't[/B][/B] elected a Republican mayor since 1984. Cleveland, OH (4th) [B][B]hasn't[/B][/B] elected a Republican mayor since 1989. Miami, FL (5th) has [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]never[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] had[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]a Republican mayor. St. Louis, MO (6th) [B][B]hasn't[/B][/B] elected a Republican mayor since 1949. El Paso, TX (7th) has [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]never[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] had[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]a Republican mayor. Milwaukee, WI (8th) [B][B]hasn't[/B][/B] elected a Republican mayor since 1908. Philadelphia, PA (9th) [B][B]hasn't[/B][/B] elected a Republican mayor since 1952. Newark, NJ (10th) [B][B]hasn't[/B][/B] elected a Republican mayor since 1907. [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#008000][COLOR=green] Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]It is the [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial]poor who habitually elect Democrats yet they are still [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]POOR![/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/CENTER] [/I][/COLOR][CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][B]"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][B]You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][B]by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][B]You cannot further the brotherhood of man[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][B]by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][B]You cannot help people permanently[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][B]by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=black][B][FONT=sans-serif][I]Abraham Lincoln[/I][/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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