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<blockquote data-quote="Maui" data-source="post: 1202552" data-attributes="member: 45037"><p>That is still pretty stable. Some locations go through that many managers in 5-7 years. I say that TN-01 is the reddest district because it is with a COOK PVI of R+25. </p><p></p><p>Please spare me TN history. I know the three states of TN and why it is called the Volunteer state, etc. I also know that the "blue" from earlier periods were mostly conservatives. Hardly the same as a Northeast or West Coast liberal. Jimmy Quillen represented the district for over 30 years though. </p><p></p><p>I doubt you can see the racism and bigotry that exists so prevalently there. It really would shock many from other parts of the country. You see, I am from the area and lived there the better part of 25 years. I was called racial epithets. Store clerks would smile and speak to everyone in line, but turn away and just look at a screen or look down when my wife approached the register. People tried to move out of neighborhoods in Kingsport when the first family of color moved in. </p><p></p><p>Unicoi County kicked out all black men. I dated a girl from Duffield, VA saw murders (lynchings) as late as the 1980s that she recalled. I have contacts that still live in the area that use racist and bigoted language casually. </p><p></p><p>I have friends that help fund the Repubs in East TN. They are social liberals, but want to keep their taxes as low as possible. They can afford the economic policy because it benefits them. They are selfish. The policies that are advocated by TN hurt the poorest citizens. </p><p></p><p>Many of the people of ET are good-hearted and hard working. My family settled there before TN was a state and worked at Eastman since it opened. It is also very insular and unwelcoming to different ideas and people from other areas. This makes it difficult for other voices to be heard. Reality is that the ideas most common there are a little regressive and slow to change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maui, post: 1202552, member: 45037"] That is still pretty stable. Some locations go through that many managers in 5-7 years. I say that TN-01 is the reddest district because it is with a COOK PVI of R+25. Please spare me TN history. I know the three states of TN and why it is called the Volunteer state, etc. I also know that the "blue" from earlier periods were mostly conservatives. Hardly the same as a Northeast or West Coast liberal. Jimmy Quillen represented the district for over 30 years though. I doubt you can see the racism and bigotry that exists so prevalently there. It really would shock many from other parts of the country. You see, I am from the area and lived there the better part of 25 years. I was called racial epithets. Store clerks would smile and speak to everyone in line, but turn away and just look at a screen or look down when my wife approached the register. People tried to move out of neighborhoods in Kingsport when the first family of color moved in. Unicoi County kicked out all black men. I dated a girl from Duffield, VA saw murders (lynchings) as late as the 1980s that she recalled. I have contacts that still live in the area that use racist and bigoted language casually. I have friends that help fund the Repubs in East TN. They are social liberals, but want to keep their taxes as low as possible. They can afford the economic policy because it benefits them. They are selfish. The policies that are advocated by TN hurt the poorest citizens. Many of the people of ET are good-hearted and hard working. My family settled there before TN was a state and worked at Eastman since it opened. It is also very insular and unwelcoming to different ideas and people from other areas. This makes it difficult for other voices to be heard. Reality is that the ideas most common there are a little regressive and slow to change. [/QUOTE]
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