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Examples
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I find it funny that the red-staters are the ones who complain loudest about “income redistribution”, when they need to rely on blue-states to fund their own state expenses (infrastructure, education, etc).
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Besides the red-states suck up more welfare than the blue-states … maybe you should tell your fundie friends to stop it and start paying taxes you leech.
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In this tight election year, the NRA lobby may even may able to tip election in blue-states like Michigan and Pennsylvania, with high rates of gun ownership.
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Recently, due to popularization by the mass media, some Americans identify as part of the Democratic “blue-states” or Republican “red-states”, illustrating how quickly identity can be constructed and deconstructed.
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They headed north, towards the blue-states in a Volvo with a ‘Save the Whales†bumper sticker.
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When Republican politicians are pro-life, they are called social conservatives and unfairly they are usually labeled extremists in blue-states.
Remember, the Democrats have a special obligation to please people like me. Ann Althouse 2006
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Patt Morrison: Is Arnold Governor of a Girly-Man $tate? 2010
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Julie Fanselow: Red-State Expats: Please Send Money Home 2009
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Michealene Cristini Risley: "A message to the Red States" 2008
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