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>Slightly tongue in cheek there Kevin and I'd never call you dumb ;-)


Not to beat a point to death, but I fail to see the "tongue in cheek here"

"To me the middle of the USA is an empty space which needs a lot of economic subsidies to keep afloat but likes to hold a voting whip hand. That can only end in tears."

I might be an East coast guy, but I can definitely identify with much of how the U.S. heartland thinks about things.