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japple

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1. These words make me quiver with delight:

Reply to Laelth (Original post)

Wed May 21, 2014, 10:42 AM

May 2014

"...one can't win a county-wide office these days in Bibb County unless one runs as a Democrat." I lived in Macon for many years and it was VERY conservative. So happy to see that the tide is turning.

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How Laelth Voted in the 2014 Georgia Democratic Primary (and the results). [View all] Laelth May 2014 OP

These words make me quiver with delight: japple May 2014 #1

Admittedly, Macon is strange. Laelth May 2014 #2

Well spread some of that Macon liberalism up my way !!!!! groundloop May 2014 #3

Out of curiosity, from which county do you hail? Laelth May 2014 #7

Yep, groundloop, I'm with you on that one. I'm in Gordon County and it's japple May 2014 #8

Gordon County won't be blue for a LONG time. Laelth May 2014 #9

My family has been in this county since it was stolen from the Cherokee (sorry/sad to say) japple May 2014 #10

I'm Athens bench scientist May 2014 #4

Those were my picks also. RebelOne May 2014 #5

It'll be 10 or more years before Cherokee is blue, admittedly. Laelth May 2014 #6