Actually, TGirsch missed one; Cali was a center-right state when I got there in 1971, and look where they are today. My curse does have an odd twist, though: it only seems to affect the state I live in, and not my immediate surroundings. If Cali had voted with Orange County, Virginia had voted with Goochland County and North Carolina had voted with Davidson County, we might be looking at a different President-elect right now. [Then again, if everyone voted like Davidson County, we’d be back in the Prohibition era, so be careful what you wish for.]
December 11th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Actually, TGirsch missed one; Cali was a center-right state when I got there in 1971, and look where they are today. My curse does have an odd twist, though: it only seems to affect the state I live in, and not my immediate surroundings. If Cali had voted with Orange County, Virginia had voted with Goochland County and North Carolina had voted with Davidson County, we might be looking at a different President-elect right now. [Then again, if everyone voted like Davidson County, we’d be back in the Prohibition era, so be careful what you wish for.]