It's not that the states themselves suck, it's just that the masses of brainwashed citizens in them are seriously out of touch from the effects of the dim-witted international politics we in the blue states seem to understand a bit more that you do. All that seems to matter to the red states is (a) thinking they're getting more of their income and paying less taxes (which isn't true), (b) confiding in the Lord our God, religious churches, praying, donation baskets, and blind faith, (c) carrying shotguns to the supermarket with spare ammo, and (d) trusting in blind republicanism. Get real, and open your eyes. Bush cares about you as much as he cares about ending the war in Iraq, bringing peace to the Middle East, drilling the Alaskan oil reserve, speaking in coherent sentences, or working more than 6-hour days. He's a reckless child with his finger on the nucular switch. An idiot, even if he pretends to be a humble, God-loving Catholic. Truth is he's not. He can't even spell religion, let along understand it. So stop voting Republican just because the candidate's name is easy to remember, or just because he's a Republican and your daddy told you to vote that way, or just because you're an ignorant excuse for an American. Think, people. We've had enough. Don't let us down in 2008.