Iowa

JPPaverage

(577 posts) Sun Aug 13, 2023, 05:24 PM Aug 2023

What happened to this once great state?

We are bordered by Illinois. Bluer than blue, Minnesota, fairly blue, and Wisconsin, which has problems but is at least purple. We won't mention Missouri or Nebraska. But anyway, there are plenty of progressives near here. But this state is deep red. It's almost like we sank into a wedge between Alabama and Mississippi. I don't like it. We've had some decent Governors, although not for many years. The Democratic party has no real candidates for Governor except maybe Rob Sand. Maybe. Our dictator, er, governor and her cohorts are waging war on education, women's freedoms, poor people, immigrants, and on and on. I used to love this state. But not anymore.
Sorry if I sound like Danny downer.

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What happened to this once great state? (Original Post) JPPaverage Aug 2023 OP

Fox News happened. griffi94 Aug 2023 #1

And they believed it. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2023 #3

It happened incrementally. griffi94 Aug 2023 #6

True, this. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2023 #8

Limbaugh did plenty damage too. n/t slumcamper Aug 2023 #10

The way I feel about Ohio. Many decades ago, I loved that state. sinkingfeeling Aug 2023 #2

Michigan, My Michigan... FreeWheatForever Aug 2023 #4

Everything Trump touches ................well we know how that goes. Srkdqltr Aug 2023 #5

Illinois is not "bluer than blue." perfessor Aug 2023 #7

Spouse and I were discussing this today. progressoid Aug 2023 #9

1) media normalized astroturf Tea Party 2) Koch Bros flooded the airwaves w sewage about Democrats emulatorloo Sep 2023 #11

AM radio in the '90s that had a near monopoly in Iowa due to Clear Channel rurallib Sep 2023 #12

griffi94

(3,830 posts)

1. Fox News happened.

Reply to JPPaverage (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 05:31 PM

Aug 2023

OAITW r.2.0

(28,392 posts)

3. And they believed it.

Reply to griffi94 (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 05:36 PM

Aug 2023

Even though Fox says they are an entertainment company. So. make video sets, like the real news orgs....then hire bullshitters to deliver your Republican message.

griffi94

(3,830 posts)

6. It happened incrementally.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 06:32 PM

Aug 2023

They got where they are now over 25 years.
They wouldn't have believed all this BS all at once.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,392 posts)

8. True, this.

Reply to griffi94 (Reply #6)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 08:39 PM

Aug 2023

slumcamper

(1,728 posts)

10. Limbaugh did plenty damage too. n/t

Reply to griffi94 (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 24, 2023, 10:04 PM

Aug 2023

sinkingfeeling

(52,993 posts)

2. The way I feel about Ohio. Many decades ago, I loved that state.

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Sun Aug 13, 2023, 05:33 PM

Aug 2023

FreeWheatForever

(53 posts)

4. Michigan, My Michigan...

Reply to JPPaverage (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 06:04 PM

Aug 2023

https://www.metrotimes.com/news/michigan-named-top-state-to-live-and-work-in-the-us-33837397

Srkdqltr

(7,661 posts)

5. Everything Trump touches ................well we know how that goes.

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Sun Aug 13, 2023, 06:23 PM

Aug 2023

perfessor

(288 posts)

7. Illinois is not "bluer than blue."

Reply to JPPaverage (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 07:14 PM

Aug 2023

Chicago and some collar counties are very blue. Rural Illinois is the ass-crack of the Bible Belt.

progressoid

(50,747 posts)

9. Spouse and I were discussing this today.

Reply to JPPaverage (Original post)

Mon Aug 14, 2023, 08:01 PM

Aug 2023

So many things have gone wrong. I have no idea how we get out of this mess. It is frustrating as hell. I know a lot of people who have been fighting the good fight for a while and they too are frustrated and exhausted.

emulatorloo

(45,567 posts)

11. 1) media normalized astroturf Tea Party 2) Koch Bros flooded the airwaves w sewage about Democrats

Reply to JPPaverage (Original post)

Sun Sep 3, 2023, 02:23 PM

Sep 2023

and elevated the likes of Senator Breadbags and Marionette Miller-Meeks. 3) Trump gave people permission to be completed unhinged and CT driven.

rurallib

(63,200 posts)

12. AM radio in the '90s that had a near monopoly in Iowa due to Clear Channel

Reply to JPPaverage (Original post)

Wed Sep 13, 2023, 04:37 PM

Sep 2023

which owned all the major AM radio stations. In a car or on a tractor Rush And Sean were your day long companions.

Add in the new Terry Branstad in 2010 which the Iowa media treated like a king who could do no wrong (Reynolds gets the same treatment) and Voila! we have an oligarchy.

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