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Does air conditioning make people vote Republican?

I blame A/C for the decline of the labor movement and for decimating the Midwest's population. Mostly, I blame it for the election of George W. Bush.
By Edward McClelland

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  • Thursday, August 21, 2008 06:35 PM

    It wasn`t the air conditioning!

    Florida went to the republicans because the state of new york imposed an oppressive tax!THEY FLED to florida which has no state tax! Now ny has no more millionairs [or large tax contibutors]It was`nt the air conditioners that took them their!

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