purple, schmurple

from Talking Points Memo:

The oddity of this Red State moralism argument emerges most clearly when you look at statistics for virtually every form of quantifiable social dysfunction. Divorce, out-of-wedlock birth, poverty, murder, incidence of preventable disease --- go down the list and you’ll see that they are all highest in the reddest states and lowest in the bluest.

Not to mention the productiveness and dominance of Blue State business and industry in terms of contribution to the national economy and tax base... Lots of mean-spirited discourse abounds (like here), but suffice it to say that their holier-than-thou attitude is B.S.

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