We're Done with Colorado

[BigDee]

I had lived in Charleston, SC for a few years before moving here. (I'm not from there, or here). I really liked it. All winter long I miss it especially badly. What I'd miss most is there is no public property to just go get lost in. No great spots to bike or run. But politically, and just the whole environment in general, I really miss South Carolina. I'm assuming you guys are talking Rock Hill area. I do miss the Carolinas. I wouldn't mind retiring back there, or at least being seasonal.

We are going to move to Lake Wylie which is a bit north of Rock Hill.

[BigDee]

My Dad just moved to South Carolina just south of Charlotte, NC. His area is super nice and conservative. He says the have much lower fuel costs there. He says everyone has guns and hunts. Charlotte has very high crime. at least according to the numbers that I read every year.

The crime in the Charlotte metro area is very isolated to the ghetto's of Charlotte.

[Jesus-With-A-.45]

I came here 4 years ago from CA primarily because CO was still a free state & everyone with a brain & the means to leave could see that CA was lost. I won't run away again, I love this state, I love most of the people, this is the place I've always wanted to live & I'm not letting some GOD DAMN SCUMBAG LIBERALs TAKE IT AWAY WITHOUT A FIGHT! I'm donating anything I can, time, money, manpower, I'm hitting the streets and getting others involved. If we loss this state, I'm going to be able to look in the mirror & know that I personally did everything in my power to NOT let it happen. I believe this is the mentality we all need to take........if we don't fight it........then who will?

[spyder]

I just moved to Perryton TX, don't move to a little town....

[Bailey Guns]

I came here 4 years ago from CA primarily because CO was still a free state & everyone with a brain & the means to leave could see that CA was lost. I won't run away again, I love this state, I love most of the people, this is the place I've always wanted to live & I'm not letting some GOD DAMN SCUMBAG LIBERALs TAKE IT AWAY WITHOUT A FIGHT! I'm donating anything I can, time, money, manpower, I'm hitting the streets and getting others involved. If we loss this state, I'm going to be able to look in the mirror & know that I personally did everything in my power to NOT let it happen. I believe this is the mentality we all need to take........if we don't fight it........then who will?

This attitude assumes there's only one reason one would want to stay or leave...a political motivation. Many people, my wife and I included, weigh the political issues with other issues important in their lives and the lives of their families. It's not necessarily an either/or, single topic issue.

Not to mention this mentality cedes states like CA to the liberals. Why is staying and "fighting" here more important than fighting liberalism elsewhere? I don't think that makes any sense at all.

On the other hand, if someone feels the way you do about a life in CO then by all means do you what you can to shape it how you see fit. But why demean someone, or attempt to force your will ("this is the mentality we all need to take") on others. That sounds to me exactly like that which you so loudly proclaim to be fighting against.

It also sounds exactly like the liberal mentality that says, "can't we all agree no one needs ________"? No...we can't all agree. Sorry. I want no part of that attitude from either the left or the right.

[Dave_L]

Meh, who cares. You should live where you want to live and what suits your lifestyle best. No one else is going to pay your mortgage/bills so do what's best for your family. Am I supposed to move out of Douglas county and into Rhonda Field's district so I can try to recall her?

[Jesus-With-A-.45]

This attitude assumes there's only one reason one would want to stay or leave...a political motivation. Many people, my wife and I included, weigh the political issues with other issues important in their lives and the lives of their families. It's not necessarily an either/or, single topic issue.

Not to mention this mentality cedes states like CA to the liberals. Why is staying and "fighting" here more important than fighting liberalism elsewhere? I don't think that makes any sense at all.

On the other hand, if someone feels the way you do about a life in CO then by all means do you what you can to shape it how you see fit. But why demean someone, or attempt to force your will ("this is the mentality we all need to take") on others. That sounds to me exactly like that which you so loudly proclaim to be fighting against.

It also sounds exactly like the liberal mentality that says, "can't we all agree no one needs ________"? No...we can't all agree. Sorry. I want no part of that attitude from either the left or the right.

My statement was for myself & those that choose to stay here in CO, at no point did I mention "bailey guns" anywhere in the post, nor did I attack your choice to leave. I don't care what you choose to do, if you want to leave than that's what you should do.......it's still a kind of free country, and it's your right to come & go as you please. However, for those that leave for perceived freedoms in other states that they feel no longer exist in this state, the liberal disease will eventually catch-up to those states as well. CA was lost long before I reached manhood or had a chance to make a difference in the political process or the attitudes of the citizens living within that state, maybe I'm a little more determined having seen what liberalism has done to my once beautiful & prosperous home state & don't want the people of my adopted state to suffer the same pain & disappointment that I have felt.

[Jesus-With-A-.45]

Meh, who cares. You should live where you want to live and what suits your lifestyle best. No one else is going to pay your mortgage/bills so do what's best for your family. Am I supposed to move out of Douglas county and into Rhonda Field's district so I can try to recall her?

Could you? Because I really hate that bitch

[Bailey Guns]

I believe this is the mentality we all need to take........if we don't fight it........then who will?

My mistake. I thought by "we all" you meant "we all".

[BPTactical]

This is my native state.

As much as I would love to pull the plug and bail to Wyoming, it is not in my near future. The wife has no desire to go there, she thinks everybody up there is a far right gun toting nutball. I also have a kiddo with some obligations here for another year or so.
If I were to go, I would go alone. Not an option right now.
We had a substantial victory in 2 districts recently.
Let's build on that and clean house in '14.