Democratic enclave in Wyoming? - is it possible?

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Originally Posted by Phaedrus351

The live and let live ethos is bunk, just look at the walls in any small town bar/restaurant. They don't even bother to paint over N-word this, ****** that. If I were other than white, I'd be very hesitant to travel off the interstates alone. And if you're a woman alone, avoid the rest stops unless there are a few people there, from at least 2 separate groups. There are so many rapes in lonely highway rest stops I think they have pre-printed forms. There are areas that federal employees won't take government cars, renting vehicles instead.

Everyone has a gun, the more paranoid and smaller-penised the bigger. I lived there for 7 years, am going back for family. Will probably get a carry permit, not because of criminals but so that when drunk redneck #32711 gets confused in a conversation requiring thought and pulls his mega-zooka because his crotch feels light, I can pop him first. Not so many years ago, two white guys went home and got a shotgun, returned to a bar, shot and killed an unarmed black guy, and were acquitted. Look up "Smokey Lyle" and "Casper"...

The American culture of fear is still hard at work. Good to see!!!

[Phaedrus351]

Oh hey, just checked back in. (Don't have as much time to hang on these sites as some, apparently.) Google isn't a synonym for "look up," though it usually passes for one in Wyoming. Casper Star Trib didn't put arcives online until around y2k, as far as Google is concerned anything before that didn't happen. If libraries confuse you, just call the minister in North Casper, or, god forbid, actually go visit a library and pull the CST on microfiche. No, it's not on me, education is the responsibility of the individual in effort, the culture in opportunity. Ignorance should be punishable. Anyway, the only reason Matthew Sheapard was news was because of Larmie's proximity to Fort Collins, and there was an API deal going on down there. The same thing can, and has, happened many different places in Wyoming. It's a small population with not much in the way of responsible media (a couple days ago the Cheyenne paper headline: "Torture Justified!" This is the same paper that forced it's employees to wear buttons supporting it's choice for Guv, and won a Wyo supreme court case on the subject) occurs. In breakfast places in Sheridan you see the Billings Gazette, in Cheyenne the Denver Post (which itself is known to publish editorials on the front page,) Rock Springs the Salt Lake Trib etc. Sorry, not much in the way of news in Wyo since Levendosky died. It's a small population, it takes a Matthew S incident to get outside. As far as rapes in rest stops, a Wyo State Patrol told me that over a beer, and a Campbell County Sherriff sat with me and said there is a group that doesn't run license tags on their cars and he won't stop them because they're armed better than his people and he won't get support from the state. And as far as "getting off the interstate" didn't they find Lisa Kimmel's car buried next to a trailer in the boonies, the "Lil Miss" that had been raped and killed back in the '80s with her car undiscovered until recently? Hmmm, good Wyoming rednecks. It's a small population, an incident has to reach earth-shattering proportions to get reported out of state, and local law enforcement is quite happy to list a 5-round shooting as suicide. Got to get elected by these people next year, after all, and hell, he was rumored to be gay, wasn't he? And a local cop in Afton once sat next to me as a fed employee and said, "you know, I thing they hate feds worse than me!" Enjoy, and remember my .32 will clear leather before your Cassul. (An employee of Freedom Arms sat next to me a dozen years ago handing out foam toy guns to kids and saying "you got to lead the liberals.") Don't lie to people, if you want it to be what it is just live with the lonely consequences. Wish we could move Yellowstone to Montana.

[WyoNewk]

Get a clue.

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Originally Posted by DreamworksSKG

Is it possible to be a Democrat and live in Wyoming? Are there any parts of cities or towns, that are more liberal in Wyoming than conservative? Or is everyone basically right wing envangelical conservative republican?

Anything's possible! I welcome new attitudes - the same old circle gets pretty boring.

I am NOT right wing evangelical. I am conservative, don't give a flip about whose church is the "true" church. Am debating on whether or not I will continue to register as republican - probably independent as the choices don't really appeal to me either way - both parties should be embarrased and we definately need term limits. I do vote, do like President Obama and hope he gets a chance.

I think our democratic governor has done a wonderful job leading our state. There will always be division in everything, we are not "one size fits all." Like people said before - don't move here expecting to change people or the way things are done...you better be ready to adapt, let it go or you will be miserable.

[Lagarto]

I have found Wyoming to be pretty welcoming. The gun control comment has some truth but it also depends on if you are around a large group of people or not. It is fashionable to be opposed to gun control and wolves. Realistically though, while it is more conservative than say Boston, people here are usually far from being crack pot.