AZ pede here, born and raised. My grandfathers were born in or near Tombstone, and worked in mining and cattle ranching, and fought in WWII. 6x great grandfather of the same line fought in the Revolutionary War.
We were the last state to join the Union (from the lower 48), somewhat begrudgingly. Every once in a while you can smell that Wild West mentality in the air. We, along with a couple other places, don’t care for daylight savings time.
We like guns. Yavapai County has more gun smiths per capita than almost anywhere else in the world. We argue with other states about who held the first rodeo. I greet people, “Howdy.” We have some rough and tough but good-hearted people in our state.
The USS Arizona is reverenced for the beating it took during Pearly Harbor. It was manned by mostly Arizona boys (shameless plug for Dan Carlin’s ‘Supernova in the East’ series, Hardcore History podcast).
It’s a great state.
But it’s also a border state. ‘No Name’ fooled most of us (including me) for decades. Drug and human trafficking are certainly happening, even if we don’t see it. The DS tentacles must have a good foothold.
Why didn’t they set up shop in DS-friendly CA, or even NM? I can see why TX would’ve been tough for them. Perhaps the DS is so well established in CA, NM I don’t see it. And why the blatant election fraud here in 2022? Why isn’t PA the epicenter? Is PA too far gone?
Just thinking.
Fellow Arizonan, in my opinion our state is full on red, so much so that if they are going to steal our state, they might as well just steal Utah too while they're at it. I'm not sure why they chose to set up shop here, maybe because we are worth more electoral votes than Utah, maybe proximity to CA and NM, maybe because we are on the border. I'm sure they have a very strong grip over CA and NM too. CA tried to recall Newsome and he got rigged right back in.
Good ideas AZ pede
“ CA tried to recall Newsome and he got rigged right back in.”
Absolutely right my fren! The wife and I sent all three of our kids to AZ Universities (since 2010). We will be moving to AZ in 2023 (no worries, we are staunch conservatives). Newscum’s ass was overwhelmingly kicked out of office during the recall but they cheated again and kept him in office. There’s no way in hell you get over 2 million grass roots recall signatures and he wins 60%+ votes during a recall! I’m so sick of the election fraud including what’s going on in Maricopa County.