# Dear Red states, a letter from the Blue. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-red-states-a-letter-from-the-blue/313754 "2005-07-23T02:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-red-states-a-letter-from-the-blue/313754/41 "2005-07-25T03:06:38Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > The only thing I envy about youse guys is your peace of mind in not actually being anywhere near anything a terrorist would ever target. This Bush voter was pretty close to a terrorist target on 9/11. In fact, my office smelled of smoke from the Pentagon for weeks afterward. And Virginia is a red state, isn’t it? It is in presidential elections at least. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-red-states-a-letter-from-the-blue/313754/42 "2005-07-25T04:03:10Z")
What about all us “Purple” people? What land do WE get? Aw, who am I kidding…we can just conquer some from the blue guys. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-red-states-a-letter-from-the-blue/313754/43 "2005-07-25T16:46:04Z")
Can the eastern 1/3 of Iowa come too? We voted blue! It’s just those western Iowa folks. They like the Cyclones and Bush. They are the ones who are teh suck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-red-states-a-letter-from-the-blue/313754.md?page=2)