# Okay, can't we just split the country in two fucking pieces? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 3, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786 "2004-11-03T17:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/101 "2004-11-05T17:31:54Z")
HAH! The Tahoe area has a little more red in it than you thought. It’s ours, bay-bee! ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/102 "2004-11-05T18:29:23Z")
Oh yeah, let’s make it three countries, let’s see like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, yeah that worked really well didn’t it? It saddens me that both sides are saying the other is dividing the nation. Election is done let’s gut it out for four years and see what the Dems/Reps/Lib/Greens/ can come up with. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/103 "2004-11-05T18:37:19Z")
Bah! You’re no fun at all! Can we just let the California Coast go to Canadia? The Inland Empire is solidly red, and I feel like I need a passport to visit Santa Monica anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/104 "2004-11-05T20:38:56Z")
I’m just wondering how the “moral values” Republicans justify hanging on to Reno and Las Vegas, ostensibly cesspools of sin and debauchery… 😉 (Not that I think Reno or Las Vegas are evil, but I’m not a Republican, either) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/105 "2004-11-06T10:01:46Z")
> [@cityboy916](#): > > No, you’ve missed my point completely. It has to be chess, or backgammon, or something like that. This might be an urban legend, but when I was a wee one, I was told that chess was invented so generals could practice having mock wars. Best generals were the best chess players, and vice versa. Probably just a myth, though. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/106 "2004-11-06T10:17:42Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > I’m just wondering how the “moral values” Republicans justify hanging on to Reno and Las Vegas, ostensibly cesspools of sin and debauchery… 😉 > > (Not that I think Reno or Las Vegas are evil, but I’m not a Republican, either) I said your side gets Reno and Vegas. We just get free passage for weekend visits. Whoo-Hoo! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OliverTwistofLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/107 "2004-11-06T10:23:41Z")
All the people who voted “Blue” will have Hillary Clinton come to your rescue and offer anything you ever wanted until she gets elected, of course in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/108 "2004-11-06T19:44:30Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I said your side gets Reno and Vegas. We just get free passage for weekend visits. Whoo-Hoo! 😃 Actually, Vegas should become it’s own country as the Monaco of the Western Hemisphere…and make sure there’s a topless beach at Lake Mead. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/109 "2004-11-07T00:47:07Z")
[hijack] > [@MadSam](#): > > All the people who voted “Blue” will have Hillary Clinton come to your rescue and offer anything you ever wanted until she gets elected, of course in 2008. Oh, cram it with the Hillary boogeywoman, willya? Sometimes I get the feeling y’all are trying to see if you can goad us into nominating her just to spite you [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/110 "2004-11-07T02:19:26Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > [hijack] > > Oh, cram it with the Hillary boogeywoman, willya? Sometimes I get the feeling y’all are trying to see if you can goad us into nominating her just to spite you > [/hijack] [hijack^2] Please nominate her! It’ll get her out of one my senate seats. 😃 [/hijack^2] ---
**Author:** ![Blackacre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Blackacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackacre)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786/111 "2004-11-07T02:38:40Z")
Wheeee suck it Dems! Previously posted [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=285128) ! But seems appropo to this thread as well. Spineless cowards. BA [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-cant-we-just-split-the-country-in-two-fucking-pieces/272786.md?page=5)