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Originally Posted by joshbaumgartner
Well I've heard it refered to as the Socialist Republic of Oregon on more than one occaission...lol. I think a friend of mine was not far off when she referred to Oregonians as a bunch of 'rugged individualist conservative liberals'.
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People forget that we have an entire eastern section of the state that's pretty conservative. We have five representatives to Congress in Oregon--4 are Dems and 1 is a Republican (as you can guess, he represents that eastern half). But the fact is that this state passed the law by a WIDE majority BOTH times (I believe we passed it by 85% in 1997) and more than 15% of Oregonians live in the eastern part of the state. Sometimes the conservatives in this state surprise you by passing liberal legislation--but the entire state is by no means liberal.
However, you better believe it that most Oregonians are watching this court case closely, and we're prepared to raise a stink if SCOTUS rules against Death With Dignity.