Washington (state) Re: NASCAR Fans

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Another Washington state lawmaker made some nasty comments toward Richard Petty. Speaker of the House Frank Chopp implied the King of NASCAR looked like a drunken felon, saying “You mean the guy who got picked up for DUI?"

For the record, Mr. Petty does not drink alcohol. A spokesperson for Petty said Chopp later apologized and the team owner considers the issue over and done with.
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:eek:hmy: Un-Freakin-believable....I'm sickened.
 
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That is BS !!!!!!! Richard Petty is one of the classiest drivers ever.

Frank Chopp :finger3:
 
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It's worse - I saw a segment where they interviewed Seattle residents. Basically, they used the word "white trash" a lot. To be fair, it was just 3 or 4 people on the street but for a supposedly "tolerant" city, they showed a lot of negativity towards the "NASCAR crowd".
 
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the "tolerant" cities generally don't seem all that tolerant towards groups that are generally working class and patriotic
 
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Why would Nascar want to go there anyway? There are more than enough cities who would love to have a Nascar track and date. Forget these idiots.
 
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volinbham said:
It's worse - I saw a segment where they interviewed Seattle residents. Basically, they used the word "white trash" a lot. To be fair, it was just 3 or 4 people on the street but for a supposedly "tolerant" city, they showed a lot of negativity towards the "NASCAR crowd".
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I think I remember hearing Seattle is the most educated city in the US? I forget where. I know it has to be among the most educated out there, that's for sure. It also means stodgiest. I remember hearing about new plans for a track in Bremerton. I need to go see how that is coming along.
 
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milohimself said:
I think I remember hearing Seattle is the most educated city in the US? I forget where. I know it has to be among the most educated out there, that's for sure. It also means stodgiest. I remember hearing about new plans for a track in Bremerton. I need to go see how that is coming along.
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I don't think there's an established connection between education and prejudice...
 
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Either way, I bet you those interviews you saw were direct prodding by whatever news channel did them. Seattle is well-known for having a much larger than usual population of turtleneck-wearing, pinky in the air while sipping their half-caf soy milk mocha caramel latte, jazz-listening, hybrid-driving democrat-types.

I can see NASCAR's interest in it though, based on numbers. If there's one thing King County is full of, it's extremely affluent people with seven figure incomes. Bevery Hills is to the rich and famous, as Seattle is to successful business people. It causes professional sports leagues to see nothing but dollar signs, which in turn leads to franchises like the Mariners, Seahawks and Supersonics, none of whom have exactly enjoyed the best of success throughout the years.
 
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milohimself said:
I can see NASCAR's interest in it though, based on numbers. If there's one thing King County is full of, it's extremely affluent people with seven figure incomes. Bevery Hills is to the rich and famous, as Seattle is to successful business people. It causes professional sports leagues to see nothing but dollar signs, which in turn leads to franchises like the Mariners, Seahawks and Supersonics, none of whom have exactly enjoyed the best of success throughout the years.
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They probably have the "Atlanta" problem. Lot's of sports fans but they're all imports from other states -- and other teams. Atlanta if full of pro-sports fans, just not Braves, Falcons, Hawks, etc.
 
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No offense to anyone on here that is from Seattle, but most of the people I know from there are dumber than a box of rocks.
 
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volinbham said:
They probably have the "Atlanta" problem. Lot's of sports fans but they're all imports from other states -- and other teams. Atlanta if full of pro-sports fans, just not Braves, Falcons, Hawks, etc.
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Hm... No, that's Portland (except for the Blazers). Seattle is just not that much of a sports town. Both Portland and Seattle do have a lot, lot, lot of New England transplants. But none of them are sports fans. More of the type I mentioned earlier.
 
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