"wildcatters"

[Fellows, Jeffrey]

A member of my PhD supervisory committee grew up in rural Utah. During the
depression, almost everyone was a democratic. There was only one republican
family in the town, and they had a daughter that went to school with my
professor. He said one day a bunch of kids, including himself I believe,
tied her to a swing set during lunch recess and left her there when the bell
sounded.  In a Christmas Story-esque scene, he said everyone in his class
denied involvement in full view through the panes of the tied up girl.

Jeff

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From: Rosser Jr, John Barkley

     I guess I don't buy this story that Texas has gone
conservative/libertarian/Republican because it has become
southern rather than western.  Just as in the South, so in
much of the West there has been a big switch from
supporting Democrats to being very Republican.  This has
happened in states like Utah, Arizona, Idaho, and others,
if not necessarily in ultra-progressively green New Mexico.