A thought just occurred to me. Conservative blogger Xrlq started out (when I started following him) in liberal California, bemoaning his status as a left coast conservative. In 2006, he moved to Virginia, and lo and behold, Democrat Jim Webb defeated incumbent Republican George “macaca” Allen in the Senate race that year. Then, in late 2007, he moved to North Carolina, which — I think you’ll see a pattern developing — favored Democrat Kay Hagan over incumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole in the Senate race. And as an added bonus, that state also went for Democrat Barack Obama.
I think there’s only one possible explanation: Xrlq is spreading liberalism wherever he goes. I’m not sure if he’s still somehow “contagious” from California, or if there’s something about his particular brand of conservatism that turns people toward liberalism (my money’s on the latter), but the effect is the same, and I like it.
So with that, I have a humble request for Xrlq: Would you kindly consider moving to Tennessee when Corker’s seat comes up in 2012?
Thank you.
Side note: I only just now, while looking for a time frame on the NC move, noticed that I won! 
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OK, but only if I can convert to liberalism and re-register as a Democrat first.
don’t make me build a fence!
[...] TGirsch observes that I have a nasty habit of spreading liberalism everywhere I go. [...]
[...] Tom points out that Xrlq is spreading liberalism. [...]
I am Xrlq’s aunt. Early in the fall when I read that Liddy Dole’s Senate seat was being seriously challenged, I expressed my surprise to him and he replied then that if she was defeated, he’d seriously question if he was jinxing the Republicans. My daughter in Toledo, Ohio, wondered if he’d been in Ohio, as she was so pleased and surprised by the election results there!
Can’t take blame/credit for Ohio. Last time I set foot in that states was 2003. Might have helped John Kerry lose by a narrower margin in ’04, but that’s about it. Unless, of course, I gave liberal-cooties to my sister in law, who also resided in Ohio.