[MD] Drug User or Genius?

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Craig, previously]
> look at counties instead of states...[a] state consists of a mixture of so-called "conservative" or "liberal" 
> counties, generally tracking rural, suburban & urban areas.

[dmb]
> the same pattern appears no matter how you break it down. In the case of counties, you'd see the
> same difference pop up.

This begs the question.  You can't determine whether the divorce rate is the same for red counties & blue counties within a state, by assuming the divorce rate for counties is the same as for the state.

[dmb]
> Newt Gingrich was having an affair with one of his young aides even while he was busy impeaching Clinton for exactly that [33 year-old vs. 22 year-old].

Not so.  Clinton's impeachment was for false statements under oath & obstruction of justice.

[dmb]
> Or how about the anti-abortion protestors. I bet the majority of them have had abortions

Your betting patterns do not constitute evidence.
Craig