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Irish_Dem

(82,351 posts)
1. I will be very surprised if we have a free and fair election.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 10:04 AM
Jul 2025

The last one was not, why should the next one be different.

They will let the Dems in office when it is time to repair some of the horrific damage caused by the GOP.
The GOP forces the Dems to do mop up all the time.

Omnipresent

(7,522 posts)
2. Democrats clean up the mess left behind, every time!
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 10:16 AM
Jul 2025

Then voters get amnesia and vote for the republican shitshow!
It’s incredible, how the Democratic Party does little to remind voters how badly things were.

Irish_Dem

(82,351 posts)
3. Yep the GOP empties the US treasury and destroys the social/service nets.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 10:39 AM
Jul 2025

Last edited Thu Jul 3, 2025, 03:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Dems have to go in and fill up the piggy bank and repair the damage.

Omnipresent

(7,522 posts)
5. And this has been going on for too long.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 01:21 PM
Jul 2025

Our leaders think this is some sort of game as long as they aren’t on the receiving end of cuts made to vital government programs!

EverHopeful

(702 posts)
4. A friend helped me draft a letter to my reps asking that they request help from the UN Election Observation division
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 11:27 AM
Jul 2025

but I very much fear that it's already too late.

Even if my senator writes a "sternly worded letter," I think we have allowed our electoral process to deteriorate beyond what can be repaired in time for the midterms.

Really wishing I'd written them back after his coup when I first started thinking about it.

https://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/wps/publication/Chapter7.htm

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