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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts) Mon Dec 9, 2013, 02:02 AM Dec 2013

The Gop Wants To Turn The Entire US Into North Carolina

North Carolina is the model for the nation. If you haven't noticed one of the most important state posts in North Carolina is held by a billionaire. Austerity rules. And voter suppression is the method to make sure extreme austerity sticks. Punishment and taxes for the poor and vulnerable and tax cuts for the super wealthy.

To add to the misery the GOP is embarking on a plan to make the state red all the way down to dog catcher. So if the dog cather shows up your pooch will get a bullet first. Using voting tricks and gerrymandering they aim to create a totalitarian state that is also Christian.

This model may be coming to a state near you or your state and ALEC will also help the process. Look at how many states are dominated by GOP reactionary politics.

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The Gop Wants To Turn The Entire US Into North Carolina (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Dec 2013 OP

Yep - coming soon to a Pennsylvania near me. dchill Dec 2013 #1

No, Tom Corbett is GONE by next year Freddie Dec 2013 #6

True, but the state legislature is still... dchill Dec 2013 #10

No..its even worse then that...they want to turn it into SOUTH CAROLINA!!! VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #2

IMO we'll gonna kick their asses here in NC: it may take a while, but we will, and when we do struggle4progress Dec 2013 #3

+1 I don't think Pat McCrory will be re-elected. The legislature will be harder octoberlib Dec 2013 #5

du rec. xchrom Dec 2013 #4

This is their intent, to be certain. Laelth Dec 2013 #7

They want to bring back the old feudal system. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #8

sounds a lot like tennessee spanone Dec 2013 #9

dchill

(42,660 posts)

1. Yep - coming soon to a Pennsylvania near me.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 02:08 AM

Dec 2013

And to think that at one point we were going to pass single-payer health insurance.

Freddie

(10,143 posts)

6. No, Tom Corbett is GONE by next year

Reply to dchill (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 08:28 AM

Dec 2013

All his opponent has to say is 2 magic words--Jerry Sandusky. Even most Repugs I know want Corbett gone.
Gonna take longer to undo the damage of gerrymandering, but it will happen.

dchill

(42,660 posts)

10. True, but the state legislature is still...

Reply to Freddie (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 03:47 PM

Dec 2013

chock full o' nuts.

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)

2. No..its even worse then that...they want to turn it into SOUTH CAROLINA!!!

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 02:16 AM

Dec 2013

struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)

3. IMO we'll gonna kick their asses here in NC: it may take a while, but we will, and when we do

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 07:24 AM

Dec 2013

they won't know what hit them

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

5. +1 I don't think Pat McCrory will be re-elected. The legislature will be harder

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 08:11 AM

Dec 2013

because of gerrymandering but we'll make gains there too.

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

4. du rec.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 08:01 AM

Dec 2013

Laelth

(32,017 posts)

7. This is their intent, to be certain.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 10:21 AM

Dec 2013

Personally, I don't think it's going to work. I feel for the good people of North Carolina, but I suspect this Republican ploy is a last-ditch effort to get as much as they can while they can. It won't last. Americans under 30 have a more favorable impression of socialism than of capitalism. We're getting ready for some real change in the United States.

-Laelth

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

8. They want to bring back the old feudal system.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 10:25 AM

Dec 2013

Not slavery, slaves have to be fed, clothed and housed. Serfs are on their own when it comes to that.

spanone

(142,054 posts)

9. sounds a lot like tennessee

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 10:53 AM

Dec 2013

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