Wed Nov 5, 2014, 12:55 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
Is the GOP Senate result legitimate?
Taking into account the number of voters prevented from voting in affected states due to Jim Crow 2, is the GOP Senate majority legitimate? Please do not speculate - specific information only.
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True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | OP |
yeoman6987 | Nov 2014 | #1 | |
True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | #2 | |
underthematrix | Nov 2014 | #3 | |
SomethingFishy | Nov 2014 | #6 | |
True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | #17 | |
SomethingFishy | Nov 2014 | #22 | |
True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | #23 | |
True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | #7 | |
kysrsoze | Nov 2014 | #4 | |
True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | #10 | |
yeoman6987 | Nov 2014 | #15 | |
taught_me_patience | Nov 2014 | #5 | |
True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | #12 | |
yeoman6987 | Nov 2014 | #16 | |
onenote | Nov 2014 | #19 | |
True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | #21 | |
kentuck | Nov 2014 | #8 | |
True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | #13 | |
LukeFL | Nov 2014 | #9 | |
kysrsoze | Nov 2014 | #11 | |
True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | #14 | |
KingCharlemagne | Nov 2014 | #18 | |
True Blue Door | Nov 2014 | #20 |
Response to True Blue Door (Original post)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 12:58 AM
yeoman6987 (14,449 posts)
1. Good luck with that
True or not. I doubt it will even be brought up expect on here. It is sad what happened but now the focus will go to how Republicans are going to run the Senate and the craziness of it.....BUT even before that, the ENTIRE news rooms will be focused on Louisiana and how crazy that is going to be down there.
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Response to yeoman6987 (Reply #1)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 12:59 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
2. I don't give a fuck what the media says or does not say.
The information exists, I want it, and we need it to know how to proceed.
If they obtained the Senate merely through their usual dirty tricks and the systemic corruptions they've created, then that at least represents a "legitimate" result in the broadest sense of the term. If illegitimate, then the result is a partial coup d'etat. |
Response to True Blue Door (Original post)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:00 AM
underthematrix (5,806 posts)
3. It was brought up on the Obama Diary
because it is not consistent with the way voters cast votes on other issues on the same ballot. Really it doesn't make sense.
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Response to underthematrix (Reply #3)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:01 AM
SomethingFishy (4,876 posts)
6. Funny how minimum wage increases win by landslides
and Republicans still get elected.
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Response to SomethingFishy (Reply #6)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:06 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
17. Do we know they still get elected?
Response to True Blue Door (Reply #17)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 02:01 AM
SomethingFishy (4,876 posts)
22. No , this is all just a dream.
In my state, Colorado, there was a personhood amendment on the ballot for like the 4th time in a row. It was soundly defeated 4 times in a row. Yet the bills most staunch supporter was elected to the Senate.
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Response to SomethingFishy (Reply #22)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 02:27 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
23. Don't get snippy when you're posting off-topic comments.
Either you have something to say about the subject of this discussion or not.
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Response to underthematrix (Reply #3)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:02 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
7. Perhaps, but there is a very simple and absolute way to know the answer.
Margin of Republican victory minus the number of people documented to have been blocked from registering, prevented from voting, or had their votes thrown out.
That information exists. We need it. |
Response to True Blue Door (Original post)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:00 AM
kysrsoze (5,849 posts)
4. We got our asses handed to us. That's what we get for running Republican lites for decades
Running away from Obama didn't help either.
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Response to kysrsoze (Reply #4)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:03 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
10. Non-responsive. This is about one single question.
Response to kysrsoze (Reply #4)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:05 AM
yeoman6987 (14,449 posts)
15. I don't know about that
Every Governor lost but Pennsylvania who had the President speak for them. I think there is something to the 6-year Presidency which is why I always thought a one term 6 year presidency would be better.
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Response to True Blue Door (Original post)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:01 AM
taught_me_patience (5,477 posts)
5. It's legit
Dems just didn't show up. This was a complete and total wipeout across the board.
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Response to taught_me_patience (Reply #5)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:04 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
12. You have the numbers that show Republican margins exceeding voters blocked by Jim Crow 2?
Response to taught_me_patience (Reply #5)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:06 AM
yeoman6987 (14,449 posts)
16. The biggest shock to me is Maryland!
A Republican Governor???? Good grief.
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Response to yeoman6987 (Reply #16)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:41 AM
onenote (40,011 posts)
19. You realize that Maryland had a Repub governor from 2003 to 2007
Brown was a crappy candidate. Plain and simple.
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Response to yeoman6987 (Reply #16)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:44 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
21. Does Maryland have Jim Crow 2 laws?
Response to True Blue Door (Original post)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:02 AM
kentuck (109,245 posts)
8. If the Republican brand "sucks"...?
What does the Democratic brand do??
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Response to kentuck (Reply #8)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:04 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
13. Your comment has nothing to do with the OP.
Response to True Blue Door (Original post)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:02 AM
LukeFL (594 posts)
9. What happens now to HCA?
Response to LukeFL (Reply #9)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:03 AM
kysrsoze (5,849 posts)
11. If Obama doesn't veto, we're all in big trouble.
Response to LukeFL (Reply #9)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:05 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
14. Your comment has nothing to do with the OP.
Response to True Blue Door (Original post)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:30 AM
KingCharlemagne (7,908 posts)
18. No one is giving you any specific information at all. Really incredible display of
self indulgence. My sympathies, as your question is perfectly appropriate and always, ALWAYS, needs to be asked.
I do not have specific information, so would like to re-frame the question: can anyone point to any single race decided because of voter suppression\disenfranchisement efforts? |
Response to KingCharlemagne (Reply #18)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:44 AM
True Blue Door (2,969 posts)
20. Thank you. As you say, ANY specific information on this question would be welcome.
If they have specific information about ANY race being decided because of vote suppression, that would contribute to the larger answer of whether Senate control was decided on that basis.
Some of these posts are so completely non-responsive, and act as if they didn't even read the two-sentence OP, I have to wonder if some of them are automated. |