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3. Ripple, Baby, Ripple and Cripple the GOP

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Tue Jan 9, 2018, 09:25 AM

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The GOP Is Disappearing In New York [View all] babylonsister Jan 2018 OP

Yay shenmue Jan 2018 #1

Their New Yorker President is anti-New York BeyondGeography Jan 2018 #2

Ripple, Baby, Ripple and Cripple the GOP bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #3

I hope it takes down the NY-GOP congressmen crazycatlady Jan 2018 #4

And woman! redwitch Jan 2018 #27

Statewide maybe edhopper Jan 2018 #5

I wish people like Oprah, Hillary, Gore, Biden would run against the 'firm' GOP seats in all states. Sunlei Jan 2018 #8

Somehow edhopper Jan 2018 #9

Yes NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #11

They both have experience in schools/higher education. Something ALL USA citizens desperately need Sunlei Jan 2018 #14

The tax bill could do that leftynyc Jan 2018 #16

One can Hope edhopper Jan 2018 #17

I live in Westchester county leftynyc Jan 2018 #18

IF edhopper Jan 2018 #19

I think Sean Patrick Maloney is pretty safe crazycatlady Jan 2018 #29

That's now Nita Lowey's district leftynyc Jan 2018 #41

My parents live in Nita Lowey's district crazycatlady Jan 2018 #43

The tax bill is self-immolation. lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #44

In high property tax states, leftynyc Jan 2018 #47

Statewide, this is true. But there are still places that love tRump MiniMe Jan 2018 #6

Sounds like she is from Suffolk County. n/t Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #7

Nassau edhopper Jan 2018 #10

Nassau is shifting, it just voted in a Dem as County Executive marylandblue Jan 2018 #20

That is an ongoing cycle edhopper Jan 2018 #21

Oh I know since I'm from Nassau but it going blue. Hillary won Nassau! Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #23

I think my town is one of those places Victor_c3 Jan 2018 #15

Build a big wall and block the view FakeNoose Jan 2018 #36

Upstate rural areas are a disaster. pangaia Jan 2018 #28

Good! They need to fade off the face of the Earth. pressbox69 Jan 2018 #12

Until Democrats can take control of both houses NewJeffCT Jan 2018 #13

I wish cannabis_flower Jan 2018 #22

same here in NC barbtries Jan 2018 #25

i hope it's a harbinger barbtries Jan 2018 #24

Reminder, the NY State Senate is in GOP hands BECAUSE OF DEMS.. vi5 Jan 2018 #26

If so, those are conservatives who run as Democrats Hortensis Jan 2018 #46

"Look beyond labels to behaviors" vi5 Jan 2018 #50

:) Labels are useful too, but best regarded as rings in noses Hortensis Jan 2018 #52

Good. PatrickforO Jan 2018 #30

We need to be sure to keep it rolling until Nov 6, 2018. marble falls Jan 2018 #31

Trump is destroying the GOP Gothmog Jan 2018 #32

Wish New York wasn't so insanely expensive. OliverQ Jan 2018 #33

The RED states just seem affordable...... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #37

The NYC metropolitan area is what drives the average up. Upstate and Central NY are reasonable. George II Jan 2018 #40

Aren't taxes still insanely high even in upstate? OliverQ Jan 2018 #48

The top income tax rate is about 9%, but that wouldn't be the rate paid by retirees, it's.... George II Jan 2018 #49

I think property tax is the real killer actually. OliverQ Jan 2018 #51

It depends on where you are. The rate in Lake George is 1.5%, Syracuse 2.7%..... George II Jan 2018 #53

Yeah, they're leaning towards North Carolina where property taxes are OliverQ Jan 2018 #54

My neighbor keeps hinting that he wants to move to North Carolina, "it's much cheaper".... George II Jan 2018 #55

Republicans are in trouble as a Party......... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2018 #34

+1 dalton99a Jan 2018 #38

Governor Andrew Cuomo calls himself a Democrat FakeNoose Jan 2018 #35

I don't know which "us" you think leftynyc Jan 2018 #42

Yet he tries to give tax cuts to millionaires and Trumpocalypse Jan 2018 #57

There are NO Rockefeller republicans leftynyc Jan 2018 #58

Never said there were any left. Trumpocalypse Jan 2018 #59

Actually what you said was: leftynyc Jan 2018 #60

No I never said that. Trumpocalypse Jan 2018 #62

Free SUNY tuition is GOPish? crazycatlady Jan 2018 #45

How about Eric, Donnie Jr., or even Barron? George II Jan 2018 #39

I wish these assholes would disappear entirely. Forever. Initech Jan 2018 #56

As a New Yorker now in Virginia, phylny Jan 2018 #61

Good! Scurrilous Jan 2018 #63