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TheRealNorth

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8. That's true....

Reply to Budi (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 4, 2022, 02:27 PM

Jan 2022

If you're not from some small town in the Midwest, it's like your political opinion doesn't exist.

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If we, as Democrats, are apathetic about the 2022 midterm elections, [View all] MineralMan Jan 2022 OP

And I suggest the first thing each of us do is contact our reps ESPECIALLY if they are Democratic Eliot Rosewater Jan 2022 #1

I will check with the Embassy here to see if they will be letting Americans vote in secondwind Jan 2022 #2

What the GQP did is not shenanigans, it is election rigging. gab13by13 Jan 2022 #3

We have to make sure the candidates know redstatebluegirl Jan 2022 #4

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My answer TheRealNorth Jan 2022 #7

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Sometimes you vote against not for qazplm135 Jan 2022 #9

Agreed. Framing the vote is critical. Pantagruel Jan 2022 #10

I'm skeptical qazplm135 Jan 2022 #12

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We're not giving up, so much as being shut up, shut out, shut down. Budi Jan 2022 #6

That's true.... TheRealNorth Jan 2022 #8

And if you ARE from some small town in the Midwest, but are... JHB Jan 2022 #13

This isn't true, we don't flood info mediums like we should and the M$M isn't even the most popular uponit7771 Jan 2022 #18

We don't flood soc media with botnets & troll farms from abroad either. Budi Jan 2022 #21

RIGHT !! We can do the same but with facts and reality uponit7771 Jan 2022 #31

We can't afford apathy, but allegorical oracle Jan 2022 #11

Don't let a forecast become a self-fulfilling prophecy DFW Jan 2022 #29

The apathy/nihilism adjustment can start with Manchinema wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #14

Omg. This began long before Manchin or Sinema became the go-to blame. Budi Jan 2022 #22

You're right. We'll just blame the next electoral on Defund or Antifa or something wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #23

LOL. No lets just shove the entire blame for the failure of our Democratic process on ...ummmm... Budi Jan 2022 #25

As long as it is not the Dem leadership wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #26

2 people. That's all you came up with. I can name 6. Budi Jan 2022 #27

Those two people are certainly the biggest problem wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #28

I mean qazplm135 Jan 2022 #35

I guarantee you they did not use all the tools they had to pass BBB wellst0nev0ter Jan 2022 #36

The strategy folks qazplm135 Jan 2022 #37

All elections have consequences BlueIdaho Jan 2022 #17

probably apathy may not be exactly the description, more like depressed/despondent msfiddlestix Jan 2022 #19

Indeed! We need to continue the 2018-2020 waves... Wounded Bear Jan 2022 #20

If Democratic leadership and elected Democrats can't pull up their big boy pants Autumn Jan 2022 #24

This midterm is an either-or DFW Jan 2022 #30

Exactly! MineralMan Jan 2022 #32

I agree rockfordfile Jan 2022 #33

I've already been donating to Warnock & Kelly AZProgressive Jan 2022 #34