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jmowreader

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36. You've got a problem like Idaho has

Thu Nov 10, 2022, 12:37 PM

Nov 2022

Any Democrat who would do a good job in office doesn’t bother to run here because they know the Republican is gonna win anyway.

Several years ago I worked the Democratic Party booth at the county fair. We always had at least one person who had run for office in it. One of them told me that when she did door knocking she’d always get two questions: what church do you go to? and are you going to ban abortion in Kootenai County when you get elected? That we have never had a clinic in Kootenai County is beside the point.

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Election Deniers are suddenly facing an unfamiliar landscape that they're not sure how to deal with [View all] Tom Rinaldo Nov 2022 OP

this could be the beginning of the end Javaman Nov 2022 #1

Excellent analogy Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #2

See my post 5 downthread NJCher Nov 2022 #7

Thanks for that post. Scarlet letter is apt. Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #10

Fine idea. ChazInAz Nov 2022 #16

Exactly right. murielm99 Nov 2022 #15

red area of blue state. how much of that is RW radio? and is it endorsed by the local universities a certainot Nov 2022 #40

This is a rural area with a lot of family farms. murielm99 Nov 2022 #42

limbaugh died and it makes a big diff in central messaging, excusing and rationalizing TFG, and hold certainot Nov 2022 #45

"i never believed limbaugh! really! even when he told me smoking doesn't cause cancer and global war certainot Nov 2022 #39

Nicely done, Tom. Better Days Ahoy Nov 2022 #3

Kick dalton99a Nov 2022 #4

It will be like a scarlet letter NJCher Nov 2022 #5

+1 MLAA Nov 2022 #20

Peck ripped off intellectual betters like Genki Hikari Nov 2022 #46

don't recall that NJCher Nov 2022 #47

We got lucky in that respect VWolf Nov 2022 #6

Florida 'red waved' only because the state has been siphoning off Aviation Pro Nov 2022 #8

Or There's Real Fraud In FL Beetwasher. Nov 2022 #18

There is so much wrong here and it feels like the Democrats have written us off as a lost cause. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2022 #22

You've got a problem like Idaho has jmowreader Nov 2022 #36

Exactly. When I ran for office in 2018, I had two neighbors .... Pacifist Patriot Nov 2022 #37

I wonder if some of it is lack of propaganda. yardwork Nov 2022 #9

Might also be the mass of "Big Lie" believers recruited to stop the steal saw the truth. jmbar2 Nov 2022 #11

considering what you're saying NJCher Nov 2022 #30

Bwa ha ha - thanks for that link! jmbar2 Nov 2022 #35

Right wingers have no originality. Joe Cool Nov 2022 #23

Im STILL pissed about 2000 though! czarjak Nov 2022 #12

hear.hear. AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #25

It's very possible that the age of DeSantis as leader of the GOP began last night Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2022 #13

The orange slob father will probably be dead by then. Crowman2009 Nov 2022 #14

I'm relying on people outside of Florida at this point. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2022 #21

Just start calling him man bewbs Joe Cool Nov 2022 #24

Destabilize the enemy. calimary Nov 2022 #27

I don't see DeShithead doing anything like that for the orange asshole. Javaman Nov 2022 #33

Actually, The Pattern Suggest There's Probably REAL Fraud in FL Beetwasher. Nov 2022 #17

like here in texas, gerrymandering is the name of the game. Javaman Nov 2022 #34

Excellent post. Well done. MLAA Nov 2022 #19

Did the federal poll watchers get in position in S Fl? jaxexpat Nov 2022 #26

I would like to know the answer to your questions as well. pandr32 Nov 2022 #28

Florida was a manufactured red wave. Gerrymandering at its finest. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2022 #29

Excellent. K and r PCIntern Nov 2022 #31

GOP made a mistake telling their cult members to get involved in the elections Johnny2X2X Nov 2022 #32

And what ever happened to "stop counting the vote!" Mr.Mystery Nov 2022 #38

They ran into the wall of reality outside their little Deminpenn Nov 2022 #41

I think we definitely stopped their momentum but the fight isn't over Buckeyeblue Nov 2022 #43

Their unfamiliar landscape is something I like to call reality. lindysalsagal Nov 2022 #44