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csziggy

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20. Large parts of Florida don't want to be Florida as it is now

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 29, 2023, 05:46 PM

Jan 2023

I don't think we have had a fair election since 2000 - meaning since RepuQs took over the state starting with Jeb Bush.

The best we here in the state can do is to be an example of what has gone wrong in this country - blatant gerrymandering, rigged elections, and authoritarian government.

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Just saw a sticker on a van: DeSantis 2024, Make America Florida. [View all] phylny Jan 2023 OP

You could look at that from two different perspectives. Ocelot II Jan 2023 #1

I agree! phylny Jan 2023 #2

Damn straight. Washington State definitely doesn't want to be. Aristus Jan 2023 #5

It's a Rorschach test (nt) old as dirt Jan 2023 #9

That was my take, exactly. Florida is not so popular these days. Martin68 Jan 2023 #14

Large parts of Florida don't want to be Florida as it is now csziggy Jan 2023 #20

Oh, fuck me sideways. Sky Jewels Jan 2023 #3

The Republican gubernatorial candidate last November in Wisconsin wanted the same luv2fly Jan 2023 #4

Well, WI has had a few weirdos - Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer, for example - but Ocelot II Jan 2023 #6

And Joe McCarthy dalton99a Jan 2023 #11

TFG is losing support while DeSantis is gaining. Kaleva Jan 2023 #7

That's probably because more people are starting to tire of TFG Ocelot II Jan 2023 #10

I would take that as sarcasm, unless he has other right wing stickers to back up DeSantis Hekate Jan 2023 #8

if it wasn't in FL barbtries Jan 2023 #12

A Meth Gator in every pot lame54 Jan 2023 #13

Well that's enough to spoil anyone's trip! Yuck!! PortTack Jan 2023 #15

I mean no offense to anyone here from Florida, but I generally phylny Jan 2023 #16

"Let's all get high on bath salts and eat each other's faces.". Doesn't quite flow the Carlitos Brigante Jan 2023 #17

Here's my hot take: Florida can still be a swing state... In It to Win It Jan 2023 #18

Was that meant to be a pro DeSantis or anti DeSantis sticker? doc03 Jan 2023 #19

They are definitely trying to take his racist platform to Baitball Blogger Jan 2023 #21