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Scootaloo

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29. That's been their focus for several cycles now

Reply to davidn3600 (Reply #16)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 06:55 PM

Jul 2013

Every time they lose a seat, or even have a narrow race, they tell themselves it's because their candidate wasn't conservative enough. They've concocted this mythology where most of the nation is not only conservative, but also hates liberals as much as they do. Since in hteir head no one would ever vote for a democrat (except for gays and blacks and muslims and whoever else they hate at the moment) they assume losses and close contests are the result of hardcore conservatives casting protest votes against the "RINO" on the ticket.

So they respond by getting even crazier. of course crazy doesn't win elections, which is why they're doing all their vote-rigging and shit.

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