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Jamastiene

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29. Gerrymandering is what took my district from solid blue

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 10:37 AM

Mar 2014

to red again. It seems they go back and forth every other time they redistrict my district. Now, I'm stuck with another fucking Rethug who votes against the best interests of the people in my blue home county.

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George Bush Lost an Entire Generation for the Republican Party [View all] babylonsister Mar 2014 OP

bush-cheney are their own worst enemies. They made sure Cha Mar 2014 #1

Well I hope the young voted for Sink in Florida yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #2

No idea about the demographics, but riqster Mar 2014 #26

Mission accomplished. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #3

Bush: "Heh heh, they misunderestimated me" herding cats Mar 2014 #4

but blatant redistricting "saved" them in congress for many years, it would seem SoCalDem Mar 2014 #5

Gerrymandering is what took my district from solid blue Jamastiene Mar 2014 #29

I feel your pain.. we had Mary Bono for a very long time SoCalDem Mar 2014 #31

Same with mine. Went from a blue Dem to Tea Bagger nt riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #39

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2014 #56

This doesn't do any good for us if they don't get out and goddamn vote warrior1 Mar 2014 #6

exactly... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #51

it looks like they are voting WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #54

I am thanking that generation of voters Skittles Mar 2014 #7

I'm beginning to love the millennials. Jamastiene Mar 2014 #30

I like the younger folk Skittles Mar 2014 #35

i'd say politically speaking, shrub is their carter, unblock Mar 2014 #8

dup Skittles Mar 2014 #9

The BFEE plays the long game and has the money to wait it out. Skidmore Mar 2014 #10

The children are our future. sheshe2 Mar 2014 #11

If only. Jeb Crow Shrub and George Pee Shrub are waiting in the bushes. n/t UTUSN Mar 2014 #12

Was the shift anti-Bush or pro-Obama? thesquanderer Mar 2014 #13

It's percentage of each demographic voting Democratic blackspade Mar 2014 #37

No worries, they have "Pauls" to fit into the spaces Iliyah Mar 2014 #14

They do not suffer fools gladly. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #15

Lets hope so!!! calimary Mar 2014 #16

My fellow Millennials need to get their shit together. PhilSays Mar 2014 #17

Welcome to DU PhilSays lovemydog Mar 2014 #59

Bush ll is my main inspiration Jamaal510 Mar 2014 #18

Those are some ugly charts for Repubs rufus dog Mar 2014 #19

I was just about the same the same thing davidpdx Mar 2014 #57

In 1965, LBJ famously told Bill Moyers (then his press secretary) alp227 Mar 2014 #20

Well Put tea and oranges Mar 2014 #21

The 2010 elections say this is full of crap. And has the results to prove it. maced666 Mar 2014 #22

Given voter turnout rates and people's attention spans, hughee99 Mar 2014 #23

Don't count on it JHB Mar 2014 #24

I do too hibbing Mar 2014 #36

(looks behind curtain) sibelian Mar 2014 #25

& therein (Shrub "lost entire generation") is the entire content of "hope and change" UTUSN Mar 2014 #27

Oh, I don't know, Barack Hussein Obama was the first black prez; that's babylonsister Mar 2014 #62

I'll match your List of Accomplishments myself, but i LOVYA YOU N/T UTUSN Mar 2014 #63

Heckuva Job, Bushie. Jamastiene Mar 2014 #28

How bad was Bush? The Wizard Mar 2014 #32

I'm waiting for the NADER! NADER! crowd to thank Nader voters. beerandjesus Mar 2014 #33

I never have had anything good to say about this asshole.... zappaman Mar 2014 #34

They grew up watching Baker and Rove steal 2 elections for the GOP. Rex Mar 2014 #38

Probably due to millennials having friends killed and wounded due to the war on terror. Crowman1979 Mar 2014 #40

Hopefully they'll know that Reaganomics was disaster and has done more harm than good > YOHABLO Mar 2014 #41

Might the facts of the DUBYA dynasty be forever chiseled into the granite throughout this bkanderson76 Mar 2014 #42

George HW Bush did it for me. HOWEVER, the DEMS are fast losing me, too. blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #43

They're counting on voter suppression and gerrymandering to make up for that (eom) StevieM Mar 2014 #44

One generation tends to influence the next. merrily Mar 2014 #45

That is why Bush Sr. cried.... AnneD Mar 2014 #46

Its all about Bush/Cheney and 12T 12kbush Mar 2014 #47

The Baby Boomers were once liberals FiveGoodMen Mar 2014 #48

Don't get too comfortable with the younger generation. RoccoRyg Mar 2014 #49

This is good, but Dems have yet to achieve anything great yet as a result of this Repug decline. reformist2 Mar 2014 #50

That's all fine and good, but will they vote in the mid terms? B Calm Mar 2014 #52

I don't care WHAT gets rid of them, just so something does. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #53

Maybe he'll find them hiding with the WMDs. PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #55

They spent all the money on war and tax cuts for millionaires lovemydog Mar 2014 #58

It may turn out to be Turbineguy Mar 2014 #60

When you practically take down the whole world, after awhile, people start to notice: Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #61

W.Bush yankee dandee Mar 2014 #64

You ask "why don't Democrat elected politicians support Obama better? " muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #65