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WorseBeforeBetter

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33. Ah, thanks for that explanation.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 09:13 PM
Jun 2014

I lived in the NOVA blue bubble and didn't pay much attention to parts south. What do you think of this comment from the WaPo?

Just a Sunday drive in the country north of Richmond will verify the look of this map: every other yard is festooned with an angry yellow Tea Party banners. But so far there is too little discussion, much less any journalistic reporting, about the sizeable, indeed affluent, immigrant community in Henrico County, in particular Indian and Hispanic populations clustered around Richmond. It would be a mistake to assume that they are not sufficiently positioned within the business community to tip the November election. When Larry Sabato remarked last night on MSNBC that Cantor had stepped on toes, he was insinuating, I believe, Hispanic and Indian consituents that used to belong to Eric Cantor. If the Democratic machine gets behind Brat's challenger, allows this unknown socioligist to stump for and on the hard questions -- 1) immigration reform; 2) gun control; 3) and student loan reform, -- Cantor's former immigrant followers may come crawling out of the workwork to vote Brat down and put a Democrat in Cantor's seat. The thing is wide open right now. I wish someone at the Post would widen the reporting by talking with CASA, who booed Cantor at his press conferences, and get a sense of their numbers and the outreach potential of this grass roots organization; and talk as well with the Hispanic continuency at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Let's walk around the elephant and consider the whole beast before we make conclusions about Brat's upset by looking up the elephant's nose.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/11/how-eric-cantor-lost-in-1-map/

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Trayvon Martin to abortion? randys1 Jun 2014 #1
Oh, they are sooo into abortion of 'undesireables.' And rape, too: freshwest Jun 2014 #47
K&R! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #54
Well this teabagger has the attention he craved gratuitous Jun 2014 #2
I imagine standingtall Jun 2014 #14
Agreed... they're not ready for prime time. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #15
Good point. WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2014 #23
Prime Time billhicks76 Jun 2014 #44
Here's his facebook cached: thecrow Jun 2014 #40
his campaign manager is 23 years old ? JI7 Jun 2014 #3
Ageist! bravenak Jun 2014 #4
lol boston bean Jun 2014 #5
LOL !!! WillyT Jun 2014 #6
HAHAHHAHAH JI7 Jun 2014 #11
Lol.. still! :) Cha Jun 2014 #17
get em! heaven05 Jun 2014 #22
Could not resist, ya know? nt bravenak Jun 2014 #25
Not old and probably not dying off anytime soon. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2014 #8
2 things you should know about Randolph-Macon underpants Jun 2014 #16
And undoubtedly WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2014 #24
how can you be so hateful and closed-minded at 23? Maven Jun 2014 #7
They've grown up with FUX and right-wing radio. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2014 #9
Remember the "B" girl in Pittsburgh in the 2008 campaign? underpants Jun 2014 #19
Oh, yeah, the backwards B chick. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2014 #30
Home schooled on Faux News! VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #29
I need to dig up that study about conservatives being fearful, whiny toddlers. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2014 #36
Something other than RW radio, FUX... pangaia Jun 2014 #41
I know what you mean. I work in higher ed and walked by a student yesterday wearing a Reagan/Bush Iris Jun 2014 #28
He probably has fantasies that he's the next Karl Rove n/t BuelahWitch Jun 2014 #37
homeskooling pstokely Jun 2014 #48
Why is anyone saying that Brat will probably win a congressional seat? We need to speak the outcome kelliekat44 Jun 2014 #10
A Dem hasn't held that seat since 1971. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2014 #12
Do you live there? etherealtruth Jun 2014 #18
I live in the 7th and you are right but it is more about the shaping-gerrymandering of the distict underpants Jun 2014 #20
Kaine was a definite win for you etherealtruth Jun 2014 #21
Ah, thanks for that explanation. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2014 #33
Interesting underpants Jun 2014 #50
, blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #13
got a link for any of this? TeamPooka Jun 2014 #26
Here. PeaceNikki Jun 2014 #49
Thanks underpants Jun 2014 #51
Thank you. I wanted to be able to share this news. TeamPooka Jun 2014 #58
At least he didn't proclaim that he was a Warlock some time in his past aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2014 #27
Won't matter, mass haters cannot keep a lid on their evil ideas. Rex Jun 2014 #31
It's a shame there's no "Politiwoops" for Facebook. GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #32
Wow!!! Sophiegirl Jun 2014 #42
Well that's some crazy. n/t DirkGently Jun 2014 #34
My take on him and his win.... Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #35
I think you're correct. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #46
Yep underpants Jun 2014 #52
a silver standard? that's pretty pinko actually (or at least it was 1880-1907) MisterP Jun 2014 #38
Yes it was. former9thward Jun 2014 #43
y'all go for the long game. Brat will definitely not be sitting in the House in 2015 underthematrix Jun 2014 #39
Keep a good eye on this guy UP. Hubert Flottz Jun 2014 #45
BB&T Bank underpants Jun 2014 #53
A bankster Brat! Hubert Flottz Jun 2014 #57
This hypocrite ass doesnt know what his beliefs are, yet...he hasnt been told, yet randys1 Jun 2014 #55
A smug, snotty young political operative. How original. LeftinOH Jun 2014 #56
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