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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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2. Sadly, we're so throughly gerrymandered

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2014, 07:41 PM

Aug 2014

that even when we go blue at the national level, almost all of our state offices are Republican red. If I weren't tied down, I'd leave the state in which I've spent more than 44 of my 45 years on earth a resident for somewhere I could have 'representatives' who might actually come a tiny bit close to representing me, rather than spending all of their time trying to deny healthcare to anyone poor or female.

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When A Dude Who Hates Abortions Can't Even Answer One Simple Question About Them [View all] kpete Aug 2014 OP

A lot of people display just this sort of thought process Warpy Aug 2014 #1

Sadly, we're so throughly gerrymandered Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #2

He's an old white dude. Brigid Aug 2014 #3