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hollowdweller

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20. Here's the problem I think

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 10:52 PM

Dec 2016

The democratic party is great at governing but not at winning.

When the GOP completely fucks it up and it falls into our hand rather than holding them down and running a sword thru them to finish them off we go back to governing like the GOP was like they used to be and that voters will be upset if we are too partisan.

We haven't figured out that voters don't care about civility anymore. The only way we get the GOP to be civil is to vanquish them and completely discredit their ideology. We SHOULD have done that in 08 but we were too dumb.

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The GOP coup in North Carolina previews what were going to see everywhere [View all] DonViejo Dec 2016 OP

I am despairing all over again here in NC. The one bright spot for us mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #1

What's really bizarre is the GOP admit they are doing it! RiverStone Dec 2016 #4

I saw midde-aged and elderly people in handcuffs. Boomerproud Dec 2016 #6

They arrested a guy in a Santa suit, too. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #34

How can this go unnoticed Sadie5 Dec 2016 #2

email the bastards zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #3

Dem party needs to make this their battleground in 2017, just as GOP put on the pressure in Mass blm Dec 2016 #5

1+ RiverStone Dec 2016 #9

This think Dec 2016 #18

Sooner or later, Dems are going to have to reconsider their response to this sort of thing... First Speaker Dec 2016 #7

This is absolutely true! lastlib Dec 2016 #21

Republicans have a super majority in the North Carolina legislature. That means that the majority Trust Buster Dec 2016 #8

I disagree. Reagan, even Dubya, were "center-right"... First Speaker Dec 2016 #10

I don't see where we differ in our opinion. Trust Buster Dec 2016 #32

Not really true - they gerrymandered their way into it. Cooper got 300,000 more votes than they did blm Dec 2016 #11

Not only gerrymandered, they shredded voter registrations for over 450,000 voters earlier this year Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #23

I don't know where you came up with your 300,000 Cooper margin of victory number. My point is Trust Buster Dec 2016 #33

Difference between # of votes GOP legislators received vs # of votes for Cooper blm Dec 2016 #35

Likw where -Michigan? n/t malaise Dec 2016 #12

This state has been gerrymandered to the max.. mountain grammy Dec 2016 #13

Its a fascist blitzkrieg elmac Dec 2016 #14

The new dem gov says he will see them in court Thekaspervote Dec 2016 #15

dems can protest 4 universities certainot Dec 2016 #16

Unconstitutional. Equinox Moon Dec 2016 #17

Don't the individual state constitutions prevent things like this from happening? George II Dec 2016 #19

Who controls the courts? KamaAina Dec 2016 #26

Here's the problem I think hollowdweller Dec 2016 #20

Too bad we don't play hardball right back. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2016 #22

People might not know what to do. We don't have a hive mind. Check out Glenn Sharp's The Anti-coup mahina Dec 2016 #37

North Carolina has been a testing ground for all kinds of pernicious and nefarious GOP schemes. Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #24

Starve the beast. Absolutely refuse to do business with any North Carolina based businesses. If the WestSeattle2 Dec 2016 #25

Is there another source of sweet potatoes? KamaAina Dec 2016 #27

LOL! Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana..... WestSeattle2 Dec 2016 #28

Seems like the GOP in NC would just find a way to blame BREMPRO Dec 2016 #29

All I can say is that the economic boycott of NC, small as it was, definitely affected WestSeattle2 Dec 2016 #30

It might work as long as Dems can control the narrative BREMPRO Dec 2016 #31

Please check my post upthread and check out this page for the Anti-Coup and other Nonviolent mahina Dec 2016 #38

Cross posted to NC group. TY. eom littlemissmartypants Dec 2016 #36