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mythology

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12. There's a simpler explanation

Reply to davekriss (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:11 PM

Dec 2017

We are a two party country that is deeply and relatively equally divided (in terms of who actually votes). More or less, no matter how badly Republicans screw up or how well we do, they will not be out of power for long as there are only two choices. Look at how badly Republicans screwed things up from 2000 to 2006, the positive changes we did from 2006 to 2010, and we still got dubbed in 2010.

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Remember, Repubs denied a hearing for Obama's SC nominee [View all] wt1531 Nov 2017 OP

And Obama should have had Garland sworn in maxsolomon Nov 2017 #1

It would never work. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #3

You think Trump would give a fuck if a Dem Senate tried that? maxsolomon Nov 2017 #4

This has nothing to do with power...the GOP had already run to court about a different Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #8

We need to get the Senate back and then no more judges for the other side...they can fuck themselves Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #2

Great idea. maxsolomon Nov 2017 #6

Not just so they could save the seat for a Republican. Orsino Nov 2017 #5

boy bluestarone Nov 2017 #7

But consider McConnell can only do this if the pugs are in the majority. Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #10

Right but if we owned the Senate and the House, we could have told Drumpy and McConnell Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #9

I said back then, long before the election, that the fix was in davekriss Dec 2017 #11

There's a simpler explanation mythology Dec 2017 #12

The reason we got dubbed in 2010 davekriss Dec 2017 #13