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Frances

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2. IMO you were being juvenile

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 03:02 PM

Mar 2012

Even if the Dem rep does not cast a single vote on a bill the way you want him to do, he/she will vote for a Democratic speaker of the House. And the Speaker determines which laws will be considered.

We should all have to take more courses in school explaining how Congress works.

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I now live in the 1st Congressional District in Ohio... [View all] rexcat Mar 2012 OP

You could do what I did the last time as a protest vote. I wrote in Mickey Mouse. southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #1

IMO you were being juvenile Frances Mar 2012 #2

Why would I vote for a blue dog dem who doesn't support my issues? I follow southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #5

There is no way in hell that one of the two Dems on the ballot... rexcat Mar 2012 #8

vote for the democrat anyway. unblock Mar 2012 #3

There is no way in hell one of the two Dems... rexcat Mar 2012 #6

Go vote in your primary anyway. murielm99 Mar 2012 #4

I will be voting in the primary... rexcat Mar 2012 #7

Every time I have ever complained about a problem of any kind, Frances Mar 2012 #9

The dynamics in the 1st congressional district are such... rexcat Mar 2012 #10