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leftieNanner

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29. It has already happened in Josephine County Oregon..
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 11:31 PM
Jun 2014

The residents refused to pass a bond measure (paid by slightly increased property taxes) to fund the sheriff's department. So they let out of jail all but the most violent offenders and they told rural people that they will have to wait for police help for 1-2 hours if they have a problem. And that's only on Monday - Friday during regular work hours. There was a shooting reported in a motel in the area recently, but the EMTs could not go into the room to check on the victim (alleged suicide) because it was a potential crime scene and they were not permitted to enter until the police had cleared the area. And the police could not get there for 1.5 hours. The person died, but could she have been saved by the EMTs? Nobody knows.

We must GOTV in November. If the Senate goes red, we're all screwed.

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Kick and Rec. riqster Jun 2014 #1
Yep, GOP senate would be horrific for all americans other than the 1% randys1 Jun 2014 #2
What they'll get is the Paul Ryan budget... elzenmahn Jun 2014 #28
Poor in Detroit will be dying soon from lack of water, which some Dems here are fine with randys1 Jun 2014 #39
You're obsessing about this water thing. Cut the cable and pay your water bill. Make choices. MADem Jun 2014 #43
It has already happened in Josephine County Oregon.. leftieNanner Jun 2014 #29
Me too - rec! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #3
I don't see ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #4
Agree on all of those points JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #5
Also agree... Read Scalia spewing here: freshwest Jun 2014 #23
I agree. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #6
Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #7
Not as strong as 2008, still better than the average off year election. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #13
I hope you are correct and the 'invisible people' will show up to vote like they did in 2012. freshwest Jun 2014 #24
Yes, I cant IMAGINE anyone under 30 EVER voting repub, but i think some of them think randys1 Jun 2014 #40
Yep to the Rand Paul part ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #41
YEP! Cosmocat Jun 2014 #46
Keep kicked!!! blm Jun 2014 #8
GOTFV! FailureToCommunicate Jun 2014 #9
That's what's gonna happen and it's ballyhoo Jun 2014 #10
"Decisions Are Made By Those Who Show Up" DinahMoeHum Jun 2014 #11
Very true. It is vital that we GOTV in 2014. n/t FSogol Jun 2014 #12
so far... I'm liking what I see in terms of our chances of keeping the Senate!!! secondwind Jun 2014 #14
I cannot imagine that any DUer would ever stay at home from an election, but it's a good reminder. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #15
I can't imagine any Democrat would let banks foreclose on 7 million families and then pay the banks jtuck004 Jun 2014 #17
Good point. I am an Elizabeth Warren supporter in part for the reason you stated in your post. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #34
K&R handmade34 Jun 2014 #16
2010 was not a country wide routing, the entire West Coast had fine turnout and elected Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #18
Nah ... Cosmocat Jun 2014 #48
GOTV 2014! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #19
Yep - jimlup Jun 2014 #20
Here in TX women's issues are ALWAYS on my mind - TBF Jun 2014 #21
You're right Kick, Rec, and I WILL vote! trof Jun 2014 #22
Thanks, kansasobama. It's ours to lose. And the other side is not giving up. They've got the media. freshwest Jun 2014 #25
Liberals say on their thumbs pointed upward in 2010 Gman Jun 2014 #26
Well you see what happened in Mississippi .. black voters (Dems) crossed over to elect Cochran YOHABLO Jun 2014 #27
Why do I get the feeling they'll come to regret that? Bucky Jun 2014 #37
Four years later, the house had impeachment hearings padfun Jun 2014 #30
All of us, no matter how we feel about Obama, need to help get Dems elected to Congress. nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #31
If Obama attacks Iraq, we are f$cked, simple as that. If he can provide grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #32
And still somehow, astonishingly, JayhawkSD Jun 2014 #33
The only talking points I hear are Republican ones. Kablooie Jun 2014 #35
WINNER, WINNER, chicken dinner Cosmocat Jun 2014 #49
The make-up of the U.S. Supreme Court hangs on this election in November. Ginsburg can't hang on blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #36
My Republican Congressman is running unopposed Number9Dream Jun 2014 #38
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #42
GOTV Martin Eden Jun 2014 #44
Nobody and nothing... ReRe Jun 2014 #45
Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #47
K and R. nt MaeScott Jun 2014 #50
good topic! when President Clinton left office the USA did not owe any money, did they? Sunlei Jun 2014 #51
Yes, we had a national debt. What had been eliminated was the budget deficit which in turn TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #52
Then there was 1998 the year the GOP took aim at its own left foot. McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #53
Conservatives! Turning this country into a run-down trailer park!! Grins Jun 2014 #54
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