The Women are coming to fix this mess. The pink way is Blue.

[sheshe2]

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Sorry guys, most of you, not all... have performed poorly.

"The pink wave is blue. It's really about the fact that there's more Democrats running this year," she said. "[But] even among Democrats, women have increased their numbers of candidacies more than their male counterparts. So there is a piece of this that is distinctive to women, and particularly Democratic women."

Indeed, the increase in Democratic candidates from 2016 (68 percent) is much bigger than the increase in Republican candidates (13.5 percent).
But in both parties, the jump in women candidates is much bigger than the jump for men. The number of Democratic women running is up by nearly 127 percent, compared to 51 percent for Democratic men. Likewise, the number of Republican women is up by 28 percent, compared to 12 percent for GOP men.

Voters do see women and men candidates differently, and those differences may give women an advantage in November — women tend to communicate the idea of change to voters more than men do, as strategists told NPR in March, and women tend to fare better than men on the topic of health care, which is an important campaign issue this year.

Democratic women candidates have additional reason for optimism, as Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to believe that electing more women would improve the country.

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"The gains that we all, at least those of us who do women politics, want to see for women in politics — those gains are going to be a long game," she added. "They aren't going to happen in one election."

More: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/601866062/there-are-a-record-breaking-309-women-house-candidates-and-1-103-men

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We are coming to a house or senate near you.

We are coming. Sssshhh. Hush. Do not be afraid. We are here and plan to fix this mess you have made. We will wipe your soiled bottoms as we have done for all time, though you wear depends now and we are still cleaning up your crap. Geez, do you ever grow up...never mind I already know that answer. You will never grow up because you think you are superior to us. Throw a tantrum.... then we will tell you to go stand in the corner while we clean up the fucking mess you made of this Country.

Off to the naughty mat boys. You been bad. You get the naughty mat and we will get the seats.

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THE NAUGHTY MAT

Staying calm and in control while your child learns their boundaries is key, and it helps to be consistent in the way you discipline them. The Naughty Mat is used on the show as an alternative to the Naughty Step when you're out and about and your child's behaviour becomes unreasonable

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How it works

When your child misbehaves, explain what they've done wrong, tell them that their behaviour is unacceptable, and warn them that if they behave in the same way again, they'll be put on the Naughty Mat. Make sure your voice remains calm, not angry, and use a low, authoritative tone.

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Once your child has completed the agreed set time on the Naughty Mat, crouch down so you’re on the same level, use a low and authoritative tone of voice, and explain why you put them there. Ask them to apologise, and when they do, praise them warmly with a kiss and a cuddle. Say ‘thank you’, go back to what you were doing and forget about the incident.

If your child refuses to apologise (or does something like shouts ‘sorry’ in a way which makes you think they probably don't mean it!), continue this technique until they realise that you need a proper apology. But don’t forget the kiss and cuddle at the end!

https://www.supernanny.co.uk/Advice/-/Parenting-Skills/-/Discipline-and-Reward/The-Naughty-Mat.aspx

You are on time out. Your soiled time is past. It is our time.


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THE WOMEN ARE COMING AND WE ARE OF ALL COLORS AND SEXUAL PREFERENCES. Oh my!

[forgotmylogin]

1. I for one

Welcome the impending takeover by our mothers and sisters. Show us the way to the future, ladies.

[sheshe2]

2. Thank you, forgetmylogin.

Will do.

[sheshe2]

4. What?

This was alerted?

Women rising was alerted? The GOP is trying to kill us.

Thank you uppity.

[R B Garr]

13. And again apparently..

That also brought me here to kick your thread, she!

[sheshe2]

15. Holy Shite!

It is now unacceptable to bash the GOP? Or are some making this OP about something other, purposely twisting my words to suit their scenario to silence me?

Goddess, I really do not need this bullshit at this time.

[R B Garr]

17. Yeah, the confusion and concern seem pretty far-fetched

for a supportive thread/subject such as this.

Great thread! There is no doubt that women have turned out against the GOP menaces.

[sheshe2]

20. Thank you for bringing the OP back into focus, RB.

Women are doing it and going to be winning it. Guess that upsets some people here. Their sad if some feel so threatened. We are going to shine shine shine.

This always makes me brave, believing and happy.

One Woman

[Tarc]

37. Misogyny is, sadly, not exclusive to right-wingers and Republicans

Progressive women candidates fight on two fronts constantly. And woman DU'ers too, apparently.

Keep up the good work.

[R B Garr]

66. No prob, she. That little sidebar was totally

unnecessary, ahem.

[sheshe2]

68. Yeah, I know.

You are the best. Women like you make us all stronger together.

Yes we are.

And to our fine men everywhere.

[Solly Mack]

19. Yep

[sheshe2]

22. Thanks.

[Solly Mack]

26. No problem. :)

[sheshe2]

5. To clear some confusion here.

I was talking about these guys, the all male panel deciding women's issues. stop with the bogus alerts. If you are not them, then you should have no issue with my OP.

[melman]

7. Were you?

Then why don't you tell us which of those men you think is doing a good job.

Because your OP says: 'Sorry guys, most of you, not all... have performed poorly. '

So which of those guys hasn't performed poorly? Please do tell.

[sheshe2]

10. Yes I was.

melman
7. Were you?

Then why don't you tell us which of those men you think is doing a good job.

Because your OP says: 'Sorry guys, most of you, not all... have performed poorly. '

So which of those guys hasn't performed poorly? Please do tell.

Which guy? Obama. That guy. Remember him melman? You do remember that guy that passed the Lily Ledbetter, correct? The guy that fought tooth and nail along with Biden for the equal protection of women correct? You do know about VAWA, correct melman?

On March 7, 2013, President Obama signed The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (“VAWA”), which focuses of improving the criminal justice response to violence against women. VAWA enhanced accountability for Colleges to educate students and prevent gender based violence. Additional rights were afforded to campus victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

http://safe.siu.edu/vawa/index.php

THE GOP WAS REFUSING TO SIGN THAT ACT WHEN IT HAD BEEN REAUTHORIZED FOR YEARS!.

You remember all this, correct melman? The GOP told him to kiss off melman. They did NOT want to support women.

Why are you here attacking my OP melman? If it is not about you then why are you so upset and attacking me. I never said it was you from the beginning of my OP. Who exactly are you saying I am making this about?

[melman]

14. I don't see him in that picture

Please point him out.

[sheshe2]

16. Why are you doing this?

Why are you playing silly games?

[Me.]

65. Because He Can

[sheshe2]

70. I guess, Me.

Not sure why an OP about women causes such an uproar. Then again...I guess I do.

[Me.]

74. Not Really A Mystery

never has been

[Eliot Rosewater]

87. Well you know that answer, dont you...

[sheshe2]

91. Sigh

[R B Garr]

18. A lot of people arent in that picture.

I bet you aren’t really worried about who is in the picture.

[George II]

60. Bazinga!

[Eliot Rosewater]

88. Triple BAZINGA

[betsuni]

24. Oh, melman.

[longship]

31. OMG!!

What is your problem?

Please spill it, so that we can all understand. Because I certainly cannot.

Thank you.

[ehrnst]

32. OMG... men are always the ones marginalized, aren't they?

[George II]

59. Again, why are you concentrating on a few old white men in that photograph instead...

...of concentrating on the problems we have in this country and the true sense of the OP and following responses.

[sheshe2]

62. Thanks George.

We women still have a long way to go for representation in Government on all levels, yet we are coming thank to Donald and the GOPs. We started with the women's march and we aren't stopping.

[BoneyardDem]

86. looking for a fight?

or trying to get some alertable response?

Your responses don't feel quite right.

[sheshe2]

25. I said that in the Op...

Then due to your concern posted a picture that I AND ALL WOMEN ARE CONCERNED ABOUT then you twist my reply.

Sorry you have a problem standing with us. We are awesome and intelligent people. We are. Are you ready for that? We are storming the field, deal with it.

[mercuryblues]

40. If you can't stand with us

Get the fuck out of our way. Women are done going around those that want to stop us, we are going to steamroll over their asses.

[ehrnst]

44. +1000 (nt)

[Eliot Rosewater]

89. I am with you, in the streets, wherever we have to go. Women have always handled

problematic issues better than men simply because of testosterone, which is not a debatable discussion.

[LanternWaste]

45. There you are!

There you are! Misinterpreting in such a way as to better suit a creative and self-styled oppression against men

[MrsCoffee]

48. MRA tactics dont work on DU.

Neither do frivolous alerts.

[still_one]

50. The point that the OP was making is clear, and those who fail to grasp that point by distorting it,

perhaps have another agenda, which ignores the fact that women are under-represented in political spheres, and decisions regarding the well-being of women are being made by a plurality of men, but that will soon be changing.

2018 is the Year of the Woman

[George II]

58. What's your point? Did anyone say any of them WERE doing a good job? This discussion....

....is about American men, not just the few old white men in that photograph. So why are you falsely inferring that the OP said any of those in that photograph are doing a good job. And I see that beyond this post you're pushing it.

Again, WHAT'S YOUR POINT?

[NCTraveler]

33. +1 nt

[bdamomma]

55. Geez what a picture

[George II]

61. She, have no fear, there's very very little confusion here, even among the naysayers.

[sheshe2]

67. Hi, George.

Thanks.

[ploppy]

79. Wow!

This picture makes me sick to my stomach. They are something else and I wish they would all go somewhere else.

[sheshe2]

6. Trump and every Republican should be...

Trump and every Republican should be taken to the naughty mat.

When your child misbehaves, explain what they've done wrong, tell them that their behaviour is unacceptable, and warn them that if they behave in the same way again, they'll be put on the Naughty Mat.

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[nce your child has completed the agreed set time on the Naughty Mat, crouch down so you’re on the same level, use a low and authoritative tone of voice, and explain why you put them there. Ask them to apologise, and when they do, praise them warmly with a kiss and a cuddle. Say ‘thank you’, go back to what you were doing and forget about the incident.

If your child refuses to apologise (or does something like shouts ‘sorry’ in a way which makes you think they probably don't mean it!), continue this technique until they realise that you need a proper apology. But don’t forget the kiss and cuddle at the end!
/div]

How anyone could find this OP offense, other than being a GOPer piglet is beyond me. Trolls are trolling. Truth hurts.

[betsuni]

8. K&R

[sheshe2]

11. ;)

[FormerOstrich]

9. sheshe2 you are the best!

I've been standing up for us all my life. Now we stand together!

[sheshe2]

12. We stand together all woman.

And...huge and here...The beautiful men that stand with us.

Together as one, FormerOstrich. Not one of us can stand alone.

Thank you.

[grantcart]

21. Can't come fast enough for me.

[sheshe2]

23. Fact.

Thank you, grantcart.

[lapucelle]

27. I'd like to see the US go "green" in a Blue Wave.

[oberliner]

28. Do you have someone in mind?

[NCTraveler]

36. Klobuchar, Warren, Harris, Gabbard,

Gillibrand, Sandberg, Duckworth, Baldwin, Demings, sheshe2.

We have a lot of solid prospects. Including many we aren’t talking about.

Chelsea is going to be a bit too young. 😁

[oberliner]

53. Harris would be my top choice

At least at this point.

[Wwcd]

71. + a million.

Harris has a solid background

Read & Follow Sen Harris:
https://mobile.twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[Wwcd]

69. Sorry to vote NO on Gabbard.

She's given us more reasons to distrust her agenda.

Her claims towards Dem Progeessive is confused by her actions.
She's created this sense of mistrust.
She'll have to earn that back & she's got a lot to account for.

There are more women on solid footing as to what they stand for than Tulsi Gabbard.

[NCTraveler]

72. Said poster simply asked for possible names.

Gabbard is being discussed by some.

Simple as that.

Maybe you like someone on the list and have something positive to say about them.

[Wwcd]

78. All are competant with proven track records of fighting for justice, equality, & consistantly.

Gabbard is a big question as to who she holds loyalty to.

There's nothing in any of the others history to doubt as to where they would lead us.
Gabbard has many questionable reasons & actions.
Her past decisions speak for itself.

[NCTraveler]

80. I think she is an overall solid voice for us.

She almost always holds our line well.

[Wwcd]

83. Nope. She stood against us when she could have advocated for the conditions we have today.

I seriously saw her positions as entirely self promoting. She dropped the ball at a few critical times in women's forward movement.

Its difficult to see her as trustable after such glaring missteps.

Others may look past that, I & many are really uncertain as to her ability to stand united with this growing group.

She is a woman. I'll give her that.
There have been many great male advocates supporting women's rights & abilities on a more consistant & firmer footing than Gabbard.

Her own actions have created the mistrust.
She will have to find a way to sincerely fix that. Else the mistrust remains.

[sheshe2]

73. Hey!

[NCTraveler]

77. To this point no one has taken issue with the trial balloon.

We are over the first hurdle.

But the vetting has just started.

[sheshe2]

84. Alrighty!

[Wwcd]

81. Hey! ☺✌

[sheshe2]

85. ...

[bdamomma]

56. great map

Let's join the map please.

[oberliner]

29. You didn't post a link for whatever source you are quoting from

In those first paragraphs. Is it NPR?

[sheshe2]

57. Yes.

Sorry. Added the link.

[oberliner]

63. Thanks!

Really interesting piece.

[Soxfan58]

30. As a male I have one problem

This should have happened years ago. Go get them ladies. And I'm looking forward to Maine's first female Governor Janet Mills

[sheshe2]

76. Make it so!

A first...love it.

[mcar]

34. Yes, we are!

[brer cat]

35. K&R

[Vinca]

38. Men have had centuries to fix it and have failed. Gentlemen, hand it over.

[RobinA]

39. I Find This Whole Thread Sad

Why does it have to be women OR men? Why is it we have to swing from, "Women are incompetent" to "Men are incompetent." It doesn't seem to me that it has to be a zero sum game. People think women will do a better job than men? Why? Women are immune to screwing up? The world is complex. Women will run into the same complexities as men and screw things up pretty much just as frequently, although possibly in different ways. I don't find this black and white thinking productive in the least.

[DavidDvorkin]

90. Indeed.

[Orsino]

41. If we can't unfuck our government...

...let's at least strive for more equitable representation of women and "minorities." If only so that the rot doesn't have to be blamed just on white men!

[NurseJackie]

42. Amen to that!

(Reading a couple of these replies... geeze... )

[sheshe2]

82. Oh yeah.

Some of the replies...

[IluvPitties]

43. Humans with progressive and inclusive ideas are going to save the world.

No particular gender will.

[Wwcd]

75. Why do Progressive ideas sound a lot like Democratic ideas?

The Democratic platform has consistantly advocated for exactly what today's Progressives are claiming.

Neither is better nor wiser than the other actually.
They are basically 2 sides of the same coin.

Sen Harris, for instance , advocates for the same thing I hear progressives advocating for.

She has always held these values.

I don't get why divide the 2 into warring factions as I often read .

I think they're made up of people with the same vision & needs.

https://mobile.twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

I wish the intentional need to divide off these 2 massive groups of people would just stop.

[panader0]

46. K and R

[IronLionZion]

47. Awesome sauce!

[Wounded Bear]

49. I live in a state with two women Senators...

and recently had a very effective woman governor.

Go for it, Ladies!

[treestar]

51. That's so cool they are all running

for office and we are optimistic they will be elected as Democrats!

[dembotoz]

52. a reminder ....sarah palin is reported to be female....gender is not everything

my state senator is female and as vile as they come

[bdamomma]

54. Thank you sheshe!

I only wish we would grow up and join the rest of the world who have women in power. Move over men!!

[Me.]

64. I Love The Idea Of A Pink Wave

and here we/they come. Thank you Sheshe.