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The Republican party did this to this country. They put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court! (Original Post) UCmeNdc Oct 2018 OP
They've been taking over the US judiciary for years donkeypoofed Oct 2018 #1
They win because their voters realize the stakes and vote strategically at critical times. Blue_true Oct 2018 #3
NO. Blue_true Oct 2018 #2
actually it was the "can't support the lesser of 2 evils " party that did this beachbum bob Oct 2018 #4
Yes, BUT it was ALSO Dems/Progressives who sat out in 2014/2016 or voted for Stein or Johnson! LBM20 Oct 2018 #5

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
1. They've been taking over the US judiciary for years
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 05:15 AM
Oct 2018

It's like a "soft coup", where the party that never wins the popular vote but gets their presidents in anyways, is taking over and imposing their will on the people. Something needs to be done to stop this. Getting rid of the Electoral College would only be a start.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
3. They win because their voters realize the stakes and vote strategically at critical times.
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 06:40 AM
Oct 2018

Our voters let anything distract them. If I see democrats in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Arizona, Nevada standing in line late on November 6, 2018 and MAY get a chance to cast a ballot, if I could, I would give every single one of those people a stiff kick in the ass. We need to vote and make sure that we have gotten a counted vote in BEFORE or EARLY on Election Day, don't be fucking standing in a long line with the voting deadline coming up and some lackey deciding how many in the line can vote, because there is only one thing that is certain in that situation, every republican vote that can be cast was already cast.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
2. NO.
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 06:33 AM
Oct 2018

People who sat at home, voted Stein or wrote in "Bernie" on November 8, 2016 did what has transpired since to the country. Republicans simply took advantage.

We need to stop the navel gazing bullshit and realize that at critical voting junctures, THERE IS ONLY ONE RIGHT ANSWER, SHOW UP TO VOTE AND VOTE FOR OUR NOMINEE. Else we get Susan Collins and A Jeff Flake doing their mealy mouth bullshit while we pray for a miracle that almost never comes.

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