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Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
Wed Dec 13, 2017, 02:47 PM Dec 2017

Somebody Pinch me,,,,,, tell me i aint Dreaming,,,,,,,

First Virginia (tip of the blue Iceberg),,,,, now Deep Red Alabama( maybe tip of a Blue Wav?),,,,,,,,I say it tip of a Blue Tsunami coming next year!!!!!

YES WE CAN!

From all the people of Alabama,,, a big thx u to all no matter where u r who helped it happen last night!

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Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
1. The good news is yes, the good Americans won that election, barely.
Wed Dec 13, 2017, 02:51 PM
Dec 2017

The bad news is voter suppression was running on ALL cylinders yesterday. The UNCONSTITUTIONAL voter ID requirements have resulted in and will result in millions of Americans unable to vote.

Voter ID is a poll tax, period.

It must be abolished, period.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
2. And that, my dear Rosewater, is our homework for 2018...
Wed Dec 13, 2017, 03:26 PM
Dec 2017

...We may not be able to get the laws changed before the next election, but we certainly can mitigate the damage. We can determine those areas of the country most inclined to disenfranchise, and then identify those persons most at risk and work to minimize that risk.

anamnua

(1,112 posts)
8. Great news -- but it must be tempered with a dose of realism.
Wed Dec 13, 2017, 06:22 PM
Dec 2017

Moore was a godawful candidate and still only barely lost. The republicans will almost certainly regain the seat with a halfways passable candidate. However things are, generally, moving in our direction.

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