aiddon
Yeah, it’s gonna take a lot of breaking down gerrymandering to stop this.
Yeah, it’s gonna take a lot of breaking down gerrymandering to stop this.
Suggestion: When depicting Republicans, instead of using elephants, who are noble creatures, use multiple pictures of an asshole like Mussolini. This would be appropriate because not only are Republicans assholes, they are fascist assholes. It would not be right to use any other creature from the animal kingdom. Use fascists to depict fascists.
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Fine. I’m in.
Trump was on the ballot in spirit this year. The lovely thing is that in 2020 Trump might will be on the ballot in name.
I’m sure and whatever - we are finally making inroads in Texas. Serious inroads. Oklahoma elected a Democrat. That is Biblical it’s such an upheaval.
We put 16 or 17 new Democrats in the state leg, we are sending a Progressive Democrat to the House and overall I couldn’t be happier. We have the momentum and goddamn it I do not want us to stop and worry about shit. That’s when we start failing. If we have many blue waves to get it back then we’ll do it. This was nothing - just wait and watch.
There are bright spots, to be sure. The real issue is that the gerrymandering of 2010 was done with computerized assistance which turned the normal process into a high tech coup. It was not just politics as usual - it was legalized robbery of the franchise. It was done so efficiently in many states that it became automatically self perpetuating and almost impossible to overcome without changing the laws to mandate redrawing of the districts.
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As Democrats, our instincts urge us to play fair, and to count every vote (even those that are not for our preferred candidates). Republicans seem to enjoy cheating, even when they don’t have to. It all creates a very uneven playing field.
