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Since when have failed attempts been a problem in this world?
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir
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Since when have failed attempts been a problem in this world?
Just look at our President...he failed in attempts to be human being, a successful businessman and even a public speaker
"It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
-aparch
"Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
-INCH
Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
-ScoobyDoo 12/17/2007
NC may be pulled back from the brink of voter suppression.
Right now the GOP has a sweet gig. They gerrymandered themselves a 60% veto-proof majority in a purple state. Then they rammed through a bunch of execrable voter suppression measures to disenfranchise Democratic voters in order to hold on to that majority and also rig the statewide elections like governor. Even though the voters of NC still elected a Democratic governor, presumably because they're ****ed off by these Putinesque tactics, the fix is in in the state leg and the GOP continues to very effectively thwart popular representation.
And they would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for that pesky federal court system.
As we've said before, the trouble with the type of anti-democratic voter suppression the GOP engages in is they can't afford to let up for an instant, because they have to hold on to their increasingly more ridiculously undemocratic majorities in order to keep their suppression measures in place and expand them. If they slip up all their hard criminal work collapses, people are allowed to vote again, and they are back facing the voters in fair elections.
I'm not really sure how the Republicans keep this up even if they manage to corrupt the courts, since just by the luck of the draw there will be cycles where they screw up. But if the courts actually review their mischief then it collapses even earlier, as, potentially, in NC now.
NC may be pulled back from the brink of voter suppression.
Right now the GOP has a sweet gig. They gerrymandered themselves a 60% veto-proof majority in a purple state. Then they rammed through a bunch of execrable voter suppression measures to disenfranchise Democratic voters in order to hold on to that majority and also rig the statewide elections like governor. Even though the voters of NC still elected a Democratic governor, presumably because they're ****ed off by these Putinesque tactics, the fix is in in the state leg and the GOP continues to very effectively thwart popular representation.
And they would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for that pesky federal court system.
As we've said before, the trouble with the type of anti-democratic voter suppression the GOP engages in is they can't afford to let up for an instant, because they have to hold on to their increasingly more ridiculously undemocratic majorities in order to keep their suppression measures in place and expand them. If they slip up all their hard criminal work collapses, people are allowed to vote again, and they are back facing the voters in fair elections.
I'm not really sure how the Republicans keep this up even if they manage to corrupt the courts, since just by the luck of the draw there will be cycles where they screw up. But if the courts actually review their mischief then it collapses even earlier, as, potentially, in NC now.
Hopefully they can do the same in WI. The voter suppression I talked about recently but the gerrymandering was just as bad.
None of this stuff is new...before the 2000 election Florida threw like 10 thousand people off the rolls who had names similar to the name of a criminal. Many of these people were in Dem strongholds and were people of color. Tell me how many votes Dubya won by again?
Countdown to joe bringing up Maryland 3...2..
"It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
-aparch
"Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
-INCH
Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
-ScoobyDoo 12/17/2007
None of this stuff is new...before the 2000 election Florida threw like 10 thousand people off the rolls who had names similar to the name of a criminal. Many of these people were in Dem strongholds and were people of color. Tell me how many votes Dubya won by again?
You'd think it's just people trolling until you read that it's Iowa and then realize they're probably serious.
I've seen similar submissions published for other parts of the country, too.
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir
"Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth
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