The 2018 midterm elections!

[JF_Gophers]

Re: The 2018 midterm elections!

What have the romans ever done for us?

[5mn_Major]

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I don't think you know anything about my family, their politics or for that matter, much at all about the State of North Dakota.

As I said in my post, I don't think most citizens in North Dakota are unhappy with their governor. Burgum is largely viewed as a North Dakota success story. Farm kid who went away to school, became a successful businessman which he was more than happy to organize in the State, cashed in with Microsoft and then turned to state politics. He is considered largely responsible for some nice growth in the Fargo-Moorhead area. And I think that citizens in the state are smart enough to realize that there are a lot of factors outside their control which will affect the agricultural and oil economies.

But, let's not pretend you understand my family, or for that matter, citizens in North Dakota, based upon what you've read on a message board.

I know. Its why conservatives hate liberals. Not because I do or don't know your family. But because I do know the citizens of North Dakota.

Let's check that. North Dakota North Dakota state senate? A stunning 80%+ Republican. State house? At over 85% Republican...North Dakota has the most lopsided senate in the country - #1. Don't kid yourself, Burgum's top credential was the R after his name.

[jerphisch]

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Allow me to speculate. You thought sure nobody could come up with an answer to your idiotic assertion. I blew it out of the water so now you're making absurd comparisons to C.Y.A. Is that about right?

You're both right a little, but Scoobs is way righter. You went straight to the record of who has held the presidency for more years over the conveniently selected last 26 or 30 years whatever it is was to show that Ds are winning, yay! But Scoobs is correctly pointing out that over that time, there aren't many D policies that have been enacted and had any staying power. Sure, you pointed out a couple, but they don't represent what should be expected based on your analysis of who has owned the white house.

[trixR4kids]

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It would have been real simple, completely honest and probably fair for someone to respond to my initial question about the tweet blaming Walker for CWD by acknowledging that yeah,

JFC dude nobody claimed that he created CWD in a laboratory to unleash on the deer population of WI. We're saying that by not raising taxes for vital govt. functions like the DNR it's getting worse because every government agency has effectively been neutered by his administration. This isn't hard to understand.

[ScoobyDoo]

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JFC dude nobody claimed that he created CWD in a laboratory to unleash on the deer population of WI. We're saying that by not raising taxes for vital govt. functions like the DNR it's getting worse because every government agency has effectively been neutered by his administration. This isn't hard to understand.

Of course it's hard to understand. Imagine being brainwashed for decades that the Government was stealing from you every time you paid taxes. Then imagine you sitting at home, and then driving to work every day and not seeing a single thing that your tax dollars do to make your life easier. You put the Interstate Freeway in. You put the stop sign there. You plowed the roads when it snowed. You paid for the school your kids attended. You paid for the vaccines all the other children at the school got to maintain the herd so your children didn't get Whooping Cough or the Measles. You developed those vaccines. The Government didn't do any of that.

Then you realize that Scott Walker is not responsible for anything related to CWD. It's some private guy somewhere. Some Democrat who isn't pulling his weight. You realize that and then you go to the Voting Booth and you pull every lever that says R next to it. You go home, have a beer, and you feel damm good.

[WeAreNDHockey]

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JFC dude nobody claimed that he created CWD in a laboratory to unleash on the deer population of WI. We're saying that by not raising taxes for vital govt. functions like the DNR it's getting worse because every government agency has effectively been neutered by his administration. This isn't hard to understand.

Surprised it took so long for this simple but accurate explanation. Republicans in congress are not stealing the food off the table of some inner city kid in Cleveland. But their policies have certainly helped make it necessary for (and this is literally true) every single kid in the Cleveland Municipal School District to qualify for free school lunches.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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In addition, today’s warnings that Dems “can’t afford to fall off a socialist cliff” are likely just as wrong as the RNC’s post-2012 autopsy.

The people Dems badly need to win back - young and/or nonwhite casual voters - wouldn’t mind. Authenticity, not ideology, motivates them.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 25, 2018

Truth

[Handyman]

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Definitely true. At this point they need to abandon the old guard of the party and embrace the new hotness.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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I don't like Bernie, but it's clear the Euro socialists will eventually win, and they're better than the current alternative, so why not roll with it?

[Handyman]

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I don't like Bernie, but it's clear the Euro socialists will eventually win, and they're better than the current alternative, so why not roll with it?

There are other "Dem Socialists" out there and the Democrats need to embrace them and bring them in. They cant fore them to the fringe they need them front and center of the new True Left Democratic Party. The Dems are already being painted as Radical Socialists anyways because they believe in stuff like "The Right to Vote" and "Immigration is OK" so just own it instead of running from it. There are plenty of examples of younger candidates running on Progressive Agendas that are winning or at least overperforming so embrace it.

If 2 years from now Joe Biden or someone like him (including Bernie) is the standard bearer of the party the Dems are in all sorts of trouble.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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Montana GOP sends out mailers with wrong absentee ballot due dates.

Seems to be a theme here with all these wrong dates being sent out to voters in various states. Haven’t found one yet where republicans were not responsible

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...eb52&tid=sm_fb

[Rover]

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There are other "Dem Socialists" out there and the Democrats need to embrace them and bring them in. They cant fore them to the fringe they need them front and center of the new True Left Democratic Party. The Dems are already being painted as Radical Socialists anyways because they believe in stuff like "The Right to Vote" and "Immigration is OK" so just own it instead of running from it. There are plenty of examples of younger candidates running on Progressive Agendas that are winning or at least overperforming so embrace it.

If 2 years from now Joe Biden or someone like him (including Bernie) is the standard bearer of the party the Dems are in all sorts of trouble.

While I agree with your last sentence, I'm not sure I get the point of the first paragraph. Who amongst the Dems is running away from a "Right to Vote" platform????

[GrinCDXX]

While I agree with your last sentence, I'm not sure I get the point of the first paragraph. Who amongst the Dems is running away from a "Right to Vote" platform????

Don't run away from truly progressive ideas out of fear of being casted as an extremist. The other side will try to do that regardless.

[Handyman]

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While I agree with your last sentence, I'm not sure I get the point of the first paragraph. Who amongst the Dems is running away from a "Right to Vote" platform????

They arent running away from it, I am saying they need to own they are Leftists and in some cases Socialists. If Centrist ideas are the new Radical Left according to the GOP then just admit you are radical left. Lean in to the insults and own them.

The problem Dems have had since at least the "Gengrich Revolution" is that they allowed "Liberal" and "Progressive" to be turned into put downs. They Dems hate being painted as anything. Just own it and it becomes much less a problem. The GOP doesnt give a crap what you call them, they just accept it and move on. They take pride in everything...even being stupid. If the Dems took the same tact with the way they are painted they wouldnt seem so weak willed and spineless half the time.

[Handyman]

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Don't run away from truly progressive ideas out of fear of being casted as an extremist. The other side will try to do that regardless.

This also!