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Is the GOP Senate result legitimate? (Original Post) True Blue Door Nov 2014 OP
Good luck with that yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #1
I don't give a fuck what the media says or does not say. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #2
It was brought up on the Obama Diary underthematrix Nov 2014 #3
Funny how minimum wage increases win by landslides SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #6
Do we know they still get elected? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #17
No , this is all just a dream. SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #22
Don't get snippy when you're posting off-topic comments. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #23
Perhaps, but there is a very simple and absolute way to know the answer. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #7
We got our asses handed to us. That's what we get for running Republican lites for decades kysrsoze Nov 2014 #4
Non-responsive. This is about one single question. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #10
I don't know about that yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #15
It's legit taught_me_patience Nov 2014 #5
You have the numbers that show Republican margins exceeding voters blocked by Jim Crow 2? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #12
The biggest shock to me is Maryland! yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #16
You realize that Maryland had a Repub governor from 2003 to 2007 onenote Nov 2014 #19
Does Maryland have Jim Crow 2 laws? True Blue Door Nov 2014 #21
If the Republican brand "sucks"...? kentuck Nov 2014 #8
Your comment has nothing to do with the OP. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #13
What happens now to HCA? LukeFL Nov 2014 #9
If Obama doesn't veto, we're all in big trouble. kysrsoze Nov 2014 #11
Your comment has nothing to do with the OP. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #14
No one is giving you any specific information at all. Really incredible display of KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #18
Thank you. As you say, ANY specific information on this question would be welcome. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #20
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. Good luck with that
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 12:58 AM
Nov 2014

True or not. I doubt it will even be brought up expect on here. It is sad what happened but now the focus will go to how Republicans are going to run the Senate and the craziness of it.....BUT even before that, the ENTIRE news rooms will be focused on Louisiana and how crazy that is going to be down there.

True Blue Door

(2,969 posts)
2. I don't give a fuck what the media says or does not say.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 12:59 AM
Nov 2014

The information exists, I want it, and we need it to know how to proceed.

If they obtained the Senate merely through their usual dirty tricks and the systemic corruptions they've created, then that at least represents a "legitimate" result in the broadest sense of the term.

If illegitimate, then the result is a partial coup d'etat.

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
3. It was brought up on the Obama Diary
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:00 AM
Nov 2014

because it is not consistent with the way voters cast votes on other issues on the same ballot. Really it doesn't make sense.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
22. No , this is all just a dream.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 02:01 AM
Nov 2014

In my state, Colorado, there was a personhood amendment on the ballot for like the 4th time in a row. It was soundly defeated 4 times in a row. Yet the bills most staunch supporter was elected to the Senate.

True Blue Door

(2,969 posts)
23. Don't get snippy when you're posting off-topic comments.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 02:27 AM
Nov 2014

Either you have something to say about the subject of this discussion or not.

True Blue Door

(2,969 posts)
7. Perhaps, but there is a very simple and absolute way to know the answer.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:02 AM
Nov 2014

Margin of Republican victory minus the number of people documented to have been blocked from registering, prevented from voting, or had their votes thrown out.

That information exists. We need it.

kysrsoze

(6,010 posts)
4. We got our asses handed to us. That's what we get for running Republican lites for decades
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:00 AM
Nov 2014

Running away from Obama didn't help either.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
15. I don't know about that
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:05 AM
Nov 2014

Every Governor lost but Pennsylvania who had the President speak for them. I think there is something to the 6-year Presidency which is why I always thought a one term 6 year presidency would be better.

onenote

(42,381 posts)
19. You realize that Maryland had a Repub governor from 2003 to 2007
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:41 AM
Nov 2014

Brown was a crappy candidate. Plain and simple.

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
18. No one is giving you any specific information at all. Really incredible display of
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:30 AM
Nov 2014

self indulgence. My sympathies, as your question is perfectly appropriate and always, ALWAYS, needs to be asked.

I do not have specific information, so would like to re-frame the question: can anyone point to any single race decided because of voter suppression\disenfranchisement efforts?

True Blue Door

(2,969 posts)
20. Thank you. As you say, ANY specific information on this question would be welcome.
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 01:44 AM
Nov 2014

If they have specific information about ANY race being decided because of vote suppression, that would contribute to the larger answer of whether Senate control was decided on that basis.

Some of these posts are so completely non-responsive, and act as if they didn't even read the two-sentence OP, I have to wonder if some of them are automated.

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