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cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 12:28 PM Aug 2017

Living in a red state, these are our choices...

Republican - Anti-choice

Democrat - Anti-choice and maybe half the time they might caucus with Dems. They're known as blue dog democrats.

There are some independents, but they get such a slim minority that it's pretty much throwing votes away.

I don't like supporting candidates that do not support a woman's right in making her own reproductive health care choices, but here in our deep red area...what do you do?

You can't even utter abortion unless you're against it before they're going ape-shit. A candidate can't even get their toe in the door if they're pro-choice.

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Living in a red state, these are our choices... (Original Post) cynatnite Aug 2017 OP
When they (right wing Repukes) are given a choice between: MoonRiver Aug 2017 #1
Vote J_William_Ryan Aug 2017 #2
Sounds pretty creepy that's bad for women in red states But the voters even women do have a choice lunasun Aug 2017 #3

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
1. When they (right wing Repukes) are given a choice between:
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 12:33 PM
Aug 2017

an anti-choice Repuke, or an anti-choice Dem, who do you think they're going to vote for? The Repuke, of course, because these people don't, and never will, trust the Democratic caucus. Their goal is to take over the government, which they effectively have, in order to push through the most extreme SCOTUS and legislation possible.

J_William_Ryan

(1,753 posts)
2. Vote
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 12:40 PM
Aug 2017

for those Democrats for US Senate, at least.

A Democratic majority in the Senate is still a majority, and a majority of those Democrats will oppose judicial nominees hostile to a woman's right to privacy.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
3. Sounds pretty creepy that's bad for women in red states But the voters even women do have a choice
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 01:40 PM
Aug 2017

when they vote. Use it. Often some things are not good enough to be good

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