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sinkingfeeling
(51,444 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)world wide wally
(21,740 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)imthevicar
(811 posts)Give us real Democrats worth voting for. Not the current crop of Banker suck ups and Dinos. You Fine folks put the blame in the wrong place consistently. Blame the Voters (Who have no real choice anyway) That's all this place is good for! Look at our Party leaders! Hillery!? Really we are gonna have another Clinton Sellout!? this is supposed to get us excited!? BTW I went to the polls for all the good it did. And for my vote, The Democrats in Jersey Just sold out our right to a public question on water privatization. Thanks DINOS! So don't hand me this crap like it means anything!
Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)or some other term to describe an oppressed population.
16% approval and 94% incumbency!?!?!?
CLEaRLy THe ELEcTIOnS ArE RIgGEd!!1!!1!
pathansen
(1,039 posts)niyad
(113,232 posts)SpankMe
(2,957 posts)niyad
(113,232 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)will be successful with a bought Congress! We must demand Publicly Funded Elections and an end to campaign contributions. Bernie has said this is his number one issue, so we must show him enough support to throw his hat into the ring! Just doing that will get this solution out and provide a place to rally everyone. It's time to stop bitching and do something! You can start by spreading this message everywhere and to everyone you know! Happy Holidays!
MADem
(135,425 posts)Just the printed information, with appropriate "sound effect" punctuation. It would kick ass.
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)everyone else's.
My congressman didn't get re-elected because of campaign contributions. He got re-elected because there was poor turnout, the challenger was the same as the last two who lost in pretty much all but name, and did I mention the turnout sucked?
So here's a question: If Democrats control the redistricting and make a rural district that voted for Obama in 2008, but it keeps getting won by Republicans, is it still gerrymandering?
turbinetree
(24,688 posts)Next two years
We get the smirk
We get the jerks,
And finally we get the twerps
Get ready folks the hypocrisy is not going to get any better
and that
I am glad I did not vote against my self interests and it was not DINO's and republicans
czarjak
(11,266 posts)Whomever has the most money wins. Still.
bulloney
(4,113 posts)I cringe to think how much will be spent for the 2016 elections.
Thank you corporate whores Scalia, Alito, Thomas, Kennedy and Roberts
jjewell
(618 posts)this what P.Diddy meant when he said "Vote or Die!"
Initech
(100,060 posts)Quixote1818
(28,927 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)Citizens United MUST be overturned!
https://movetoamend.org/
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)AngryDem001
(684 posts)unless you are a banker.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Snicker, snicker.
What the hell, it can't get any worse than it is now.
Cha
(297,123 posts)Turbineguy
(37,313 posts)worst congress money can buy.
valerief
(53,235 posts)3catwoman3
(23,970 posts)...math.
Cha
(297,123 posts)asking for it! Yes, they are. they approve and ruin the Country for the rest of us.
Mahalo EarlG
Cha
(297,123 posts)Initech
(100,060 posts)They should just declare themselves dictators and get it over with. It's the waiting I can't stand.
thesquanderer
(11,982 posts)The total amount of money spent has very little bearing on the 95.4% re-election rate. What's actually relevant is the differential in money spent by incumbents vs. that spent by challengers. Incumbents spent 6x more than challengers in the House, and 12x in the Senate.
https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/incumbs.php
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