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wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:03 AM Oct 2019

I call on my fellow Californians to come to the aid of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

It is evident to me by his speech on the House floor this morning that having the position as Minority Leader rather than being Speaker pains him so. He is forced to defend the shit hole person residing in the White House.

We can do him an enormous favor be defeating him in the upcoming 2020 election. That way he can spend more time with his family.

I think it would add years on to his life. Without defeat he will have as his legacy being one of the humans with the most trump shit on his nose.

Please, if there is any decency in your make up, use it to help poor Representative Kevin McCarthy in his hour of need.

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I call on my fellow Californians to come to the aid of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. (Original Post) wasupaloopa Oct 2019 OP
Count this Californian in...big time. TruckFump Oct 2019 #1
How red is his district? I would imagine it has been gerrymandered to the hilt. redstatebluegirl Oct 2019 #2
I believe that California districts leftieNanner Oct 2019 #5
When I lived there it was very red. That was in 2001 to 2006. I use to write letters to the editor wasupaloopa Oct 2019 #7
Oh, it's gerrymandered: Auggie Oct 2019 #8
Is there any chance of defeating him? hlthe2b Oct 2019 #3
district is south central valley lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #6
McCarthy straightforward cynical. Who's on putin's payroll in 2016? empedocles Oct 2019 #4

leftieNanner

(14,997 posts)
5. I believe that California districts
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:17 AM
Oct 2019

Are determined by a non partisan commission. Not gerrymandered. But his valley district is very red. And he is truly an idiot.

 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
7. When I lived there it was very red. That was in 2001 to 2006. I use to write letters to the editor
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:20 AM
Oct 2019

in the Bakersfield Californian. My letters and a weekly Democratic news paper that you could find in the library were about the only progressive words in print there.

I lived in the boonies in the mountains east of Bakersfield. There were about 1,200 people in 12 square miles. All my neighbors were cattle ranchers who supported the Iraq war. It was open range territory. We all had horses and some goats. We actually had cattle round ups to drive the cattle to the trucks that took them away.

We had a weekly news paper in our area called the Twin Oaks Fence Post. Every letter in it was anti Muslim and pro war. The editor of that paper lost his son in the Iraq war. We had a memorial service for him.

My wife and I went to the Unitarian church in Bakersfield to see if we wanted to join. When I introduced myself they recognized me by my letters to the editor. The posted them on their bulletin board.

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
6. district is south central valley
Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:18 AM
Oct 2019

plus Tehachapi mountains, parts of Bakersfield.

Here is a list of interesting elections...

Year Office Results
1992 President Clinton 38.4–34.5%
Senator Herschensohn 49.4–40.6%
Senator Feinstein 46.2–45.3%
1994 Governor [Data unknown/missing.]
Senator [Data unknown/missing.]
1996 President [Data unknown/missing.]
1998 Governor [Data unknown/missing.]
Senator [Data unknown/missing.]
2000 President[7] Gore 48.2–46.9%
Senator[8] Feinstein 51.2–41.5%
2002 Governor[9] Davis 48.0–40.7%
2003 Recall[10][11] Yes 52.8–47.2%
Schwarzenegger 42.4–35.2%
2004 President[12] Kerry 58.3–40.3%
Senator[13] Boxer 60.2–34.8%
2006 Governor[14] Schwarzenegger 53.6–41.1%
Senator[15] Feinstein 62.3–33.1%
2008 President[16] Obama 65.3–32.3%
2010 Governor Brown 55.9–38.5%
Senator Boxer 55.9–38.4%
2012 President Romney 61.5–36.1%
Senator Emken 62.0–38.0%
2014 Governor Kashkari 64.5–35.5%
2016 President Trump 58.1–36.1%
Senator Harris 54.3–45.7%
2018 Governor Cox 62.6–37.4%
Senator de Leon 60.3–39.7%

58 to 36 for Trump BUT 54 to 45 for Kamala Harris.

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