Do you want to win elections? (Reply #12)

In the discussion thread: One woman's plan to keep her GOP husband from voting in midterms. [View all]

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 08:55 AM

12. Do you want to win elections?

Or do you prefer to continue losing them?

Republicans play by Machiavellian rules. We don't win if Ann Landers is our battle plan.

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
One woman's plan to keep her GOP husband from voting in midterms. [View all]	Funtatlaguy	Jul 2018	OP
That's dishonest and wrong.	Lars39	Jul 2018	#1
Technically, it's just a lie of omission.	Funtatlaguy	Jul 2018	#3
Why would he think she already voted if she tells him they will vote together?	LisaL	Jul 2018	#27
+1000. It's dishonest. It's wrong. It's betrayal.	Hortensis	Jul 2018	#21
Ugh. I agree. Being deceitful to one's spouse says a lot about a marriage.	Tipperary	Jul 2018	#24
Not cool	teach1st	Jul 2018	#2
I'm all for it	RhodeIslandOne	Jul 2018	#4
Something from the Mitch McConnell play book ?	magicarpet	Jul 2018	#5
Not quite that nefarious, I don't think 🤔	Funtatlaguy	Jul 2018	#6
Unfortunately, there are probably more Repugs	Croney	Jul 2018	#7
One more reason to fight fire with Fire	Funtatlaguy	Jul 2018	#8
Turning voter suppression on the party of voter suppression is no vice	bucolic_frolic	Jul 2018	#9
Stooping to dishonest and undemocratic means to a democratic end is no virtue. nt	ancianita	Jul 2018	#11
Do you want to win elections?	bucolic_frolic	Jul 2018	#12
Really? Being like them is the only way to win? You think we've exhausted all honest possibilities?	ancianita	Jul 2018	#15
It's politics	bucolic_frolic	Jul 2018	#16
Politics only? No. Democracy, the goal of which is utilitarian: the greatest good for the greatest	ancianita	Jul 2018	#20
One woman lying to her husband will not "win elections"	Takket	Jul 2018	#36
No. (nt)	GreenEyedLefty	Jul 2018	#10
Kill 2 birds with one stone. Hit him in the head with a bat knocking some sense into him and sending	Pepsidog	Jul 2018	#13
Wow.	Iggo	Jul 2018	#19
Oooh advocating domestic violence. How edgy.	EllieBC	Jul 2018	#29
Really? Get a life and a sense of humor. Only a moron would see my post as a call for violence and I	Pepsidog	Jul 2018	#39
Let the asshole vote. Many pig-headed GOPers won't admit how wrong	oasis	Jul 2018	#14
I would never be married to anyone who votes for the GOP.	SamKnause	Jul 2018	#17
Not cool.	Iggo	Jul 2018	#18
I can't even imagine being married to someone	Bettie	Jul 2018	#22
It would be better to get someone who doesn't vote to vote	dansolo	Jul 2018	#23
this (N/t)	Lefta Dissenter	Jul 2018	#31
Dishonest, deceitful and manipulative.	LisaL	Jul 2018	#25
This is horrible. Unrec.	Agschmid	Jul 2018	#26
Everyone has their own marriage dance	janterry	Jul 2018	#28
Stupid plan. Why not just provide encouragement and transportation for those unlikely to vote?	Freethinker65	Jul 2018	#30
not good...	handmade34	Jul 2018	#32
The husband sounds clueless, and the wife is controlling and manipulative.	Bluepinky	Jul 2018	#33
Why are you married to that guy.	Corvo Bianco	Jul 2018	#34
That's one of the dumbest things I've ever read	Takket	Jul 2018	#35
I would never be married to or date a Republican.	Funtatlaguy	Jul 2018	#37
Too actively deceptive for my tastes.	Ilsa	Jul 2018	#38
It's less messy	Turbineguy	Jul 2018	#40
You just made my day 🤙	Funtatlaguy	Jul 2018	#41
So that's how we roll now?	Jake Stern	Jul 2018	#42
To keep anyone from voting is flat out immoral and should be criminal, IMO. n/t	cynatnite	Jul 2018	#43
Dems the party of nice	Funtatlaguy	Jul 2018	#44
Sounds like a great marriage.	egduj	Jul 2018	#45
You don't think marriages survive worse lies?	Funtatlaguy	Jul 2018	#46
It worries me people are ok with this	wonkwest	Jul 2018	#47
What horrid thinking.	Solly Mack	Jul 2018	#48

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