Really? Being like them is the only way to win? You think we've exhausted all honest possibilities? (Reply #15)

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

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 09:05 AM

ancianita (27,159 posts)

15. Really? Being like them is the only way to win? You think we've exhausted all honest possibilities?

Did you read how VA restructured its voting and that's how the Democrats, with McAuliffe, won in 2014. Everyone said that system should be the national model, then everyone moved on and forgot about it.

Granted, honest structuring and non-partisan personnel of voting will be an uphill battle, but it's been done.

What is suggested here is absolutely not our only option.

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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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