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In reply to the discussion: Rep. Alan Grayson's Big Swing [View all]calimary
(80,693 posts)Excellent point you make. We've really let the ball drop on the state level. And look what's happened. We HAVE to make it a priority to take back more statehouses - AND around the decade mark, so that WE influence the census, reapportionment, and the UN-gerrymandering of the drawing of the congressional districts, and NOT the bad guys. 'Cause look what's happened, everywhere that a republi-CON took the governorship and also the Secretary of State job. ALL they think about anymore is figuring out ways to cheat, because they realize that they can't win on their ideas, policies, agendas, or merits. They know the numbers aren't with them anymore, so they're trying to figure out how to have it both ways - leave their Neanderthal anti-social policies intact AND get more votes. And the only way to do that while you're swimming against the currents of the national morality, ethics, changing demographics and evolving worldview - is to figure out a foolproof way to cheat. Preferably under the radar so it's too late for us to do anything to stop it by the time we realize what's happening.
We need a LOT better vigilance. A LOT better and more skilled and more determined forward and rear guards. We need people who think deviously - so we can outflank and outmaneuver, and ANTICIPATE what the GOP nogoodniks are apt to do next. Seems like they're always getting the jump on us. THAT has to change if we're to blunt the threat they pose.