2022 elections thread

[92tide]

 

[Tug Tide]

yeah, i get that. but there have been a lot of really good things done legislatively and via executive order in the past year and a half that are going to go a long way in making things better on several fronts for our nation.

Just the month of August

 

[seebell]

Amendment three aims to change powers of clemency of Alabama governors

altoday.com

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Agree, both parties are really only about self-interest and staying in power.

True statesmen and stewards of this country would not allow us to get $31T in debt, would not allow 1M people die from a novel virus, would not stand for mass shootings, would not stand for barring personal healthcare autonomy, would not stand for disallowing reasonable right/means to vote, would not stand for a flagrant attempt to overthrow the government, and would not ignore the willful and intentional acts to compromise our national security.

Only one party continues to use violence, or the threat of violence, as a way to gain power but, sure, both sides. Democrats are not perfect, far from it, but this "both sides" argument only normalizes what the GOP is trying to do, which is to destroy our way of governing. Only one party is actively trying to rig elections, only one party wants to end democracy as we know it.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/paul-pelosi-attack/index.html

 

[Go Bama]

Now is not the time to be making the both sides argument. The MAGA party is openly trying to destroy the two party system and completely destroy the Democratic Party.

I realize there are probably some evil politicians who are Democrats. The majority of Republican politicians are evil.

People who keep bringing up the both sides argument do not understand the gravity of our situation. The direction of our country will be decided in the next two election cycles.

If you want a dictator, vote for the GOP. We already know if Trump is reelected he will never leave office gracefully. He will try to make himself president for life using some lame excuse about witch hunts, fake news, or rigged elections.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

So this morning I did my patriotic duty or whatever.

I abstained from the governor race as Beto has no chance and turns my stomach anyway.

In races with a libertarian - a couple - I voted for them. Then me, it was mostly Democrats down the line except for the judge who verbally slapped my ex down in the divorce hearing (she will always get my vote sort of being a pedophile or bestiality).

And I def voted against Ken Paxton (IYKYK).

I feel like the temporary alliance between Russia and the Allies in WW2. You can decide for yourself which is Russia, LOL.

 

[Tug Tide]

Obama giving Ron Johnson the business on Social Security

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586495768730353664

He’s on a roll

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586485065839673345

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586485983582756869

 

[AWRTR]

Obama giving Ron Johnson the business on Social Security

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586495768730353664

He’s on a roll

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586485065839673345

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586485983582756869

The last one was pretty funny. Obama is a very engaging speaker and person.

 

[Bazza]

I'm taking my Mom to vote tomorrow. She turns 100 next February.....



And is a WWII vet......

 

[twofbyc]

Actual short version: because the Republicans are defending 20 seats and the Democrats 14. Ron Johnson (WI) may have cut his own throat politically by going Full Trump-tard in a centrist state like Wisconsin.

From your fingers to Gods ears.

 

[twofbyc]

The last one was pretty funny. Obama is a very engaging speaker and person.

That’s how he - and Reagan - both became President.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

From your fingers to Gods ears.

And he's probably going to win it, too.

 

[Bamaro]

Since the Dems will lose the House and probably the Senate, I wonder what is next. I am not looking forward to the next 2 years.

 

[2003TIDE]

The kind of stuff we have to deal with here in Georgia

Georgia’s Governor Deputized GOP Vigilantes to Challenge 149,000 Voters

Black voters in Georgia say the challenges issued by vigilantes amount to a racist poll tax and a new Jim Crow.

truthout.org

 

[92tide]

The kind of stuff we have to deal with here in Georgia

Georgia’s Governor Deputized GOP Vigilantes to Challenge 149,000 Voters

Black voters in Georgia say the challenges issued by vigilantes amount to a racist poll tax and a new Jim Crow.

truthout.org

kemp is racist trash wrapped up in faux southern "christian" gentility

 

[DzynKingRTR]

done voting. long lines in Vinings. Voted mostly 3rd party especially on the local level

 

[CrimsonJazz]

Since the Dems will lose the House and probably the Senate, I wonder what is next. I am not looking forward to the next 2 years.

I'm expecting two years of gridlock, which isn't exactly the worst possible outcome. Biden is still in the WH, so he's going to have to polish up those negotiating skills.

 

[Its On A Slab]

Agree, both parties are really only about self-interest and staying in power.

True statesmen and stewards of this country would not allow us to get $31T in debt, would not allow 1M people die from a novel virus, would not stand for mass shootings, would not stand for barring personal healthcare autonomy, would not stand for disallowing reasonable right/means to vote, would not stand for a flagrant attempt to overthrow the government, and would not ignore the willful and intentional acts to compromise our national security.

While your 1st statement describes politics in general....politicians are all about incumbency, and not about what is right for the nation.

However, 95% of the 2nd paragraph describes Republican policies over the past several decades. I will grant that Democrats have some responsibility over the debt. But Republicans own gun deaths, assaults on reproductive freedom, voter suppression, the January 6th coup attempt, and protecting a Russian asset in the Oval Office.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

For whomever needs it today.

 

[Its On A Slab]

Since the Dems will lose the House and probably the Senate, I wonder what is next. I am not looking forward to the next 2 years.

McCarthy has made rumbling about reassessing Ukraine, and also pushing for investigations of the Biden administration. The latter being another rabbit hole of no significance(like Benghazi). Two years of very little being done, and a lot of wasted air and tax dollars on typical Republican dog-and-pony shows.