My old state house district in Texas that I worked so hard in last cycle still f’in went red. 68% voter turnout.
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Nov 04, 2020 11:00:20 am PST #28758 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Dana - Nov 04, 2020 11:02:17 am PST #28759 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm missing out on getting a Dem rep by like 1.5%, which is what got siphoned off into third-party candidates.
Atropa - Nov 04, 2020 11:02:29 am PST #28760 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I haven't looked at any of the news yet, and I may put it off until after I catch up on three days of Slack messages for work.
shrift - Nov 04, 2020 11:12:02 am PST #28761 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I worked a 17 hour day yesterday, got a few hours of sleep, and I'm back at it again today. I'm too busy to be as pissed as I want to be about the third-party candidates siphoning off votes in super tight races, but at least I'm actively working to prevent election misinformation from spreading online.
Kalshane - Nov 04, 2020 11:12:24 am PST #28762 of 30019
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Fucking Susan Collins.Agreed. So tired of her "I'm concerned" act while rubber-stamping everything.
Reading the results of the Wisconsin district races is infuriating. Dems win all their races by 30+ points and the GOP all of theirs by a comfortable 10%. So many "wasted" Dem votes by our ridiculous gerrymandering.
lisah - Nov 04, 2020 11:25:20 am PST #28763 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate
Thank you for your work, shrift.
JZ - Nov 04, 2020 11:27:05 am PST #28764 of 30019
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Someone on Twitter pointed out what seems to be happening with the Senate--the goddamn Lincoln Project and the other never-Trumpers did exactly what they set out to do: created a way for GOP voters queasy over Trump to feel comfortable and happy voting for Biden while continuing to vote GOP the entire rest of the way down, as if Trump was the party's only problem and everyone else is just peachy.
I never liked or trusted them and I never gave them a dime. Ass them all right in the ear. In 2022 I want to plow them all under and salt the earth.
Jesse - Nov 04, 2020 11:28:37 am PST #28765 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What lisah said -- thank you, shrift!
On the third-party thing, MA just voted down ranked-choice voting, which is a bummer.
I assume voting against Amy Coney Barrett kept Susan Collins's job (added to the regular incumbent advantage), but people better not assume this is a turning point for her.
flea - Nov 04, 2020 11:28:42 am PST #28766 of 30019
information libertarian
A college classmate got elected to her small town Michigan school board. She is extremely lefty and the proud parent of a trans child.
I’m more hopeful for a Biden presidency than I was at 8am! And I will laugh a lot if it turns out America got saved by Omaha.
Toddson - Nov 04, 2020 11:32:03 am PST #28767 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I came across this for those who thought Babe was far-fetched.
edited to add: unmute for the full effect - really