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BeyondGeography

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7. When you've won the PV twice in the last 16 years and all you get is Dubya and Trump
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 09:06 AM
Dec 2016

for your trouble, I think people can be excused for railing at the system. We've won the PV 6 of the last 7 times, in fact, more people (again) voted for Democratic candidates than Republicans, our positions on the issues consistently poll better than Republicans and all we get is the hope that Chuck Schumer will be able to keep his minority caucus in line.

How did we get here? Here's where I agree wholeheartedly with you: The mind-numbing failure of Democrats, from President Obama on down, to brand the Republicans for the soul-sucking, economy-killing, planet-destroying thugs that they are is killing us. From now on, no Democrat, and that starts with you, Barack Obama, once you no longer have the responsibility of the presidency pushing you in the direction of decorum, should be allowed to say, "Congress," when talking about what ails our politics and our country. It's "the Republicans." Stop overselling the average American's ability to "get it." If we keep saying when they go low, we go high, we might as well just get high because that will be our only consolation.

This should be easy, with a Republican in the WH, Republicans controlling the house and Senate, a Republican majority in the SC and Republican Governors heading 2/3 of the states. Shame these bastards! We've been taking it on the chin from these assholes since the 60s. They have branded us as unacceptable, anti-American freaks, and now we're looking at a 6X bankrupted failed casino owner, compulsive liar and thrice-married certified sexual predator as President who is already basically guaranteeing us (with full Republican support) that he will be the most corrupt occupant of the White House in history. They are asking us to go on the ideological warpath, begging us, in fact. Will we? It's pathetic that we even have to wonder.

this assumes we lost fair and square. unblock Dec 2016 #1
white working class people don't face these obstacles... but guess who does. boston bean Dec 2016 #2
+1, yeap... seems the exit poll skewing etc is happening in the voter suppression states and uponit7771 Dec 2016 #6
Of course it's not fair! In what world do you think we live? hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #8
Burying your head in the sand isn't strength kcr Dec 2016 #3
+1, "It's nothing but a false sense of control." uponit7771 Dec 2016 #5
You're right, Comey, Voter suppression and Russia were the only DOCUMENTED reasons she uponit7771 Dec 2016 #4
Why lead in by calling me Comey? I know that you mean it as an insult. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #9
sry bout that...edited uponit7771 Dec 2016 #10
When you've won the PV twice in the last 16 years and all you get is Dubya and Trump BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #7
Does that apply to Bernie too? BainsBane Dec 2016 #11
Sure, have at it. But mind the context. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #13
Push votes away? BainsBane Dec 2016 #15
Congress got decimated. States got decimated. If you have internet access, it's easy to check. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #17
Nonsense TwilightZone Dec 2016 #12
Address? Sure. Scapegoat? No. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #14
No, you really aren't. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #16
You misunderstood GummyBearz Dec 2016 #18
From the "blame the DNC, DWS, blacks/gays/women for Bernie's loss" crowd, this argument is BobbyDrake Dec 2016 #19
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