Georgia Runoffs

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  • PJNB
    PJNB Posts: 13,890


    Loving these headlines. The immediate division in the party is gone to be great to see.
  • Halifax2TheMax
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,535
    Fuck that. I'll take a Dem overbalance all day, every day until the Republican Party is officially extinct. Trying to normalize the idea of a Dem imbalance with a Republican imbalance is ridiculous. Neutrality does not equate Objectivity. If people don't like imbalance and corruption then they should support Rank Choice Voting, campaign finance reform, and voting every election (primaries and generals). Until then I'll take reason and pragmatism over extremism & single-issue voterss.

    Everything's on the Dems side right now, but as has been voiced: there will be some mix of them fucking it up and people being brain dead with amnesia. A couple years from now they'll be living better yet they'll blame Dems and vote for Republicans so they can make sure they get $5 more in their paycheck. Dems only get these opportunities when everything is absolutely fucked - they'll clean up the Republicans' mess, and then everyone will point a finger at the Dems. Rinse and repeat.
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,801
    mcgruff10 said:
    dankind said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I m usually not a fan of one party being in charge of all three but my god I love this.  :)
    The cons have the judicial basically for the rest of my lifetime.
    This would be true.  I meant to say I don’t like one party controlling the house, senate and president.  
    Pre Obama I would have agreed with this statement, but considering the way the GOP has behaved in the last 15 years, I have no problem w/ dems controlling all 3 for the next 2 years. Truth be told, I think it's the only possible way for this country to move forward at this point. 

    I may eat those words in the next 24 months, but after the last 4 years I don't think anything would get accomplished if the republicans maintained the house... it would be constant pushback & stonewalling against Biden's "illegitimate" presidency. 
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,855
    what McConnell does, does not allow for a functional federal government.  That is the problem.  The entire thing is a power-game as far as he is concerned.  This got its start under Newt Gingrich, but McConnell is the evil palpatine version of that.  
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,801
    MayDay10 said:
    what McConnell does, does not allow for a functional federal government.  That is the problem.  The entire thing is a power-game as far as he is concerned.  This got its start under Newt Gingrich, but McConnell is the evil palpatine version of that.  
    The GOP's approach to government over the last 30 years is that we don't need one, and they've convinced their base that this is true. 
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,535
    I'd argue it's been the Republicans' logical evolution in their approach to basically everything over the last ~50 years..
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,801
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    I'd argue it's been the Republicans' logical evolution in their approach to basically everything over the last ~50 years..
    I should have said 40... many point to Reagan as being the turning point. 

    I'm no political expert, feel free to correct. 
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,535
    Merkin Baller said:
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    I'd argue it's been the Republicans' logical evolution in their approach to basically everything over the last ~50 years..
    I should have said 40... many point to Reagan as being the turning point. 

    I'm no political expert, feel free to correct. 
    Yeah, I'm on a big Roger Ailes kick reading 'Loudest Voice in the Room', so I'm not saying you're wrong 'cause you're not. But Ailes and Nixon really stick out for me. Nixon was so fucking craven and I don't think he gets over the hump without Ailes.
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,801
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    Merkin Baller said:
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    I'd argue it's been the Republicans' logical evolution in their approach to basically everything over the last ~50 years..
    I should have said 40... many point to Reagan as being the turning point. 

    I'm no political expert, feel free to correct. 
    Yeah, I'm on a big Roger Ailes kick reading 'Loudest Voice in the Room', so I'm not saying you're wrong 'cause you're not. But Ailes and Nixon really stick out for me. Nixon was so fucking craven and I don't think he gets over the hump without Ailes.
    I need to read a lot more. 
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,535
    Merkin Baller said:
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    Merkin Baller said:
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    I'd argue it's been the Republicans' logical evolution in their approach to basically everything over the last ~50 years..
    I should have said 40... many point to Reagan as being the turning point. 

    I'm no political expert, feel free to correct. 
    Yeah, I'm on a big Roger Ailes kick reading 'Loudest Voice in the Room', so I'm not saying you're wrong 'cause you're not. But Ailes and Nixon really stick out for me. Nixon was so fucking craven and I don't think he gets over the hump without Ailes.
    I need to read a lot more. 
    It's an awesome fucking book. It's thick - half the book is citations, really well researched. I had to put it down just because how big it is, but my wife wanted to watch a movie so we gave Bombshell a whirl. She liked it, and it wasn't that bad, and it made me pick up the book again.
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,379
    Does anyone else have nubs where fingernails once were? Holy cow, Georgia, way to go, win or loss!
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,485
    Up by 17k with approx 17k in outstanding absentee military ballots which have until Friday to arrive
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Whoa!  Just woke up.  I'm seeing several of you here celebrating both wins for Dems in GA.  Great news that Warnock has won but I'm reading that the other election- Ossoff vs Perdue- is too close to call.  Celebrating too soon maybe?
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,485
    brianlux said:
    Whoa!  Just woke up.  I'm seeing several of you here celebrating both wins for Dems in GA.  Great news that Warnock has won but I'm reading that the other election- Ossoff vs Perdue- is too close to call.  Celebrating too soon maybe?
    ossoffs lead has grown overnight. slowly and not by much but grown none the less.

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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,535
    mickeyrat said:
    brianlux said:
    Whoa!  Just woke up.  I'm seeing several of you here celebrating both wins for Dems in GA.  Great news that Warnock has won but I'm reading that the other election- Ossoff vs Perdue- is too close to call.  Celebrating too soon maybe?
    ossoffs lead has grown overnight. slowly and not by much but grown none the less.

    Yeah, it's fucking over. So goddamn happy. 
  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    Merkin Baller said:
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    Merkin Baller said:
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    I'd argue it's been the Republicans' logical evolution in their approach to basically everything over the last ~50 years..
    I should have said 40... many point to Reagan as being the turning point. 

    I'm no political expert, feel free to correct. 
    Yeah, I'm on a big Roger Ailes kick reading 'Loudest Voice in the Room', so I'm not saying you're wrong 'cause you're not. But Ailes and Nixon really stick out for me. Nixon was so fucking craven and I don't think he gets over the hump without Ailes.
    I need to read a lot more. 
    It's an awesome fucking book. It's thick - half the book is citations, really well researched. I had to put it down just because how big it is, but my wife wanted to watch a movie so we gave Bombshell a whirl. She liked it, and it wasn't that bad, and it made me pick up the book again.
    Thick? No, thank you!

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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,216
    brianlux said:
    Whoa!  Just woke up.  I'm seeing several of you here celebrating both wins for Dems in GA.  Great news that Warnock has won but I'm reading that the other election- Ossoff vs Perdue- is too close to call.  Celebrating too soon maybe?
    no....he's got it
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,410
    Gern Blansten said:
    brianlux said:
    Whoa!  Just woke up.  I'm seeing several of you here celebrating both wins for Dems in GA.  Great news that Warnock has won but I'm reading that the other election- Ossoff vs Perdue- is too close to call.  Celebrating too soon maybe?
    no....he's got it
    Should end up winning by more than Biden's margin. Those 2022 elections are going to be tough to win if the GOP actually has someone less corrupt than Perdue and Loeffler to run against them. Hopefully what they do the next 2 years earns them votes, but like someone else mentioned, it seems people are entrenched as either republican or democrat with very little left in the middle; however, those middles may be the reason for the narrow wins. Basically they need to analyze the shit out of that 20,000 - 40,000 voter population and figure out how to keep them or flip them if they went the other way.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    I've seen too many weird things happen in elections over the years.  I'm with y'all, but I'll celebrate when it's called.  Should be later this morning.
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