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As a lifelong New Yorker, I honestly cannot understand a single goddamn thing that Andrew Cuomo does. I seriously struggle to think of anyone on the ground who actually likes the bastard - the right despises him uniformly because of his NYS SAFE act, and the left has grown increasingly hostile since the apogee of his support, directly after he legalized gay marriage. What I can't understand is, why the hell would he attack a base of voters who overwhelmingly vote Democrat? It's throwing away votes 
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Joementum posted:McConnell's only going to have a 2-3 seat majority and he'd need 51 votes to get rid of the 60 vote threshold on legislation. I don't think he has those votes, since the old timers like Hatch probably won't go for it. I actually think there's a greater chance that McConnell rolls back the filibuster reforms Reid made a year ago for this session because, with Obama in the White House, Mitch doesn't care if it takes 50 or 60 or 70 votes to confirm a nominee, he's going to block 'em all anyway. I don't see McConnell getting 60 votes for any of those, particularly since every seat at risk this year with the exception of Colorado and Iowa was vulnerable to defecting on those anyway.
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Oct 29, 2014 15:26
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Palin had a pretty enough face, non-overweight figure with a cup size above B. She also did things that her constituents fetishize women doing: being pretty and doing manly things like holding rifles.
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Oct 29, 2014 15:39
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MODS CURE JOKES posted:As a lifelong New Yorker, I honestly cannot understand a single goddamn thing that Andrew Cuomo does. I seriously struggle to think of anyone on the ground who actually likes the bastard - the right despises him uniformly because of his NYS SAFE act, and the left has grown increasingly hostile since the apogee of his support, directly after he legalized gay marriage. What I can't understand is, why the hell would he attack a base of voters who overwhelmingly vote Democrat? It's throwing away votes Because "who else are they going to vote for, the greens?  " Also he keeps doing poo poo like this, seemingly in an attempt to build up bipartisan cred. He wants to run for president but I don't think he would win.
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Oct 29, 2014 15:40
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MODS CURE JOKES posted:As a lifelong New Yorker, I honestly cannot understand a single goddamn thing that Andrew Cuomo does. I seriously struggle to think of anyone on the ground who actually likes the bastard - the right despises him uniformly because of his NYS SAFE act, and the left has grown increasingly hostile since the apogee of his support, directly after he legalized gay marriage. What I can't understand is, why the hell would he attack a base of voters who overwhelmingly vote Democrat? It's throwing away votes I swear, I was looking for reasons to support Astorino. He's apparently good on wetlands and he's responsible for raising the Saw Mill an inch so it doesn't flood so badly. Horrible on women though.
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Oct 29, 2014 15:46
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comes along bort posted:Even assuming they flipped every single Senate seat up for grabs this year, they'd still be short of a veto-proof majority, so no nothing would change if they get the Senate back apart from Obama not being able to get judicial nominations through, but Republicans have been using a parliamentary procedure called blue slips to block nominees anyway. Right. The risk is less that Republicans will force stuff into law, and more that they'll force Obama into lovely compromises or deals. Beyond appealing to his bipartisanship fetish, they could also more easily set up cliff situations with the debt ceiling or government shutdown. Additionally, forcing Obama to use the veto power and/or the Senate to filibuster measures changes the "obstruction" dynamic - rather than a situation like we have with the Immigration Bill where Democrats can blame the House for not passing legislation that went through the Senate with 70 votes and the President would sign, now the dynamic would be a minority of Dem senators blocking something the House passed and a majority of Senators would vote for, or Obama vetoing a bill that passed the House and Senate (probably with a handful of picked-off Dem votes).
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Oct 29, 2014 16:27
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My Imaginary GF posted:I'm just wondering, what would thr implications be if warrentless wiretapping of major elected officials in one particular major American political party revealed that significant sums of foreign money were being used to support populist, anti-government candidates, paid for by a historical rival power using some of their communist oil money? If you needed warrantless wiretapping to prove that...
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Oct 29, 2014 16:52
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Jagchosis posted:Wait is he seriously still doing that poo poo? I remember this story breaking over a month ago (friend of a friend is this fucker's doomed opposition's campaign manager) and even members of the GOP were publicly distancing themselves from this guy Yeah, he should lead by example if he wants to be taken seriously.
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Oct 29, 2014 16:55
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CommieGIR posted:If you needed warrantless wiretapping to prove that... To get it on tape.
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Oct 29, 2014 16:58
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My Imaginary GF posted:To get it on tape. After Romney's 47% gaffe, you can bet the more intelligent of the bunch are being wary of electronic devices.
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Oct 29, 2014 17:01
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Can someone parse this? It's obviously meant to drive down black turnout, especially in Michigan, but the angles of attack are...interesting. Sure has a high upvote rating, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUSRZo1BE5o
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Oct 29, 2014 17:05
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CaptainCarrot posted:I don't see McConnell getting 60 votes for any of those, particularly since every seat at risk this year with the exception of Colorado and Iowa was vulnerable to defecting on those anyway. There's often potential defectors in non-vulnerable seats. For example, both MN senators would probably defect on a medical device tax repeal (see: Medtronic), CA senators may be vulnerable on TPP due to tech/entertainment industry issues, etc.
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Oct 29, 2014 17:06
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Any word on Government Shutdown 2: Electric Boogaloo? I haven't heard anything, which makes sense but I remember hearing whispers about it.
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Oct 29, 2014 17:18
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Dante Logos posted:Any word on Government Shutdown 2: Electric Boogaloo? I haven't heard anything, which makes sense but I remember hearing whispers about it. 49 D's in the Senate, and its 6 more weeks of shutdown 50 D's and its 104 weeks of awesome 51 D's and above and its Hilldawg's call
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Oct 29, 2014 17:20
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Joementum posted:What will Michele do next? Define some of civilization's rules, possibly become the leader of the civilizing forces. Is she still under investigation or is there basically zero chance she's going to be charged with anything, let alone go to prison?
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Oct 29, 2014 17:21
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Aliquid posted:Can someone parse this? It's obviously meant to drive down black turnout, especially in Michigan, but the angles of attack are...interesting. Sure has a high upvote rating, too. Basically, this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2tLyqfJd54
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Oct 29, 2014 17:29
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saltylopez posted:Basically, this: Still, the use of the word "neoliberal" either didn't come from a GOP astroturfing group, or it did and they have no idea what it means.
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Oct 29, 2014 17:36
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Warcabbit posted:I swear, I was looking for reasons to support Astorino. He's apparently good on wetlands and he's responsible for raising the Saw Mill an inch so it doesn't flood so badly. I don't really see any way in which progressive values are better served by having Andrew Cuomo as the Governor of New York and a player in national democratic politics as opposed to Rob Astorino as a weak, Republican Governor of NY who can't get any of his policies passed. Cuomo is pretty much Chris Christie with a D next to his famous last name.
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Oct 29, 2014 17:43
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Not really sure if this is the place for this but if we wanna start drinking more, this might be the thing that starts it. I could go on about how outrageous it is that a list which is supposed to confirm identities doesn't require exact matches in information but we all know it's not actually about confirming identities at this point, right?
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Oct 29, 2014 18:19
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quote:That was the sales pitch. But the actual lists show that not only are middle names commonly mismatched and suffix discrepancies ignored, even birthdates don’t seem to have been taken into account. Moreover, Crosscheck deliberately ignores Social Security mismatches, in the few instances when the numbers are even collected. The Crosscheck instructions for county election officers state, “Social Security numbers are included for verification; the numbers might or might not match.” Hmm, looks like there is some fraud going on with this voter process.
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Oct 29, 2014 18:22
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In the event the Republicans do gain a majority, am I the only one that doesn't trust Obama to actually use the veto?
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Oct 29, 2014 18:28
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BiggerBoat posted:In the event the Republicans do gain a majority, am I the only one that doesn't trust Obama to actually use the veto? I'd like to hope that he'd keep the backbone he finally started to show in the past couple years, but given his first term and all the attempts to appear "bipartisan" by completely capitulating on GOP demands I am not too sure about what will happen.
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Oct 29, 2014 18:30
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BiggerBoat posted:In the event the Republicans do gain a majority, am I the only one that doesn't trust Obama to actually use the veto? He did, finally, stare them down during the shutdown. I get it, I'm afraid to trust again too, but I think in this instance there's some small reason for
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Oct 29, 2014 18:35
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BiggerBoat posted:In the event the Republicans do gain a majority, am I the only one that doesn't trust Obama to actually use the veto? Veto what, his articles of impeachment?
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Oct 29, 2014 18:36
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Robviously posted:Not really sure if this is the place for this but if we wanna start drinking more, this might be the thing that starts it.
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Oct 29, 2014 18:42
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I could have seen that voter purge happening under Cuccinelli, but how did it still happen even with a Democratic AG?
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Oct 29, 2014 18:45
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:I could have seen that voter purge happening under Cuccinelli, but how did it still happen even with a black Democratic AG?
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Oct 29, 2014 18:50
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BiggerBoat posted:In the event the Republicans do gain a majority, am I the only one that doesn't trust Obama to actually use the veto? When they take the senate and make gains in the House I'd be completely loving stunned if he doesn't capitulate to the "will of the voters" and swing to the right. I think his standing firm during the shutdown was a fluke. I look forward to another stolen election and absolutely no consequences for those involved.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:01
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Quote of the day, “An American jihad would embrace the correct belief that if every nation on earth were governed by freely elected leaders and by our Constitution, the world would be a far better place.” ~  "Dr." Keith Ablow, on the necessity of invading Canada.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:12
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:I could have seen that voter purge happening under Cuccinelli, but how did it still happen even with a Democratic AG? My liberal utopia of a state of Massachusetts uses it so I don't even loving know. I'm gonna be recording the segment on Al-Jazeera later tonight and try my damnedest not to succumb to the rage.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:25
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Joementum posted:Quote of the day, “An American jihad would embrace the correct belief that if every nation on earth were governed by freely elected leaders and by our Constitution, the world would be a far better place.” ~ Holy poo poo that op ed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iiv-6fMKyY
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Oct 29, 2014 19:40
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Shot:Joementum posted:Willie Horton's back, baby, in this NRCC ad for Lee Terry! Chaser: quote:In court Wednesday for a hearing regarding his competency, convicted killer Nikko Jenkins shouted his opinion on the race for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:47
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Doctor Butts posted:Palin had a pretty enough face, non-overweight figure with a cup size above B. She also did things that her constituents fetishize women doing: being pretty and doing manly things like holding rifles. I skipped a number of pages to get to the one this post is on and I have to say that this post, taken entirely out of context (which I know nothing about), is a fantastic summary of women candidates and the horrible sexism in this country.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:48
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Joementum posted:Shot: What a Schocker! I expect plenty more of these teachable moments coming from Aaron's NRCC.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:49
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MickeyFinn posted:I skipped a number of pages to get to the one this post is on and I have to say that this post, taken entirely out of context (which I know nothing about), is a fantastic summary of women candidates and the horrible sexism in this country. There's certainly a specific subset of likely conservative voters(moreso than Democrats given conservative gender roles and socialization) which is very hung up on the attractivness of a candidate, male and female, as relevant. Note the "look how pretty our conservative female politicians are" memes, and basically none coming from the Democrat side.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:51
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Joementum posted:Quote of the day, “An American jihad would embrace the correct belief that if every nation on earth were governed by freely elected leaders and by our Constitution, the world would be a far better place.” ~ He wants to create the Reagan Youth, get former Congresspeople elected as leaders of foreign nations and turn government into a religion. Yet you focus on the quote that basically already describes our foreign policy? That article is legit scary. Happy Halloween!
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Oct 29, 2014 19:56
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The best part of that crazy op-edquote:Dr. Keith Ablow is a psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team
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Oct 29, 2014 20:06
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Soviet Commubot posted:The best part of that crazy op-ed I'd like to hear what his treatment advice for Napoleonic Complex is
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Oct 29, 2014 20:09
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Pegged Lamb posted:I'd like to hear what his treatment advice for Napoleonic Complex is Invading Russia.
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FlamingLiberal posted:I was not aware of this program, but it certainly seems like the ace in the hole for the GOP if they want to continue to win elections despite losing in demographics. Really gross that you've got 80,000 plus voters in VA and GA being purged with no oversight. Jerry Manderbilt posted:I could have seen that voter purge happening under Cuccinelli, but how did it still happen even with a Democratic AG? Not to go full MIGF, but doing nothing about this may simply be an attempt at gaining political firepower. If every election this was going to matter in was a lost cause to begin with, then losing in such a fashion while having the evidence to back it up seems to be quite the GOTV motivator come 2016. Why fight a losing battle now when it can become a winning issue later? It does require those battles to already be lost though, and I'm not familiar enough with those races to know if it matters. Although, I can already here the replies of "If the government can't even keep track of voters and fraud properly, then maybe we should look at alternatives  ". I mean that's kinda like building a lovely house that collapses so you can discredit houses as a domicile, but par for the course.
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