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eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Epic High Five posted:

lol any of the spots that got way redder after Brownback and Truck should probably just be razed and salted

ya

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Gringostar
Nov 12, 2016
Morbid Hound

Samurai Sanders posted:

I'm confused, what is this election and why is it significant?

first election post trump

it's basically the bellwether for if we're all hosed or if there's a leftist light at the end of the trump rear end in a top hat

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Samurai Sanders posted:

I'm confused, what is this election and why is it significant?

It's the special election to replace Mike Pompeo, who won the district by +30%

It's an incredibly and heavily Republican district, to the point that the DNC has committed $0 of funding to Thompson's campaign

If Thompson comes close, let alone wins, it's a huge signal to the Republicans that Trump is incredibly toxic. This is muddled a little bit by Thompson running against Brownback (who is loving up the state so badly that the Republicans are revolting against him) and not specifically Trump.

turn off the TV
Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying

FAUXTON posted:

Yeah I'll be the mealy-mouthed milkdrinker here and say there's a good chance a lot of Thompson's support comes from the fact that Kansans have kind of had it with Brownback and his crew. Electoral remorse probably drives a not-insignificant part of it but Kansas is uniquely hosed due to the actions of one Sam Brownback and it's become increasingly evident that the voters are aware of who their enemy is.

Yeah once they started going after public school funding things went south for them pretty drat fast.

Shugojin
Sep 6, 2007

THE TAIL THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT...


Epic High Five posted:

lol any of the spots that got way redder after Brownback and Truck should probably just be razed and salted

good news!!!! that's pretty much what the republicans do

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



It's also the home of Koch Industries

I thought the DCCC did end up sending resources to it tho

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

if there is a next time dems own everything highly blue areas will vote red

americans are perpetually angry so i heard

Corny
Feb 18, 2006

i am scared

Epic High Five posted:

It's also the home of Koch Industries

I thought the DCCC did end up sending resources to it tho

thompson raised $200,000 in the past couple days

edit: not from the DCCC though, small donations apparently

radical meme
Apr 17, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Ahhhh, so the invisible hand of the free market is working perfectly.

Winkie01
Nov 28, 2004
https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/851956465438871553


The blue balls are going to be so good tonight.

ThndrShk2k
Nov 3, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
Bread Liar

Venuz Patrol
Mar 27, 2011

Epic High Five posted:

It's also the home of Koch Industries

I thought the DCCC did end up sending resources to it tho

yeah but not the dnc i think?? people are still mad at perez at any rate

SpiderHyphenMan
Apr 1, 2010

by Fluffdaddy

Samurai Sanders posted:

I'm confused, what is this election and why is it significant?
Pompeo's seat is getting filled, it's the first general election since Trump's inauguration, and a democrat might win even though that hasn't happened in this district in decades.

BAE OF PIGS
Nov 28, 2016

Tup

Epic High Five posted:

It's also the home of Koch Industries

I thought the DCCC did end up sending resources to it tho

I think very recently, but they haven't really had a presence there.

docbeard
Jul 19, 2011

Vertical Lime posted:

americans are perpetually angry so i heard

Why on Earth would you think that Americans are angry when the economy is so good?

(An actual article I saw in the summer of 2016. I should have known then what was coming.)

JosefStalinator
Oct 9, 2007

Come Tbilisi if you want to live.




Grimey Drawer

Gonna lol when the dems get slaughtered anyway

It's gonna be election night all over again!

(seriously though its loving Kansas)

Wraith of J.O.I.
Jan 25, 2012


Everyone reading about KS-04, please remeber: hope is a lie

Solarin
Nov 15, 2007

Vertical Lime posted:

if there is a next time dems own everything highly blue areas will vote red

americans are perpetually angry so i heard

2 party system is poo poo

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

2004 the democratic party is extict
2008 why democrats will run everything the next 40 years

docbeard posted:

Why on Earth would you think that Americans are angry when the economy is so good?

(An actual article I saw in the summer of 2016. I should have known then what was coming.)

why don't we ask pepsi and united

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Venuz Patrol posted:

yeah but not the dnc i think?? people are still mad at perez at any rate

You may be right but I thought the DCCC usually handles these things and the DNC chair is traditionally just a fundraising shill. Not the current role obviously, but bureaucracies change slower than managerial roles do

Fidel Castronaut
Dec 25, 2004

Houston, we're Havana problem.
So do we think there's a good chance that republicans in the house and senate start distancing themselves from trump if Kansas goes blue or purple?

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

Epic High Five posted:

lol any of the spots that got way redder after Brownback and Truck should probably just be razed and salted

shook nate... unshook???

Corny
Feb 18, 2006

i am scared
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/851952684320075776

GobiasIndustries
Dec 14, 2007

Lipstick Apathy

MaxxBot
Oct 6, 2003

you could have clapped

you should have clapped!!

Epic High Five posted:

lol we've already won if it's close, and at the very least we have a fun show ahead if 29 governorships and 100+ house seats all need to be defended with millions of dollars in 2018

I'm getting a bottle of wine anyway YOLO

Don't worry the Dems have 574 days to figure out how to spectacularly gently caress it up!

Winkie01
Nov 28, 2004

How is he the only funny journalist?


https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/851957469769281536

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



Thompson is a Kander-style Dem right?

Ill Peripheral
Jun 29, 2008

Zikan
Feb 29, 2004

Epic High Five posted:

It's also the home of Koch Industries

I thought the DCCC did end up sending resources to it tho

people itt think the dccc dscc and the dnc are all the same thing so they yell lots when one isn't doing a job that's for the other

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.

this tweet was very well done, you're so used to the trope it takes a second to realize what he actually said

Fidel Castronaut
Dec 25, 2004

Houston, we're Havana problem.

perfect male specimen

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004




well that explains it all

turn off the TV
Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying

Epic High Five posted:

You may be right but I thought the DCCC usually handles these things and the DNC chair is traditionally just a fundraising shill. Not the current role obviously, but bureaucracies change slower than managerial roles do

A lot of Thompson's support has come from groups like DFA. I haven't seen any mention of the race from any big name Democrats, only Sanders.

RealityWarCriminal
Aug 10, 2016

:o:

eonwe posted:

im pretty sure he literally watches his wife have sex with other men and jerks off in the corner.

possibly trump is the bull.

if the dude loving is the bull, and the dude not loving is the cuck, what is the woman called

Tainen
Jan 23, 2004

Winkie01 posted:

How is he the only funny journalist?

https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/847856278848380928

Chokes McGee
Aug 7, 2008

This is Urotsuki.
^^^ :argh:

Winkie01 posted:

How is he the only funny journalist?

because he practices on this very forum as Joementum :frogbon:

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

Winkie01 posted:

How is he the only funny journalist?

because it's not supposed to be funny

but it is

RUMP

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Pop-o-Matic Trouble posted:

if the dude loving is the bull, and the dude not loving is the cuck, what is the woman called

cuckoldress??????? idk

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


turn off the TV posted:

A lot of Thompson's support has come from groups like DFA. I haven't seen any mention of the race from any big name Democrats, only Sanders.

Surprise!

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limp dick calvin
Sep 1, 2006

Strepitoso. Vedete? Una meraviglia.

Pop-o-Matic Trouble posted:

if the dude loving is the bull, and the dude not loving is the cuck, what is the woman called

Happy?

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