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Amused to Death posted:Montana has a loving democratic governor and senator And yet this congressional seat was +20R. Compare apples to apples.
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Rigel posted:No, this is silly. Also, you know Sir Chokes-a-lot has to defend his seat in 2018, right? He gets to do this poo poo again in 6 months with actual governance in this Congress under his belt. Win or lose this is a shiving.
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Ein Sexmonster posted:Take your meds. https://open.spotify.com/track/23luOrEVHMfoX0AhfbQuS6
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Ein Sexmonster posted:Whose rereg are you? I'm everybody's rereg. And mostly joking, the gains actually are pretty real but unless loss of healthcare kills off a few million boomers we are basically hosed as a people. I'd abandon ship but that would be way harder than posting about it.
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Arist posted:I just meant they've all been popping out of the woodwork in the last few minutes or so Well, we're behind schedule for the show trials, concentration camps, and suspension of constitutional government. People need affirmation.
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May 26, 2017 04:14
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Spiritus Nox posted:Yeah you're right sitting around smugly proclaiming "this'll cost them NEXT TIME" over and over and over and over and over again is a proven winning strategy, how could I loving forget The only thing that actually matters in this election is as a barometer of the national mood, in combination with the other special elections. No matter how much you desire real results, those are not possible until 2018.
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Spiritus Nox posted:Yeah you're right sitting around smugly proclaiming "this'll cost them NEXT TIME" over and over and over and over and over again is a proven winning strategy, how could I loving forget I'll tell pelosi next time I see her
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Arist posted:Holy poo poo when did the brokebrains invade
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538 posted:
So I was wrong and actually if Quist wins it's more like implying the Dems get 340 seats
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May 26, 2017 04:15
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Spiffster posted:Your point being? Dude, Montana should never have been competitive and the fact that it was should freak the GOP out.
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May 26, 2017 04:16
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Nearly 200k votes and that margin is holding steady at 2%....hmm.
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May 26, 2017 04:16
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Ein Sexmonster posted:No one is saying that. There's literally people ITT saying "yeah it's better if Gianforte wins so we can hang it around the GOP's neck" as though Americans aren't just taking it as a signal that beating the poo poo out of uppity reporters is okay now.
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yeah but fox news comments were based on "it's not our side so it's the end of the world" instead of "holy poo poo it's literally a scandal a day and oh my god look at the cuts they are making and look at this healthcare bill"
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Also, you know Sir Chokes-a-lot has to defend his seat in 2018, right? He gets to do this poo poo again in 6 months with actual governance in this Congress under his belt. Win or lose this is a shiving. He also gains incumbent advantage where baring him leaving he's probably staying. Look at Walorski in my district. Hasn't met with us in years and still wins despite being extremely unpopular. Name recognition alone is enough for him now to coast
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May 26, 2017 04:16
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Spiffster posted:Your point being? I'm not trying to single you out but I feel like you're lacking perspective on what different worlds exist in some of these places. If we are going to win, we need Quist types to keep running and lose and run again and win, and always keep trying, keep talking, keep engaging and becoming the solution. They should be but the the world that the people of Montana live in is not this thread.
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Caros posted:In a way, isn't every loss a victory? Every failure is just a success you haven't had yet
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Spiritus Nox posted:There's literally people ITT saying "yeah it's better if Gianforte wins so we can hang it around the GOP's neck" as though Americans aren't just taking it as a signal that beating the poo poo out of uppity reporters is okay now.
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May 26, 2017 04:17
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First they came for the reporters and I dais nothing, for I voted early.
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ISeeCuckedPeople posted:Nearly 200k votes and that margin is holding steady at 2%....hmm. Can I blame russian hacking yet
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Spiritus Nox posted:There's literally people ITT saying "yeah it's better if Gianforte wins so we can hang it around the GOP's neck" as though Americans aren't just taking it as a signal that beating the poo poo out of uppity reporters is okay now. sorry im having trouble on mobile where everything I read from you is dumb and bad
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 For people who were curious about what this means for the house at large. If the momentum we've shown in Kansas, New Hampshire, Georgia, and now Montana continues, the dems will win the house.
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Arist posted:I just meant they've all been popping out of the woodwork in the last few minutes or so They come poo poo post when bad poo poo happens but then sink into the swamp whenever things don't fit their narrative which is most of the time.
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May 26, 2017 04:17
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:And yet this congressional seat was +20R. Compare apples to apples. That's what I don't get, it's the exact same electorate. It's an at large state. The exact same set of voters votes for governor, senator, and house.
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Spiritus Nox posted:There's literally people ITT saying "yeah it's better if Gianforte wins so we can hang it around the GOP's neck" as though Americans aren't just taking it as a signal that beating the poo poo out of uppity reporters is okay now. I said it was a silver lining, not better.
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CrocodileKingSaysNO posted:yeah but fox news comments were based on "it's not our side so it's the end of the world" I appreciate the defense but I also don't deserve it. I've been legit sky is falling for months now. But hope springs eternal and I'm almost drunk enough to think that American politics isn't going to be only the republican primary nattering forever.
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May 26, 2017 04:18
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I haven't yet gotten to "yep Quist has lost, 100% for sure" just yet, but I'm almost there. This may get called in another hour. There's a lot of vote still out, but with the current margin, I'm having trouble envisioning what victory would look like.
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Spiffster posted:He also gains incumbent advantage where baring him leaving he's probably staying. Look at Walorski in my district. Hasn't met with us in years and still wins despite being extremely unpopular. Name recognition alone is enough for him now to coast Maybe not after two more years of the Trump clownshow and when people are actually losing their health insurance.
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May 26, 2017 04:18
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Wait who are the broke brains now? The people who think losing is winning or the people who think losing is losing?
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Spiritus Nox posted:There's literally people ITT saying "yeah it's better if Gianforte wins so we can hang it around the GOP's neck" as though Americans aren't just taking it as a signal that beating the poo poo out of uppity reporters is okay now. Quist seems like a good candidate. Trying to spin him losing to a pile of poo poo as a preferable outcome to actually winning due to some imagined bad optics, as if people give enough of a poo poo about that crap anymore, is beyond grotesque
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TildeATH posted:Wait who are the broke brains now? The people who think losing is winning or the people who think losing is losing? if you have to ask
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Al Borland Corp. posted:That's what I don't get, it's the exact same electorate. It's an at large state. The exact same set of voters votes for governor, senator, and house.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Also, you know Sir Chokes-a-lot has to defend his seat in 2018, right? He gets to do this poo poo again in 6 months with actual governance in this Congress under his belt. Win or lose this is a shiving. Yeah, that's the sweet part, it's not exactly 6million lost by the DNC for Quist since they've built the base for him a bit. Meanwhile, Dipshit McFlair gets to vote on an absolutely toxic GOP agenda.
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May 26, 2017 04:19
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Rigel posted:I haven't yet gotten to "yep Quist has lost, 100% for sure" just yet, but I'm almost there. This may get called in another hour. DDHQ is reporting election day vote is outstanding so 
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May 26, 2017 04:19
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Arist posted:if you have to ask Look I'm just trying to triangulate, baby.
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May 26, 2017 04:20
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tekz posted:Quist seems like a good candidate. Trying to spin him losing to a pile of poo poo as a preferable outcome to actually winning due to some imagined bad optics, as if people give enough of a poo poo about that crap anymore, is beyond grotesque
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Spiritus Nox posted:There's literally people ITT saying "yeah it's better if Gianforte wins so we can hang it around the GOP's neck" as though Americans aren't just taking it as a signal that beating the poo poo out of uppity reporters is okay now. Actually I believe that was mentioned as a "silver lining." And I called it a "boobie prize."
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https://decisiondeskhq.com/results/montana-at-large-congressional-election/quote:Update: 5/25/2017 10:39PM 
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May 26, 2017 04:20
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Why is this MT special election being held in the first place? Did someone retire or join the Trump admin?
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May 26, 2017 04:21
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Al Borland Corp. posted:That's what I don't get, it's the exact same electorate. It's an at large state. The exact same set of voters votes for governor, senator, and house. Yeah I am absolutely baffled by it too. Governor I get...sort of. Local state issues can be different from the national environment. I mean, Maryland is one of the bluest states in the nation and it elected a Republican as Governor and he's fairly popular. Senate is the real 
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This seat was going to be largely symbolic anyway, but unfortunately, instead of symbolizing "uh oh, maybe we gotta taper back on killing our constituents and our deference to the insane corrupt toddler", it symbolizes "ha! gently caress off, journalists.”Shimrra Jamaane posted:And yet this congressional seat was +20R. Compare apples to apples. Montana only has one congressman in the House. It is apples to apples.
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