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Lord Hydronium posted:I know Freepers are delusional by nature, but thinking Massachusetts is a red state is just a whole new level. Western Mass is heavily rural and republican. The seaboard, where people actually live, more than balances them out though.
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jojoinnit posted:Western Mass is heavily rural and republican. The seaboard, where people actually live, more than balances them out though. Western MA is rural but not overly Republican. Worcester suburbs and the North Shore are where the GOP get their votes from. Hell, Western MA features Springfield, Northampton, and Hadley, three of the most liberal places in the state.
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Lord Hydronium posted:I know Freepers are delusional by nature, but thinking Massachusetts is a red state is just a whole new level. If you're only in the 'burbs, you might see a lot of Trump signs; there's a few near my college that I wish I had the foresight to throw in a large river, for example. That said, there's also the weird dichotomy that MA votes R locally and D natioanlly; our Rs are still pretty loving liberal, but if you're unversed in MA politics, it can seem like a red state if all you care about is local elections.
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Neito posted:If you're only in the 'burbs, you might see a lot of Trump signs; there's a few near my college that I wish I had the foresight to throw in a large river, for example.
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FMguru posted:The way I've always heard it is that MA is a very Democratic state, but don't think for one minute that translates to it being a very liberal state. It's a weird state. We have legal weed, but you can't buy beer at most convenience stores. It's a mish-mash of weird college kids and very, very old thought. I've always thought of it as pretty liberal, but that's compared to New Hampshire (the "gently caress you, taxes" state) and Rhode Island (The "Oh, you mean like Family Guy" state).
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Jagged Jim posted:Even being ‘not popular’, I still don’t believe it. Most people know the Breshears are corrupted politicians.
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Neito posted:It's a weird state. We have legal weed, but you can't buy beer at most convenience stores. It's a mish-mash of weird college kids and very, very old thought. I've always thought of it as pretty liberal, but that's compared to New Hampshire (the "gently caress you, taxes" state) and Rhode Island (The "Oh, you mean like Family Guy" state). There are some very insanely liberal enclaves, but the old Kennedy-era Democratic sentiment never disappeared. It's why that weedy little ginger poo poo Joe Kennedy is probably gonna beat Markey in the Senate primary  Still, the state's plenty liberal on social issues, union-friendly, enjoys a fairly high standard of living, and if you can stand the accents and the Patriots fans, it's a good place to live.
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Fritz Coldcockin posted:if you can stand ... the Patriots fans, it's a good place to live. I live near Foxboro. I stand them in that I don't actively stop them from abusing the roads in my town. (Still, go Pats)
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InsertPotPun posted:this guy thinks "bashear" is his ethnic group and not his name. He's part of a pretty big political KY family.
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Neito posted:If you're only in the 'burbs, you might see a lot of Trump signs; there's a few near my college that I wish I had the foresight to throw in a large river, for example. Also 2016 is a weird example, because almost all the enthusiasm was on the Trump side even if he had a minority of voters. Yard signs being a metric of enthusiasm, I can see a trucker seeing way more Trump signs than Clinton in a state that breaks heavily for Clinton. I'd be curious to see house vs. apartment/dorm/condo numbers too, because I suspect that people with land to put a sign on are probably closer to 50/50 if not outright tilting Trump. InsertPotPun posted:this guy thinks "bashear" is his ethnic group and not his name. His father was the (popular, Democratic) governor before Bevin. Corsair Pool Boy fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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Freepers are probably pretty stoked to hear that Brevin is still refusing to concede, the election could go to the state legislature and as it's Republican controlled they'd be guaranteed to say Bevin actually won and keep him in office. Anyway wooo VA got us a Dem controlled state legislature. It'd be nice if they'd do good things like raise the minimum wage to 15, but I'm not holding my breath. Still, I'm pretty sure I already know how Freep is taking it. There'll be a few "Sad that the liberal brainwashing has gotten to Virginia" and "I'm angry kids these days are so stupid as to vote for free stuff." There will be lots of talk about voter fraud due to either "all those illegals" or because of the district redrawings. And I'm sure I'll see a couple of posts about how NoVa is so close to "the swamp" that it's ruining the state. At least one person will probably lament that Virginia "used to be such a nice place." Well, time to dive in. Let's start with "voter fraud due to district redrawings." quote:Well that shows the effects of the gerrymandering in Virginia. Ah, right. I forgot there were a few districts that had candidates running unopposed. Most of them were Dem, though there were a few unopposed Republicans as well. Of course, Freep doesn't care about that. quote:Obama Federal Judges rewrote all the VA districts recently . quote:The Democrats “won” by getting a Kalifornia Communist “Professor” to gerrymander the maps to benefit the Democrats. Gerrymander is good when it benefits Democrats, it is bad when it benefits Republicans. Pretty good results. Now let's go for "voter fraud due to illegals." quote:My part of Virginia has been murdered - the schools - EMS - by illegals and northerners who come for all the jobs then vote the way that killed their state. quote:that’s what happens when you import sh!theads, illegals and tons of cheap legal immigrants years after years. quote:The WDC area is a cesspool of illegals, government “workers”, retired government “workers”, often-unAmerican immigrants, LIB lunatics, lawyers, consultants to government, people on welfare, perverts and other assorted jetsom. They have a lot to lose if true MAGA occurs. Many of them should arrested for their various crimes. quote:A direct result of illegal immigration and nothing else. quote:Court drawn districts and especially in NoVa there are districts with large amounts of illegals and resident aliens. So a handful of Leftist voters can win the district. quote:Northern Virginia is a cancer that should be sliced off from the rest of the state. Too bad the disease has killed the state. Now stand by for full on boot on the neck oppression. NVA is full of the scum of the earth and illegals and Muslims are everywhere. Catastrophic change is already happening and the change is accelerating. quote:VA is lost - uncontrolled immigration, third-world parasites, illegals and NE liberals dominate. And just a general "voter fraud" comment. quote:Headline should have read: Now the "Virginia used to be such a nice place" comments. quote:And Virginia USED to have such nice places to visit. quote:This is one of several reasons I moved from Virginia almost a year ago. Don’t miss it at all. quote:I saw the writing on the wall and left last year. Have not missed it and I am now in NC in a neighborhood where everyone shoots off their back porch. quote:Now VA will be an official MS-13 sanctuary instead of the usual wink-and-nod routine. quote:Virginfornia is for Leeches. quote:Virginia was one of the most fiscally responsible states in the USA. And finally the "Northern Virginia is too close to the swamp" comments. quote:I was mentioning to my wife this morning that Virginia is the “rich guy extension” of DC. I was not surprised by the results. One can only hope that this statement is true. quote:Maryland and Virginia are connected to the DC Swamp. Both are blue. Just like Maryland, Virginia will never be red again. quote:+10! NOVA is also bloated with foreigners too who vote Rat. It is a disgusting mess and it’s time to leave. quote:Northern Virginia is a cancer which has killed the state. You could smell defeat even at my local polling place. The Dems had a tented table with many workers passing out literature and intercepting all who approached the polling doors before they went in. The Republicans had two people, one who was the wife of the Republican candidate, and both of them were just standing on the sidewalk. It's cute when Freepers pretend to care about the oppressed. quote:NoVa did well because they couldn’t control the rest of the state. That is over now. The Dems control everything. So if NoVa wants to siphon money from the rest of the state, they can do that now. If they want to pass state-wide emissions standards, they can do that. More “sin” taxes. More gun control. quote:The Swamp works in DC but the bastards live in Northern VA. They're destroying the state. Okay, so there's a whole other thread with like five pages but I've posted way too many freep comments already. You get the idea. I think I had a pretty good feel for how Freep would respond. But I will share a last couple of comments. First, one guy who just decided to combine everything I predicted into one single post. quote:Gerrymandering, Soros money, illegal immigration, legal immigration, Northeasters moving into northern Virginia, government workers, expansion of government (overflowing of DC and Maryland into the Old Dominion), etc.  quote:RE: It is more than what is discussed in this article IMO. The GOP didn’t try very hard. There was no fire in the belly and the Democrats way out hustled and out spent the GOP. And a palate cleanser, a thread where I don't know what the hell they're talking about but I'm 100% sure it's not what the thread title says. Delta Air Lines will now show unedited gay sex scenes in movies on its flights
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FReep posted:This “win” is entirely illegitimate, and nothing that they pass deserves any respect. It’s long past time that the right adopts the #Resist framework. Wait, they haven't used the #resist playbook? What the gently caress was 2009-2017 and how does it differ from the GOP refusing to do anything? FReeper centralva posted:Virginia was one of the most fiscally responsible states in the USA. Yes, shortly after Warner was elected and fixed the giant hole in the budget created by Gilmore's "No Car Tax". And he somehow found more money for roads and schools, too. Twelve by Pies posted:Anyway wooo VA got us a Dem controlled state legislature. It'd be nice if they'd do good things like raise the minimum wage to 15, but I'm not holding my breath. I think they'll raise the minimum wage, but I expect a 'compromise' like $10 or $11.50 phased in over a few years. REALLY curious to see what they do (if anything) on guns and Rx prices.
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Freep gently caress posted:Well that shows the effects of the gerrymandering in Virginia. Now do Wisconsin, where Walker lost the gubernatorial race yet the R's have a 63-36 advantage in the state house and proceeded to gut the incoming governor's powers during their lame duck period.
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Corsair Pool Boy posted:Also 2016 is a weird example, because almost all the enthusiasm was on the Trump side even if he had a minority of voters. Yard signs being a metric of enthusiasm, I can see a trucker seeing way more Trump signs than Clinton in a state that breaks heavily for Clinton. I'd be curious to see house vs. apartment/dorm/condo numbers too, because I suspect that people with land to put a sign on are probably closer to 50/50 if not outright tilting Trump. Visiting my mom in west Texas I saw more Beto than Cruz signs last fall. As in 0 Cruz signs and Beto all over. The town broke for Cruz hard. Signs mean jack and poo poo. And I definitely think being an opposition that feels they're finally "competitive" encourages gestures like that. Gonna say anecdotally I prolly saw more Trump and Bernie in NY in 2016 than Hillary. Edgar Allen Ho fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Nov 6, 2019 |
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Twelve by Pies posted:
brief research I did basically says Delta used to edit out any gay sex from the movies they showed online, but wouldn't for similar heterosexual sex scenes. Now they stopped doing it. I guess Olivia Wilde complained a lot when they took the knife to booksmart, which is at least the example the article I read gave.
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Corsair Pool Boy posted:Yes, shortly after Warner was elected and fixed the giant hole in the budget created by Gilmore's "No Car Tax". And he somehow found more money for roads and schools, too. Because I’ll take any excuse to watch this again: https://youtu.be/EKWx1KRi-xQ
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Pontius Pilate posted:Because I’ll take any excuse to watch this again: https://youtu.be/EKWx1KRi-xQ That’s amazing Now I want my name to be the Gil Mormon. Mods tia
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Ambitious Spider posted:brief research I did basically says Delta used to edit out any gay sex from the movies they showed online, but wouldn't for similar heterosexual sex scenes. Now they stopped doing it. I guess Olivia Wilde complained a lot when they took the knife to booksmart, which is at least the example the article I read gave. It’s more like all airlines blindly buy “the airline edit” from a random vendor and throw it on the hard drives. Now have to actually look at what they’re doing. Eventually one guy says that nothing more than PG should be on the plane anyway because in coach you can’t help but see a couple dozen screens making the content warnings meaningless. I must admit I’ve felt kinda weird when watching HBO shows that randomly have nudity in the middle of them for no reason on a plane. hobbesmaster fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Nov 7, 2019 |
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Pontius Pilate posted:Because I’ll take any excuse to watch this again: https://youtu.be/EKWx1KRi-xQ I'd totally forgotten about that, thank you.
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Corsair Pool Boy posted:
Rumor I've heard is they plan to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Tony Phillips posted:
It's a lie. Virginia Senate election of 2019 D 54.8% R 39.4% 2019 Virginia House of Delegates election D 52.69% R 43.34% The current map is still gerrymandered to favor Republicans, it just isn't as bad as before where it was almost impossible to win. The Democrats will now redraw them.
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Ague Proof posted:
LOL. I can't believe I took a freep post at face value. I mean, it was stupid and hypocritical if it was true, but come the gently caress on. I feel like I should just get Logan's Run'd for this.
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Ok, I found a real reason to be mad at Delta: they put the X-files on planes but only Dogget/Reyes episodes.
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hobbesmaster posted:Ok, I found a real reason to be mad at Delta: they put the X-files on planes but only Dogget/Reyes episodes. monsters
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hobbesmaster posted:Ok, I found a real reason to be mad at Delta: they put the X-files on planes but only Dogget/Reyes episodes. Delta's cancelled.
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Tony Phillips posted:LOL. I can't believe I took a freep post at face value. I mean, it was stupid and hypocritical if it was true, but come the gently caress on. Don't feel bad, a tweet from a Serious Political Person (I don't remember who) got me for a minute too, it's definitely a 'fact' circulating out there. It's nonsense of course, to get a majority of HoR seats last year the Dems had to win the state by upwards of 8 or 9 points. They got the number by ignoring all the districts without candidates from both parties. While there are some districts in the south and west of the state with Republicans running unopposed, there were many many more in the DC suburbs that only had a Dem, or a Dem and a Libertarian, or whatever. When you add all the votes it went something like 1.2m D to 0.98m R. Which, I'm sure FReep will tell you is just because of illegals and the Libertarians stealing votes. Corsair Pool Boy fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Nov 8, 2019 |
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Corsair Pool Boy posted:Which, I'm sure FReep will tell you is just because of illegals and the Libertarians stealing votes. Yeah, if they don't win it's not ever their fault for being terrible people with terrible ideas, it's a scam against their party and them personally.
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My favorite was the 2016 North Carolina Governor's race had Freep claiming Cooper only won through voter fraud which led to some confused Freepers asking why Hillary didn't win NC if the Democrats were doing voter fraud and the response was that if Hillary had won the voter fraud would be discovered easily so they just did voter fraud for Cooper and not Hillary.
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Jagged Jim posted:My favorite was the 2016 North Carolina Governor's race had Freep claiming Cooper only won through voter fraud which led to some confused Freepers asking why Hillary didn't win NC if the Democrats were doing voter fraud and the response was that if Hillary had won the voter fraud would be discovered easily so they just did voter fraud for Cooper and not Hillary. This reminds me of that one South American politician who freaked out because his side committed such widespread voter fraud that they created an utterly implausible landslide, making it obvious that it was a sham.
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Xiahou Dun posted:I just lost it at the one idiot who got Roy and Roger Moore confused. Well, James Bond is also a rapist. Lord Hydronium posted:I know Freepers are delusional by nature, but thinking Massachusetts is a red state is just a whole new level. If you drive a long-haul truck, you'll mostly be driving in rural areas. Of course you're going to see more Republican than Democratic supporters. Fritz Coldcockin posted:There are some very insanely liberal enclaves, but the old Kennedy-era Democratic sentiment never disappeared. It's why that weedy little ginger poo poo Joe Kennedy is probably gonna beat Markey in the Senate primary Is that the anti-vaxxer? Also, general response to the "voter fraud" posts: 
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Nov 10, 2019 05:45
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No, that's Robert Kennedy Jr., thankfully.
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I was hoping for a giant trove of impeachment-related gnashing of teeth as each new bit of testimony comes out... but then I remembered that no one at Freep will actually watch the hearings.
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predicto posted:I was hoping for a giant trove of impeachment-related gnashing of teeth as each new bit of testimony comes out... Oh, they'll watch it. They just firmly believe that every single witness called is either lying or mistaken. Any actual evidence will fly in one ear and out the other.
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chitoryu12 posted:Oh, they'll watch it. They just firmly believe that every single witness called is either lying or mistaken. Any actual evidence will fly in one ear and out the other. "That jim jordan makes a lot of good points they can't answer! Checkmate libs!"
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chitoryu12 posted:Oh, they'll watch it. They just firmly believe that every single witness called is either lying or mistaken. Any actual evidence will fly in one ear and out the other. Really, they won't. They will watch Hannity and Dobbs's spin about it. They will read fwd:fwd:fwd Facebook posts about it. But they won't actually watch it.
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Are they just...not caring anymore? Nothing there so far about the LA gov race tipping to Bel Edwards (D)
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Icon Of Sin posted:Are they just...not caring anymore? Nothing there so far about the LA gov race tipping to Bel Edwards (D) You need to find the 'live' threads that are started hours before results start to come in, dupes get deleted pretty quickly now. I think they have more mods or something because the overall base is becoming more unhinged. quote:WTH is WRONG with Louisiana?! quote:To: Pajamajan voter fraud, voter fraud, gunna get me some of that voter fraud. quote:To: daler http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3794373/posts?q=1&;page=1#1
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Plinkey posted:You need to find the 'live' threads that are started hours before results start to come in, dupes get deleted pretty quickly now. I think they have more mods or something because the overall base is becoming more unhinged. Cool, thank you! Found this one in another thread, and it made me smile  quote:To: Berlin_Freeper e:  quote:To: nutmeg; All Icon Of Sin fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Nov 17, 2019 |
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