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I'll admit The Most Important Election Ever 3: The Vote Warriors™ is a pretty solid sequel, but my favorite will always be the 2016 original: The Most Important Election Ever: Abuela Rising™
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funny thing is, even if we assume that the whole "most important election ever" isn't just cynical hostage-taking and the dems actually believe this poo poo, it feels like a p bad situation to put yourself in if literally every single election is this massive existential crisis of unprecedented importance
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Nov 5, 2022 21:46
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Cerebral Bore posted:funny thing is, even if we assume that the whole "most important election ever" isn't just cynical hostage-taking and the dems actually believe this poo poo, it feels like a p bad situation to put yourself in if literally every single election is this massive existential crisis of unprecedented importance It's just further evidence that the filibuster should be eliminated and the parties need to start posting manifestos like they do in the UK and a lot of other European parliaments. Get elected --> pass your massive plank of bills to fulfill your promises ---> prosper, etc
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Nov 5, 2022 23:17
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:It's just further evidence that the filibuster should be eliminated and the parties need to start posting manifestos like they do in the UK and a lot of other European parliaments. Get elected --> pass your massive plank of bills to fulfill your promises ---> prosper, etc That system would mark the final end of the Dems
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Nov 5, 2022 23:36
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fast cars loose anus posted:That system would mark the final end of the Dems Nah, it would just force them to put the fuckin honey on the table
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Nov 5, 2022 23:45
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:Nah, it would just force them to put the fuckin honey on the table Which the dems are categorically incapable of doing, hence the end of the dems. The democrats do not believe in projects that would help the average worker. They are *already* achieving their governance goals. Everything else is smoke and mirrors they never intend to follow up on
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Nov 5, 2022 23:48
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Nix Panicus posted:Which the dems are categorically incapable of doing, hence the end of the dems. The democrats do not believe in projects that would help the average worker. They are *already* achieving their governance goals. Everything else is smoke and mirrors they never intend to follow up on well, then this would lead to an actual progressive party replacing them hopefully!
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Nov 5, 2022 23:51
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:Nah, it would just force them to put the fuckin honey on the table lmao
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:Nah, it would just force them to put the fuckin honey on the table you're positing a dem party that "passes its massive plank of bills" lol
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Nov 6, 2022 00:37
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:It's just further evidence that the filibuster should be eliminated and the parties need to start posting manifestos like they do in the UK and a lot of other European parliaments. Get elected --> pass your massive plank of bills to fulfill your promises ---> prosper, etc the democrats would have a whole clown car full of senators willing to suddenly get Very Concerned about the defecit
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Nov 6, 2022 01:52
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Nix Panicus posted:There was a lot of energy after the election to declare election day a federal holiday to fight voter suppression. Not everyone gets federal holidays off, but a lot of people do, so it would make a huge difference in voter turnout. And of course the democrats had declared voter rights a top priority in the wake of widespread suppression during the 2020 election, so it seemed like a natural priority, right? they declared it so quickly that the USPS didn't even have time to give their workers the day off that first year, and it's still kinda up in the air for federal workers in general lol
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fast cars loose anus posted:you're positing a dem party that "passes its massive plank of bills" lol one stupid dumbo
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Also what happens in the UK is parties write a manifesto and then when they become the government they implement the bits they want and say now isn't the right time to do the bits they never intended to do. There's always an external event that can be blamed for making conditions unsuitable for often incredibly tenuous reasons. If there isn't then the party deposes the prime minister and their replacement says something like we will stick to the spirit if not the letter of the manifesto which is exactly what has just happened
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Nov 6, 2022 03:06
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Lib and let die posted:Florida blackmailer just dropped uuggghh this image triggered a memory of a couple months after 2016 my loving boomer dad looked up my voting record I guess online or something and found out I didn't vote. I just came over to visit and he suddenly started waving this thing he got in the mail around and was like "You didn't vote for Hillary! What the gently caress?" and I was caught off guard but I was like "What is that? Are you sure it's accurate? I loving voted for her! " and luckily my dad is kinda gullible and he was like "Hmmmm? maybe it's not updated yet?" and I changed the subject but that poo poo should be illegal. It's like mind ya business 
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Koishi Komeiji posted:uuggghh this image triggered a memory of a couple months after 2016 my loving boomer dad looked up my voting record I guess online or something and found out I didn't vote. I just came over to visit and he suddenly started waving this thing he got in the mail around and was like "You didn't vote for Hillary! What the gently caress?" and I was caught off guard but I was like "What is that? Are you sure it's accurate? I loving voted for her! " and luckily my dad is kinda gullible and he was like "Hmmmm? maybe it's not updated yet?" and I changed the subject but that poo poo should be illegal. It's like mind ya business Wield your terrible power next time. You could be as feared as Susan Sarandon.
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this thread getting down voted two days before election day is very funny almost like.. a warning..
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ex post facho posted:this thread getting down voted two days before election day is very funny 
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Koishi Komeiji posted:uuggghh this image triggered a memory of a couple months after 2016 my loving boomer dad looked up my voting record I guess online or something and found out I didn't vote. I just came over to visit and he suddenly started waving this thing he got in the mail around and was like "You didn't vote for Hillary! What the gently caress?" and I was caught off guard but I was like "What is that? Are you sure it's accurate? I loving voted for her! " and luckily my dad is kinda gullible and he was like "Hmmmm? maybe it's not updated yet?" and I changed the subject but that poo poo should be illegal. It's like mind ya business Shoulda said it was voter suppression and proof or the republican big steal. Maybe say you saw two big Russian guys talking to the poll workers while you were there. It would have absolutely liquified his brains
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Nov 6, 2022 08:40
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Minecraft Holmes posted:they declared it so quickly that the USPS didn't even have time to give their workers the day off that first year, and it's still kinda up in the air for federal workers in general lol They passed Juneteenth as a consolation prize for the systemic racism and corruption in the justice system that kicked off the 2020 protests but didn't really do anything else except push for even more cop funding. Its so utterly transparent and condescending and its infuriating because it worked. I got into an argument with some very social justice minded lib friends over summer 2021 about it and they kept trying to point a 1950s book that didnt get published til 1999 as proof that Juneteenth was a popular and beloved holiday across the country with deep significance and calling it a blatant distraction from the democrat's total inaction on actual racial justice was extremely rude.
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:It's just further evidence that the filibuster should be eliminated and the parties need to start posting manifestos like they do in the UK and a lot of other European parliaments. Get elected --> pass your massive plank of bills to fulfill your promises ---> prosper, etc One of the biggest controversies for conservatives in Canada was that they would just put all their legislative priorities into a bill, and then pass it. And it wasn't fair! That's not how we're supposed to do it! Etc.
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Nov 6, 2022 13:42
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Nix Panicus posted:They passed Juneteenth as a consolation prize for the systemic racism and corruption in the justice system that kicked off the 2020 protests but didn't really do anything else except push for even more cop funding. Its so utterly transparent and condescending and its infuriating because it worked. I got into an argument with some very social justice minded lib friends over summer 2021 about it and they kept trying to point a 1950s book that didnt get published til 1999 as proof that Juneteenth was a popular and beloved holiday across the country with deep significance and calling it a blatant distraction from the democrat's total inaction on actual racial justice was extremely rude. columbus days adoption diffused a major east coast immigrant riot after 14 italians were lynched together for doing business with blacks in the south juneteenth is the same thing but instead of naming it after a person tangentially related to the group they are trying to placate that would turn out to actually piss off different people much later, they just went with the colloquial name that makes white people think blacks still cant speak english properly.
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Don't forget that it also serves to piss off a ton of normal people who just found the post office closed on a random Monday Conveniently generating public sentiment against both the government as a whole (via the various different branches and departments affected) and also blm as a cause (when they find out why it's closed) Sometimes i wonder if they intentionally calculate these things so they can have as little positive impact as possible
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Lib and let die posted:Florida blackmailer just dropped Got one of these from beto, it listed that I voted in 2016 and 2018, but not 2020 and said how would you feel if your community knew you didn't vote? And man, seeing that 2020 No convinced me to definitely not vote.
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really queer Christmas posted:Got one of these from beto, it listed that I voted in 2016 and 2018, but not 2020 and said how would you feel if your community knew you didn't vote? And man, seeing that 2020 No convinced me to definitely not vote. (I have no idea how many votes the green party actually got)
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In Training posted:If you submit a blank ballot does that still count as voting probably but at that point you're passing up the chance to write gently caress a bunch of times and getting nothing in return so quite frankly i don't understand your value structure
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In Training posted:If you submit a blank ballot does that still count as voting Yes because they record you as turning out
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Ive gotten 12 emails from stacey abrams (some written in character from her dog) in the last 24 hours and i dont even live in georgia.
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Nov 6, 2022 15:51
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absolutely psychotic like in japan they have vans with megaphones that go around neighborhoods and be a nuisance/ruin your day that way, poo poo like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOJAxf9XpoQ they're not sending you short stories from the perspective of their pets
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Phone posted:absolutely psychotic Its not actually a short story. It's a chatlog between her two dogs, with several embedded actblue links I've removed. Howl’s it goin’, Alice! It’s Teddy and I have a paw-some update for you! Teddy Hi Teddy. What’s new? Alice The good news is the plan to get Stacey to the Governor’s Mansion is a bone-ified success! We’ve fetched some great numbers during Early Vote, with over 2 million humans casting their ballots. Teddy That is howl-ariously great news! Alice Everyone on Team Abrams is working like a dog to persuade, mobilize and help voters cast their ballots for our best friend Stacey Abrams — they barely have any time to focus on sneaking me treats. Teddy That’s because they’re giving them all to me in between belly rubs! Alice
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Nix Panicus posted:There was a lot of energy after the election to declare election day a federal holiday to fight voter suppression. Not everyone gets federal holidays off, but a lot of people do, so it would make a huge difference in voter turnout. And of course the democrats had declared voter rights a top priority in the wake of widespread suppression during the 2020 election, so it seemed like a natural priority, right? we got the Great Value Juneteenth flavor ice cream out of the deal so who can say if it's good or bad
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projecthalaxy posted:Its not actually a short story. It's a chatlog between her two dogs, with several embedded actblue links I've removed. that's it, I'm an ultraconservative christian dominionist now
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projecthalaxy posted:Ive gotten 12 emails from stacey abrams (some written in character from her dog) in the last 24 hours and i dont even live in georgia. Son of Sam for Governor?! 
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I'm getting calls marked scam likely that start talking the second voicemail picks up. It's some dick talking like he's leaving a real voicemail but the timing is off so it's like "-- uuuh, come on down, bring any undecided voters you might have, it'll be our last campaign stop before the election we'll shock the world by getting a senator from our area, see you there. Shock the world!" Uh OK thanks I'll be sure to delete this Mr Senator Uuuh. Will write you in 4 sure.
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SniperWoreConverse posted:I'm getting calls marked scam likely that start talking the second voicemail picks up. It's some dick talking like he's leaving a real voicemail but the timing is off so it's like "-- uuuh, come on down, bring any undecided voters you might have, it'll be our last campaign stop before the election we'll shock the world by getting a senator from our area, see you there. Shock the world!" Nichael is Working Hard!
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Updating my prediction from earlier in the thread: Democrats will lose 37 house seats and 3 senate seats.
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me thinking about the democrats getting destroyed in 2 days:
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