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2018 mid-term election

Baylor said:
I'm only interested in the facts, the pertinent part where it says Trump was honored with an award for his commitment to tolerance and diversity. The uninformed opinions and conspiracy theories of pseudointellectuals don't interest me.
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What a bizarre argument from authority. A charity's estimation of Trump's character 30 years ago doesn't override direct evidence of his racism today. I would guess that his inclusion on the same stage as people like Rosa Parks has more to do with the content of his bank account and less to do with the quality of his character.

Whether Trump's current racism is an accurate reflection of his inner mind or just a cynical political ploy to play to the worst instincts of the conservative base is irrelevant. Any personal animus is not important, Trump has made racism and bigotry a key element of his political platform.
 
Distracted1 said:
When all is said and done I suspect tomorrow's election will have the highest percentage of voters voting the straight Party ticket ever recorded (if such things are recorded)
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American elections are so strange. In elections up here, we have one thing to vote for at a time: our representative, or whatever issue for a referendum. We don't have 12 different posts and 8 laws to vote for at once.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
What a bizarre argument from authority. A charity's estimation of Trump's character 30 years ago doesn't override direct evidence of his racism today. I would guess that his inclusion on the same stage as people like Rosa Parks has more to do with the content of his bank account and less to do with the quality of his character.

Whether Trump's current racism is an accurate reflection of his inner mind or just a cynical political ploy to play to the worst instincts of the conservative base is irrelevant. Any personal animus is not important, Trump has made racism and bigotry a key element of his political platform.
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If you "guess" that our civil rights leaders would prostitute out their legacy, take it to trash subforum with other unhinged conspiracy theories.
 
Belz... said:
American elections are so strange. In elections up here, we have one thing to vote for at a time: our representative, or whatever issue for a referendum. We don't have 12 different posts and 8 laws to vote for at once.
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Goddamnit voting for Governor, 3rd Assistant Dog Catcher (Small Breed), a referendum on a major issue that matters, and a referendum on whether or not the State's official cigar size should be Corono or Robusto is my God given right as an 'Murican!

In all seriousness giving how apathetic we as a culture are to voting, probably best they get us to vote on as much as possible since we've already (metaphorically in some cases) put on our pants and driven to the voting station.
 
JoeMorgue said:
Goddamnit voting for Governor, 3rd Assistant Dog Catcher (Small Breed), a referendum on a major issue that matters, and a referendum on whether or not the State's official cigar size should be Corono or Robusto is my God given right as an 'Murican!

In all seriousness giving how apathetic we as a culture are to voting, probably best they get us to vote on as much as possible since we've already (metaphorically in some cases) put on our pants and driven to the voting station.
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Apathetic about voting. I don't know if that has anything to do with being in campaing mode 100% of the time. Canadian elections last a couple of weeks and that's already taxing our tolerance.
 
Belz... said:
Apathetic about voting. I don't know if that has anything to do with being in campaing mode 100% of the time. Canadian elections last a couple of weeks and that's already taxing our tolerance.
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I mean as to your "Why do we vote on so many issues at once" observation.

As to the insane length of our campaigning, to the point you can say with full honesty that it never really fully stops but just moves in a cycle of activity, I have no idea.

It probably ties in with the American mentality of looking at other political groups as enemies to be defeated instead of opponents to win over, but I've beat that drum enough.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
What a bizarre argument from authority. A charity's estimation of Trump's character 30 years ago doesn't override direct evidence of his racism today. I would guess that his inclusion on the same stage as people like Rosa Parks has more to do with the content of his bank account and less to do with the quality of his character...
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I have no doubt. Baylor, what did Trump do to earn this BS honor?

Never mind, wrong thread.
 
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Voted early here in MA. Straight D ticket, except I voted for the libertarian for Auditor. There is a scandal here involving state troopers padding their overtime for extra pay and the current auditor was asleep at the wheel. The Globe endorsed the Libertarian, but I'm not sure enough people care about these down ballot officials enough to remove this incumbent.

The current governor is a Republican and is expected to win in a landslide, but he's basically a moderate Democrat compared to national politics. It makes for some awkward moments when he is supposed to be supporting his fellow R's running for Congress seats, as they really don't have many policies in common.
 
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SuburbanTurkey said:
Voted early here in MA. Straight D ticket, except I voted for the libertarian for Auditor. There is a scandal here involving state troopers padding their overtime for extra pay and the current auditor was asleep at the wheel. The Globe endorsed the Libertarian, but I'm not sure enough people care about these down ballot officials enough to remove this incumbent. It's not hard to vote all D in a state where the R's don't even run a candidate for many of the positions.

The current governor is a Republican and is expected to win in a landslide, but he's basically a moderate Democrat compared to national politics.
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I'm voting straight Democratic except for county coroner -- I have no idea why we vote for that, anyway -- because the Democrat has no qualifications at all. A Democrat has little chance of winning a county office here, so this guy is only on the ticket because nobody else wanted to waste time running. Republicans will win all the county offices, anyway, but I won't do anything to enable the Party of Trump. It must be burned to the ground.
 
Drewbot said:
Just responded to a poll today saying I was voting straight democratic.
I'm not though.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...pport-that-could-stop-democrats-winning-house
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Yes, one dubious assumption when interpreting polls is that people answer honestly. I'm sure there was a lot of "hidden" Trump support from people who were just too embarrassed to tell the pollster. And then, of course, there are those who just think that dishonesty is the best policy when it comes to politics. I'm sure the Lord of the Lies appreciates your support.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
Voted early here in MA. Straight D ticket, except I voted for the libertarian for Auditor. There is a scandal here involving state troopers padding their overtime for extra pay and the current auditor was asleep at the wheel.
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What, again? It's always some PD or other scamming overtime in that state. :D

The Globe endorsed the Libertarian, but I'm not sure enough people care about these down ballot officials enough to remove this incumbent.

The current governor is a Republican and is expected to win in a landslide, but he's basically a moderate Democrat compared to national politics. It makes for some awkward moments when he is supposed to be supporting his fellow R's running for Congress seats, but they really don't have many policies in common.
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I fully expect our republican governor to win here in Maryland, where he's seen much the same way - he's more of a moderate dem, he reaches across the aisle, etc., and he's right behind Baker (MA'a governor) as the second most popular in the state.

My vote? Well, I've been saying this: Dolt45 isn't the problem, he's a symptom. The GOP is far too tied to actual "Identity Politics", while the dems discuss issues. I don't care much for my local representative - I *might* vote for the libertarian in that one, but other than that I'm voting entirely for democrats when possible (a few local races simply have no party affiliations).
 
Baylor said:
And that someone else is imaginary, only existing in the mind of William Seger
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1. The claim that someone else is imaginary is your opinion, and

2. Since you now do acknowledge that William Seger was stating the opinion of a third party (whether that third party exists or not), why then did you originally make the false claim that said opinion was Seger's own?
 
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