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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Yard signs got even worse when Trump-Cultists discovered how they can turn Trump-signs into booby-traps by lining them up with razor blades at the edges and then plant them at the "democrat" lawns, causing physical damage on whoever comes to remove them without knowing better...
Seriously, this is sicker than the "razor in the apple" urban legend that goes around when Halloween comes around...
I'm just saying Satan would be a terrible advisor to take into account when reforming the Ten Commandments. Don't pat yourself on the back for including him.
We're assuming "Comically evil" Satan. First person to bring the ACKSCHUALLY SATAN WAS COOL GUY ALL FOR SCIENCE shtick gets a boot to the head.
Edited by Aszur on Nov 2nd 2020 at 11:05:41 AM
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothesThey also did it on public property, which not only gets democrats but also public workers.
EDIT: Well, not public property, but too close to the road.
The owner's defence is "my signs were stolen". So... you'd slice off people's fingers? Idiot.
Edited by RainehDaze on Nov 2nd 2020 at 5:08:03 PM
"Resileafs will look up and shout
On-topic, yes, yard signs do seem a bit pointless, proselyting-wise.
Edited by MichaelKatsuro on Nov 2nd 2020 at 6:17:45 PM
Reminder this sort of stuff happens
at risky states such as North Carolina.
Remember kids: don't organize people for voting if you're too black and poor. Otherwise you get maced!
I mean it literally, children. You're getting maced.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothesSee, I think that Biden should consider campaigning a bit in Alaska and Montana (and Michigan).
Reasoning:
- There are competitive House and Senate races there, and Democrats will need all Senate seats they can get.
- In case the Electoral College gets bogged down, the House of Representatives could vote on the president but such a vote occurs on a per-state basis, not a per-member one. And while Democrats currently hold the majority of House seats they only have a minority of state delegations and thus not the majority in this vote. Winning these two House seats is only worth 2 House seats, but they are worth 2 full House delegations in a presidency vote.
I don’t trust Florida, not after 2000 and 2004 and their record of electoral shenanigans. Dems should never rely on Florida for a win.
It’s funny to think back that in 2004 OH and FL were the defining swing states, and now the Dems can lose both of them and still win pretty easily. The blue trend of the southwest (NM and CO are reliable blue now, NV a smaller blue lean, and AZ a potential pickup) and Virginia (Bush won it by 8 points in 2004) has made a big difference for the Democrats. And NC was nowhere close to being a swing state back then.
Meanwhile, the Midwest keeps getting redder.
Edited by Galadriel on Nov 2nd 2020 at 12:41:51 PM

And while this is only a personal anecdote, I have found that yard signs are not a particularly reliable measure of electoral success.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.