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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#117201: Mar 24th 2016 at 1:48:03 PM

So as long as the Congressional elections (both houses, mind you) don't end up with a complete meltdown, the Republican party will survive.

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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
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#117202: Mar 24th 2016 at 2:13:17 PM

@smokeycut, Tennessee and Arkansas already passed similar laws a year or two ago if I remember. West Virginia and Texas are currently attempting to pass the same.

edited 24th Mar '16 2:14:40 PM by carbon-mantis

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#117203: Mar 24th 2016 at 2:15:58 PM

What about Georgia? Their law is being challenged by big companies in the entertainment industry.

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ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#117204: Mar 24th 2016 at 2:17:08 PM

If Georgia passes it, it's one more disaster. If it doesn't, there are still lots more disasters going on.

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#117205: Mar 24th 2016 at 2:23:11 PM

[up][up][up] All the more reason to say **** the South.

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#117206: Mar 24th 2016 at 2:25:56 PM

Actually, I believe both Tennessee's and Arkansas's attempts to pass laws similar to what North Carolina has passed and what Georgia is attempting to pass failed. The reason was "business concerns" meaning they did not want to risk a mass exodus of businesses leaving just to please a number of bigots who will vote Republican anyway.

edited 24th Mar '16 2:32:00 PM by GameGuruGG

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#117207: Mar 24th 2016 at 2:31:35 PM

I know Florida and a few others failed to pass bathroom bills, but I'm just worried that more states will do this successfully.

I live in NY, so I don't have to worry too much, but still its worrisome.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#117208: Mar 24th 2016 at 2:38:41 PM

Wait, Florida tried to pass one?

When did this happen?

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Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
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#117209: Mar 24th 2016 at 3:42:47 PM

The Sideshow Bob ad was a parody of the infamous Willie Horton ad, credited with helping win the '88 election for Bush.

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#117210: Mar 24th 2016 at 3:56:00 PM

How could there possibly be any plausible connection between the Clinton campaign and Arizona closing more than half of their voting locations in one of the most populated districts?

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PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#117212: Mar 24th 2016 at 4:23:54 PM

How could there possibly be any plausible connection between the Clinton campaign and Arizona closing more than half of their voting locations in one of the most populated districts?
I can suggest the possible trail of logic.

Hillary knows Debbie Wesserman Schultz. Schultz is the DNC head. The DNC is basically the national organ for the Democrats. The Arizona Democratic Party answers to the DNC on some level. Hillary has DWS tell her buddies in Arizona to rat fuck the polling stations to fuck with Sanders and suppress votes.

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#117213: Mar 24th 2016 at 4:26:55 PM

With Schultz its entirely possible that she'd do that by herself to try and help Clinton despite Clinton never asking her to.

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#117215: Mar 24th 2016 at 5:00:28 PM

How interesting that middle-class white liberal America's conspiracy theories all revolve around theorised nefarious dealings by powerful women...

edited 24th Mar '16 5:04:52 PM by Achaemenid

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ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#117216: Mar 24th 2016 at 5:09:47 PM

I say this as someone who would probably vote for Clinton over Sanders in the primary: DWS should be gotten rid of as soon as possible. No sexist conspiracy here.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#117217: Mar 24th 2016 at 5:13:51 PM

[up] That's something that's not likely to happen if Clinton wins (and that's almost a forgone conclusion at this point); you don't backstab political allies unless you have a lot to gain.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#117218: Mar 24th 2016 at 5:14:37 PM

Yeah, I'm supporting Clinton as well and I have zero problem in saying that DWS should not be running things anymore.

EDIT-[up] Hil could always kick her upstairs if necessary.

edited 24th Mar '16 5:15:16 PM by FFShinra

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#117219: Mar 24th 2016 at 5:55:30 PM

Well, Hillary has publically acted extremely displeased with how DWS has acted. A kick upstairs would solidify her credibility on that score, but it's almost completely unnecessary. Everyone who's reasonable knows that Hillary has no control over what a renegade ally does to help her, so the best thing to do in public is to just shut up. (What's she going to do, attack Schultz in the middle of her campaign against Sanders?)

At worst, she's privately toasting Schultz over A Glass of Chianti, secure in the knowledge that because she couldn't do anything to stop her even if she tried, and everyone who knows this much about the Democrats' sausage making knows it, she's off the hook for what her Poisonous Friend does.

edited 24th Mar '16 5:56:54 PM by Ramidel

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#117220: Mar 24th 2016 at 7:15:40 PM

I think the Clinton allegations are more aimed at the various Democrats suddenly finding themselves registered as Independents, Republicans, or even Libertarians for no adequately-explained reason. However, whether this is exclusive to Democrats, let alone how widespread it might be (the Daily Kos article I linked to mentioned NY, PA, MD, and CA Democrats alleging it'd happened to them) is completely up in the air. So my advice is if you're in one of those States, and registered to vote in either Primary, double-check now. That way, on the off chance that you're one of those impacted, you'll stand a much better shot at getting it cleared up prior to the Primary than finding out once you get to the polls.

edited 24th Mar '16 7:17:01 PM by ironballs16

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Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
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#117221: Mar 24th 2016 at 7:19:32 PM

I think Trump might be digging his own grave. Its unhealthy to be making this many personal enemies.

edited 24th Mar '16 7:19:58 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#117222: Mar 24th 2016 at 7:23:29 PM

[up]The question becomes has he made more personal enemies than Cruz, because if I recall Cruz was, until Trump became frontrunner, the Republican equivalent of The Friend Nobody Likes

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#117223: Mar 24th 2016 at 7:23:44 PM

Oh, and a couple updates regarding the Arizona Primary.

1) The White House is scheduled to officially address the petition, and another petition is apparently underway to just redo the AZ Primary entirely as a result.

2) Not content with angering voters on Primary day, Helen Purcell doubled down by offhandedly blaming voters for causing the long lines, because they opted for going to the polls instead of using the mail-in ballots. Suffice to say, there's also a petition calling for her impeachment in the works, though that's at only 4,000 signatures so far.

edited 24th Mar '16 7:25:48 PM by ironballs16

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Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#117224: Mar 24th 2016 at 7:40:49 PM

[up][up] Romney and the Bush clan.

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
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#117225: Mar 24th 2016 at 8:50:27 PM

So apparently in that speech that Cruz just gave where he defends his wife, he ended up quoting Michael Douglas in a movie.

That's kinda sad.


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