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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#165001: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:00:37 PM

[up][up]Not me; my Congressman is a scumbag, and I hate him too.

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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#165002: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:02:07 PM

Ditto. My Congressman is a Trump-loving weasel.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#165003: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:08:49 PM

Same, from what I can tell.

Oh God! Natural light!
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#165005: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:15:58 PM

...and don't even get me started on the Senate:

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Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#165006: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:16:31 PM

[up][up][up]Same for me as well.

...At this rate, does anyone here actually like their Representative?

edited 2nd Jan '17 3:16:43 PM by Eschaton

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#165007: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:17:16 PM

For me, Susan Collins is the only remotely moderate Republican senator left, which means the GOP will try to lock her out while keeping her from breaking ranks until they can primary her in 2020. Bruce Poliquin is also on the GOP fringe, but Lepage is crazy enough for all three and more besides.

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#165008: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:18:29 PM

I do really like my mayor, at least. And my Senators are all right.

But I still hope that this disaster inspires my district to finally roust our Congressman's ass next chance we get. Although I don't have much hope - he's been hanging on to that seat for a long time now.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#165009: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:20:59 PM

My senators are fine. The senior senator, Diane Feinstein, is notoriously hated by the right.

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#165010: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:26:04 PM

[up]Dianne Feinstein favors more restrictive gun control, and yet she herself carries a gun for self-defense. She condemns the US intelligence community for spying on US Senators, while turning a blind eye to their spying on private citizens. Which makes her an elitist hypocrite.

edited 2nd Jan '17 3:40:39 PM by pwiegle

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#165011: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:29:00 PM

... which makes a non sequitur post. That said, she does embody some not-so-clever policy proposals.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#165012: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:29:08 PM

I'm okay with Sen. Lisa Murkowski on her own positions (she's an old-guard Chamber of Commerce Republican who specializes in bringing political bacon to Alaska), but she's too willing to vote in lockstep with the Republican Party.

What I'm wondering is what Paul Ryan will do. I imagine he's getting a sense of creeping doom now that "holy shit I have to run this country."

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#165013: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:29:13 PM

[up][up][up] Such a condemnation sounds...reductive.

edited 2nd Jan '17 3:29:31 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#165014: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:42:02 PM

I live in the Goddamn south and am a Minority. You can probably guess how I feel about my Reps.

Well...

I guess I'll tolerate Lindsey Graham in an enemy of my enemy type of way

New Survey coming this weekend!
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#165015: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:45:05 PM

I was glad when Lisa Murkowski did not endorse Trump after Pussygate, citing the amount of sexual abuse cases in Alaska as a reason to not endorse him.

Do not obey in advance.
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#165016: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:46:02 PM

I like both of my senators, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken.

As for the House, my state has Keith Ellison, who has been suggested by some in this thread for a 2020 bid on the Democratic ticket. Nuff said. On the other hand, Jason Lewis got elected. Don't like that guy.

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#165017: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:51:25 PM

I like Ellison, but I also unfortunately have a hard time seeing a Muslim rise to the presidency in the current climate of bigotry and Islamophobia. Which is only going to get exponentially worse in the years to come.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#165018: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:54:23 PM

Arizona's Reps are almost entirely Democrat. So that's nice.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#165019: Jan 2nd 2017 at 3:54:39 PM

Well, remember, we can't focus solely on the presidency. That sort of situation will just end us up with an extremely oppositional Congress and losing seats in all but a few states.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#165020: Jan 2nd 2017 at 4:00:23 PM

[up]GOP: Oh crap! Guys, they figured it out! Emergency Plan B Emergency Plan !

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#165021: Jan 2nd 2017 at 4:00:44 PM

From Trump's Twitter:

Who's in the mood for a nuclear war?

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
Mio Since: Jan, 2001
#165022: Jan 2nd 2017 at 4:01:26 PM

Bill Nelson has been a pretty decent Senator, while Marco Rubio. . .is Marco Rubio. Interestingly Bill Nelson is one of the Democratic Senators up for re-election in 2018. I'll need to watch that.

I should note to others that Keith Ellison is currently running for head of the DNC, so if he gets elected I doubt he will try to make a run at the presidency.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#165023: Jan 2nd 2017 at 4:03:38 PM

Anyone know if that's a true claim coming out of North Korea? The main way that the US has kept North Korea's nuclear program in check is via cooperating with China to impose sanctions, something that will probably end soon.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#165024: Jan 2nd 2017 at 4:06:11 PM

I like-ish my Congresscritter (Brad Ashford), but he got voted out for a Trumpublican wackjob who thinks a balanced budget amendment is a good idea (Don Bacon), our Senators (Ben Sasse and Deb Fisher) are a fucking disgrace, our other two Congresscritters (Adrian Smith and Jeff Fortenberry) are Tea Party or worse, and our Governor is dollar-store Lex Luthor (real name Pete Rickets), whose greatest claims tk fame include a failed senate bid wherein he essentially bought the primary outspend his rivals 10:1 and spent over $11M of his own money on the actual race, being staunchly opposed to gay rights, trying to illegally buy lethal injection drugs from India and pushing for a (successful) referendum to reinstate the death penalty after the state senate banned it and overrode his veto (they also overrode his veto on allowing illegal immigrants protected by DACA to acquire driver's licenses (and then again for commercial and professional licenses the next year) and on raising the gas tax). Oh, and he vetoed LB580, which would have created a non-partisan commission to draw our legislative districts after censuses.

The moral of this story is fuck Pete Rickets

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#165025: Jan 2nd 2017 at 4:15:09 PM

The Arizona Senators are a mixed bag. They're both Republican, but while one is John Mc Cain, AKA one of the few sane Republicans left, the other is Jeff Flake.


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