November Blue Wave

[Jim12]

"Blue Wave" sounds like a serious environmental hazard. Is it toxic to marine life? Somebody should call the EPA.

 

[krucam]

Added Students for Trump on Post #2. 93K followers.

https://mobile.twitter.com/TrumpStudents

 

[krucam]

Big Donors Form New Alliance to Seize House From Republicans

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/nyregion/house-midterm-election-congress-donors.html

 

[Wiseguy59]

"Blue Wave" sounds like a serious environmental hazard. Is it toxic to marine life? Somebody should call the EPA.

'Blue Wave' is what we used to get in the Spot-A-Pots on the job site when someone would start rocking them.
And that's probably all it will amount to.

 

[krucam]

The jerks are getting serious folks. Multiple new states are changing rules to say Electoral won’t go to the state majority, but go to the National popular vote majority.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...onnecticut.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true

This would change the 2016 Election results...

 

[JPG]

The jerks are getting serious folks. Multiple new states are changing rules to say Electoral won’t go to the state majority, but go to the National popular vote majority.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...onnecticut.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true

This would change the 2016 Election results...

Every time the Dems lose they want to change the rules. This started when Al Gore lost the electoral vote in 2000 but won the Popular vote.

 

[swinokur]

I was under the impression that the electoral college procedures were in the Constitution Article II Section 1

Is this wrong?

 

[danb]

I was under the impression that the electoral college procedures were in the Constitution Article II Section 1

Is this wrong?

States can assign their electors any way they want. Many states already do assign electors proportionally. Can Connecticut assign theirs based on how California votes? That would be up to CT.

Its a misguided effort. The vast majority of the time the electoral college winner is also the popular vote winner. It will probably change how people campaign and there would be a greater effort to turn out Republicans in blue states (like, ironically, CA), so its not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[swinokur]

Ok thanks for the explanation

I would think that an attempt to do that would be seen as an attempt to discount the will of the people, even the minority party voters.

But the Dems will do whatever it takes to win

 

[krucam]

CNN saying Blue Wave now a Trickle...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/opin...emocrats-blue-wave-stewart-opinion/index.html

 

[Jim12]

Good.

Call Joe the Plumber.

He can fix that.

 

[krucam]

More woes being reported from The Hill.

http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/387321-sorry-theres-not-going-to-be-a-blue-tidal-wave-this-fall

Liberals no longer call themselves “liberal” because they have abandoned the values that word embodies: “liberty.” Instead they now use the Orwellian term “progressive.” Only what we want is progress. Those who disagree will report to the Ministry of Love for re-education.

 

[MDFF2008]

Standard reminder about complacency.

If the North Korea deal falls apart, another major shooting, it could gain energy again.

 

[BeoBill]

I think that Millennials, because they have the attention span of a gerbil after a decade+ of staring at a screen, will be totally distracted by a series of different squirrels by election day. They'll forget to vote in droves.

Generation Z, OTOH, is the most conservative of this century so far, and is getting close to voting age in increasing numbers. The pendulum is swinging the other way now.

 

[Blacksmith101]

CNN saying Blue Wave now a Trickle...

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/opin...emocrats-blue-wave-stewart-opinion/index.html

You know that if CNN is calling it a trickle it is closer to being a drip.

 

[Jim12]

More woes being reported from The Hill.

http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/387321-sorry-theres-not-going-to-be-a-blue-tidal-wave-this-fall

They aren't progressive, at all.

They are the antithesis of that: Regressive.

Their policies promote nothing less than feudalism or slavery.

 

[press1280]

Because the term "progressive" became somewhat of a dirty word years ago, so they switched to "liberal". Now "liberal" is a dirty word in most of the country, so they've gone back to "progressive". It's pretty typical of those folks, just change the name, repackage, and try to sell it again.

 

[swinokur]

They should use the term “regressive” since that’s the results of their policies

 

[Jim12]

How about, "totalitarian"? That's all-encompassing and has a nice ring to it.

 

[BeoBill]

They should use the term “regressive” since that’s the results of their policies

"Stupid" also fits well. I never met a Lib/Prog that could attend a Mensa meeting.