Its our unwillingness to get off our stupid high horses, listen, prioritize, and focus Archived Message Posted by memyselfandillini on May 18, 2022, 9:29:37, in reply to "Maybe it’s not their messaging but their ideas. *" Dems need to get back to wages, education, Rx Drugs, and maybe pick one huge issue like climate change, recasting it as clean energy independence to free us from the middle east and Putin and to spur massive US jobs growth in a high paying sector, e.g. the working person's silicon valley, saving the world to boot. Message Thread: | This response ↓ Madison Cawthorn is getting rolled in his primary. What a shame. * - doubledown May 17, 2022, 19:48:28 NYT: Things looking pretty dire for Trump’s guy in Georgia governor race - ATL May 21, 2022, 10:46:55 Gonna use this instead of start a new thread - Ginni Thomas is nuts and this is pure corruption - John Coctostan May 20, 2022, 14:20:45 Biden approval with Hispanics down to 26% - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 21:12:31 So 74% want a big, beautiful wall and deportations. Ok* - timmer May 20, 2022, 7:32:05 Disingenuous stance…but you might be surprised… - haighter May 20, 2022, 8:09:55 It's their form of NIMBY - Sounder May 20, 2022, 13:46:37 Thats not it, its that they did it legally* - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 13:48:47 My wife's family is from El Paso - Sounder May 20, 2022, 13:51:50 Most Americans don't recognize that El Paso is the suburb of a major Mexican city.* - complainant May 20, 2022, 21:30:53 I actually just drove through El Paso on Tuesday. It was something. * - meanjeans May 21, 2022, 11:16:37 Crossing the border wasn’t a big deal until relatively recently. * - doubledown May 21, 2022, 8:16:21 Also a pretty cool place to see* - Chilango May 21, 2022, 7:43:28 True story* - Sounder May 20, 2022, 21:37:11 I was today days old when I learned this* - TarheelIllini May 21, 2022, 7:37:25 Yep, why you saw Trump gain with Hispanics, particularly in border towns and Florida* - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 13:45:03 Factory floor lol. You mean boardroom* - WhitmansFolly May 19, 2022, 22:01:36 Trying to convince people that that Republicans are the party of working Americans is the biggest - doubledown May 19, 2022, 21:57:02 Somehow Clinton got blamed exclusively for NAFTA* - Sounder May 20, 2022, 13:47:19 Jim Crow 2.0 on steroids update in Georgia - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 15:33:12 The primary is the best place to determine who'll vote in the general. - complainant May 19, 2022, 15:37:38 almost like people realize they may be voting to preserve their own rights now.* - VIV May 19, 2022, 15:34:22 Hope dems in PA turn out. That MAGA running for gov is full on crazy. - WhitmansFolly May 19, 2022, 20:08:54 Too bad the Dems nominated a guy who pulls guns on black joggers* - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 6:55:58 Sure to draw in some GOP votes for that!* - WhitmansFolly May 20, 2022, 7:14:45 I guess now that he weighs 300 lbs he isn't jogging as much - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 13:49:35 It’s so nice that you’re concerned about the man’s health and black joggers - Chilango May 21, 2022, 7:44:33 Huh, I was told these new voting laws in Georgia were Jim Crowe 2.0 - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 15:38:06 ooo - complainant May 19, 2022, 15:54:29 I saw semis on the road. I was told there was a transportation problem.* - ghost_of_clt May 19, 2022, 15:41:30 Wait until you see the lines in Atlanta in November* - JacobRDaugherty May 19, 2022, 15:40:21 Makes sense, poorly run democrat cities are notoriously bad at running polling locations - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 16:09:59 Maybe the state should let them use the NBA arena and open as many - JacobRDaugherty May 19, 2022, 16:20:08 Literally easier to vote in Georgia than it is NY - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 16:28:54 Do you base ANYTHING you post here in facts.... - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2022, 16:33:31 Lol did you read this? - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 16:35:44 The question is did you? - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2022, 16:44:00 Oh good they are looking at ways to expand vs how they are now currently behind Georgia - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 16:49:16 Cool. Then next year. See you then! - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2022, 16:51:47 Lay down noted, takes a big man to admit when wrong* - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 19:26:51 oOo - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2022, 21:41:17 Hahaha from your article - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 16:37:15 His Schtick is out of context sneers. It’s one big bad faith act. - assassin May 19, 2022, 16:35:31 Weird how bigbop won't address issues like this. #troll - Kajagoogoo May 19, 2022, 16:22:13 I know I shouldn't respond but that is such a blatant lie* - JacobRDaugherty May 19, 2022, 16:27:08 NY has fewer early voting days, excuse requirement for absentee, Georgia has had auto enrollment for - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 16:34:36 Polling places per capita in minority areas? * - JacobRDaugherty May 21, 2022, 12:21:59 Weird how you think that cities only have black people in them* - Taz May 19, 2022, 16:16:02 Nope, just democrats* - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 16:17:53 That could be it. - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2022, 16:14:59 "available polling places in both predominantly white and Black neighborhoods" - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 16:17:28 Which is going to disportotionally impact which demographic based on voting habits? - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2022, 16:21:09 you want voting laws to change based on racial voting habits? - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 16:30:55 Laws, no. But yes, customer service should depend on customer behavior - DT May 19, 2022, 17:16:13 You saw it in 2021 and will see it this year, the idea that low voter turnout is automatically good - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 19:29:55 I don't want states to make it more difficult to vote in a certain way.... - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2022, 16:36:38 So no citations, thanks* - bigbop85 May 19, 2022, 16:37:44 I don't have to citation my beliefs. You asked me what I wanted, - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2022, 16:47:28 Did bigbop answer your question? I don't see it here. - Kajagoogoo May 19, 2022, 16:25:13 As in the past, the longest will be primarily in African American communities... - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2022, 15:42:11 care? he won't even know about it. - theBard May 19, 2022, 15:56:09 how dare you; he does charitable work for blacks on the weekends* - suburbanmyth May 19, 2022, 15:57:10 Madison calls for Dark MAGA to rise but that sounds like an oxymoron - ATL May 19, 2022, 15:13:17 Is dark Maga black people Maga? I thought Madison was about white power* - Taz May 19, 2022, 16:17:44 Sir, this is a Wendy’s* - illini21 May 19, 2022, 15:17:44 Freudian slip? - SurfTheBoneyard May 19, 2022, 15:16:58 I think he's just so dumb he can't spell very well* - Gene Parmesan May 19, 2022, 15:38:26 Madison Cauthon* - ECEIllinois May 19, 2022, 16:20:41 Fairly certain it’s not genital politics… - SurfTheBoneyard May 19, 2022, 15:21:21 so it looks like things went about as well as they could for dems last night.... - suburbanmyth May 18, 2022, 11:58:14 the more you look at the D-NC senate candidate, the more impressed you should be - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 13:43:40 Really wanted Jeff Jackson for that nomination, but I'm not unhappy with Beasley - GrandmotherPearlsJam May 18, 2022, 13:52:50 then in 4 years he could run again and defeat Tillis* - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 13:55:25 hey ATL - illiniranger May 18, 2022, 10:52:24 co-LOL'd* - ATL May 18, 2022, 10:57:41 Madison Cawthorn is in need of some life coaching to get priorities - Dikta May 18, 2022, 10:49:54 I'm disgusted at some of the things all these people posted in my thread. * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 12:24:47 dots - GrandmotherPearlsJam May 18, 2022, 12:18:34 He sucks, but so does ableism* - Jackie May 18, 2022, 12:21:17 So what is he gonna do now? - timmer May 18, 2022, 10:44:45 Whatever Aaron Schock has been up to* - Sounder May 18, 2022, 12:09:08 Real estate development, evidently. - EffinIllini May 18, 2022, 15:25:51 Hit the interview circuit--and not the Newsmax, OAN route - RangerDanger May 18, 2022, 12:05:31 He'll just walk away I'm sure* - HamptonSki May 18, 2022, 12:05:30 Engage in a lot of gay sex whilest condemning gay sex* - Stu May 18, 2022, 10:51:07 DOTS - GMAW May 18, 2022, 11:37:28 More relevantly, I assume Cawthorn isn't going out quietly in these last six months* - reggiedunlop May 18, 2022, 10:08:27 was he ever in with the cool kids? he's a piece of shit, but never seemed to... - shua May 18, 2022, 10:26:50 the cocaine orgy crowd was sure into him* - Sounder May 18, 2022, 12:09:44 That's probably why they weren't worried about torching him. * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 10:35:35 He’s a nonfactor. Leadership considered him a pariah and now even worse he’s a loser.* - SurfTheBoneyard May 18, 2022, 10:24:52 My point was more him causing shit if he wants to watch the world burn* - reggiedunlop May 18, 2022, 10:28:13 “Stop your messing around…” - SurfTheBoneyard May 18, 2022, 11:08:55 Curtain has fallen, now he's on his own* - RangerDanger May 18, 2022, 11:14:55 People in my hometown are now talking about litter boxes in schools because of furries - reggiedunlop May 18, 2022, 10:07:48 Their xes fantasies* - ATL May 18, 2022, 10:23:10 Facebook, but maybe it's trickled down to NextDoor. * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 10:10:43 Totally, completely, ####ing normal - ATL May 18, 2022, 9:11:57 You can't access TS on the web. You *must* give it access to your device. - complainant May 18, 2022, 10:23:57 Come on.... - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 9:45:40 Also, is Kash Patel the same Trump taint nuzzler who was Acting SecDef during the insurrection, - doubledown May 18, 2022, 10:09:45 A whole administration of self-promoting grifters.* - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 10:50:17 Yes. * - ATL May 18, 2022, 10:16:40 Is that supposed to be Hillary? Laura can't draw for shit. * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 10:06:13 are those little Slurms Mackenzie's on Sir Side-Eyes shoulders? lol* - shua May 18, 2022, 9:53:40 Those are Komey's Spying Slugs! - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2022, 9:56:06 I'm sure kids will just love reading a book stuffed with Easter eggs - RangerDanger May 18, 2022, 9:59:53 "does your kid constantly ask you to explain the Steele Dossier? We have the book for you!!"* - shua May 18, 2022, 10:04:54 Ban books about racism and same sex parents, install books about the MAGA king* - snipes824 May 18, 2022, 9:44:05 grooming* - ghost_of_clt May 18, 2022, 9:34:21 It's always projection. * - doubledown May 18, 2022, 9:39:14 I just recently learned there is a whole line of children's books for the right wing - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 9:34:06 lololololwat* - Jackie May 18, 2022, 9:33:23 It’s all in the game, yo.* - DT May 18, 2022, 9:47:40 In Idaho Trump backed McGeachin gonna lose to Brad Little. - WhitmansFolly May 18, 2022, 7:20:05 Dr. Oz has taken over the lead in PA after a big batch of votes just came in.* - OB25 May 17, 2022, 23:24:49 Cowardly, Lying* - memyselfandillini May 18, 2022, 9:32:11 Race gonna decided by late arriving mail in votes - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 23:33:37 So late mail in votes are NOW okay?!* - TarheelIllini May 18, 2022, 6:45:11 They've always been OK if they come from Republican voters* - ATL May 18, 2022, 6:57:59 Inject that shit in my legs* - illini21 May 17, 2022, 21:28:41 Nm* - illini21 May 17, 2022, 21:53:52 ATL how concerned are you about Mastriano possibly becoming your governor?* - ECEIllinois May 17, 2022, 20:55:50 Cook just moved the race to lean dem from toss up. Shapiro didn’t have to move left in the primary. - ATL May 17, 2022, 20:59:11 dots - ATL May 17, 2022, 21:02:03 Seems risky that Shapiro ran ads to give him a boost - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 20:58:55 yeah especially given the political environment will be very favorable to Republicans* - ECEIllinois May 17, 2022, 21:08:18 Yeah but this is an insurrectionist Republican. - SurfTheBoneyard May 17, 2022, 21:12:15 People hoped the same in 2016 - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 21:35:20 i don’t understand those Bailey ads by the DGA - biclops May 17, 2022, 21:07:28 That’s the point. JB wants Bailey to win - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 21:08:27 what a world * - biclops May 17, 2022, 21:09:26 wasserman has seen enough - biclops May 17, 2022, 20:49:45 Cawthorn is probably toast. All of Haywood is in and he's still down ~1600 - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 20:44:19 I can only offer the kind of compassion I imagine he would if the tables were turned... - KingTalkyTiki May 17, 2022, 21:20:52 I just realized Cawthorne is Ashville - Sounder May 17, 2022, 21:01:33 It's definitely blue but the rest of the district is all Appalachia* - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 21:03:33 Will he find work? Maybe Newsmax, or Helix Studios?* - complainant May 17, 2022, 20:47:40 $1 to look at it. $2 to touch it. $3 to watch him touch it.* - Chuck Woodaby May 17, 2022, 20:52:49 Brandt can't watch, though, or he has to pay a hundred* - gvibes May 17, 2022, 20:57:20 Good* - bigbop85 May 17, 2022, 20:32:20 Also looking like progressives getting wrecked* - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 20:24:42 Water is wet.* - voiceofreason May 17, 2022, 21:42:49 fetterman beat lamb* - suburbanmyth May 17, 2022, 21:42:47 Fetterman actually has the messaging progressives ought to be using down though - ATL May 18, 2022, 6:07:21 This is the message that should be sent to every Dem, everywhere* - memyselfandillini May 18, 2022, 9:10:02 That one was pretty much never in doubt. But up and down the congressional ballot establishment won - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 21:48:32 Until Progressives figure out how to message, they’re gonna keep getting their ass handed to them. - Carl Spackler May 17, 2022, 21:11:05 Maybe it’s not their messaging but their ideas. * - haighter May 18, 2022, 6:48:19 Its our unwillingness to get off our stupid high horses, listen, prioritize, and focus - memyselfandillini May 18, 2022, 9:29:37 a lottttt of money also went in to taking them down. * - assassin May 18, 2022, 1:33:16 rightly so. if you can’t message grow up and come back next time. - memyselfandillini May 17, 2022, 22:30:45 He’s a comms guy. He’ll be right at home on brietbart or newsmax.* - Toonces May 17, 2022, 20:23:43 Wasserman calls PA GOP Gov for Mastriano. Hoo boy.* - SurfTheBoneyard May 17, 2022, 20:18:19 Blurp.* - SurfTheBoneyard May 17, 2022, 20:49:44 And against Cawthorn. We now go live to his HQ…. - SurfTheBoneyard May 17, 2022, 20:49:44 Surprised Oz isn’t doing better, with him and Mastriano both being supported by Trump* - shua May 17, 2022, 20:36:59 Catholicism is rampant in Penn's woods. Islam less so.* - complainant May 17, 2022, 20:40:10 Also never underestimate the power of “You aren’t from here.”* - SurfTheBoneyard May 17, 2022, 20:56:27 MAGAs got behind Barnette. Also still probably mostly early voting - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 20:39:42 It’ll be close on Cawthorn, going to get a bigger proportion of Election Day vote* - Carl Spackler May 17, 2022, 20:12:59 Seems like it's gonna come down to how well Edwards does in Asheville* - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 20:24:08 Or not as all of Buncombe just reported. Edwards still up ~1700 votes* - CanHartlebHireSnider May 17, 2022, 20:25:41 Might be curtains for Oz too.* - SurfTheBoneyard May 17, 2022, 20:09:19 Of course he is. Rolling is the only way his wheelchair can move* - HamptonSki May 17, 2022, 20:07:27 I too, miss terp* - opey8 May 17, 2022, 20:10:25 Wow, score one for the wearing shorts in winter constituency - RangerDanger May 17, 2022, 20:05:33 And score one for the pulls guns on black joggers constituency* - bigbop85 May 17, 2022, 20:49:40 Fetterman had a stroke over the weekend and surgery today to install a pacemaker - ATL May 17, 2022, 20:11:41 Is there a run off if no one has 50%? * - shua May 17, 2022, 19:56:21 Would Cawthorn just forfeit then?* - Carl Spackler May 17, 2022, 20:16:03 He would drag it out.* - Chuck Woodaby May 17, 2022, 20:35:35 He would drag his legs all the way to the finish line* - HamptonSki May 17, 2022, 20:37:52 I believe their rules have it at 30%* - RangerDanger May 17, 2022, 20:02:09 that seems super dumb* - ECEIllinois May 17, 2022, 20:08:58 His opponent had a leg up from the party establishment.* - complainant May 17, 2022, 19:55:28 Dude. - timmer May 17, 2022, 19:50:15 He just didn’t get the push he needed from the national organization. * - doubledown May 17, 2022, 19:51:07 I see what you did there.* - ATL May 17, 2022, 19:49:43   Searching