Election Night Summary

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	From: bradhicks	Date: November 9th, 2011 06:23 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

As I just said to a right-wing college buddy of mine, on Facebook: "Cops, firefighters, and school teachers turn out to be more popular than Tea Partiers and corporate welfare. Who knew?"

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	From: nesmith	Date: November 10th, 2011 01:07 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

Haha, that is awesome.

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	From: ixeian	Date: November 9th, 2011 07:33 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

Yaaaaay for all three results but especially for "Personhood" going down in Mississippi. That's just awesome. Also, so glad to see you back, Blaque. Hope your travails are over and you're on a good upward path.

Thought this little item was right up your alley: Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) melts down, yells hysterically "don't blame banks!". Nice seeing an asshole like him lose it like that ;D

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	From: kierthos	Date: November 9th, 2011 10:55 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

Yeah, but the Personhood USA group is trying to get a similar "zygotes=people" bill voted on in a few other states too. It's not over yet.

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	From: ixeian	Date: November 9th, 2011 02:17 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I know. You're in SC, right?. I believe that's one of the places they're planning to try, along with Ohio, Virginia and Georgia as far as I know.

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	From: kierthos	Date: November 9th, 2011 03:56 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

... I honestly don't know. I know they're pushing it in Oregon and Florida, at least. It wouldn't surprise me if they tried to get it going in South Carolina.

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	From: matrexius	Date: November 9th, 2011 05:58 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

True, but the fact that it failed in what's probably the most conservative state in the country makes me a bit optimistic.

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	From: barito	Date: November 9th, 2011 01:51 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Good news all around! And welcome back Blaque. I tried to play the video but I got told the video was private.

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	From: ixeian	Date: November 9th, 2011 02:14 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Damn, yeah somebody got the video taken private. Found a shorter clip here: http://youtu.be/nb73zqY6lZM.

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	From: nova_42	Date: November 9th, 2011 12:32 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Yeah so happy Issue 2 was killed here in Ohio.

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	From: glenmarshall	Date: November 9th, 2011 01:34 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I am happy for the results elsewhere, but where I live in Chester County, PA, the repugnacunts still elect whoever they choose, for good or ill.

I refuse to vote for repugnacunts.

Socially, the national party is against just about every thing I'm for. Economically, they are substituting fact-based economics with the Koch brothers' dictums.

The state party is morally bankrupt.

The local party is a machine. It hand-picks candidates in a closed-door selection process for the primary, funds them, then runs & wins in the general elections. With a strong majority that blindly pulls the R lever, they are simply not accountable.

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	From: arthur_sc_king	Date: November 9th, 2011 02:28 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

Yes, not too shabby of an election day. Made up for Monday (where the right-wing Saskatchewan Party increased their majority over the left-wing NDP to something like 49-9 in the SK provincial election).

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	From: crushdmb	Date: November 9th, 2011 04:36 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

I am honestly surprised about Russell Pearce! I guess my home state isn't as racist as I feared...

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	From: wakeuplovely	Date: November 9th, 2011 05:42 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

awesome!! The Dems had some big wins in Utah too!

The only disgusting story from my election night- a man convicted of fraud and embezzlement was elected because his opponent was openly gay. Utah prefers criminals to homos. So sad :(

BTW- I miss you!! <3 <3

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	From: crushdmb	Date: November 9th, 2011 06:02 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

So, this man is a convicted felon and he can somehow become an elected official?!

And my poor friend who had a silly felony drug charge when she was 19 is now almost 30 and is struggling to find a job. Even though she was 19 and it was just some pot.

Horrible.

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	From: amp23	Date: November 10th, 2011 12:43 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

No less than three members of Bush's cabinet were convicted of lying to congress in the Iran/Contra scandal, and Dick Cheney himself was indicted for selling dual-use technology to Iran under Clinton's watch. Ollie North was convicted of straight up Treason. The convictions for smaller crimes are even more numerous in congress. Felony convictions do not prevent the rich and well connected from getting government jobs, they just prevent everyone else from ever getting anywhere.

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	From: prog_expat	Date: November 9th, 2011 11:07 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

"Utah prefers criminals to homos."

Sounds about right. :-\

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	From: matrexius	Date: November 9th, 2011 06:01 pm (UTC)		(Permalink)

All good things. AND Cindy Golding, the NOM-backed Iowa Senate candidate, lost to Democrat Liz Mathis. This keeps the Senate 26-24 in favor of Democrats (the House is Rethug-controlled), so same-sex marriage is safe in Iowa for now.

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	From: nesmith	Date: November 10th, 2011 01:10 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

I had a really good feeling going into Tuesday that Issue 2 was going down. The fact that Kasuck was still pushing for it right up to the bitter end fucked me off like no one's business.

I just hope we can get that fucker out of office next election.

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	From: laviemoderne	Date: November 10th, 2011 09:34 am (UTC)		(Permalink)

Outstanding. It's about time that we're seeing some positive things happen.

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