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2018-03-28 22:22:19 UTC

Wrogn again

2018-03-28 22:22:21 UTC

For them it was great

2018-03-28 22:22:22 UTC

GOP lost 8 seats

2018-03-28 22:22:25 UTC

Average swing is 23

2018-03-28 22:22:38 UTC

And it's still not similar to waht Button mash wants to do

2018-03-28 22:22:45 UTC

He wants Democrats to control House in 2018

2018-03-28 22:22:46 UTC

Not in a presidential year, are you listening to me?

2018-03-28 22:22:50 UTC

Then GOP take it back in 2020

2018-03-28 22:22:56 UTC

Which has NEVER happened.

2018-03-28 22:23:07 UTC

But it will

2018-03-28 22:23:08 UTC

Heheh

2018-03-28 22:23:08 UTC

Majority or minority to majority in 6 years

2018-03-28 22:23:14 UTC

No

2018-03-28 22:23:15 UTC

Doesn't mean it's not valid

2018-03-28 22:23:24 UTC

Why bet on it?

2018-03-28 22:23:28 UTC

Why not try to keep the majority?

2018-03-28 22:23:38 UTC

Instead of "Hold republicans accountable"
and bet on flying blind.

2018-03-28 22:23:53 UTC

Of course it's not valid, it's a fucking terrible strategy.

2018-03-28 22:24:22 UTC

Just because in certain years and they didn't bring it down to "minority", that doesn't mean it's invalid

2018-03-28 22:24:30 UTC

or majority

2018-03-28 22:25:01 UTC

yes it does, because what he is saying is

2018-03-28 22:25:07 UTC

People like Mash don't help our cause

2018-03-28 22:25:10 UTC

2018 Democratic 25+ swing

2018-03-28 22:25:15 UTC

2020 Republican 25+ swing

2018-03-28 22:25:36 UTC

Entirely possible when they try something stupid

2018-03-28 22:25:38 UTC

Which is nearly impossible and hasn't happened even when the US electorate was WHITE and flexible.

2018-03-28 22:25:46 UTC

Never has happened even when they did something stupid.

2018-03-28 22:26:09 UTC

hawley Smoot Tariff during the Great Depression

2018-03-28 22:26:19 UTC

Majority party held control.

2018-03-28 22:26:55 UTC

Button Mash's idea is horribly flawed and just all around idiotic, Nuke's strategy is a much more solid approach.

2018-03-28 22:27:01 UTC

And has history behind it to prove it's been effective.

2018-03-28 22:27:18 UTC

What is Nuke's Strategy?

2018-03-28 22:27:33 UTC

Just try to maintain the majority by running negative campaigns against Democrats

2018-03-28 22:27:40 UTC

Big idea is just holding both houses.

2018-03-28 22:27:53 UTC

And hopefully gaining more seats

2018-03-28 22:27:57 UTC

Until Trump's 2020 charisma can carry more GOP on the coattails.

2018-03-28 22:28:00 UTC

It would be nice yeah.

2018-03-28 22:28:09 UTC

we need to gain seats, but even more keep control.

2018-03-28 22:28:26 UTC

The issue is the quality of the party itself

2018-03-28 22:28:46 UTC

Button Mash wants to hold republicans accountable for what they did no Omnibus and stay home and "earn his vote back", and then flip it back in 2020

2018-03-28 22:29:09 UTC

That is so stupid

2018-03-28 22:29:15 UTC

yeah it is, but you're playing two different games. Democrats don't care about the quality of the party, they just vote party line.

2018-03-28 22:29:27 UTC

So you're running on principles and they're running on Party name.

2018-03-28 22:29:39 UTC

I'm not saying it's desirable, however it is not an impossibility or even that absurd.

2018-03-28 22:29:45 UTC

Which means they're going to win more seats because they are holding none of their politicians accountable

2018-03-28 22:29:50 UTC

It's like my dad when he votes, he just votes right down the line Republican

2018-03-28 22:29:59 UTC

It is totally absurd!

2018-03-28 22:30:06 UTC

It is not absurd.

2018-03-28 22:30:11 UTC

There's 200 years of history and modern day projections to prove!

2018-03-28 22:30:26 UTC

Older people just vote on party name

2018-03-28 22:30:28 UTC

That's a fact

2018-03-28 22:30:29 UTC

@Deleted User That's pretty uncommon for most right wings is my point.

2018-03-28 22:30:37 UTC

But still

2018-03-28 22:30:39 UTC

Younger Democrat doo to.

2018-03-28 22:30:46 UTC

Lots of older people do it

2018-03-28 22:30:46 UTC

The problem is that the circumstances change a mile a minute.

2018-03-28 22:31:14 UTC

At least democrats get things done when they are in office

2018-03-28 22:31:27 UTC

Republicans can have a majority and not accomplish squat

2018-03-28 22:31:33 UTC

Itโ€™s the sad truth

2018-03-28 22:31:34 UTC

That's our problem

2018-03-28 22:31:39 UTC

Mostly because the Senate

2018-03-28 22:31:44 UTC

the House has passed 305 Bills so far

2018-03-28 22:31:51 UTC

They don't have to care about party purity because they have a solid foundation

2018-03-28 22:31:52 UTC

But the Senate hasn't taken any of them.

2018-03-28 22:32:01 UTC

Every Democratic Senator voted for Obamacare

2018-03-28 22:32:13 UTC

And now obamacare is enver going away.

2018-03-28 22:32:16 UTC

We don't have party unity

2018-03-28 22:32:20 UTC

My idea is that we need to fight in the primaries for the most far-right candidates (but not too harshly) and ultimately endeavor to defend as many Reps/Governors as possible in November while going on an all-out offensive in the Senate to reach 62 votes.

2018-03-28 22:32:22 UTC

A solid majority of people want it modified, not repealed anymore

2018-03-28 22:32:28 UTC

When people vote for a Democrat, they know how they'll act

2018-03-28 22:32:32 UTC

Great idea

2018-03-28 22:32:36 UTC

We've got too many renegades, too many cucks

2018-03-28 22:32:41 UTC

That's my stragety

2018-03-28 22:32:52 UTC

Get some of our guys into office

2018-03-28 22:33:10 UTC

Then you basically take over the party

2018-03-28 22:33:11 UTC

That's why people on the left can vote straight down because their candidates do what they want

2018-03-28 22:33:41 UTC

not even that.

2018-03-28 22:33:58 UTC

They have no principles that they hold to their politicans.

2018-03-28 22:34:00 UTC

Like it or not, they are reliable for what they get voted in for.

2018-03-28 22:34:04 UTC

Democrats don't hold their politicans accountable ever

2018-03-28 22:34:19 UTC

Perfect example is NJ's senator

2018-03-28 22:34:19 UTC

This is what I'm saying, THEY DON'T NEED TO BECAUSE THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT

2018-03-28 22:34:24 UTC

Not really.

2018-03-28 22:34:28 UTC

They just don't care.

2018-03-28 22:34:39 UTC

60 dem senators, every last one of them voted for Obamacare

2018-03-28 22:34:46 UTC

Not all Dems wanted Obamacare.

2018-03-28 22:34:47 UTC

Every dem senator voted against tax cuts

2018-03-28 22:34:49 UTC

But they voted for it

2018-03-28 22:34:55 UTC

And they weren't held accountable.

2018-03-28 22:35:03 UTC

At least they know what they're voting for

2018-03-28 22:35:07 UTC

What about reducing the filibuster rule.

2018-03-28 22:35:13 UTC

A lot of democrats were against that

2018-03-28 22:35:18 UTC

Herry Reid did it anyway and retired.

2018-03-28 22:35:24 UTC

No democrat cares.

2018-03-28 22:35:32 UTC

he just shit on 180 years of tradition.

2018-03-28 22:35:37 UTC

They have no principles

2018-03-28 22:35:48 UTC

The point being, democrats are a muh more solid group than Republicans

2018-03-28 22:35:52 UTC

They elect their politicians to just vote partisan

2018-03-28 22:36:23 UTC

John McCain's voting record looks nothing like Rand Paul's, but Joe Manchin's voting record is very similar to Elizabeth Warren's.

2018-03-28 22:36:41 UTC

My point^

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