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biggest disappointments:
Scott Walker losing in Wisconsin (admittedly by the narrowest of margins and after the Dems threw god knows how much money into retaking the state; hopefully the GOP-controlled legislature will keep Evers in check)
Kris Kobach losing in Kansas (you fucking cucks)
Rauner losing in Illinois (not unexpected, but Jesus Christ, Illinois voters are the biggest retards in the country)
all Rep losses in Nevada (or as we should call it, East California)
Dems winning ANYTHING in upstate New York or Iowa (fucking moron voters)
I'm annoyed with Larry Sharpe hardly getting any votes despite putting himself out there so much. I never expected him to win, but it shouldn't be that hard to throw away a governor vote since the Democrats win it every year no matter how hated Cuomo is anyways.
"His victory came as fellow Democrats in Albany celebrated a wave of victories in the State Senate, regaining control of that chamber for just the third time since World War II, and giving the party a sweep of the executive and both legislative branches. The State Assembly also remained firmly in Democratic hands."
HAHAHA UR FUCKED NEW YORKERS
It seems like a lot of people hate Cuomo. But because NYC is attached to us, it was decided asap that Cuomo gets to stay since their votes were counted first.
well, of course
Cynthia Nixon called Cuomo a closeted Republican during the primary, but then withdrew from the WFP line in the general election because she didn't want to split the vote and let a Republican win
parse THAT logic
Cynthia Nixon accused Cuomo of being a closet Republican, probably because she's more SJW than he is. The reason I hated Cuomo so much is because of his socialist bullshit or his bigoted attitude towards people who don't hold leftist SJW politics.
crossing my fingers that Kris Kobach is the new AG
I posted this as a comment on Anatoly Karlin's blog, gonna expand it into a blog post:
I’m pretty satisfied given that my predictions were broadly correct (GOP gains in the Senate, House would be narrowly controlled by whoever won, modest Dem gains in state races), even though I got some of the details wrong.
Some important details to consider:
1. Trumpian populism/nationalism is now the dominant force in the Republican Party. The previously Democratic Midwest/Rust Belt states—the ones most receptive to Trump’s agenda—were where the GOP was strongest last night:
Ohio: cleaned up. Held the governorship, legislature, and all House seats, and only lost to Sherrod Brown by six points (he was elected in the 2006 Democratic wave by thirteen points).
Indiana: won bigly against Joe Donnelly.
Iowa: lost two House seats, but held the governorship and legislature.
Wisconsin: lost the governorship, but by a whisker, and only after the Dems poured an insane amount of money into the race. Held the legislature and all their House seats (great DSA hope Randy Bryce lost by a wide margin).
Michigan: lost the governorship and two House seats but held the legislature, and lost to Debbie Stabenow by only five points (she won by 20 points in 2012 and 15 points in 2006).
Minnesota: lost two House seats but gained two more, held onto the state Senate.
Pennsylvania: held the state legislature despite big Dem statewide wins.
Missouri: YUGE win against Claire McCaskill.
New York: the state as a whole is a lost cause, but the GOP did well in upstate (which is part of the Rust Belt), only losing two of their upstate seats (all but one of their upstate seats went blue during the Dem wave elections of 2006-2009).
Illinois: same as New York; held onto working-class downstate seats in the face of a blue tidal wave statewide.
The GOP also did well in Florida, which shocked me, and they held the line in Georgia and Texas. Their losses were mainly concentrated in Sun Belt and blue state suburbs, owing to both demographic displacement and the fact that suburbicuck voters are pro-immigrant, pro-free trade, and love to virtue-signal against “racism” (see: Kansas). The suburban strivers in Arizona and Texas view themselves as petty feudal lords and are against any policy agenda that makes it harder for them to stiff their illegal alien gardeners.
It’s clear that the GOP needs to go full steam on the Trump agenda. This election flushed a lot of cucks out of the system and made it obvious that nationalism is what the base wants. The Tea Party libertarians need to go; they are electoral poison (see: Scott Walker, Dave Brat etc. going down to defeat). A nationalist GOP will win bigly in 2020, particularly since the Dems will probably run a Kamala Harris- or Cory Booker-type with bland centrist politics.
The GOP also needs to cut its losses in the West and focus on turning the Rust Belt red. The Western states have always been pro-free trade/pro-immigrant, going back to the 19th century, and they’re not going to change their minds now, especially with La Raza rising in demographic power. Nevada and Colorado are not purple states anymore; they’re blue states. 2016 proved that a populist platform will win over the Midwest while maintaining enough support in Western red states to keep them in the GOP column, and since you need only one more vote than the other guy to win a state, it doesn’t matter if Trump’s margins are slightly lower in Texas or Arizona.
2. The House Democrats are going to explode into civil war. The neoliberal/Clinton/Obama wing and the DSA/Sanders/Ocasio-Cortez wing are already at loggerheads. The latter will want to move forward on their whackadoodle Abolish ICE gimmedat agenda and the former will want to putter around on Russiagate and foreign interventionism. The fact that the Dem majority is so narrow means that Pelosi will have a real hard time keeping her caucus under control. Trump can (and should) use this to his advantage by playing both sides against each other.
@mattforney Thoughts on the ballot measures and will they have any considerable influence come 2020? I've seen two good pro-life ballots, some redistricting and FL giving voting rights to felons
@Waffle Evil the felon proposal in Florida will make it harder for Trump to win, but the state government will probably find a way to blunt the effects
@mattforney you might get a kick out of this, I got kicked from a church WhatsApp group today. An idiot posted a bunch of crap pics including one blaming whites for aids and saying that it was an attempt to wipe out Africans. Cause nobody was saying shit I got annoyed and called then out on it, explaining why aids is an issue and where it comes from. I said the word bloody and got told that I'm causing strife and not to swear. To which I said I'm disappointed that nobody said anything and asked why as Christians we aren't calling out what's wrong and instead just avoid any conflict. The #stunningAndBrave group leader shouted how she's in charge and kicked me. This is why churches are losing attendance, this shit
loooooool
Yup
Is Christmas coming early this year? https://www.foxnews.com/us/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-fractures-3-ribs-in-fall
WEEEEEEEEEEE
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Let the SCOTUS memes begin.
Yet Islam is still somehow defensible to these fags.
Not that I'm complaining. The Arabic shit talk is hilarious.
Those eyes
Oh lord
THOSE EYES!
They all look dead inside.
Got to Warsaw a few hours ago. Weather is terrible, like always: cold, wet, overcast, foggy. People seem to be pretty festive: I had a chat with my Airbnb host about the independence celebrations.
One bit of bad news is that my mic is inching towards its end: the stewardesses manhandled it and the stand is broken. I can assemble it to stand up, but I have to reassemble it every time I adjust it. The mic portion proper is still working, fortunately, but I'll need to replace this thing soon (it's nearly four years old, so I DID get a lot of mileage out of it).
finally, a Republican politician who understands Mencken's jibe about how in a democracy, the people deserve to get what they want good and hard https://abc7chicago.com/4646777/?ex_cid=TA_WLS_TW&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5be4ea3f04d30131f3866613&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
It's basically really shitty tactics, go after your entire channel and hope they get you on 3 strikes before they have to recind them
I wonder whose gayops it was... Couldn't be the guy who was caught by a southerner and youtube gossip reporter yesterday