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AZ Jim
08-11-2016, 03:30 PM
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article95087442.html

Oboe
08-11-2016, 03:37 PM
Well Jimmy boy, from the article nothing will change until 2018, way after the election. So what the hell are you blabbering about?

Now someone quote me so cry baby can see what I said. ;)

Bo-4
08-11-2016, 04:20 PM
Things are going VERY badly for gerrymandering and vote suppressing ReThuglicans.

Damn :)

Bo-4
08-11-2016, 04:22 PM
Well Jimmy boy, from the article nothing will change until 2018, way after the election. So what the hell are you blabbering about?

Now someone quote me so cry baby can see what I said. ;)

Best you ferme la bouche .. things aren't going well for you today either ;-)

del
08-11-2016, 04:23 PM
damned activist judges

debbietoo
08-11-2016, 04:28 PM
Republicans Rigged the House Through Gerrymandering. Democrats Can Fight Back at The Ballot Box.

Republicans have successfully used redistricting to all but ensure they'll keep control (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/13/1382504/-How-gerrymandering-cost-Democrats-the-House-in-2012-Part-1-An-interactive-look-at-alternative-maps?detail=hide) of the House of Representatives short of a 2006-style wave for Democrats. The numbers are stark: 55 percent of the nation's congressional districts were drawn to favor Republicans while only 10 percent were drawn to favor Democrats, with the balance drawn independently.

As a result, a majority of seats voted for Mitt Romney even though Barack Obama won in 2012—by four points. It should thus come as no surprise that Republicans were able to easily keep the House despite losing the popular vote (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/09/house-democrats-got-more-votes-than-house-republicans-yet-boehner-says-hes-got-a-mandate/) that year, and there is the very real possibility this could happen again in 2016 even if Democrats hold the White House.

So what can progressives and democracy activists do to fight back against Republican efforts to rig the system? In the wake of the Supreme Court's new decision (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/29/1393091/-Supreme-Court-upholds-Arizona-s-independent-redistricting-commission-dealing-blow-to-Republicans?detail=hide) upholding the constitutionality of Arizona's independent redistricting commission, one strategy is clear: Reformers should try to institute similar changes in other states where voters can put initiatives on the ballot. Arizona and California both successfully voted for independent commission reforms that produced fair maps. There's no reason this can't happen elsewhere.

Ballot initiatives are an ideal tool for reform: They both sidestep self-interested legislators and they can appeal to reform-minded voters by avoiding any appearance of overt partisanship. And with the nation's districts already tilted sharply in favor of Republicans, Democrats need to use every tool available to eliminate that unfair advantage.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/6/29/1394141/-Republicans-rigged-the-House-through-gerrymandering-Democrats-can-fight-back-at-the-ballot-box

Oboe
08-11-2016, 04:29 PM
damned activist judges

Thinks are growing great for me.

del
08-11-2016, 04:30 PM
Thinks are growing great for me.

try it once more in english, woody

Bo-4
08-11-2016, 04:36 PM
try it once more in english, woody

He continues to get "Woodies" over Sarah Palin ;-)

Oboe
08-11-2016, 04:44 PM
He continues to get "Woodies" over Sarah Palin ;-)


Better then getting one over H. Clinton.

Wooden you agre??

Oboe
08-11-2016, 04:45 PM
try it once more in english, woody

Thet wuz engrish.

Bo-4
08-11-2016, 05:03 PM
Tis a quandary Deb

This crap is not likely to end until Dems control the House.

We WILL recapture the Senate this year but House is a long shot.

Red State congressmen will ALWAYS gerrymander and their teabagging ilk will VOTE for Teabagging Hillbillies.

However, buck up .. old rural white guys are a dying breed :)

Oboe
08-11-2016, 05:04 PM
...yes and then their chillin take over...

Bo-4
08-11-2016, 05:04 PM
Thet wuz engrish.

Cool, I too have become adept in interpreting Hillbillyspeak!

Oboe
08-11-2016, 05:05 PM
Cool, I too have become adept in interpreting Hillbillyspeak!

U'll hav to to talk to my sister when she get in from milkin.

stjames1_53
08-11-2016, 05:10 PM
Things are going VERY badly for gerrymandering and vote suppressing ReThuglicans.

Damn :)

while the Dems keep burning crosses

stjames1_53
08-11-2016, 05:12 PM
Tis a quandary Deb

This crap is not likely to end until Dems control the House.

We WILL recapture the Senate this year but House is a long shot.

Red State congressmen will ALWAYS gerrymander and their teabagging ilk will VOTE for Teabagging Hillbillies.

However, buck up .. old rural white guys are a dying breed :)

you keep talking about teabagging like you're more than familiar with it you sound like you actually enjoy getting teabagged....you're the one that keeps bringing it up

del
08-11-2016, 05:14 PM
U'll hav to to talk to my sister when she get in from milkin.

when's the wedding?

Oboe
08-11-2016, 05:17 PM
when's the wedding?

You wanna be best man?

del
08-11-2016, 05:31 PM
You wanna be best man?

i already am

Oboe
08-11-2016, 05:33 PM
i already am

When she meats you, you'll think difernt.

del
08-11-2016, 05:34 PM
When she meats you, you'll think difernt.

that's okay

does your ass still hurt from borrowing dad's car?

Oboe
08-11-2016, 05:35 PM
that's okay

does your ass still hurt from borrowing dad's car?

That was my sister, butthole!

Bo-4
08-11-2016, 05:41 PM
Oh man .. RW fails are now coming two by two :)

Bo-4
08-11-2016, 05:46 PM
you keep talking about teabagging like you're more than familiar with it you sound like you actually enjoy getting teabagged....you're the one that keeps bringing it up

Guess who coined the phrase Teabaggers in relation to politics?

If you imagined a Fox News reporter .. then you'd be spot on!

Wonder why?

http://www.allthingsdemocrat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Tea-bagger-hats-300x2301.jpg

jimmyz
08-11-2016, 05:57 PM
when's the wedding?

OK that was funny. No disrespect to Oboe nor his sister.

Bo-4
08-11-2016, 06:00 PM
That was my sister, butthole!

Well THAT would figure ..

STOP boinking yer Sis in the butthole!

:D

debbietoo
08-11-2016, 06:17 PM
Tis a quandary Deb

This crap is not likely to end until Dems control the House.

We WILL recapture the Senate this year but House is a long shot.

Red State congressmen will ALWAYS gerrymander and their teabagging ilk will VOTE for Teabagging Hillbillies.

However, buck up .. old rural white guys are a dying breed :)

Thank goodness the GOP voting block is shrinking and will soon go out of style. I just recently learned about this gerrymandering detail. I couldn't understand why they kept winning the southern states when I knew Blacks almost always voted democratically.

Bethere
08-11-2016, 06:27 PM
When she meats you, you'll think difernt.

15742

Bo-4
08-11-2016, 06:34 PM
Thinks are growing great for me.

You don't know a whole lot about "thinks"

However your growing great ignorance F-ing RAWKS!!

:biglaugh: :D

zelmo1234
08-11-2016, 06:39 PM
Things are going VERY badly for gerrymandering and vote suppressing ReThuglicans.

Damn :)

I remember from WWII to 2010 When Gerrymandering was a Good thing in the Minds of Democrats?

I wonder what happened?

AZ Jim
08-11-2016, 08:28 PM
I remember from WWII to 2010 When Gerrymandering was a Good thing in the Minds of Democrats?

I wonder what happened?I cover the same period but I don't remember it that way. Here in Arizona we had to sue to prevent it. We won and the courts made them reverse their illegal action.

decedent
08-11-2016, 10:50 PM
This thread is gold.

Oboe
08-12-2016, 06:43 AM
Well THAT would figure ..

STOP boinking yer Sis in the butthole!

:D

I tried, but when she squeals like a pig it reminds me of you!

stjames1_53
08-12-2016, 07:03 AM
He continues to get "Woodies" over Sarah Palin ;-)


http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2015/06/06/sarah-palin-s-bitter-cry-for-attention/jcr:content/image.crop.800.500.jpg/47791261.cached.jpg


https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/8xF4gEErwot7VBlBg5jhfQ--/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9NTAwO3E9OTU7dz05Mzk-/http://dcgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hillary-clinton-940.png

and you get wood over Hillary.........................

Oboe
08-12-2016, 07:05 AM
Aye...Palin by a mile. But truth be known Hillary probably really does "give him wood". A real pain in the ass!

stjames1_53
08-12-2016, 07:10 AM
Aye...Palin by a mile. But truth be known Hillary probably really does "give him wood". A real pain in the ass!

can we say, "Mini Louisville slugger"

Truth Detector
08-12-2016, 07:15 AM
Things are going VERY badly for gerrymandering and vote suppressing ReThuglicans.

Damn :)

:rofl:

Truth Detector
08-12-2016, 07:16 AM
LMAO @ leftist twits who think gerrymandering is unique to Republicans. It's hard to take the naïve stupidity of Liberals serious these days. :rofl:

stjames1_53
08-12-2016, 07:27 AM
I cover the same period but I don't remember it that way. Here in Arizona we had to sue to prevent it. We won and the courts made them reverse their illegal action.

alas, Dems never remember things the way it really happens. I bet you applauded Obama when he apologized for the US winning the war, to Japan.

Truth Detector
08-12-2016, 07:29 AM
Tis a quandary Deb

This crap is not likely to end until Dems control the House.

We WILL recapture the Senate this year but House is a long shot.

Red State congressmen will ALWAYS gerrymander and their teabagging ilk will VOTE for Teabagging Hillbillies.

However, buck up .. old rural white guys are a dying breed :)

:rofl: This is your brain on Liberul; don't do Liberul. :rofl:

Truth Detector
08-12-2016, 07:30 AM
Cool, I too have become adept in interpreting Hillbillyspeak!

Well, you do have "moron speak" down pat. :rofl:

Tell us again how we have a revenue problem in this country and how giving politicians more of our wealth, we will have balanced budgets and millions of high paying jobs again; that one is a freaking HOOT! :rofl:

Truth Detector
08-12-2016, 07:33 AM
damned activist judges


try it once more in english, woody


when's the wedding?


i already am


that's okay

does your ass still hurt from borrowing dad's car?

^Misses his third grade playground and relives it every day on the political forums. :rollseyes:

stjames1_53
08-12-2016, 07:36 AM
Guess who coined the phrase Teabaggers in relation to politics?

If you imagined a Fox News reporter .. then you'd be spot on!

Wonder why?

http://www.allthingsdemocrat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Tea-bagger-hats-300x2301.jpg

and take a look at yourself for subverting it....to you, it's a sexual pleasure
to them, it's a political statement......but hey, I thought you knew that
BTW, the boys who sponsored your Bill of Rights had a tea party (Boston Harbor) are you saying they were wrong too?

Oboe
08-12-2016, 09:03 AM
OK that was funny. No disrespect to Oboe nor his sister.

Thanks, but I really don't have a sister. I was just funning around for a little while. I've always been good at self deprecating humor.

Bo-4
08-12-2016, 12:03 PM
alas, Dems never remember things the way it really happens. I bet you applauded Obama when he apologized for the US winning the war, to Japan.

Oh God - the apology tour meme .. AGAIN? :rolleyes:

http://www.snopes.com/obama-apology-hiroshima/