Politics

[CoElkHunter]

Jim Clyburn backs Biden all the way: ‘he’s delivered for this country’

South Carolina congressman says Biden delivered for the country and put it back on track, making him a powerful contender for 2024

www.theguardian.com

Jim Clyburn has obviously been smoking too much of the green stuff if he thinks Brandon has done ANYTHING for the working people of this country.

 

[Wheels]

I’m seriously interested in understanding why people feel that Republicans can’t win with the Dems so good at ballot harvesting and other “practices.” Republicans cleaned clock in Florida this past cycle. We’re they better at the shenanigans than the Dems? Or did they have better candidates with better policies?

Remember Miami Dade and Broward in 2020 and basically every election up through 2018. After 2018, the people who ran those elections in those counties were gone. Votes in those counties got counted in a couple of hours in 2022. There was no opportunities for votes to be found or signatures cleared. Look who runs precinct through counties in the major metropolitan areas. They now control the winners in close elections.

Candidates certainly make a difference. Walker was obviously not a great candidate in GA. On the other hand I doubt you could find a better candidate than Laxalt. Clark County's ability to cure ballots for a week made the difference in the election.

We no longer count votes in America. We count ballots. As long as we count ballots, Republican's will loose until they start out competing Democrats at their own game.

 

[John Wasmuth]

Remember Miami Dade and Broward in 2020 and basically every election up through 2018. After 2018, the people who ran those elections in those counties were gone. Votes in those counties got counted in a couple of hours in 2022. There was no opportunities for votes to be found or signatures cleared. Look who runs precinct through counties in the major metropolitan areas. They now control the winners in close elections.

Candidates certainly make a difference. Walker was obviously not a great candidate in GA. On the other hand I doubt you could find a better candidate than Laxalt. Clark County's ability to cure ballots for a week made the difference in the election.

We no longer count votes in America. We count ballots. As long as we count ballots, Republican's will loose until they start out competing Democrats at their own game.

Didn’t Joseph Stalin say something close to that a couple of decades ago?

 

[Doug3006]

So Florida replaced the corrupt election officials with honest ones? That’s the difference maker? How did that happen?

 

[CoElkHunter]

So Florida replaced the corrupt election officials with honest ones? That’s the difference maker? How did that happen?

 

[Wheels]

So Florida replaced the corrupt election officials with honest ones? That’s the difference maker? How did that happen?

Just an example.

DeSantis has replaced a number of Florida officials from School Board on up. Plenty of reading if you want to do a google search.

Governor Ron DeSantis Issues Executive Orders Suspending Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher and Accepting Resignation of Dr. Brenda Snipes

www.flgov.com

 

[Wheels]

Didn’t Joseph Stalin say something close to that a couple of decades ago?

 

[fourfive8]

Didn’t Joseph Stalin say something close to that a couple of decades ago?

The quote is commonly paraphrased in a few forms but the meaning is accurate. Actually 1923, almost 100 years ago.

 

[Wheels]

Toronto Pearson Airport this week.

Biden official heading to Canada for shopping spree!

 

[spike.t]

And the Russians keep still keep on denying they are targeting civilians......

BBC News - Ukraine war: Civilians flee Kherson as Russian attacks intensify

Ukraine war: Civilians flee Kherson as Russian attacks intensify

The Ukrainian city, liberated from Russian control last month, is coming under heavy bombardment.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Ray B]

Republicans cleaned clock in Florida this past cycle. We’re they better at the shenanigans than the Dems? Or did they have better candidates with better policies?

The Floridians lacked ballots in the names of people who lacked the right to vote, mentally such that they were unaware of the candidate/issue, and fictitious names where a person could vote up to 8 times.

 

[Ray B]

With regard to the military aid being sent to Ukraine- the number is more than I can relate to. Could someone on here that has knowledge of what items are being sent and a per item cost make a post of an example of how many and what type weaponry is being sent?

 

[hyipl]

Louay Sabbagh on Instagram: "Strong point"

125K likes, 2,008 comments - louayrs on December 14, 2022: "Strong point".

www.instagram.com

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Bullet sales are rising and so are death totals in mass shootings. Can they be stopped?

After a mass shooting, public debate turns to gun control. But with shooters so often stocked up on ammunition, many wonder: What about the bullets?

www.usatoday.com

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

With regard to the military aid being sent to Ukraine- the number is more than I can relate to. Could someone on here that has knowledge of what items are being sent and a per item cost make a post of an example of how many and what type weaponry is being sent?

I have no idea how accurate this is, but it's a quite detailed list.

Aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Wheels]

 

[Doug3006]

Just an example.

DeSantis has replaced a number of Florida officials from School Board on up. Plenty of reading if you want to do a google search.

Governor Ron DeSantis Issues Executive Orders Suspending Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher and Accepting Resignation of Dr. Brenda Snipes

www.flgov.com

Then it seems the key is getting Republicans voted in so they can make the necessary changes. He got voted in originally so it can be done.

 

[Red Leg]

Harvesting Votes Is Great For Democrats, So They Want More

While some congressional Republicans might think the post-2020 election integrity fight is over, that couldn’t be farther from the truth.

thefederalist.com

This is a pretty good article and it frustrates me. It illustrates perfectly what is wrong with our side. It implies in hand ringing terms that the elections are rigged, are becoming more rigged, and the only way to fix them is with new voting laws. Republicans will never win again.

I am not sure the author realizes it, but what it actually says rather than implying is that the democrat party has a much more effective ground game for securing "low effort" voters. That is clearly true. It is also not "rigging" an election. The party is looking at the format (mail-in ballots and drop boxes being the critical path) and using it to advantage their voting blocks. Republicans continue to count on voting day turnout.

Florida (again?) seems to have figured this out. 4.8 million votes were cast early in the gubernatorial election this year. Republican early voters outnumbered democrats by 321,000.

Meanwhile, in Arizona, where Republicans outnumber democrats by 4%, the republican party seemed to count on traditional voting day turnout. That their somewhat snarky, election denying candidate, may have turned off a meaningful swath of independents might be worth looking into as well.

I would suggest new election leadership for the party willing to spend money on an army of legal vote gatherers to insure every "low energy" republican voter is counted along with his or her democrat counterpart would be the most effective reform to implement prior to '24.

 

[Wheels]

Then it seems the key is getting Republicans voted in so they can make the necessary changes. He got voted in originally so it can be done.

Correct.

DeSantis got voted in prior to 2020 and changed Florida. Everything we are dealing with right now has been figured out by the Democrats/Mark Elias since 2020/Covid. The Democrats are miles ahead of the Republican's and are continuing to pull away. The Republican's are just waking up to what hit them. Republican's will probably continue on with Ronna McDaniel/Romney/Rhino who has been in charge of loosing three straight elections and hasn't a clue of what is going on or how to fix things.

2024 is going to come down roughly to about five states. Can the Republican's win five of these seven states without significant change to the election laws of those states? Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Nevada.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Harvesting Votes Is Great For Democrats, So They Want More

While some congressional Republicans might think the post-2020 election integrity fight is over, that couldn’t be farther from the truth.

thefederalist.com

This is a pretty good article and it frustrates me. It illustrates perfectly what is wrong with our side. It implies in hand ringing terms that the elections are rigged, are becoming more rigged, and the only way to fix them is with new voting laws. Republicans will never win again.

I am not sure the author realizes it, but what it actually says rather than implying is that the democrat party has a much more effective ground game for securing "low effort" voters. That is clearly true. It is also not "rigging" an election. The party is looking at the format (mail-in ballots and drop boxes being the critical path) and using it to advantage their voting blocks. Republicans continue to count on voting day turnout.

Florida (again?) seems to have figured this out. 4.8 million votes were cast early in the gubernatorial election this year. Republican early voters outnumbered democrats by 321,000.

Meanwhile, in Arizona, where Republicans outnumber democrats by 4%, the republican party seemed to count on traditional voting day turnout. That their somewhat snarky, election denying candidate, may have turned off a meaningful swath of independents might be worth looking into as well.

I would suggest new election leadership for the party willing to spend money on an army of legal vote gatherers to insure every "low energy" republican voter is counted along with his or her democrat counterpart would be the most effective reform to implement prior to '24.

Precisely. Is it the RNC chair person that creates the overall strategy? Clearly there is need for a strategy overhaul before 2024, but who is responsible for getting that done?