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What stupid shit has Trump done today?

High Voltage said:
What does this mean? Genuine question btw - I've got our voting cards for the up coming local elections, but they're pretty much the same for a General Election - I'm not "registered" as anything, it's none of their fucking business and who I vote for is no-ones business but my own
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Couldn't agree more.

It seems odd to tell the government who you support.
It also seems strange not to have more than two parties.
 
two sheds said:
and I'm sure he doesn't give a shit about birds in other circumstances),
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Pretending to give a shit about birds was one of his ruses when pushing his golf course through at Menie. He made a great big thing about stopping hunting on the estate. Except the guns ere blasting away as normal, right-up to when the bulldozers started rumbling!
 
High Voltage said:
What does this mean? Genuine question btw - I've got our voting cards for the up coming local elections, but they're pretty much the same for a General Election - I'm not "registered" as anything, it's none of their fucking business and who I vote for is no-ones business but my own
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Where I live, you have to register as one party or the other to vote in the primary election that decides that party's candidates in the General election. You have the option to register as an independent or as some other party, but you won't have the ability to vote in the party primary. It varies by state. Some states will let you vote in whichever primary you feel like at the time. Personally, I think requiring a party affiliation is a recipe for more radical selections than if the candidates were decided by everyone, or if there were more than two viable parties.
 
teqniq said:
I am guessing the whole idea of registering as a Republican in an overwhelmingly Red state where you know it's going to be a Republican nominee no matter what is you get the chance to vote for who you consider to be the least worst of a bad bunch.
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That's the idea. What will probably happen is that I will have the opportunity to vote against the winner of the next election, twice--once in the primary, and again in the general election. TBH, no one I vote for ever wins. I don't really expect different results here, but I had to try something else instead. The other option is to not vote at all, which is moving up on my list.
 
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killer b said:
I've tried reading this thread a few times and can't work out what the smoking gun is - could you explain?
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Actually I should have put a question mark in my post (edited now) as i tried reading the linked article last night and couldn't quite get to grips with what they are getting at. Apologies
 
killer b I had replies to my questions (which I still can't make head nor tail of). But it at least does seem to mean that the person behind the emptywheel account isn't doing it just for the clicks.



 
High Voltage said:
What does this mean? Genuine question btw - I've got our voting cards for the up coming local elections, but they're pretty much the same for a General Election - I'm not "registered" as anything, it's none of their fucking business and who I vote for is no-ones business but my own
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It's pretty similar to what happens over here. You can't vote for who you want as leader of a party unless you are a registered member of that party.
 
Me and a friend once discussed the notion of leftist entryism into the Republican party. Not sure how well that would actually work, but if nothing else, it would be a different approach instead of endlessly trying and failing to get the Democratic party to be less of a bunch of corporate tools. They say that the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing expecting different results.
 
NoXion said:
Me and a friend once discussed the notion of leftist entryism into the Republican party. Not sure how well that would actually work, but if nothing else, it would be a different approach instead of endlessly trying and failing to get the Democratic party to be less of a bunch of corporate tools. They say that the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing expecting different results.
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I like the thought of large numbers of lefties joining the Republican Party. It may not change much, but it would probably throw them into chaos for a while until they were able to sort out the people who don't support the current platform. And as you said, it's something different. Supporting reasonable candidates with donations, lobbying, and votes hasn't worked. It's time to try something different.
 
Yuwipi Woman said:
I like the thought of large numbers of lefties joining the Republican Party. It may not change much, but it would probably throw them into chaos for a while until they were able to sort out the people who don't support the current platform. And as you said, it's something different. Supporting reasonable candidates with donations, lobbying, and votes hasn't worked. It's time to try something different.
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The trickiest part would be getting all the new members to stay quiet until they were able to hold a vote on renaming it the "Atheists for Gun Control Party."
 
Yuwipi Woman said:
I like the thought of large numbers of lefties joining the Republican Party. It may not change much, but it would probably throw them into chaos for a while until they were able to sort out the people who don't support the current platform. And as you said, it's something different. Supporting reasonable candidates with donations, lobbying, and votes hasn't worked. It's time to try something different.
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One major problem 12 isnt a large number, you'd have to ship over a load of Taffys and give em green cards
 
I checked the latest numbers of people who have switched parties in the last month and it's up to 8,256. These are mostly democrats registering as republicans. That's enough to change the results of an election:

The Nebraska Examiner reported that the Nebraska GOP has picked up more than 8,400 members over the past two months, including about 6,400 more just during the month of April, according to figures from the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office.

The increase in Republicans compares to a loss of 5,625 registered Democrats during that period and 2,631 fewer voters registered as nonpartisan — a total of 8,256.

Over the past two months, total voter registration increased only 595 voters.

John Hibbing, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln political science professor, said it is only “sensible” that Democrats and nonpartisans would want to vote in the tight, three-way race between University of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen, Falls City businessman Charles Herbster and State Sen. Brett Lindstrom of Omaha.

“I don’t think it means they’re being disloyal,” Hibbing said of Democrats who switched. “(But) the odds are extremely strong that the winner of the Republican primary is going to be the next governor.”
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Voters switching parties ahead of Nebraska primary

www.msn.com

This could make a real difference in who ends up being elected as governor. It will still mean a Republican, but maybe a little less crazy one.
 
two sheds said:
Does a little dance after reading out the names of the dead kids with atmospheric bell tolling after each

www.salon.com

Trump does grotesque jig after reading off names of Uvalde victims at NRA convention

Trump and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas were among those pushing a "good guys with guns" theory
www.salon.com www.salon.com
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Dance is at the end of this article

www.rollingstone.com

Trump Does a Little Dance at NRA Gun Celebration Days After Uvalde Massacre

The former president tried to approximate grief in Houston on Friday, but it didn’t last long
www.rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com

It only lasted a few seconds.
 
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