Politics: All liberal Democrat all the time. 6/22/2022 #3 of 3

 

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Let's hope

There are still an awful lot of uneducated, poorly informed people out there who vote.

A lesson to be learned.

Background checks

Another one of those arguments that seems righteous on the surface, but really - should there be background checks on the right to vote? This is not a good argument for liberals to push.

Big talk

More big words from the Obama administration - but I won't believe it until I've seen it.

Obama on gun control measures

Republicans: Vote no, hope yes

From Daily Kos...


Boehner explains the GOP's 'Vote No, Hope Yes' legislative strategy
from Daily Kos by (Jed Lewison)

When the House passed the Violence Against Women Act last week, it was the third time this year that House Speaker John Boehner relied primarily on Democratic votes to pass a piece of legislation. Today, he explained why he supported moving forward with the legislation even though a majority of Republicans opposed it:

    "We tried everything we could to get the differences in our conference resolved," Boehner said Tuesday of moving a Democratic version of VAWA last week. "And the fact is they couldn't resolve their differences. It was time to deal with this issue and we did."

So, according to Boehner, VAWA was a bill that needed to pass, and Republicans weren't capable of coming up with a version that could pass. The solution: push the GOP to the side and let the Democrats lead the way.

But even though Boehner has now allowed three votes so far this year on bills opposed by a majority of the House Republican Conference, he's not actually going against the wishes of his party. It's the exact opposite, in fact-a strategy that Ashley Parker of the New York Times dubbed "Vote No, Hope Yes."

The basic idea of Vote No, Hope Yes is that many Republicans realize that they can't stand in the way of must-pass legislation like the fiscal cliff deal, VAWA or Hurricane Sandy. At the same time, they can't bring themselves to support it, so they try to split the difference by allowing the legislation to come up, and then voting against it while simultaneously hoping it will pass.

And it's called cheating...

Vote for people who will make a difference

Methinks that there a lot of people who claim to hate government that don't really hate government - they hate that they don't get their way everyday. They'd like government just fine if everybody who voted just agreed with THEM all of the time. Small minded Republicans would love it if their government were run by a white man who was banning abortions, praying in public, and sending them each boatloads of cash. Just sayin'.

Voting

Casting a ballot sends a message to politicians. Here's some of what voters were saying - was anyone listening?

Voting

Why women aren't allowed to vote in Muslim countries...

How we vote

Voters uninformed

I watched it for years as a local union leader - people voting against their own best interests. I've no idea what motivates them, but whether it is family tradition to vote conservative values, or religion, or historical ignorance, they will do it - and they will do it in droves.  More proof...


I have no sympathy for seniors complaining about dismantling Medicare. You old, uninformed, easily confused, overly religious morons voted for Republicans - did you think YOUR benefits were somehow off-limits?

Now here's a real threat

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Zippy's advice

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A new way to look at casting your vote...

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Why they vote the way they do...

and why we get screwed over...

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Great Words - Voting

Stupid Hypocrites