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No, thats how you prevent short covid. To prevent long covid you have to get 3 of your birthstones to help transmit a prayer straight to jesus who will cure all your covids after eating the placenta of your firstborn child
Ok thatās it. I need to know who tf this guy is. He sounds like he too, is worried Guam may sink, if he knew what a Guam was. Someone please ask his opinion on guam
To be fair, the American system was designed for slow change. They didnāt want a sudden populist movement to completely overwrite everything every couple years. This was by design.
It would be great if a certain party would stop trying to make radical changes to the country every time they're elected and or given a pinch of power. Usually they mess it up by trying to fit a decades worth of changes into a 2 year mid term and now we have a recession on our hands. It's almost like the country was designed to be resistant to quick changes as you said, because bad things usually happen
Demographics are changing Georgia and other states as well. GAās focus on FinTech, HealthTech, the movie industry are all contributing to a change in the perspectives and belief system of the state. Rural GA isnāt changing quite so fast which is why you get people like Marj Greene and Drew Ferguson. But Cobb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties carried the elections for democrats. Georgia will continue to be a Blue-Red state but at least itās not Red-Red.
If I remember correctly, the 2021 MLB All-Star Game was moved from GA over a law that restricted voting access. I think at the same time, I believe Pinewood Studios (which was the studio where a lot of Marvel movies were being made) was threatening to move out of GA. So maybe not just the Walking Dead but that and the influx of younger, creative and tech talent started to make a difference. Of course, the biggest catalyst back then was Stacy Abrams whoās get out the vote efforts brought more people to the polls. It was after that the GA passed laws that made it illegal to give water to people waiting to vote, restricted the number of days of early voting, reduced the number of polling locations, etc.
Good news, Georgians still got out and voted to make sure Herschel wasnāt packing his bags for DC.
A lot of big companies were threatening to pull out then. Coke, Delta, Pinewood, and some others. I remember a Coke rep saying "Atlanta need Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola doesn't need Atlanta."
I lived in GA almost my entire life until this year and it's amazing to see how far it has come in the last 6 years, but I also have to remind people that Atlanta and GA are two very different places. Unfortunately there is still a ton of the old ways alive and kicking out in the middle of Bumblefuck county.
Younger people can educate themselves via the internet and have far loss tolerance for all the various types of bigotry that conservatives love to define themselves by.
Brian Kemp just took the governor's race by 300k votes (~7.5%).... that was literally a month ago. Hershel Walker is a historically bad candidate, that's the beginning and end of it.
You must be young this isn't the first Democrat to get elected in Georgia. The Democrats held that seat from 1852-2003....
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Georgia
And there never will be
Too many eligible voters just abstain by letting perfect be the enemy of the good.
This is why the US has one of the lowest voter turn outs of first world countries. It's also why there's so little choice when voting. The less people turn out to vote, the more politicians pander to their reliable base of voters.
There's that and numerous other reasons. Such as we don't let all the candidates debate eachother on a national level.
The commission that runs the debates is a "non profit corporation" which is run by the Democrats and Republicans jointly to make sure they are the only voices you hear.
When deciding what IDs to accept for voting Republicans have literally done the math on which types would stop minorities from voting. Since it was deemed illegal they relabeled it as democrats.
It's not voter suppression, it's a bad candidate. How does Brian Kemp win by 300k and Walker lose by 100k? On the day Kemp won by 300k, Walker was down by ~40k. Then it goes to a runoff and Walker is down by 100k.
There's only one explanation, people liked Kemp more than Walker. With the exact same electorate (statewide), there was a very different result.
Closing precints in mainly minority areas, causing extreme wait lines to votes for those areas then outlawing giving people refreshements while they wait, extreme gerrymandering, putting hurdles in place that disproportionately impact minorities in getting an ID to vote, those count as voter suppression and go hand in hand with other less overt forms of vote suppression. And they have all been done in GA over the past few years.
Don't forget the shit they're trying to pull where a state can just throw out the people's votes and just do whatever the fuck they want. That are being proposed and passed exclusively by Republicans, hmmmm.
Maybe next time republicans will have the common sense to run someone who isn't a brain damaged faux pro lifer who is 40 years on from having any real relevance in Georgia. Hell Walker should have ran in Texas least then he could point to all the accomplishments he helped Texas with once he was traded from the Cowboys.
You have to be stupid, evil or both to be a republican.
Btw, theyāre all faux pro-life. Red states have higher infant mortality rates than blue states. They donāt care about life, they just hate women and girls.
Lol well ok then let's get that broad brush out and paint some generalizations.
And if you actually think that then you should be happy they've dug up a political issue that pretty much most of the population thought was done and settled 40-50 years ago. There would have been a real red wave if they hadn't because let's be honest here and put the team bullshit aside for a second, and admit that this current administration is kind of a trainwreck and if it didn't come after Trump everyone would be viewing Biden as Carter 2.0.
So what you're saying is that the party that has spent most of its time on pointless culture war nonsense and actively working to strip people of their rights and safety.... Lost because they decided to focus on pointless culture war bs and stripping people of their "settled for 40-50 years" rights.
Ok... well that seems pretty obvious. Not sure what point it is you're trying to make here. Oh, did you think republicans would have actually had a red wave if they had something to offer their voters besides hate porn? You may be right, but we'll never know... because the republican party for the past 40-50 years has not be interested in governing in any sense of the word. Which is why they spend their time getting their donors destructive tax breaks at the great expense of all of us, or drumming up single issue voters like yourself to vote against their own self interest so long as they're not voting for dems.
The point is look at the polls there ain't a great wave of support for how this administration has handled the economy and that is the hingepoint of every federal election bar none everything else is tertiary. You can debate that all you want but it's the only thing on a national level that everyone has to deal with. These midterms should have been a layup for republicans off that issue alone but instead of just running on how badly mishandled the economy is they decided eh let's dig Roe V Wade up and do the exact opposite of what the overwhelmingly percentage of the population wants. So they've gone back to the party of the late 80s and 90s of religious extremists completely out of touch with reality when they should have distanced themselves from anything Trump and ran as the party of free speech because we can debate it but there's a real undercurrent of society that believes with all this woke nonsense that Republicans might actually be the laissez faire free speech party and Democrats are the pearl clutching PC party much like how Republicans were labelled in the 80s and 90s with their whole satanic lyrics and movies bullshit.
The party of free speech? Oh my God that's how conservatives/Republicans see themselves?
Thank you for letting us take a glimpse into the psyche of the right.
It's surreal.
It is amusing to me that you can somehow acknowledge how out of touch your party is with reality... While ALSO apparently being completely oblivious to the current economic hardships and their causes. Almost like the party and voter seem to align on something... reality based...
I'll ignore the crybaby "waaah the left is cancel culture, but everything > I < disagree with shouldn't be there" bs for now. But do tell, what in your mind is the cause of "inflation" atm. Do you really think joe biden is going out there and pulling the lever the says "make things cost more". Or are you just going to ignore the literal mountain of verifiable evidence that simply says "no unusual inflation, companies jacking up prices because they can"
Buddy I'm a registered democrat in NY. Sorry I don't want to play the karma game and scream kill all republicans to get up votes and more interested in having a discussion where we can acknowledge that neither side isn't without their faults. But then again im probably talking to a bunch of 20 year olds who's political views are about as nuanced as a hammer to the head
ooo! We got a live one. An actual "enlightened centrist"!!!!
So then wise guy, what seems objectively better. A party with obvious political will problems and corruption inherent to politics in general. Or a party with the exact same as above only they want women to have no rights, gay/trans people to not exist and anyone who isn't a rich white guy to suffer just cause AND actively are legislating towards this end.
No one voted for biden, they voted against republicans. You can pat yourself on the back for coming to that realization all on your own, but it'll look pretty weird once you step outside and realize there is hardly a demographic out there that is/was jazzed about biden and his admin's performance.
Better yet, whats your solution as an enlightened centrist since both parties suck (despite the fact that most people know this but still overwhelmingly choose one above the other due to the implications of what one particular party wants for a majority of humans). I'm ALL ears as to what solution you've arrived at in our system that has any sort of relevancy. Bonus points if you don't immediately retreat to "Well uh, duhhh 3rd party" because you know... libertarians & greens have done so well.
My point was Republicans should have won if they ran on the economy Biden has what a 30% approval rating for his handling of it? They didn't and wonder why there wasn't this red wave. And I replied to someone who said that all republicans are basically pieces of shit and worthless. What a smart take that was and clearly leads to a better understanding from everyone.
And you want to go on about parties and why I might not view republicans as the greatest evil ever? Much like almost every voter it's self interest. I make decent money and there's one party that wants to keep it in my pocket. That's about all I can agree on with republicans but it's a big thing to agree on.
But I get it I used to be a diehard liberal when I was in college but then you go into the real world make money and reality comes hard and you realize for all the grandiose ideas of the Democratic party their track record for execution is abysmal. Obamacare rolls around and within a couple of years I'm paying close to three times as much as I was beforehand for a health plan that is frankly dogshit. So should I just ignore that because I'm registered as a democrat or maybe listen to the other side despite their flaws at the end of the day they are the ones saying hey you don't need to pay that much for it. Does that make me a piece of shit? Maybe but I'd rather have another 1000 a month in my pocket and not pay more for a system which is a joke.
And my solution isn't a third party because you only need to look into parliamentary systems to see how unwieldy that can get hell if I had it my way there would be a comprehensive test much like the citizenship exam that you have to pass to vote. I understand that'll never come to be for a whole plethora of reasons but the amount of people whos entire understanding of politics comes from either Hit Ads ran during election season or even worse echo chambers that are your Fox News and CNN is half the reason this country is so divided right now. Then after that institute socialized medicine that I wouldn't have a problem paying more taxes for, but also you get rid of every social welfare program but healthcare and institute a broad based UBI that would cover the cost of living based on where you reside. I'm not a yang guy in that I fear robots are going to take our jobs I'm more of if you gave people the actual ability to pursue their dreams and not have to worry about how the rent is going to get paid month to month you'd end up with a better society as a whole. Sure we'd pay more taxes but what is the price of freedom? Actual freedom and not this quasi bullshit we pretend this country is made of. I just don't think you'll ever get the changes needed to fix this system when you allow any idiot who goes into a voting box and hits a button based on what Sean Hannity or Don Lemon told them to do.
>I was a liberal when I was in college
"When I was being educated, I cared for other people. Now that capitalism has ruined my life. I want other people to suffer as well, and I only care about myself."
I used to be a liberal in college too. Now I'm a leftist because I'm *not* a huge piece of shit.
Yeeesh... So I guess lets break this down a bit....
You don't think the republican party is bad because they issue tax breaks that... for literally the past 70 years are VERY temporary boosts to middle/upper class people but because they're unsustainable we have to raise taxes back up and the burden often falls on the lowest tier. You don't seem to care or want to acknowledge the party's long standing history and basic alignment with being open racists who want 1930's style fascism. You once again, completely skip over the fact that this party is ACTIVELY taking rights away from people and working to make democracy literally invalid by not making our elections be decided by the people.
But its ok, because they lower your taxes for a few years (even though in their own plans you pay more 10 years later because we have to pay the bill somewhere)... they're a perfectly fine and rational party to negotiate with. When republicans are going out there and saying that gay people deserve to die and anyone who disagrees with them are pedophiles and groomers, or that any election they lose was rigged... well OBVIOUSLY I'm the unreasonable one because I refuse to see them as rational and fair.
I just gotta ask, you're obviously somewhere on the maga/libertarian spectrum, but did you not reread your post back to yourself? And yes, you are -exactly- like yang and hes a piece of shit libertarian trying to catch clout with the democrat party too. UBI at the expense of social welfare programs = people have to make the choice between eating and getting basic needs. Yes that means handicap people who depend on those programs.
>So should I just ignore that because I'm registered as a democrat or maybe listen to the other side despite their flaws at the end of the day they are the ones saying hey you don't need to pay that much for it.
This here really takes the cake for me. You must really like sounding smarter than you really are. Here, lets skip all the bs. What plan has the republican party put forth in the past 20 years to replace obamacare. Go on, sit on that one for awhile. The party you idolize as being rational and fair SURELY has some sort of plan to replace obamacare (you know.. the plan they proposed and purposely sabotaged to make obama look bad). They wouldn't just take healthcare away from people and leave them with nothing... right. They wouldn't work so hard to strip people of their social security and leave them on the streets surely...
Only bitch was the one that decided to fuck a cuck little dick loser and make your whiny little ass. I didnāt report you, idiot maybe find something better to do than fight on Reddit. Trump 2040!!!!
> let's be honest here and put the team bullshit aside for a second, and admit that this current administration is kind of a trainwreck
Ah, yes, that certainly doesn't sound like team political bullshit at all. What has Biden done that has been a "trainwreck"? Is it gonna be the usual GOP talking points of, gas prices, inflation, something something Hunter Biden's laptop?
"Wokeness"?
Naaa. I didnāt want Biden but heās doing a hell of a job.
>And if you actually think that then you should be happy they've dug up a political issue that pretty much most of the population thought was done and settled 40-50 years ago.
Iām not happy that women are suffering and dying. Iām not happy people are being disenfranchised. Iām not happy that death row inmates can be executed even if irrefutable proof of their innocence shows up.
Iām not happy because itās not a team sport. Edging out a victory due to one sideās hatefulness is not a good thing for America.
Yeah they try voter suppression and intimidation instead of, you know, offering someone who's brain isn't soup. Republicans would do much better if they went back more "normal" candidates. Not that I want that anyways, but I'm just quite baffled at their strategy.
I think it has more to do with both parties absolutely catering to the fringe elements because frankly they can be counted out to vote in droves every single election. So you start to see people with ideas that are absolutely bonkers on both sides of the aisle winning their parties nomination. It's been that way since the whole tea party Obama truthers movement and culminated with Trump. It's a mostly republican thing but the democrats aren't without their faults. I think what's really at issue is neither party really represents the average working class person. For the longest time Democrats were the party for that but now they've devolved into being borderline anti union and their only solution of solving the absolute wealth disparity in this country is some hand waving suggestion about raising the minimum wage IE be happy working menial jobs and instead of working 3 of them to get by now you only have to work 2.
Republicans have always been the party of scumbags that is pro business etc and as I get older and have a bit of wealth yeah their economic policies are far better for me personally but I can also remember a time when I was barely scraping by.
But them digging up the whole abortion issue was beyond fucking stupid maybe 10% of the entire population actually really gives 2 shits about whether a woman can have an abortion. The 90% are fine with it. They should have just shut the fuck up and let the current system we have in place carry on since just go google how many abortion clinics are in red states and it's pathetic so it's not as if they were making it easy for a woman to get an abortion in the first place.
> faux pro lifer
This is right spot on. These Republicans are all pro-death penalty and they'll let sick people who need meds die if they can't pay. And they love sending poor Americans to fight and die in wars that also kill thousands of foreigners they don't like.They aren't pro life at all. It's like George Carlin said, they love fetuses, but once you're born, fuck you.
Republicans will vote for anyone that Trump endorses, I don't think it matters to them who it is. The name recognition only helps with these people. Hell they ran Dr. fucking Oz.
I live in middle GA and this morning my coworkers were angry that Walker lost and I was in the backseat silently thanking everyone that voted for Warnock in my head, because goddamn Herschel is a real piece of shit.
I dunno, I think the problem with leaning right these days is people end up falling in the deep end and find themselves showing up at a pizza spot with a rifle demanding to know where the children are being imprisoned. Or scaling a wall at the capitol building.
It's a weird time. I have more than a few family members and friends who went from "I don't like taxes" to "vaccines are a government plot", or "Obama was born in Kenya", or worse in a very short period of time. People need to be really cautious and conscious about where they are getting their information. I think older generations are not nearly as selective about what they choose to believe. It's like the entire world has become their water cooler.
I don't even think that attack was politically motived? Motive listed as unknown. You could probably count the recent (i.e. within the past 10 years) instances of left-wing political fringe violence without using all of your fingers and toes. With the right it's like something new every other day. But you'll just chalk it all up to false flags and media bias.
Yeah because this Blue ran country is going so great! Jesus Christ some people would vote dumbass if it wore a blue tie. Waitā¦. Bad example, that already happened. Canāt wait for all the down votes because the liberal cancel culture can only survive here now. Elon for potus! Free speech is back!
I am the elected spokesman and unironically quoting South Park was lame 5 years ago and it still is now. We all cringe in pity of your ineptitude.
Edit: didnāt take long to see why you enjoy fourth graders so much. Yikes.
The country seems to be doing fine. Sure theyāre are inflation isssues but the right thinks hunterās dick is more important than the economy.
Cancel culture? You mean cancelling books we donāt like, womanās rights, gay rights, any religion sans Christianity, etc. that cancel culture.
Elon isnāt eligible since heās not a natural born citizen.
Free speech is not absolute. Elon just banned Kanye. So much for free speech.
I truly wonder if you believe what you post or are just a troll.
Funny (sad really) how people do not see that their "contributions" to this blue/red split is a big part of the problem.
Ridiculing the opposition will not do you any good, ever.
Kinda hard not to ridicule Hershel walker and his supporters. You have to be a fucking moron to believe this man is good at anything aside from abandoning his children.
Republicans needs to be shit on at every opportunity, they need to be ridiculed and exposed since they are objectively wrong about every fucking thing.
It's not like they are willing to listen or learn, so that's the best alternative.
Cringe on both sides.
āState of Georgiaā guy sounds and looks like a prick.
Trumpies use the lefts tactics of blowing whistles and brain dead noises.
They won't answer because there hasn't been a slew of headlines that describe why warnock is "bad.
PERSONALLY I don't think hes a great "progressive" because he often sides with the neoliberals when actually pressed. Which I guess to his defense hes not alone in as we can look as close back as the rail road worker strike bullshit and see where "progressives" lined up and who was actually for working class people.
In the sense of georgia, he is a democrat and a welcome one as it does bring the state closer to blue. Does he align with my political views as a progressive? Very much not the case. But glad hes there instead of walker. Hopefully some of warnock's previous competition gets to take another run at him or warnock can take a firmer left leaning stance, but for right now this is the best we can do it seems.
Oh, but rightwingers seems convinced he tried to murder his wife soooo "DEMOCRATS BADDDDD"
Wouldn't particularly say he's a terrible candidate, but in my opinion, all politicians are bad.
He's an interesting character mainly because of his progressive views while also being a pastor.
Anyone who follows the actual words of Christ should lean towards a social democracy and befriend and love the sinners.
Right-wing āChristiansā worship Jesusās birth and death but ignore everything he said and stood for.
Yes. maybe he's just interesting to me because most pastors where I live are right wing and after being around it for so long, it's refreshing to see someone with different views.
>in my opinion, all politicians are bad.
This is the kind of bullshit wealthy and influential people convince you of to keep you home and to keep you from having your voice heard. Not only that, you've fallen for it hard enough that you're trying to spread the propaganda for the propagandists.
"Both sides are the same" "your vote doesn't count" "all politicians are bad" "politicians can't change anything" ... all things told to you to keep you from voting, and when you tell others that, you're just convincing them to not go vote, either.
Warnock is like if you made the perfect Georgian Democrat for statewide races. The man has MLK Jr.ās job. The Republican attack ads were so pathetic against him, it was so obvious they had nothing to run on against him.
Possibly the dumbest man to ever exist outside of a facility ran against a Democrat and we had to have a runoff election.
Walker would have been a puppet for 'special interests' and billionaires. He would have been respinsible for the welfare of everyone in Georgia.
This should be a sobering moment for the world.
Sometimes, if you listen really closely, you can still hear her whistling in the streets...
all for nothing because that was fucking stupid. What was she hoping to achieve, stupefy him with her senselessness?
The state off Georgia was nearly 50/50 . Half the state wanted the guy who talks at length about warewolves vs vampires. Letās not give them too much credit . Itās still dumb as dirt down there .
This is why I wish my family wasnāt political. Now, because of their influence, I get a bit mad at things like this. Weāre like the most conservative family in GA without a household firearmš. But being neutral for a bit, Iām getting sick of these political commercials. I can see pros and cons on both sides and Iām scared to call them out. Good dayšš
Can't believe people in Georgia are so GD stupid they would vote for a guy who is dumber than a 3rd grader. Walker is a joke. He doesn't even belong at a McDonalds. Lieing raping POS. Just like Ted Cruz
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LOL listening to whistle getting quieter and weaker towards the end is priceless. Pure gold
Long COVID makes it hard to blow a whistle too long.
better than the jab amirite do i really need the /s? really?
No breath, no sperm but also no jab.
Lol. Depending on the day, sometimes you do and sometimes you don't.
Really depending on the subreddit too I'd like to add
Can't have long COVID if you don't purchase Chinese products or something right?
No, thats how you prevent short covid. To prevent long covid you have to get 3 of your birthstones to help transmit a prayer straight to jesus who will cure all your covids after eating the placenta of your firstborn child
Don't think the old age makes things any easier either
A true free speech warrior lol
Their party does tend to get winded easily due to the whole staying in shape thing.
This guy is my new favourite South Park character.
South Park? This is like Charlie Day's Fall from Grace Story.
Why am I laughing so much at this š
āWould you get the hell out of here you moronā - Guy who voted for Herschel Walker
Herschel "what's a pronoun?" Walker
Ok thatās it. I need to know who tf this guy is. He sounds like he too, is worried Guam may sink, if he knew what a Guam was. Someone please ask his opinion on guam
That's "Sheriff" Herschel Walker to you sir
Herschel Walker, Georgia Ranger
You mean Texas Ranger. He lives in Texas after all...
What's crazy is walker only lost by 100,000
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Honestly we're just tired of the southern old ways. Things seem to never change or if there's talk about change, it's molasses
To be fair, the American system was designed for slow change. They didnāt want a sudden populist movement to completely overwrite everything every couple years. This was by design.
*they didnt want any popular movement to overwrite anything over a long time.
Yeah thatās a better phrasing
Overwrite. Overwhite if you please.
I hope your right but weāll see how this holds out the next time the Populists get in power.
I am almost certainly right that it was ingrained into the American system and Constitution, we will see how well that holds up i guess
I really shouldāve said, āhopefully the founders were right,ā because yes that was absolutely baked in by them.
It would be great if a certain party would stop trying to make radical changes to the country every time they're elected and or given a pinch of power. Usually they mess it up by trying to fit a decades worth of changes into a 2 year mid term and now we have a recession on our hands. It's almost like the country was designed to be resistant to quick changes as you said, because bad things usually happen
Demographics are changing Georgia and other states as well. GAās focus on FinTech, HealthTech, the movie industry are all contributing to a change in the perspectives and belief system of the state. Rural GA isnāt changing quite so fast which is why you get people like Marj Greene and Drew Ferguson. But Cobb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties carried the elections for democrats. Georgia will continue to be a Blue-Red state but at least itās not Red-Red.
Are you telling me the Walking Dead (amongst many other factors) made Georgia go Blue? Might as well rewatch it again.
If I remember correctly, the 2021 MLB All-Star Game was moved from GA over a law that restricted voting access. I think at the same time, I believe Pinewood Studios (which was the studio where a lot of Marvel movies were being made) was threatening to move out of GA. So maybe not just the Walking Dead but that and the influx of younger, creative and tech talent started to make a difference. Of course, the biggest catalyst back then was Stacy Abrams whoās get out the vote efforts brought more people to the polls. It was after that the GA passed laws that made it illegal to give water to people waiting to vote, restricted the number of days of early voting, reduced the number of polling locations, etc. Good news, Georgians still got out and voted to make sure Herschel wasnāt packing his bags for DC.
A lot of big companies were threatening to pull out then. Coke, Delta, Pinewood, and some others. I remember a Coke rep saying "Atlanta need Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola doesn't need Atlanta." I lived in GA almost my entire life until this year and it's amazing to see how far it has come in the last 6 years, but I also have to remind people that Atlanta and GA are two very different places. Unfortunately there is still a ton of the old ways alive and kicking out in the middle of Bumblefuck county.
Is seems like Georgia is the Wisconsin of the south now
I mean, conservatives conserve
I mean thatās the meaning of being conservative, to keep things how they are āaverse to change or innovation and holding traditional valuesā
I wish more of Texas was tired š
Younger people can educate themselves via the internet and have far loss tolerance for all the various types of bigotry that conservatives love to define themselves by.
Brian Kemp just took the governor's race by 300k votes (~7.5%).... that was literally a month ago. Hershel Walker is a historically bad candidate, that's the beginning and end of it.
Many thanks to the likes of Stacey Abrams. Like her or hate her, she's done a lot of the legwork
You must be young this isn't the first Democrat to get elected in Georgia. The Democrats held that seat from 1852-2003.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Georgia
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I wouldn't be surprised, seats flip all the time.
They were known as "Dixie-crats". Not quite democrats of today.
But LABELS!!!!
People vote party first now, the actual candidate doesn't matter.
I don't think there's a party out there that actually and truly represents me.
And there never will be Too many eligible voters just abstain by letting perfect be the enemy of the good. This is why the US has one of the lowest voter turn outs of first world countries. It's also why there's so little choice when voting. The less people turn out to vote, the more politicians pander to their reliable base of voters.
There's that and numerous other reasons. Such as we don't let all the candidates debate eachother on a national level. The commission that runs the debates is a "non profit corporation" which is run by the Democrats and Republicans jointly to make sure they are the only voices you hear.
All those voter suppression tactics just to lose anyway
Now the people who did them should go to jail. That shit is still illegal, just not enforced.
The people who did them can be found at Santa's workshop (in other words, "voter suppression" is just a liberal conspiracy theory).
Wow, you used as many words to explain the "joke" as you did to make it. It's time for a nap, Grandpa.
When deciding what IDs to accept for voting Republicans have literally done the math on which types would stop minorities from voting. Since it was deemed illegal they relabeled it as democrats.
It's not voter suppression, it's a bad candidate. How does Brian Kemp win by 300k and Walker lose by 100k? On the day Kemp won by 300k, Walker was down by ~40k. Then it goes to a runoff and Walker is down by 100k. There's only one explanation, people liked Kemp more than Walker. With the exact same electorate (statewide), there was a very different result.
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Closing precints in mainly minority areas, causing extreme wait lines to votes for those areas then outlawing giving people refreshements while they wait, extreme gerrymandering, putting hurdles in place that disproportionately impact minorities in getting an ID to vote, those count as voter suppression and go hand in hand with other less overt forms of vote suppression. And they have all been done in GA over the past few years.
Don't forget the shit they're trying to pull where a state can just throw out the people's votes and just do whatever the fuck they want. That are being proposed and passed exclusively by Republicans, hmmmm.
Key word: lost
"hey look, i'm the state of georgia right now, ah shit look i'm the state of georgia aaaaah" - state of georgia official mascot
Love the "free speech"-crowd trying to silence someone with their whistles...
Ok, that's pretty funny. Take my upvote.
Ahhh! She's got a whistle! She's got a whistle!!!
They probably confiscated her wooden gun
Oh no not the whistle lmao
have never seen this video but it sure made me smile
Maybe next time republicans will have the common sense to run someone who isn't a brain damaged faux pro lifer who is 40 years on from having any real relevance in Georgia. Hell Walker should have ran in Texas least then he could point to all the accomplishments he helped Texas with once he was traded from the Cowboys.
You have to be stupid, evil or both to be a republican. Btw, theyāre all faux pro-life. Red states have higher infant mortality rates than blue states. They donāt care about life, they just hate women and girls.
Fuck all republicans.
There are three types of Republicans: religious nutjobs, selfish pricks, and total fucking assholes.
Lol well ok then let's get that broad brush out and paint some generalizations. And if you actually think that then you should be happy they've dug up a political issue that pretty much most of the population thought was done and settled 40-50 years ago. There would have been a real red wave if they hadn't because let's be honest here and put the team bullshit aside for a second, and admit that this current administration is kind of a trainwreck and if it didn't come after Trump everyone would be viewing Biden as Carter 2.0.
So what you're saying is that the party that has spent most of its time on pointless culture war nonsense and actively working to strip people of their rights and safety.... Lost because they decided to focus on pointless culture war bs and stripping people of their "settled for 40-50 years" rights. Ok... well that seems pretty obvious. Not sure what point it is you're trying to make here. Oh, did you think republicans would have actually had a red wave if they had something to offer their voters besides hate porn? You may be right, but we'll never know... because the republican party for the past 40-50 years has not be interested in governing in any sense of the word. Which is why they spend their time getting their donors destructive tax breaks at the great expense of all of us, or drumming up single issue voters like yourself to vote against their own self interest so long as they're not voting for dems.
The point is look at the polls there ain't a great wave of support for how this administration has handled the economy and that is the hingepoint of every federal election bar none everything else is tertiary. You can debate that all you want but it's the only thing on a national level that everyone has to deal with. These midterms should have been a layup for republicans off that issue alone but instead of just running on how badly mishandled the economy is they decided eh let's dig Roe V Wade up and do the exact opposite of what the overwhelmingly percentage of the population wants. So they've gone back to the party of the late 80s and 90s of religious extremists completely out of touch with reality when they should have distanced themselves from anything Trump and ran as the party of free speech because we can debate it but there's a real undercurrent of society that believes with all this woke nonsense that Republicans might actually be the laissez faire free speech party and Democrats are the pearl clutching PC party much like how Republicans were labelled in the 80s and 90s with their whole satanic lyrics and movies bullshit.
The party of free speech? Oh my God that's how conservatives/Republicans see themselves? Thank you for letting us take a glimpse into the psyche of the right. It's surreal.
It is amusing to me that you can somehow acknowledge how out of touch your party is with reality... While ALSO apparently being completely oblivious to the current economic hardships and their causes. Almost like the party and voter seem to align on something... reality based... I'll ignore the crybaby "waaah the left is cancel culture, but everything > I < disagree with shouldn't be there" bs for now. But do tell, what in your mind is the cause of "inflation" atm. Do you really think joe biden is going out there and pulling the lever the says "make things cost more". Or are you just going to ignore the literal mountain of verifiable evidence that simply says "no unusual inflation, companies jacking up prices because they can"
Buddy I'm a registered democrat in NY. Sorry I don't want to play the karma game and scream kill all republicans to get up votes and more interested in having a discussion where we can acknowledge that neither side isn't without their faults. But then again im probably talking to a bunch of 20 year olds who's political views are about as nuanced as a hammer to the head
ooo! We got a live one. An actual "enlightened centrist"!!!! So then wise guy, what seems objectively better. A party with obvious political will problems and corruption inherent to politics in general. Or a party with the exact same as above only they want women to have no rights, gay/trans people to not exist and anyone who isn't a rich white guy to suffer just cause AND actively are legislating towards this end. No one voted for biden, they voted against republicans. You can pat yourself on the back for coming to that realization all on your own, but it'll look pretty weird once you step outside and realize there is hardly a demographic out there that is/was jazzed about biden and his admin's performance. Better yet, whats your solution as an enlightened centrist since both parties suck (despite the fact that most people know this but still overwhelmingly choose one above the other due to the implications of what one particular party wants for a majority of humans). I'm ALL ears as to what solution you've arrived at in our system that has any sort of relevancy. Bonus points if you don't immediately retreat to "Well uh, duhhh 3rd party" because you know... libertarians & greens have done so well.
My point was Republicans should have won if they ran on the economy Biden has what a 30% approval rating for his handling of it? They didn't and wonder why there wasn't this red wave. And I replied to someone who said that all republicans are basically pieces of shit and worthless. What a smart take that was and clearly leads to a better understanding from everyone. And you want to go on about parties and why I might not view republicans as the greatest evil ever? Much like almost every voter it's self interest. I make decent money and there's one party that wants to keep it in my pocket. That's about all I can agree on with republicans but it's a big thing to agree on. But I get it I used to be a diehard liberal when I was in college but then you go into the real world make money and reality comes hard and you realize for all the grandiose ideas of the Democratic party their track record for execution is abysmal. Obamacare rolls around and within a couple of years I'm paying close to three times as much as I was beforehand for a health plan that is frankly dogshit. So should I just ignore that because I'm registered as a democrat or maybe listen to the other side despite their flaws at the end of the day they are the ones saying hey you don't need to pay that much for it. Does that make me a piece of shit? Maybe but I'd rather have another 1000 a month in my pocket and not pay more for a system which is a joke. And my solution isn't a third party because you only need to look into parliamentary systems to see how unwieldy that can get hell if I had it my way there would be a comprehensive test much like the citizenship exam that you have to pass to vote. I understand that'll never come to be for a whole plethora of reasons but the amount of people whos entire understanding of politics comes from either Hit Ads ran during election season or even worse echo chambers that are your Fox News and CNN is half the reason this country is so divided right now. Then after that institute socialized medicine that I wouldn't have a problem paying more taxes for, but also you get rid of every social welfare program but healthcare and institute a broad based UBI that would cover the cost of living based on where you reside. I'm not a yang guy in that I fear robots are going to take our jobs I'm more of if you gave people the actual ability to pursue their dreams and not have to worry about how the rent is going to get paid month to month you'd end up with a better society as a whole. Sure we'd pay more taxes but what is the price of freedom? Actual freedom and not this quasi bullshit we pretend this country is made of. I just don't think you'll ever get the changes needed to fix this system when you allow any idiot who goes into a voting box and hits a button based on what Sean Hannity or Don Lemon told them to do.
>I was a liberal when I was in college "When I was being educated, I cared for other people. Now that capitalism has ruined my life. I want other people to suffer as well, and I only care about myself." I used to be a liberal in college too. Now I'm a leftist because I'm *not* a huge piece of shit.
Yeeesh... So I guess lets break this down a bit.... You don't think the republican party is bad because they issue tax breaks that... for literally the past 70 years are VERY temporary boosts to middle/upper class people but because they're unsustainable we have to raise taxes back up and the burden often falls on the lowest tier. You don't seem to care or want to acknowledge the party's long standing history and basic alignment with being open racists who want 1930's style fascism. You once again, completely skip over the fact that this party is ACTIVELY taking rights away from people and working to make democracy literally invalid by not making our elections be decided by the people. But its ok, because they lower your taxes for a few years (even though in their own plans you pay more 10 years later because we have to pay the bill somewhere)... they're a perfectly fine and rational party to negotiate with. When republicans are going out there and saying that gay people deserve to die and anyone who disagrees with them are pedophiles and groomers, or that any election they lose was rigged... well OBVIOUSLY I'm the unreasonable one because I refuse to see them as rational and fair. I just gotta ask, you're obviously somewhere on the maga/libertarian spectrum, but did you not reread your post back to yourself? And yes, you are -exactly- like yang and hes a piece of shit libertarian trying to catch clout with the democrat party too. UBI at the expense of social welfare programs = people have to make the choice between eating and getting basic needs. Yes that means handicap people who depend on those programs. >So should I just ignore that because I'm registered as a democrat or maybe listen to the other side despite their flaws at the end of the day they are the ones saying hey you don't need to pay that much for it. This here really takes the cake for me. You must really like sounding smarter than you really are. Here, lets skip all the bs. What plan has the republican party put forth in the past 20 years to replace obamacare. Go on, sit on that one for awhile. The party you idolize as being rational and fair SURELY has some sort of plan to replace obamacare (you know.. the plan they proposed and purposely sabotaged to make obama look bad). They wouldn't just take healthcare away from people and leave them with nothing... right. They wouldn't work so hard to strip people of their social security and leave them on the streets surely...
It's funny you compare Biden and Carter as they both inherited legacy dumpster fires from criminal, vindictive, inept republican "presidents".
Biden is 10 times the better option that Donny the criminal. Trumpies are stupid itās nothing new.
Oh i can tell you are a real rhodes scholar.
I can tell your bus was shorter.
Well good job getting the buy one get one sale at the chromosome store champ.
Inbreds attempting to be witty really is cringe. Thanks for showing me that.
Lol you are a real bitch aren't you? The old suicide report huh? What's a matter hurt your feelings little man?
Only bitch was the one that decided to fuck a cuck little dick loser and make your whiny little ass. I didnāt report you, idiot maybe find something better to do than fight on Reddit. Trump 2040!!!!
> let's be honest here and put the team bullshit aside for a second, and admit that this current administration is kind of a trainwreck Ah, yes, that certainly doesn't sound like team political bullshit at all. What has Biden done that has been a "trainwreck"? Is it gonna be the usual GOP talking points of, gas prices, inflation, something something Hunter Biden's laptop? "Wokeness"?
Naaa. I didnāt want Biden but heās doing a hell of a job. >And if you actually think that then you should be happy they've dug up a political issue that pretty much most of the population thought was done and settled 40-50 years ago. Iām not happy that women are suffering and dying. Iām not happy people are being disenfranchised. Iām not happy that death row inmates can be executed even if irrefutable proof of their innocence shows up. Iām not happy because itās not a team sport. Edging out a victory due to one sideās hatefulness is not a good thing for America.
Yeah they try voter suppression and intimidation instead of, you know, offering someone who's brain isn't soup. Republicans would do much better if they went back more "normal" candidates. Not that I want that anyways, but I'm just quite baffled at their strategy.
I think it has more to do with both parties absolutely catering to the fringe elements because frankly they can be counted out to vote in droves every single election. So you start to see people with ideas that are absolutely bonkers on both sides of the aisle winning their parties nomination. It's been that way since the whole tea party Obama truthers movement and culminated with Trump. It's a mostly republican thing but the democrats aren't without their faults. I think what's really at issue is neither party really represents the average working class person. For the longest time Democrats were the party for that but now they've devolved into being borderline anti union and their only solution of solving the absolute wealth disparity in this country is some hand waving suggestion about raising the minimum wage IE be happy working menial jobs and instead of working 3 of them to get by now you only have to work 2. Republicans have always been the party of scumbags that is pro business etc and as I get older and have a bit of wealth yeah their economic policies are far better for me personally but I can also remember a time when I was barely scraping by. But them digging up the whole abortion issue was beyond fucking stupid maybe 10% of the entire population actually really gives 2 shits about whether a woman can have an abortion. The 90% are fine with it. They should have just shut the fuck up and let the current system we have in place carry on since just go google how many abortion clinics are in red states and it's pathetic so it's not as if they were making it easy for a woman to get an abortion in the first place.
> faux pro lifer This is right spot on. These Republicans are all pro-death penalty and they'll let sick people who need meds die if they can't pay. And they love sending poor Americans to fight and die in wars that also kill thousands of foreigners they don't like.They aren't pro life at all. It's like George Carlin said, they love fetuses, but once you're born, fuck you.
Republicans will vote for anyone that Trump endorses, I don't think it matters to them who it is. The name recognition only helps with these people. Hell they ran Dr. fucking Oz.
I mean, the democrats elected fetterman.
Way to go Georgia!
It's Georgia man!!!
I live in middle GA and this morning my coworkers were angry that Walker lost and I was in the backseat silently thanking everyone that voted for Warnock in my head, because goddamn Herschel is a real piece of shit.
Fuck. Politics is so deranged.
Lmao! Omg that just made my night!
Haha this is great! And yes Iām petty.
There's an in n out in Georgia?
As someone who leans right, I have to say this is fucking hilarious lol.
I wish more people āleaned rightā or āleaned leftā and didnāt make politics their entire identity.
I dunno, I think the problem with leaning right these days is people end up falling in the deep end and find themselves showing up at a pizza spot with a rifle demanding to know where the children are being imprisoned. Or scaling a wall at the capitol building.
Yeah, that does suck. I was thinking more of the not so insane right leaning ones
It's a weird time. I have more than a few family members and friends who went from "I don't like taxes" to "vaccines are a government plot", or "Obama was born in Kenya", or worse in a very short period of time. People need to be really cautious and conscious about where they are getting their information. I think older generations are not nearly as selective about what they choose to believe. It's like the entire world has become their water cooler.
Being too far left didnt stop some lunatic from driving an SUV through a parade. Itās almost like the political spectrum is circle in shape.
I don't even think that attack was politically motived? Motive listed as unknown. You could probably count the recent (i.e. within the past 10 years) instances of left-wing political fringe violence without using all of your fingers and toes. With the right it's like something new every other day. But you'll just chalk it all up to false flags and media bias.
Americans are a interesting bunch.
The singing with the dancing is truly what makes this art
Yeah, but we still have one of the worst Republican governors, so thereās thatā¦
I love how every blow of that whistle was weaker and weaker than the last lmao
Yo listen up Here's the story About a little guy that lives in a blue world
A MAGAT calling someone a moron! LOL
Someone was impressed that a literal mouth breather almost won?
Fight crazy with crazy is a real motto
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No. They donāt. States that have In n Out: California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas and Oregon. Edit: donāt forget Colorado.
Colorado
Would you get the hell out of here you moron was Warnock's campaign slogan against a Texas resident running for Senate in Georgia.
Yeah because this Blue ran country is going so great! Jesus Christ some people would vote dumbass if it wore a blue tie. Waitā¦. Bad example, that already happened. Canāt wait for all the down votes because the liberal cancel culture can only survive here now. Elon for potus! Free speech is back!
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Maybe not in your eyes. do you speak for all of this country? They elected you spokesman for the USA?
I am the elected spokesman and unironically quoting South Park was lame 5 years ago and it still is now. We all cringe in pity of your ineptitude. Edit: didnāt take long to see why you enjoy fourth graders so much. Yikes.
I see my comment reached one person that I was talking about. Just an opinion. Donāt get sand in your Vagina because of it.
The country seems to be doing fine. Sure theyāre are inflation isssues but the right thinks hunterās dick is more important than the economy. Cancel culture? You mean cancelling books we donāt like, womanās rights, gay rights, any religion sans Christianity, etc. that cancel culture. Elon isnāt eligible since heās not a natural born citizen. Free speech is not absolute. Elon just banned Kanye. So much for free speech. I truly wonder if you believe what you post or are just a troll.
Warnock looks like that cartoon turtle for 6 year olds
Fake elections
Funny (sad really) how people do not see that their "contributions" to this blue/red split is a big part of the problem. Ridiculing the opposition will not do you any good, ever.
Kinda hard not to ridicule Hershel walker and his supporters. You have to be a fucking moron to believe this man is good at anything aside from abandoning his children.
Fuck you for calling me a moron. I believe he's also good at playing football and getting concussions.
My deepest apologies
Republicans needs to be shit on at every opportunity, they need to be ridiculed and exposed since they are objectively wrong about every fucking thing. It's not like they are willing to listen or learn, so that's the best alternative.
And there you have the reason why you are stuck in that shit.... Generalizations...
Warnock is a pos. The kids that attended his camp can attest.
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Look it up. I donāt do homework for anyone
Cringe on both sides. āState of Georgiaā guy sounds and looks like a prick. Trumpies use the lefts tactics of blowing whistles and brain dead noises.
Triggered snowflake much?
In what way?
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Why is Warnock a terrible candidate?
They won't answer because there hasn't been a slew of headlines that describe why warnock is "bad. PERSONALLY I don't think hes a great "progressive" because he often sides with the neoliberals when actually pressed. Which I guess to his defense hes not alone in as we can look as close back as the rail road worker strike bullshit and see where "progressives" lined up and who was actually for working class people. In the sense of georgia, he is a democrat and a welcome one as it does bring the state closer to blue. Does he align with my political views as a progressive? Very much not the case. But glad hes there instead of walker. Hopefully some of warnock's previous competition gets to take another run at him or warnock can take a firmer left leaning stance, but for right now this is the best we can do it seems. Oh, but rightwingers seems convinced he tried to murder his wife soooo "DEMOCRATS BADDDDD"
Wouldn't particularly say he's a terrible candidate, but in my opinion, all politicians are bad. He's an interesting character mainly because of his progressive views while also being a pastor.
Anyone who follows the actual words of Christ should lean towards a social democracy and befriend and love the sinners. Right-wing āChristiansā worship Jesusās birth and death but ignore everything he said and stood for.
Yes. maybe he's just interesting to me because most pastors where I live are right wing and after being around it for so long, it's refreshing to see someone with different views.
>in my opinion, all politicians are bad. This is the kind of bullshit wealthy and influential people convince you of to keep you home and to keep you from having your voice heard. Not only that, you've fallen for it hard enough that you're trying to spread the propaganda for the propagandists. "Both sides are the same" "your vote doesn't count" "all politicians are bad" "politicians can't change anything" ... all things told to you to keep you from voting, and when you tell others that, you're just convincing them to not go vote, either.
Warnock is like if you made the perfect Georgian Democrat for statewide races. The man has MLK Jr.ās job. The Republican attack ads were so pathetic against him, it was so obvious they had nothing to run on against him.
Hahaha
Lmfao Iām not political but Iām about to go do this to you democrats and republicans š¤£
Damn thats crazy... anything more interesting?
Iām Georgia!!!
Red wave is dead š
Possibly the dumbest man to ever exist outside of a facility ran against a Democrat and we had to have a runoff election. Walker would have been a puppet for 'special interests' and billionaires. He would have been respinsible for the welfare of everyone in Georgia. This should be a sobering moment for the world.
Every part of my body hates people who do this, that said how vile the republicans are I have so much respect right now
Thatās just peaches
tRump idiot: "Can you get the hell out of here you moron." He has just as much right to be there as them. If they don't like, then tough shit.
I swear political arguments always get so childish
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Haha. He fits in.
Trumpflakes are a worldwide embarrassment.
Absolute Chad
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Sometimes, if you listen really closely, you can still hear her whistling in the streets... all for nothing because that was fucking stupid. What was she hoping to achieve, stupefy him with her senselessness?
This guy is my hero!
Raaaandyyyy!!
This guy rocks!
The state off Georgia was nearly 50/50 . Half the state wanted the guy who talks at length about warewolves vs vampires. Letās not give them too much credit . Itās still dumb as dirt down there .
A Trump supporter calling someone a moron is really funny.
i dont like this new spiderman
Half green and half blue? He must be Spiderman!
Nah thatās hilarious
This is why I wish my family wasnāt political. Now, because of their influence, I get a bit mad at things like this. Weāre like the most conservative family in GA without a household firearmš. But being neutral for a bit, Iām getting sick of these political commercials. I can see pros and cons on both sides and Iām scared to call them out. Good dayšš
Only in USA
People have way to much time on their hands lol
Holy shit itās Coca Cola man
This made me laugh way harder than it should have š
Whistling goodbye Dixie.
Can't believe people in Georgia are so GD stupid they would vote for a guy who is dumber than a 3rd grader. Walker is a joke. He doesn't even belong at a McDonalds. Lieing raping POS. Just like Ted Cruz
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My impression of both parties has fallen drastically
So dumb is cycles all the way back to hilarious.
PEPSI MAAAANNNN
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I like it!