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[ScaringChildren]

Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'd just like to reiterate that the only reason Democrats aren't in power is because of an antiquated system based on lines on a map. Too many of those lines just happened to be filled with bumpkin hillbillies (Senate, Electoral college) whose votes were worth proportionally far more than the rest of us.

You can come up with whatever hamster reasoning you want to try and explain away the cognitive dissonance about why this system is justified but you know deep down it's retarded and not only un-democratic (unequal voice) but un-republican (unequal representation). There is no reason one region deserves more power than another region due simply to geography and not population.

You sure it wasn't the Russians this time? Lol

[maskedmelon]

#federalism

[ScaringChildren]

Democrats: "We're amazing, why doesn't everyone realize that?? Why do we keep losing??"

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by ScaringChildren [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dems hold a majority of the House by 1 seat lol

That's all you can muster with a guy like Trump in office?

...yikes

I hear some Jerry Mandarin guy rigged the elections.

[Domo]

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[misterbonkers]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I hear some Jerry Mandarin guy rigged the elections.

this got a good pop out of me

[ScaringChildren]

Originally Posted by Domo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Europeans are ignorant and their opinions are ignored.

[ScaringChildren]

Midterm Election, Most House Seats Lost by President's Party in Power

2010 Obama: -63

1994 Clinton: -52

1958: Eisenhower: -48

1974 Ford (Nixon): -48

1966 Johnson: -47

1946 Truman: -45

2006 Bush: -30

1950 Truman: -29

1982 Reagan: -26

2018 Trump: -26

*NY Times data since 1946

[Cecily]

I mean even if we currently have concentration camps on the border, we still have moral high ground... at the moment. Which brings us back to our original dialogue: how could Hilter happen?

[ScaringChildren]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I mean even if we currently have concentration camps on the border, we still have moral high ground... at the moment. Which brings us back to our original dialogue: how could Hilter happen?

We don't have concentration camps at the border.

You know how Hitler happened?

Fear mongering.

Like telling people we have concentration camps at the border.