Mississippi Adds One More Republican Senator

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  1. jay runner

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    Just look at SAT scores categorized by race.
     
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    Bluesguy Well-Known Member Donor

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    Still trying to figure out the point Fresh was trying to make that MS with a disproportionate black population and blacks are disproportionately the least educated and the vote almost 100% Democrat in MS and nationwide and MS is a Red state.
     
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    Actually, to be even fairer, it's been pointed out that some of the world's dumbest people traffic in erroneous concepts like that.
     
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    I hate campaigns that is almost all personal negative attack ads or demonization as you put it. On 4 Dec we have a runoff election for Georgia Secretary of state between Democrat John Barrow and Republican Brad Raffensperger. Two very qualified and whom I consider exceptional men. Georgia is a sure winner regardless of who wins. But for the runoff, it has been demonization ad after demonization ad. So much so, I decided not to honor either one with my vote. I find myself being turned off more and more by these negative personal attack ads. Voting more and more third party. To Hades with both of them.

    As for Pelosi, with her arm twisting and threats, she did accomplish getting the ACA passed against the wishes of a lot of folks in Democratic held districts. They paid the price that November. That very well could happen again in 2020. Yes, the ACA did a complete turn around with Trump as president. No doubt about it.

    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/obama_and_democrats_health_care_plan-1130.html

    I don't think the ACA has made much of a difference for all its hoopla one way or the other. In 2003 79% of Americas were dissatisfied with the cost of healthcare, today 79% are still dissatisfied. In 2002 30% of Americans rated U.S. healthcare positive, today that is up to 34%. in 2002, 55% of Americans rated U.S. healthcare as excellent or good, today the same 55% says excellent or good. Not much has changed from pre-ACA to post ACA.

    https://news.gallup.com/poll/245054...utm_content=morelink&utm_campaign=syndication

    But back to Pelosi, I'm one of those who think a congressman should represent the people of his district first, party second or lower. How the people in his district feel, wish and want should be any congressman's first priority, not what party he belongs to. Same for senator, a senator should represent the people of his states first and foremost, not his party. But it almost always seems, at least to me, that what ever the party wishes, wants takes priority of the people of the state or district.
     
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    If that is what you need to wager, I don't see shy you shouldn't.

    I do not demean Americans based upon level of educational attainment, personal wealth, race, age, gender, or other demographic factors.
    Nor do I deny that those demographics have correlations with voting patterns.
     
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    I enthusiastically share your loathing of personal destruction as the bilateral approach to campaigning. It allows one to dismiss both as lowlifes. or to embrace the passionate contentions of both that the other is a scoundrel. Either way, like the fake, evidence-free hysteria over voter fraud, it undermines the democratic process.

    The ACA was a work-in-progress when passed, extending coverage to over twenty-million previously uninsured Americans, eliminating pre-existing exclusions, allowing family coverage for dependent children up to age 26, but never seriously addresses what its name promised to achieve: affordable care. Neither did it permit Medicare to negotiate Rx prices and lower their cost for everyone - another Trump fake promise. The GOP failed attempt to kill it, and willful neglect of it, do not constitute progress.

    If Pelosi is as smart as I believe she is, she will push the popular positions regarding healthcare, infrastructure renewal, etc. and ignore the Republican dung-flinging at her - and restrain Democrats from interfering in Trump's befouling himself as the conclusions of the Trump Justice Department Special Counsel are revealed.
     
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    I agree the ACA was a work in progress when passed. I always said it was rushed through in order to get it passed before Brown took his seat. I don't think the democrats expected the backlash to come in November of 2010. With their huge majorities in both chambers, 78 in the house and 18 in the senate that they would lose either chamber. That they had all the time in the world to work out any kinks. They weren't given the time.

    I was thinking about Pelosi and the differences between 2010 and now. I think Pelosi did a good job in 2007-08 when Bush was president. Then went overboard in 2009-10 when the Democrats controlled everything. With the Senate and the presidency in GOP hands, she may have no choice but to be the Pelosi of 07-08.

    The big question is can she, after four straight election cycles of independents voting Republican, 10,12,14,16, voting Democratic this midterm. Can she give independents another reason to continue to vote Democratic other than their dislike of Trump. If so, you could be looking at another huge run of controlling the house like the democrats did from 1955-94. If that is to happen, Pelosi needs to steer clear of far left legislation to concentrate on legislation more a tuned to where independents are. My perspective anyway.
     
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    Snicker
     
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    many of those criminals lived well into the 1970s and 80s when the Federal government helped Germany and Israel to trace those who escaped justice for their Nazi crimes but the government did not bother to trace those lynching criminals
     
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    Public refers to actions carried out by the legal system
     
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    Here's more:

     
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    Naturally every time a Dem loses they have an excuse.
     
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    And every time a Pube loses their buddies have a strategy to rig the game so it won't happen again.
     
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    Pube? Is that some sort of sandbox insult?

    When you grow up, why don't you give examples of a 'strategy to rig' instead of whining?
     
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    It’s interesting how hard Progressives are pushing

    “People are too stupid to vote for us”

    I wonder if they think that wins votes....
     
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    NPC comment found
     
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    You are twisting rhetoric to create propaganda

    The last public hanging was against the semi retarded kid from the Hatfield and McCoy incident.

    You are trying to equate a murder “in public” as a “public lunching”

    Shameful to avoid the truth so much to drive a partisan point home
     
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    public lunching - lol

    Never heard of that gem before. ;)
     
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    We understand the dredge barge he was talkin' bout.
     
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    It does in California and several other states.
     

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