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CK_John

(10,005 posts) Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:38 PM Jun 2014

We deserve the court rulings. We have to stop being reactive and whining after the fact.

We have to be proactive and have to start putting people in office that reflect what laws we want. 20 to 40 % turnout for elections is not going to cut it.

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We deserve the court rulings. We have to stop being reactive and whining after the fact. (Original Post) CK_John Jun 2014 OP

Well, and when the Supreme Court overturns the popular vote and no one does *jack shit* about it... villager Jun 2014 #1

AND we MUST get out the vote when the census comes along SoCalDem Jun 2014 #2

Let's get through November. Besides KY-Sen. where else can we win? Where else can genwah Jun 2014 #4

Leonard Lance NJ 7th JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #5

Her webpage is a little thin on the issues, but this Lance asshole definitely needs to go. I'm in. genwah Jun 2014 #7

It's being updated as we type! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #10

Michelle Nunn is running strong in GA iandhr Jun 2014 #9

Close enough for me. I'm in. BTW TODAY IS THE DAY! I've been doing genwah Jun 2014 #12

No, we don't "deserve" the court rulings. louis-t Jun 2014 #3

They will if 300 million don't care and if we don't start teaching our kids some civic responsibility CK_John Jun 2014 #6

Anybody's guess on where the tipping point is BootinUp Jun 2014 #8

And by "we" you mean women deserve it, right? Since you're a man and this has no effect on you. Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #11

villager

(26,001 posts)

1. Well, and when the Supreme Court overturns the popular vote and no one does *jack shit* about it...

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:43 PM

Jun 2014

..as they install their own President, I think the message that they could rule with impunity was pretty clear...

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)

2. AND we MUST get out the vote when the census comes along

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:44 PM

Jun 2014

That is the most important election ever, since GOVERNORS/Secretaries of State get to manipulate districts for TEN LONG YEARS.. That is precisely why our house of representatives is so desperately skewed against us.....and why nothing of any consequence passes..

For decades now, democrats have been stop-start when it comes to elections, and have tended to only get really amped up in presidential years, but the hum-drum in-state elections and gubernatorial elections are the truly impactful elections.

genwah

(574 posts)

4. Let's get through November. Besides KY-Sen. where else can we win? Where else can

Reply to SoCalDem (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:48 PM

Jun 2014

we make the asshole-party spend huge money to keep what they've got? Where else can we fight the kind of media guerrilla warfare that embarrasses the entire Rethug corporate handmaids?

JustAnotherGen

(31,818 posts)

5. Leonard Lance NJ 7th

Reply to genwah (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:55 PM

Jun 2014

He posted on his FB page that this was a win for religious Freedom. The Mayor of Clinton is running against him. SHE is Janice Kovach.

We need all the help we can get. Money, calls, tweet - share her FB posts.

#runwithjance

genwah

(574 posts)

7. Her webpage is a little thin on the issues, but this Lance asshole definitely needs to go. I'm in.

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 07:22 PM

Jun 2014

Oh, and P.S. https://act.myngp.com/Forms/5518879868365832192

JustAnotherGen

(31,818 posts)

10. It's being updated as we type!

Reply to genwah (Reply #7)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 08:45 PM

Jun 2014

She's very solid left. I had misgivings then I learned via the person doing the update how left she is on the issues.

She's not playing it safe - he Facebook post is the exact opposite of what Lance said. We just gave her another $250

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

9. Michelle Nunn is running strong in GA

Reply to genwah (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 07:34 PM

Jun 2014

genwah

(574 posts)

12. Close enough for me. I'm in. BTW TODAY IS THE DAY! I've been doing

Reply to iandhr (Reply #9)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 09:27 PM

Jun 2014

more here than I ordinarily would because at midnight, we have to have our money numbers in.

https://secure.michellenunn.com/?sc=action-nav

louis-t

(23,292 posts)

3. No, we don't "deserve" the court rulings.

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:47 PM

Jun 2014

Conservatives have won a few of the recent court battles, but not many. They will use whatever means necessary to turn this country backwards. They have almost unlimited resources to accomplish this. Eventually, they will fail, even though they have spent billions trying to turn this country into a Libertarian utopia. They haven't quite crossed the line yet. They will over-step. Only a matter of time. 400 billionaires will never succeed in enslaving 320 million people.

CK_John

(10,005 posts)

6. They will if 300 million don't care and if we don't start teaching our kids some civic responsibility

Reply to louis-t (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:55 PM

Jun 2014

BootinUp

(47,143 posts)

8. Anybody's guess on where the tipping point is

Reply to louis-t (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 07:26 PM

Jun 2014

My personal opinion is that things have already turned around, but politics can fool you just when you think you have it figured out.

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)

11. And by "we" you mean women deserve it, right? Since you're a man and this has no effect on you.