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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhen it comes to voting i only have two words: ERIC FUCKING CANTOR
ok, that's three.....
GOTV
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Let the same fate befall Mitch.
elleng
(131,116 posts)We seem to be doing nicely in his former district! http://www.democraticunderground.com/10811960
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Aerows
(39,961 posts)the political demise of the asshole known as Mitch McConnell as much as I cheered the political demise of the manager of the asshole store..
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/szf6pk/back-in-black---congress-on-youtube
spanone
(135,877 posts)wouldn't describe it
Did you watch the video? That's also what I thought of Eric Cantor, so maybe we can get McConnell out of there because he is easily just as reprehensible.
spanone
(135,877 posts)Retrograde
(10,158 posts)then quit in a childish fit of pique, abandoning his constituents because he didn't get what he wanted.
Wait - I offended some children. What I meant to say was that he quit in a Teabagger fit of pique.
You did offend children everywhere, because they are indeed, more mature
malaise
(269,162 posts)Good call!
spanone
(135,877 posts)malaise
(269,162 posts)They never saw it coming
Nobody thought his ass could lose...and he did! Repukes are scared shitless of this election and it shows BIGTIME!
RichGirl
(4,119 posts)Because Virginia has open primaries and democrats voted for Brat....in order to get rid of Cantor. For years dems ran someone against Cantor and could never win because he had so much money and power. They wanted an even playing field...so that a dem candidate would stand a change.
I hope that taking down someone as powerful as Cantor, gave Brat a false sense of security.
Blue Owl
(50,505 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Because Eric Cantor = Dumbass.
Cha
(297,673 posts)spanone
(135,877 posts)Cha
(297,673 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)if I recall?
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)nincompoops that need to go, we forget about swarmy Eric. But YES, it can be done!
Don't know about the rest of you, but I'm hitting the sheets early tonight to be up tomorrow night. Great timing on setting the clocks back.
Indydem
(2,642 posts)So we got rid of Cantor - Great!
We are going to get Brat as his replacement. Trammell is so far behind in the race they aren't even bothering to take polls.
So we got rid of one dbag, and replaced him with another. All those who jumped party to vote against him accomplished was to get rid of a republican, and replace hime with a tea nazi.
I don't get it.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)Yeah, he was the aforementioned dbag, but Brat is a Teabagging religious whacko.
DU can be a goofy place.
Indydem
(2,642 posts)So the manager of the asshole store is gone. WHEEE!
He isn't being replaced with a progressive. We didn't change anything except that you didn't like the guy.
Congrats.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I count that as a win. What do you count it as?
Indydem
(2,642 posts)Democrats crossed party lines and primaried him.
"We" voted for another republican, Brat. Brat is poised to take Cantor's seat. The Democrat is so far behind they stopped bothering with polls.
That's not a win.
I'll stick to politics in my own state, instead of being ignorant and chirping at you when I didn't understand the underlying consequences.
Still, hope springs eternal that a Dem could win there .
spanone
(135,877 posts)cantor was the first sitting House majority leader to lose a primary since the position was created in 1899. his loss at the primary was described by the los angeles times as "one of the greatest political upsets of modern times."
the new teabagging asshole won't have a shred of the power cantor had....victory.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Watch the video in my link upthread, and remember what happened to Cantor, and light a candle that it happens to Mitch .
onecaliberal
(32,898 posts)leanforward
(1,077 posts)This thread has me enthused. And, yes I remember the dear departed Eric. Since this is pretty late at night, I picked up a term, SLMF.