Election Day Countdown

[StPaulHusker]

Here's how you know the political landscape in this country is seriously messed up.

Take the case of Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY). In April of this year, Grimm was captured on camera, with full sound, threatening a reporter.

Go watch the episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about local elections and you will see that the size of the net is quite appropriate.

 

[NUpolo8]

Here's how you know the political landscape in this country is seriously messed up.

Take the case of Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY). In April of this year, Grimm was captured on camera, with full sound, threatening a reporter.

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Give me the cliffs notes version, does it specifically cover congressional districts? They're very gerrymandered, and if the candidates are bad there, it's because both parties know it doesn't matter.

You get the leader you deserve, if a district is dumb enough to vote for the letter and not the candidate, I don't have much sympathy with them. And I say that knowing full well the current state of things in my state.

EDIT: and while I've never seen john Oliver's new show, and am a huge daily show fan, this problem isn't going to be fixed by satrical programs like that.

 

[StPaulHusker]

Here's how you know the political landscape in this country is seriously messed up.

Take the case of Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY). In April of this year, Grimm was captured on camera, with full sound, threatening a reporter.

Cliffs notes is that there are corrupt and bad people getting re-elected everywhere. He pointed out Florida, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire as some examples. It's a 30 minute show so he couldn't get to them all.

And I agree with you on your other 2 comments.

 

[AR Husker Fan]

Man. Sam Brownback held on in Kansas?

How's that experiment working out?!

A disaster. The massive tax cuts were supposed to draw industry and jobs to the state - you know the drill. Of course, they didn't, just as they never do. Consequently, Kansas has a massive deficit and is cutting funding for even the most basic of services - education, prisons, etc. Here's a pretty good article about it:

LINK

 

[huKSer]

Man. Sam Brownback held on in Kansas?

How's that experiment working out?!

He won . . . so it must be going well?

We will see in 2 years when Kansas is broke - they (Koch brothers, the real power behind the throne) will have to raise taxes on themselves (not going to happen) or fire half of the teachers. I'm re-upping my Nebraska teaching certificate.

 

[JJ Husker]

The fact that Scott Walker, the governor that faced a recall, got re-elected shows just how stupid Wisconsin voters are.

Or possibly it shows how misguided the recall attempt was. Just sayin.

 

[carlfense]

Man. Sam Brownback held on in Kansas?

How's that experiment working out?!

He won . . . so it must be going well?

We will see in 2 years when Kansas is broke - they (Koch brothers, the real power behind the throne) will have to raise taxes on themselves (not going to happen) or fire half of the teachers. I'm re-upping my Nebraska teaching certificate.

No way . . . tax cuts = prosperity. Everyone knows this.

Just wait a little longer.

 

[ZRod]

Man. Sam Brownback held on in Kansas?

How's that experiment working out?!

He won . . . so it must be going well?

We will see in 2 years when Kansas is broke - they (Koch brothers, the real power behind the throne) will have to raise taxes on themselves (not going to happen) or fire half of the teachers. I'm re-upping my Nebraska teaching certificate.

No way . . . tax cuts = prosperity. Everyone knows this.

Just wait a little longer.

Double down on trickle down!

 

[AR Husker Fan]

Man. Sam Brownback held on in Kansas?

How's that experiment working out?!

A disaster. The massive tax cuts were supposed to draw industry and jobs to the state - you know the drill. Of course, they didn't, just as they never do. Consequently, Kansas has a massive deficit and is cutting funding for even the most basic of services - education, prisons, etc. Here's a pretty good article about it:
LINK

And so it begins...

Officials: Kansas faces $279M budget gap by July...and it gets worse the year after.

 

[Husker_x]

Man. Sam Brownback held on in Kansas?

How's that experiment working out?!

He won . . . so it must be going well?

We will see in 2 years when Kansas is broke - they (Koch brothers, the real power behind the throne) will have to raise taxes on themselves (not going to happen) or fire half of the teachers. I'm re-upping my Nebraska teaching certificate.

No way . . . tax cuts = prosperity. Everyone knows this.

Just wait a little longer.

Double down on trickle down!

The only thing trickling down is piss down the collective leg of Kansas as it looks to go the way of a third-world country.

 

[Abdullah the Butcher]

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-11-12/republican-sullivan-defeats-alaska-democratic-senator-begich-ap

Republican Dan Sullivan bested Democratic incumbent Mark Begich in Alaska's Senate race, picking up an eighth seat for the GOP in the 2014 midterm elections, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.