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Post by travellingtrixie on Jan 10, 2013 13:21:44 GMT -5
I used to talk politics all the time. Then I stopped. Well, fuck it, here it goes.
I'm listening to a new Republican Senator talk on NPR, and I want to reach through the radio and punch him.
Damn it, I miss being fired up about something. Here in Oregon, people are either goofy-liberal or complacent. In Bend most people are either Libertarian-raw milk-wierdos or complacent conservatives.
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 10, 2013 13:34:40 GMT -5
Yep. If those sorts of Reps weren't so dangerous I would actually feel sorry for them since collectively they have the IQ of a nematode.
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Post by travellingtrixie on Jan 10, 2013 13:40:36 GMT -5
Well, at least I can be smug about how the 2012 elections went. Coming out on the side of rapists didn't do the GOP any favors.
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Post by MsBelleRae on Jan 10, 2013 14:59:11 GMT -5
I was so, so, soooo proud of my state (MN) after the elections. The only mark against us was that those looneys in District 6 re-elected Bachmann- even if it was just by a hair. That woman needs to go.
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Post by travellingtrixie on Jan 10, 2013 15:18:38 GMT -5
My new home state generally does the right thing, so no surprises in Oregon.
I was very proud of Virginia, though. I went back for the election and I had a great, fantastic, fun, exciting time. I was there when Sen. Kaine won, I was there when he announced that Obama won. The room was going nuts. Good times.
Honestly, that was the second time in 10 years of political organizing that I felt that way, and the last time I was at the Marriott in Richmond, too.
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Post by stav on Jan 10, 2013 15:30:09 GMT -5
"I was so, so, soooo proud of my state"
That's how I felt about mine too. First that we got enough power back on in time to have elections properly, and then we elected all people I like, and didn't allow ourselves to be just bought off by mean rich people...I was very happy that day, despite my personal life still being upside-down from the storm.
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Post by Liiisa on Jan 10, 2013 15:50:48 GMT -5
I was so, so, soooo proud of my state (MN).... Me too - we (MD) passed a gay marriage initiative, ha! But fully in agreement about Bachmann - appalling. |
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Post by stav on Jan 10, 2013 15:58:22 GMT -5
Come to think of it I've felt very proud (is that even the right word?) of all our elected officials this past month, it's weird as a resident of a usually invisible state to see your politicians on the national news for weeks on end, and I think they've all done a very good job.
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Post by Webs on Jan 10, 2013 16:01:11 GMT -5
I have to admit that when I heard Chris Christie had won govenor I sent my Jersey friends a sympathy card, but he's a right old tough son of a bitch and knows when to stand up and say what's what.
Romney never did show up in any of the East Coast states, did he.
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Post by travellingtrixie on Jan 10, 2013 16:09:49 GMT -5
Chris Christie is that guy who I disagree with on many levels, but if I had an emergency he'd be one of the first calls.
I had a friend like that in Virginia. He was a right-wing, gun-toting, conservative nutjob, but was always the first person to help out in an emergency. Or a non-emergency, like when a bitch of a customer threw her coffee cup at me because I wasn't fast enough making her daughter's fancy coffee drink.
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Post by stav on Jan 10, 2013 16:12:21 GMT -5
I usually want to punch Chris Christie, yeah he sometimes criticizes his own party and that's admirable but he seems to be a pretty crap governor, and he gets attention all out of proportion to his merits. But then again we have an inferiority complex over here;-)
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