@yogagirl Well I will then say this. If I were Mike Bloomberg, I'd be emptying out my bank account and pouring it into Kentucky to make sure that horror show LOSES. The Democrats have to get tough, but I guess that's false hope. They need to pour money into the big electoral vote states - tons of it.
And it starts the RNC is suing California because they don’t want people to vote by mail.
@jessi1978 and everyone
The RNC will lose that case. Unlike in other states, here in CA you do not ever have to provide an excuse to vote by mail, and you can request to do so via online portal as late as some time in September. Also EVERY registered voter gets a fat booklet (which describes candidates and propositions, with entries from both sides), which includes a "dummy" ballot. Nothing illegal in the governor ordering everyone to get a real ballot, and it's unlikely a judge here in CA, even a federal one, would say that it is.
Also, you're not required to actually mail the ballot. You can drop it off at drive-thrus they set up for big elections, or even drop it off at your polling place, so Twitler et al can just bite me because there is NO FRAUD. The mail ballots all have the voter's name and address on it and also a detachable receipt that is trackable online. In fact, if you screw up your ballot (which I actually did last November), you can request a new one, but you have to sign an affidavit that you return with the ballot saying you destroyed the old one. And again, each ballot is coded/numbered/linked to each voter, so they'd know if someone returned 2 ballots.
Sorry I'm not replying here more - I'm very overwhelmed lately/fed up with how things are going and I'm finding that the less time I spend online the better.
I agree they'll lose. It's being done to appease trump, and on the off-chance they'll get some crackpot trump federal appointee who'll rule in their favor, at least in the lower courts. No way this survives on appeal.
Just out -- Washington Post: Trump is losing ground to Biden among older voters in Florida
The man in the photo, a long time Republican who is now done with Trump, reminds me of my father back in the day. He would not support T if he were around, but would be looking for a conservative with integrity. I think he would have liked Biden.
I find it hilarious that the Republicans are trying to get rid of mail-in voting. Consider the following:
1. Mail-in voting requires an address. When you compare Americans on the generation divide, older Americans are more likely to have established residences that they have lived in for decades, while younger Americans (40 and younger) are more likely to rent and/or have to move to deal with the unemployment crisis. In the current environment, the older generation have the advantage.
2. Mail-in voting favors the elderly in the sense that, with the covid-19 virus, older Americans are typically more at risk from dying and/or being hospitalized than younger Americans. Therefore, elderly voters would benefit most from the mail-in voting.
Now, why is this important? Although not true for everyone, older voters tend to be more conservative as a group (aka-more likely to vote Republican), and younger voters tend to be more liberal (aka-more likely to vote Democratic).
So please, RNC! Try to take away the mail-in voting! Because I tell you what is going to happen. If the RNC succeeds, then they keep their own voters from heading to the ballot boxes for fear of getting sick. Meanwhile, the younger voters, who are ticked off from being told what they can and cannot do, will be at the ballot boxes come election day simply to vote against anyone who is a Trump supporter. And because they have less fear of complications, they will be more likely to come.
Oh, and the younger voters are also more likely to hurt more from the economic decline, so many of them will be unemployed and thus have more free time on their hands to come vote against Trump.
Don't believe me, RNC? Then look no further than Wisconsin. They tried to limit the vote there, and the judge who had Trump backing him got his tail handed to him by the voters there who had enough of Republican tyranny.
So please, continue your efforts and anger the population. Because no power on Earth will stop us from voting you out. Not you, the covid-19 virus, Trump, or anything else. So keep it up. Because when we take power in 2020, we will redistrict the country to ensure you never gerrymander again. And because you have spent the last four years angering just about everyone (the young voters, the women, suburban voters, Hispanics, African Americans, Chinese, Indians, college-educated voters, decent people, etc.), you have pretty much guaranteed that your party has diminished to the point that it will likely become extinct in another decade.
So for everyone who is freaking out because of Trump and the Republicans, I say rejoice! Remember the reasons why these people need to go and make sure to cast your ballots in November.
tRUMP (aka ORANGE NIGHTMARE) is personally and criminally responsible for most of the deaths to Americans by not shutting down the country back in early February. He was briefed in January about a man who flew from Wuhan to Washington State and he informed the CDC. The CDC gave this man Remdisivir which helped heal this man from the CVirus.
here's the article that talks about the proof of T's crimes:
January 20, 2020. he was briefed in his daily briefings about a man who flew from Wuhan China to Washington State. The bright spot in this article is that Remdesivir helped this man's symptoms and healing from the Virus.
https://time.com/5840207/coronavirus-treatment-remdesivir/
Apparently yesterday at Arlington T had a hard time with standing still. He was swaying add that to the way he normally stands and he can’t pronounce words.
President Trump’s struggles to stand still during a Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery lit up social media Monday, prompting users to recall past incidents in which the commander in chief, who turns 74 next month, battled to find a balance.
Hi Allyn! I'm taking a new stance when talking to folks about the virus these days. Before I explain here's a a bit of why:
I do worry about the GOP and T cheating, hec we KNOW they will. I know everyone has to do what they feel is best for them. I am half German/half Italian. My mother came to this country when she was 18 because she was sponsored by a wealthy/connected family: Hugo Winterhalter (famous 50s orchestra leader). She was German, and because of the war she couldn't just go to America, you had to have a sponsor because Germans were persona not grata. I had a French teacher when I was in 7th grade who ignored me when I raised my hand because she disliked me because of my heritage (left over bad feelings from WWII). I'm saying all this because I remember when kids in school and many folks used to ask "how could the Germans have supported Hitler?"
Fast forward to today. We have as a corrupt leader in T as the Germans did in Hitler. Some day history and people looking at this time in history will ask "how could Americans have supported Trump?"
I have now made it my new normal that when folks tell me how awful this time is due to the virus and how awful the economy and the stay at home, etc. stuff is I tell them that the POTUS is responsible for at least half the deaths in this country because of the proof that he knew about it back in January. He tried to deny it, blame others and not act on it because he cared only about himself. He is having ICE agents drop off minors who are unaccompanied back to other countries without any adults present with them. He should be in the Hague.
I say it to folks who I talk to now whether or not I know if they support him or not. I look at it like I can't be complacent and just ignore it because it's uncomfortable anymore. I also don't look to engage folks in this discussion or make fun of them, but when applicable, I figure if just ONE person changes their mind about him I've done something right. ?