Virginia House, that major state, where the r*tfcker thinkers of Southern fascism grew, is no longer Republican. By one vote. Voting matters.

[Mark Thibodeau]

But by all means, keep sucking Jill Stein's dick. See what that gets you.

J

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 6:59 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Oops... sorry. Hadn't seen the followups by the time I wrote mine.
>
> Yeah... "scraping by" (ffs)
>
> J
>
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 6:57 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey, guess what? The Dems had to win Virginia 55/44 to "win by a single
>> goddamn vote" in one district. To get a tie. Because of GOP gerrymandering,
>> they had to have a landslide... to score a tie.
>>
>> Did you know that?
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 2:42 PM, <msacha1121 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It’s pernicious to suggest that minor political parties and candidates
>>> be barred from participating in elections, and especially worrying when
>>> it’s offered from an ostensibly progressive viewpoint. When, even if it
>>> could somehow be proved that it would have a demonstrable effect, do you
>>> apply the metric of necessity for marginal candidates to exempt themselves
>>> for the “greater good?” Just now in trump times, or as a matter of course?
>>>
>>> To my view when you win/lose by a single goddamn vote, that’s hardly a
>>> resounding affirmation or renunciation of either platform. Dems should not
>>> be patting themselves on the back for scraping by as the preponderance of
>>> citizens’ wealth is being gutted, environmental regulations dismantled,
>>> federal courts packed with literally incompetent sycophants. It might be
>>> just barely enough right now to run on the “we’re not them” platform
>>> against pedophiles and hyperventilating nationalists, but it won’t work
>>> forever, nor is it right. The onus is on them to appeal to the nation at
>>> large, not Jill Stein/whatever harmless half-crank politician wants to
>>> appeal to a hyper-minority to take one for the team.
>>>
>>> > On Dec 20, 2017, at 1:42 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I would say you are a much more useful  than Stein when it comes to
>>> being used by those who would undermine the first amendment and continue
>>> fascistic wars of aggression and who want to revive McCarthyism. But I
>>> don’t support the use of personal insults like idiot, which is a
>>> meaningless word at this point with origins in the mockery of disabled
>>> people, which is the kind of thing that Trump does.
>>> > Jill Stein doesn’t like war, she wants health care for all and green
>>> economy. That is why she is hated. Tell me why those are bad ideas.
>>> >> On Dec 20, 2017, at 7:52 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hey, Joseph Tracy!
>>> >>
>>> >> By your lights, would Jill Stein count as a useful idiot?
>>> >>
>>> >> Jerky
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:09 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Jill Stein wasn't on the ballot.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> >> From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>>> >> Date: Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:02 PM
>>> >> Subject:
>>> >> To: Me at G <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/943211847465033728
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > -
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>>> -
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>>>
>>
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