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FYI, this is the first time I'm voting since 2004, where yes, I was one of those wasted Kerry votes where he won 62+% of MA. If I'd known today what I did back then, I would have moved to Ohio and casted my ballot there, as that was the only swing state which he needed to win it all, despite being a general loser, whiner, and useless politician.

Rin says

FYI, this is the first time I'm voting since 2004, where yes, I was one of those wasted Kerry votes where he won 62+% of MA.

Don't sweat over the fact that Kerry didn't win:

www.youtube.com/embed/IoPBb3xJPYQ

He was just a fraud as well. Another Colin Powell. Didn't matter if he or Bush were president in 2004 to 2008 - identical results.

richwicks says

He was just a fraud as well

Yes, I know that.

But remember those days, if you were against outsourcing and against endless wars, you're with the terrorists. That was the Neo-Con zeitgeist of the times.

Today, no one's upholding outsourcing and endless wars to make a point (even if they quietly ok it).

And thus, ppl who didn't buy the tagline, bought into Kerry during 2004.

FYI, the Dems default today is outsourcing and endless wars. It was done to show off that they're tough.

But everyone knew that only Nixon could go to China and the Soviet Union and that's what we have with Trump today.

I’m in CA still. Here you either vote red or socialist. People here literally like idea of socialism. Dumb shit I hear about their socialism is mind boggling. But I see how simple envy appeals to them.

Fortwaynemobile says

People here literally like idea of socialism. Dumb shit I hear about their socialism is mind boggling.

Here's the thing, if everyone in CA was like the student body of let's say CalTech, then yes, socialism would work because these ppl would be highly productive, with or without financial incentives. They'd simply be doing research and producing output, as long as food and housing is provided.

This is not the case for 90% of the population who're basically lazy and need some drill sergeant (a.k.a eviction notice or starvation) pushing them to get things done.

I bet the Dems sent the Real Doll a pre-printed Dem voting mail in ballot.

Ceffer says

Real Doll

Unfortunately, it's still at home so I'm stuck, jerking off in my new state, till Nov 10th.

I didn't realize how much I liked playing with boobs in my own bed, while sticking my cock inside it, until it was gone.

Rin says

I'm at my 'alternate address', awaiting election day, so that if there's another travel lockdown, I won't be stuck at home, not able to cast a meaningful vote.

With vote-by-mail ... ummm "fraud-by-mail" ... you might just happen to get ballots at your current residence intended for multiple people who lived there before who haven't been culled from the voter lists. Unfortunately, the most likely addresses where multiple people have lived recently over the last decade or 2 are related to college students, and those are the voters most-recently indoctrinated by the "education" system. There were elections won by votes from college students who don't really even live in the state; now, those same type of voters will be receiving multiple ballots. Fraud-by-mail is going to move us to a socialist hell-hole nation faster than anything else.

Rin says

This is not the case for 90% of the population who're basically lazy and need some drill sergeant (a.k.a eviction notice or starvation) pushing them to get things done.

And the death of western civilization may have begun when the progressive governments started incentivizing bastard children and fatherless homes.

SunnyvaleCA says

There were elections won by votes from college students who don't really even live in the state;

No biggy, because it's Massachusetts where the Dems expect an automatic victory w/o trying.

It will be funny when Democrats on the west coast skip going to the polls when they see New England going red.

Rin says

But remember those days, if you were against outsourcing and against endless wars, you're with the terrorists. That was the Neo-Con zeitgeist of the times.

Yes, I remember well. Now it became the establishment of both parties when Obama took over. I lost all respect for "liberals" once he got into power.

Rin says

And thus, ppl who didn't buy the tagline, bought into Kerry during 2004.

Oh no, I was livid that George W. Bush was re-elected when it was plainly obvious he lied us into a war. Kerry tricked me. I bought his BS, and thought "well, at least he's an anti-war candidate" - except he wasn't. He used to speak out against the Vietnam war, he was completely full of it.

richwicks says

Rin says

And thus, ppl who didn't buy the tagline, bought into Kerry during 2004.

Oh no, I was livid that George W. Bush was re-elected when it was plainly obvious he lied us into a war. Kerry tricked me. I bought his BS, and thought "well, at least he's an anti-war candidate" - except he wasn't. He used to speak out against the Vietnam war, he was completely full of it.

Yes, I concur.

This is the other reason why I was astonished at the Femi-Nazi response to Trump winning 2016. He was basically "taken out" on account of his personality, not his policies.

Seriously, the fact that a man is a trash talker and a sleazebag real estate developer vs starting two wars (w/ faulty info) and green lighting outsourcing as pro-American makes no sense to me.

George W Bush was a nice guy. In fact, when he was in K-12, he defended a gay guy against the bullies in the school. Most everyone who's ever known GWB (& I know a few of them) has said that he was a kind and generous person. But as a President, he sucked dead donkeys, outsourcing his own job to Cheney/Rumsfeld and that's what counts!

If Opie & Anthony ran for President, as long as they did the job, they can keep the toilet jokes and trash radio going in the Oval Office.

Rin says

No biggy, because it's Massachusetts where the Dems expect an automatic victory w/o trying.

https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/quincy-baker-puts-sweet-spin-politics-ahead-election-day/7C5EGO73CNCV7NGTOUUSIH26CM/

Quincy baker puts a sweet spin on politics ahead of Election Day



QUINCY, Mass. — Beth Veneto is trying to take some bitterness out of the upcoming election, one bite at a time.

“If they come in sour, they’re leaving sweet, let me tell ya," said Veneto.

Veneto is better known as Ginger Betty, who owns the Quincy bakery that bears her name. Her sweets have been a hit since 1995.
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While packaging her latest cookie creations she said she’s made, “Probably close to 1,000.”

That’s 1,000 cookies, more specifically she’s referring to her confectionary candidates representing Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

“It’s a little bit crazy," said Veneto. "So, I said, ‘Let’s try to have a little bit of fun,’ and it’s really working.”

Her latest effort hopes to try to sweeten the sour political discourse around the upcoming election.

“It’s so crazy and I thought what better way to bring people together than a little cookie break?"

Her idea is called the Peppermint Poll. Veneto came up it a few weeks back and since then people have come in to buy the cookie of their favorite candidate.

Some teenage girls liked the Trump cookie because it was cute, but others favor Biden.

“They might have heard through the grapevine that Ginger Donald was up in the [Ginger Betty’s Peppermint Poll], and one lady who had heard that said, ‘Where are the Biden cookies? I’ll have 14 please.’"

Who’s winning so far? Well, according to Veneto, the numbers are about 600 for Ginger Donald and 136 for Ginger Joe.

“All right according to Ginger Betty’s Peppermint Poll the numbers are about 600-Ginger Donald to 136 for Ginger Joe," said Veneto.

But whoever you like, the Peppermint Poll is just an attempt to lighten the mood. Veneto knows a cookie can put a smile on your face and she just hopes her cookie candidates help satisfy your political sweet tooth.

zzyzzx says

“All right according to Ginger Betty’s Peppermint Poll the numbers are about 600-Ginger Donald to 136 for Ginger Joe," said Veneto.

This loops back to my Dukakis analogy ...
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https://patrick.net/post/1334616?0#comment-1695490

In 1988, Governor Dukakis was considered soft on crime (extra detail: Willie Horton murdered someone while on furlough from jail) and a Taxachusetts Democrat. Since then, believe it or not, but Mass residents have been electing mostly Republican governors (Bill Weld, Paul Cellucci, Mitt Romney, etc) to balance against the Democratic legislature.

In fact, for a Mass local, Dukakis lost counties in central Mass and much of Cape Cod to Bush Senior, winning a paltry 53% of the overall state (since Boston metro has the highest population density, which he swept) whereas in contrast, John Kerry, another Mass local, won every county in the state against Bush Junior, pulling out with 62%, a very decisive win for a state, rural or Boston metro.

Even Hillary Clinton got close to 60% overall.

So yes, Biden may be the next Dukakis but it looks like everyone's wary of him having a tank moment, ala Dementia et al, so they're controlling the cameras on him so that Trump can't flame him the way Bush Senior did to Dukakis

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