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'I Feel Like We're on the Run': The Hatred for Democrats in Rural America Has Reached Biblical Levels
Townhall.com ^ | 02/17/2022 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 02/20/2022 10:44:09 AM PST by Bonemaker

Well, this isn’t exactly a new story. The bleeding has been occurring for years, and Democrats have ignored it. It reached critical levels under Obama, where state party apparatuses truly withered away and died. Hillary Clinton pledged to fix that in 2016 but she lost the election. In the age-old debate about the allocation of outreach resources, the Left could have done what they should have which is double-down on rural white working-class voters or go all-in on the urban-based elites. The Democrats decided to do the latter. Four years later, Democrats saw their hopes of a huge House majority die thanks to their failure to reach out to people who aren’t unhinged ‘woke’ progressives from the cities. Trump lost, but Republicans made big gains in the House—whittling down the Democratic majority to just four seats.

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To: DonaldC

More like they’re professional politicians too anxious to make ‘deals’ for themselves, family, cronies and supporters!

Term limits - a ‘decade’ without a break is enough!
1. Two consecutive terms in the Senate, then out for a term.
2. 5 consecutive terms in the House then out for 3 terms.

I don’t know how you force them back to their home states & districts but that’s what needs to happen. The need to feel the effect of be ‘governed for awhile.


41 posted on 02/20/2022 11:19:24 AM PST by Reily
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To: Bonemaker

The intolerant are whining about intolerance against them.


42 posted on 02/20/2022 11:21:08 AM PST by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Life is risk, your highness.)
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To: Billthedrill

There’s no way I’ll ever believe that Brandon won more black votes than 0bama. With black and Hispanic unemployment numbers at record lows under Trump? No frickin’ way.


43 posted on 02/20/2022 11:21:59 AM PST by GenXFreedomFighter
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To: Bonemaker

Thanks for the Sunday feel good story!

You’re right. I live in a small beach town in the Soviet of Washington. Our county voted red last cycle and there have been several new neighborhood groups like the newest, Let’s Go Brandon! on the Sunset & Beyond group platforms on social media. I see lots of young kids pushing back too.


44 posted on 02/20/2022 11:23:57 AM PST by bigfootbob
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To: Bonemaker

So it was ok for the D’s to make me feel like my country hated me but it’s not okay for us to say we dislike the way they ran things into the mess it is now. Their feelings are hurt because they are/were WRONG on so many levels of daily living a moral and happy life.


45 posted on 02/20/2022 11:27:50 AM PST by Pilated
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To: Bonemaker

I really hate to admit this but I have come to hating
“democrats”. At least the Nazis, Soviets and communists let it be known who they are. America-hating “democrats” pose as patriotic Americans only so they can force feed us their liberal bullsh*t.


46 posted on 02/20/2022 11:28:41 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." - Col. David Crockett to the U.S. Congress.)
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To: Noumenon

👍


47 posted on 02/20/2022 11:29:03 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: dragnet2

On Steve Bannon’s War Room, nearly every day they talk about Congressional Re-Districting.

For example the State Legislature in Florida which is controlled by Republicans proposed a 14-14 R vs D congressional map, DeSantis proposed a 20-8 R vs D map.

We need to pressure Republican controlled states that gained congressional seats to play hardball with re-districting.

In Blue States like NY and CA who also lost Congressional Seats, I can assure you they won’t be losing any Democrats but a few Republicans will be out of jobs.


48 posted on 02/20/2022 11:30:40 AM PST by srmanuel (`)
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To: SuperLuminal

Up to ten years ago, maybe five, hardly anybody could name a District Attorney in the USA. Now, conservatives can probably name 3 and maybe 5, all Soros appointees, that are trampling law and order. Soros figured out he could buy a lot of DA offices for a tiny fraction of buying one Congressman. The DAs stay bought, too. The Congressmen not so much.


49 posted on 02/20/2022 11:33:12 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If truckers quit their jobs, society would collapse. If politicians quit their jobs...HALLELUJAH!)
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To: rdcbn1; Bonemaker
It's becoming apparent that the Democrats built in a nominal 6% vote fraud margin into key races over the years. Trump shocked the political Establishment when he beat the margin of fraud in 2016. In 2020, the Democrats learned from their mistakes and were ready to push the margin of fraud to whatever it took to win. The amount of fraud required to push Biden over the top became to huge to hide. Republicans have caught on and they are pissed and motivated. Independents are catching on and Biden's utter destruction of the US economy and civic life are alienating them. Democrats, most of whom are fully aware of the fraud even if they wont’ admit it, are hurting and many are thinking “what have we done”. Taking America down a few notches may sound good in academic break rooms and limo liberal salons, but it ain't fun to live in the world you create when you destroy your country. Democrat dirt bags have been insulated from the consequences of their policies until now, but even the elite are now getting hammered in Biden's America. They don't like it. The Democrats are going to pay at the polls this fall,at least in part because Republicans are getting serious about vote fraud at the grass roots levels.

Excellent summary. Thank you.

50 posted on 02/20/2022 11:36:37 AM PST by thecodont
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To: Bonemaker

Do unto others as they do unto you should be the rule. The libtards cancel normalcy in speech and deed. Cancel THEM, force them into hiding, put them in prison without bail, take their money, make it illegal for them to raise funds for their causes. Get rid of the foundations and organizations for ALL by taking away the tax advantages. See how they like it.

They are communists, and they should be rooted out of society by any means necessary. Like cockroaches in a house, or rattlesnakes in a crib. They are a clear and present danger to the world and this Nation.


51 posted on 02/20/2022 11:37:21 AM PST by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: dragnet2

Sorry to those who want a kinder gentler approach, but we live in a world ruled by brute force. It is US vs THEM.


52 posted on 02/20/2022 11:39:36 AM PST by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: DonaldC

The ones who are only in it for the money - and there’s more money to be made off the democrats - all need to go. It’s easy to tell who they are.


53 posted on 02/20/2022 11:40:03 AM PST by Scarlett156 (Someone with "comedian" on his social media profile is invariably a self-hating sadistic loser.)
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To: Toespi

I am with you.


54 posted on 02/20/2022 11:41:19 AM PST by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: Reily
Way to generous.

Four years for a two year term office, and a single term for a 4 or 6 year office. Lifetime limit. No exceptions from the President on down to local dog catcher.

That would return us to a citizen Republic. If the voters screw up they will able to fix it quickly. If a President wants “legacy” he can endorse his successor in the following campaign.

Can't get rich under that scheme unless it is outright bribery. Lobbyists lose their buddies every election. So sad.

55 posted on 02/20/2022 11:41:58 AM PST by Badboo (You know in your bones America is dying. The Uniparty isn't going to stop ‘till the carcass rots.)
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To: DonaldC

Republican voters need to go to war against RINO’s and Democrats at the same time. No RINO should survive a primary challenge, that should be the goal.


56 posted on 02/20/2022 11:43:06 AM PST by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Aren’t most these DAs elected and not appointed?

Clearly Soros backed but elected. His usual MO is to get a handpicked radical to run then flood the election with money to get the outcome he wants - the radical elected. Not illegal but he’s taking advantage of the fundamental flaw in democracy, anyone can vote including the lethargic, disinterested & ignorant. In short those most likely to influenced by a slick AD campaign. Also he likely subsidizes ‘shenanigans ‘ to raise the odds that he gets the results he wants.


57 posted on 02/20/2022 11:46:38 AM PST by Reily
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To: Bonemaker

I wish they were not just spouting massively exaggerated hyperbole.


58 posted on 02/20/2022 11:54:08 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Bonemaker

I live in the rural Midwest. There’s no hatred of Democrats out here. Rural America is a pretty tolerant place.


59 posted on 02/20/2022 12:00:49 PM PST by Iowa Slim
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To: Bonemaker
Dear Democrats:

For those of you who are confused by what is happening,
allow me to give you a list of what to avoid in the future:

Do not steal elections.
Do not rub it in, step by methodical, gleeful, malicious step, to make us feel powerless.
Do not treat people as stupid for understanding what is happening to them.
Do not create news of nothing but half truths and lies.
Do not cancel people who refused to be bullied and call out the half truths and lies.

Do not act innocent when voters get the fury of patient men so much it scares you for what you have worked so hard to earn.

60 posted on 02/20/2022 12:01:11 PM PST by Widget Jr
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