The BlueSwan Basement of Absurd & Ignorant Posts VIII

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Most Republicans wouldn't; they love rape.

TBF the truth isn't that far. Considering the many people on the right really don't care about rape(defending roy moore, trump, kavanagh, clarence thomas, and sometimes even franken, who's a democrat).

Yeah, how exactly is this excessive hyperbole or absurd? 91% of Republicans and the Republican President of the United States of America (who is an alleged rapist himself) supported and had a goddamn rally for a ing rapist/pedophile. Y’all are clueless if you think the GOP actually cares about that lol

Half of normally Republican voters stayed home

The same as they do in most other elections?

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Lean D. 2020 will not be a great year for Republicans nationwide, none of their potential candidates are very good in quality, and Jones is playing this entire situation perfectly. I wouldn't be that surprised if he held this senate seat until he died.

I underestimated how much polarization would spike several months before an election.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Clearly the lesson from this year, in which 5 incumbent Senators lost, and 3 more came dangerously close to losing, is that #IncumbencyMatters

Incumbency doesn't matter. This election has convinced me that "fundamentals" are a more important factor, than anything else. The reason why >90% of incumbents get reelected is because they generally reflect the state or district in which they are running. It comes down to that.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Republicans in California are like wild animals. You can find them now only in deserts, mountains, and forests.

What's wrong with that post? It's humorously accurate.

It's not anywhere close to being true. Even though we are outnumbered you can still find us in the suburbs.

Lol, the CAGOP just got brutally burbstomped in Orange County and you still seriously believe Republicans are strong there?

Learn how to read stupid. When I did stay strong. Also I didn't even say Orange County either. I wouldn't call losing close elections brutally burbstomed. Take CA-48, if Rohrabacher had retired CA-48 wouldn't have flipped. According to the OC precinct map there were quite a few Cox/Rouda precincts. That's a district most likely to flip back in 2020.

Rohrabacher wasn't an especially strong incumbent, but it's absurd to think that he was so weak that he ran 7 points below a generic Republican.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Where to even begin with this claptrap...

Our society is driven much more by social issues than economic issues, I'll be the first to admit that.

The people who should be generalized into voting Republican (Rich, Hollywood, Wall Street elites) end up voting Democrat because of social issues. They're the type of people who adopt 10 kids from Ethiopia and name them Rainbow, Starfish and Moonbeam.

On the other hand, the white working class who should be generalized into voting for Democrats (Mobile homes, middle class, lower class) vote Republican because they find cultural elitism and liberalism on social issues abhorrent.

One reason for this is that the wealthy can afford to be immoral.  They can afford exorbitant child support for children from different mothers.  They can afford divorce because they can afford more than one house payment.  They have the best healthcare to mitigate the social ills such as STDs, chemical dependency treatment, etc. 

The working class have to be moral because they can't afford not to be.  A child out of wedlock, a divorce, being arrested for a misdemeanor crime of rowdiness is far more devastating for the working class than it is for the glitterati.  Indeed, having children out of wedlock for the working class is almost a guarantee of struggling to fall below the poverthy line.

Money does mitigate the natural consequences of immorality; that's why they don't want to be reined in, morally.  The can better afford sin.

It's classic Fuzzy. It's smart-sounding, it's reasonablish, and it's totally wrong. The working class is much more likely to get divorced, have children out of wedlock, and commit crimes. That's an actual fact. Fuzzy's problem is that he's so enamoured with his intelligence, he thinks that he can figure out the world from his own armchair. He doesn't appear to actually believe in evidence, just smart sounding bullsh**t.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Spanking should be a criminal offense.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Spanking should be a criminal offense.

I'm sorry, but in world is that absurd or ignorant?

Intell thinks it absurd that child abuse should be illegal.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Lean D. 2016 was the last time it [St. Louis County] voted more Democratic than the nation for a while.

It is going to be hilarious quoting you in two years.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Almost every post by this user could go into the absurd and ignorant post thread. He is a massive Dem hack and 2016 trends hack.

I'd reorder the list slightly, but that's basically it.

Here's my list from 190 seats to 220.
190: TX-21 (R HOLD)
191: ME-2 (R GAIN)
192: FL-25 (R HOLD)
193: TX-22 (R HOLD)
194: NY-22 (R GAIN)
195: CA-22 (R HOLD)
196: CA-50 (R HOLD)
197: NM-2 (R GAIN)
198: TX-2 (R HOLD)
199: NJ-3 (R GAIN)
200: TX-10 (R HOLD)
201: SC-1 (R GAIN)
202: PA-8 (R GAIN) (First seat that the GOP didn't win in 2016)
203: AZ-1 (R GAIN)
204: NC-9 (R GAIN???)
205: IA-2 (R GAIN)
206: IA-1 (R GAIN)
207: NY-19 (R GAIN)
208: NE-2 (R HOLD)
209: VA-2 (R GAIN)
210: NY-11 (R GAIN)
211: PA-7 (R GAIN)
212: NY-18 (R GAIN)
213: NV-3 (R GAIN)
214: MI-8 (R GAIN)
215: MI-11 (R GAIN)
216: IA-3 (R GAIN)
217: NH-1 (R GAIN)
218: TX-23 (R HOLD) (the median seat)
219: WI-3 (R GAIN)
220: VA-7 (R GAIN)
221: NJ-2 (R GAIN)
222: NH-2 (R GAIN)
223: TX-24 (R HOLD)


And far off the scale of competitive seats,
150: MN-7 (R GAIN)
244: GA-7 (R HOLD)

Politician in 2018: WV-3 is going to go back to the Democrats any day now.
Politician in 2028: OH-13 is going to go back to the Democrats any day now.
Politician in 2038: VT-AL is going to go back to the Democrats any day now.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Most Democrats who are currently running for President or exploring a run expressed an opinion on free trade in 2016, about Obama's major achievement of the TPP. Let's see what they said.

Bernie Sanders: The anti-immigrant nativist vigorously opposed the TPP, consistent with his long-history of poorly disguised welfare for whites style politics.

Jeff Merkley: Sanders-lite.

Tulsi Gabbard: Dumpster fire candidate.

Sherrod Brown: Protectionist as Hell.

Elizabeth Warren: Warren also used the same lies, and should be rejected outright.

Kamala Harris: Kamala Harris told reporters that she opposed the TPP trade pact because it didn't offer sufficient worker protections, an obnoxiously false attempt at pandering that beats out Sanders merely because she was dogwhistling a bit less than him.

 Kirsten Gillibrand: Keeping with a long record of protectionism, Gillibrand refused to support Obama's legislative work.

Cory Booker: Fake "liberal" Cory Booker pretends he's for the American people and reasonable trade policies, but when the going gets tough, Cory gets going and resorts to the same old bullsh**t about "protecting American workers" (read: Obama-Trump voters).

Amy Klobuchar: Klobuchar has repeatedly opposed any free trade, although she at least has the excuse of running for election in a competitive swing state.

Pete Buttigieg: No on-record statements.

Jay Inslee: A solid candidate, Inslee actually understands how trade works. He didn't publicly support, but at least he didn't oppose it.

Julian Castro: Castro, in a bold move, came out in support of the TPP. Major props for that.

John Delaney: Delaney is also pro-TPP.

Joe Biden: Obama's VP obviously supported the TPP. A good candidate on this issue, at least.

Michael Bennett: Bennett is a vigorous fighter for the American people and a strong supporter of free trade.

And finally,

Beto O'Rourke: The only major Democrat with a shred of moral courage on more than one issue, Beto O'Rourke supported the TPP, and paid a strong political price for it. He is the candidate for actual Democrats, not Hofoid style pro-choice fascists.

Disagreeing with your bigotry doesn't make me ignorant.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

I've served in the Atlas War On Trolls. I like to think of it as my own personal Vietnam.

Internets troll do not kill people.
Wars have killed millions of people throughout history.
Making such a comparison is extremely disrespectful towards those who died in war.

Solid, once again, posts directly into the thread.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Since 1990, Ohio Democrats have elected one governor against an incumbent with a literal 5% approval rating in 2006.

That's a true statement.