Interesting Political Maps of the US.

[Virge]

I like watching how political trends develop.. Here's maps of the ways US Congressional Elections have changed the face of the US

2006


2008


2010


2012


2014

Understand I'm not trying to make a point for either party.

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Also there were 34 governors elected counting Vermont which was so close it's going to be decided by the State Legislature. Democrats won 9 states (26%) Republicans won 24 (74%)

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Here's some surprising things
that are going to screw up some stereotypes

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*Hard * core * southern * white * racist * Republicans* & * Teabaggers* elected the first black senator in 130 years in South Carolina.

Gay Republican representative Carl Demaio in Southern California is still in the lead as votes are being counted in spite of two separate attempts by Democrats to have him labeled a "public bathroom sex pervert."

Senator Mark "Uterus" of Colorado learned women did fall for his campaign to win them on womens issues instead of his record. Obviously women in Colorado aren't as stupid as he thought they were.

Republican Joni Ernst beat the crap out of Senator Braley to become Iowa's first female in the US Senate.

gun owning red necks in Alabama passed a stricter gun registration law in spite of what everyone says about them.

Super redneck racist state Utah elected the FIRST BLACK WOMAN REPUBLICAN to Congress.

In spite of predictions by liberals, voters in conservative South Dakota passed a minimum wage bill.
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[LJay]

Virge, are you in the hospital now? Meaning November 6, 2014? Hope not.

I seem to remember this story from a while back. There was some semantic twist on it that made it different depending on who was explaining it.

Still, I firmly believe that churches should keep their noses out of politics. Enforcing such a thing is highly problematic because politics should keep its nose out of churches.

Those who are interested may wish to look up the doings surrounding the Crystal Cathedral in California. Mega Hooey!

[LJay]

PS--Don't know what happened. I replied to one post and it seems to have landed in another. Huh?

[East]

I would rather California secede from the rest of the nation. I have absolutely no hope for the future of this country at the moment.

[Virge]

PS--Don't know what happened. I replied to one post and it seems to have landed in another. Huh?

I'm on crack today. I can explain what happened but by the time I did it would raise more questions than I answered. Just letting you know I fixed it and let's leave it at that. hahahaha!

[Virge]

I would rather California secede from the rest of the nation. I have absolutely no hope for the future of this country at the moment.

I understand your POV East but I don't share your pessimism. The conservatives just picked up a huge chunk of support "from the middle" as a direct result of the liberal pull to the far left. This is GODD for both parties because they're both going to have to leave the radicals and reactionaries on their fringes to stay vital to the people in the middle... like me and about 40% of the population. The world will be better off with the religious extremists, tea parties and progressive socialists marginalized into extinction.... but that's just my opinion.

[East]

It doesn't matter what party is in charge...they are both owned and controlled by corporations and since the Supreme Court has agreed that there can be unlimited campaign contributions our government is for sale and our future if fucked. The gap between the very rich and the rest of us got alot bigger and will continue to get bigger.

The message you got is very different than the one I got.....

I am glad I am old.

[Virge]

One other thing... and it won't make news headlines. Right now, after Obama's news conference yesterday, you can bet Democrats in the Senate and House are sitting back plotting how the hell they're going to shut Obama up and tie his hands behind his back for the next two years.

Did you hear him say he intended to use executive orders to push his personal political agenda IF the republicans in the House and Senate don't go along with him? Tuesday the voters essentially told what they think of his personal political agenda, didn't they?

Count on this.... This came straight from the old farts at the cafe this morning about half of them who voted for Obama in 2008. IF Obama starts doing things by executive orders to bypass the new Senate and House he will put an 8 to twelve year curse on Democrats. Voters will be out for revenge against the whole Democratic party. These guys remember their parents doing it after Roosevelt and they did it after Carter.

They reminded me about something said to Mitch McConnell by Obama when he had his first meeting with Republicans in the House and Sentate.... "I won, you Republicans lost, be quiet."

What goes @ comes @. Best for Obama to suck it up and take it with some humilty and do something that might drag his approval rating up and help his party from having to desert him just to preserve themselves.

[Bowyn Aerrow]

If there is one things that 48 years have taught me.

Democrat and Republican are exactly the same thing.

[Virge]

It doesn't matter what party is in charge...they are both owned and controlled by corporations and since the Supreme Court has agreed that there can be unlimited campaign contributions our government is for sale and our future if fucked. The gap between the very rich and the rest of us got alot bigger and will continue to get bigger.

The message you got is very different than the one I got.....

I am glad I am old.

I don't disagree with you about the corporate influence -- but then it's not just corporations, you know.

This morning I read that teachers unions spent over $80,000,000 on attack ads against 3 Republican winners in governors' races (Florida, Wisconsin and Michigan)

Tom Steyer sunk $74,000,000 in buying seats for Democrats in the House and Senate and didn't get ONE elected. If you don't know about him ---- he's one of the guys you'd like to think was a Republican but he's not. He's increased his personal net worth by over $450,000,000 since Obama took office. He's one of the Democratic cronies who got money out of the 2nd stimulus bill -- like he needed it.

That's just two examples I've read about this morning. There's nothing we can do about them except try to elect people who will be the least influenced by it --- unless you want to re-write government which I'd be all in favor of.