2014 Election Megathread

[mongers]

I voted all R's too.

Bah.  Ohio Republicans are as squirrelly as they come.

Even though I live up in Cracker County, I'm still a Baltimore County property tax payer, so I never changed registration.  Voted all Ds, even though I had initially considered abstaining from governor, since Brown was O'Malley's LG and those fuckers cost me my job.

There was a Libertarian running for Attorney General that's made the race closer between the Democrat and the Fascist Party nominees, but that just felt...wrong.  Libertarian Attorney General.  Tits on a bull.

Here's what I don't get.  Yeah, O'Malley really fucked you, but at least you still have hope.  If Republicans ever took power, they would do everything they could to ensure that you never work again, or that if you do you'd be doing menial labour for $2 an hour, 14 hours a day, with no overtime.  The Democrats have many, many faults, but the current crop of Republicans are crossing the line from the venality and corruption that we in the West have come to expect of our politicians, into the territory that is commonly thought of as 'evil'.

Show some sense.

Nice post. 

[CountDeMoney]

Here's what I don't get.  Yeah, O'Malley really fucked you, but at least you still have hope.

Lulz, hope.  There is no hope here. 

If Republicans ever took power, they would do everything they could to ensure that you never work again, or that if you do you'd be doing menial labour for $2 an hour, 14 hours a day, with no overtime.  The Democrats have many, many faults, but the current crop of Republicans are crossing the line from the venality and corruption that we in the West have come to expect of our politicians, into the territory that is commonly thought of as 'evil'.

Show some sense.

Which is why I voted Brown, and held my nose as I did it.   But he was a main player in the drama that brings me here to this point of time, and in space.  And I am still very, very angry.

Personally, seems like a nice guy.  Black Catholic, MIT grad, flew Black Hawks in Iraq and got the Bronze Star when he was called up when he was a state delegate.  Married a widow whose first husband was a state trooper that died in an on-duty car accident.

The GOP candidate is an FSU grad, made his money in commercial real estate brokerage, founded an anti-tax organization that publishes its own studies pooh-poohing government spending nuisances like schools and roads.  Ick.

[Valmy]

Abortion Barbie loses in TX.

Next you will announce it rained in England.

Our long state nightmare of brainless Perry is almost over.  Welcome Governor Abbott, glad to have you.

Of course we also just elected a completely unqualified, inexperienced, populist douchebag of the highest order as Lt. Governor.  A new State nightmare begins.  Could we stop electing barely functioning drooling morons to high office?  I mean geez I just ask for a colorless functionary as a baseline here.

[MadImmortalMan]

My mother is out voting right now. She took my filled-out sample ballot. Mrs. MIM did the same when we early voted last week.

Women are great. 

[Valmy]

My mother is out voting right now. She took my filled-out sample ballot. Mrs. MIM did the same when we early voted last week.

Women are great. 

She wanted to know who not to vote for.

[alfred russel]

Not sure what was up with this, but in Georgia there was a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would prohibit the general assembly from raising income taxes.

[jimmy olsen]

Not sure what was up with this, but in Georgia there was a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would prohibit the general assembly from raising income taxes.

Sounds selfexplanatory.

[MadImmortalMan]

What, ever?

[Valmy]

Not sure what was up with this, but in Georgia there was a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would prohibit the general assembly from raising income taxes.

Sounds like one of those things California passes that later causes them to go bankrupt.

[FunkMonk]

Abortion Barbie loses in TX.

Of course we also just elected a completely unqualified, inexperienced, populist douchebag of the highest order as Lt. Governor.  A new State nightmare begins.  Could we stop electing barely functioning drooling morons to high office? I mean geez I just ask for a colorless functionary as a baseline here.

God bless Texas. 

[CountDeMoney]

My mother is out voting right now. She took my filled-out sample ballot. Mrs. MIM did the same when we early voted last week.

Women are great. 

Just like 2012, my mother was just waiting for somebody, anybody to dare to ask her for her photo ID at the polls.  Even though our state doesn't do that. 

[alfred russel]

Not sure what was up with this, but in Georgia there was a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would prohibit the general assembly from raising income taxes.

Sounds selfexplanatory.

Making it unconstitutional for the legislature to raise income taxes seems insane, don't you think?

[MadImmortalMan]

My sister is coming over to get my sample ballot once mom gets back. 

[MadBurgerMaker]

Of course we also just elected a completely unqualified, inexperienced, populist douchebag of the highest order as Lt. Governor.  A new State nightmare begins.  Could we stop electing barely functioning drooling morons to high office?  I mean geez I just ask for a colorless functionary as a baseline here.

I'm sure everyone just thought he was Dan Patrick the sportscaster, not some retard with the same name.  They were probably putting their height and weight on the ballots.

[dps]

Not sure what was up with this, but in Georgia there was a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would prohibit the general assembly from raising income taxes.

We have an amendment on the ballot here in NC to allow the defendant in a criminal case to waive their right to trial by jury if they wish.