The Swamp

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:01 am Let's start a new thread just for Midterm talk.

I was speaking with a hard core, gun-toting, military supporting, dyed-in-the-wool Republican this week. And he's very disenchanted with what he's seeing nationally. That's a lot different from a more centrist like me being upset with the way things are going.

Sabo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:08 am

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:01 am Let's start a new thread just for Midterm talk.

I was speaking with a hard core, gun-toting, military supporting, dyed-in-the-wool Republican this week. And he's very disenchanted with what he's seeing nationally. That's a lot different from a more centrist like me being upset with the way things are going.

What caused him to become disenchanted?

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:12 am

Sabo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:08 am

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:01 am Let's start a new thread just for Midterm talk.

I was speaking with a hard core, gun-toting, military supporting, dyed-in-the-wool Republican this week. And he's very disenchanted with what he's seeing nationally. That's a lot different from a more centrist like me being upset with the way things are going.

What caused him to become disenchanted?

Well, I think a big part of it is the local race (McGrath (d) vs. Barr (R)) is between a veteran (McGrath) who dropped bombs on the Taliban and a politician who has really done nothing but attack her and tried to tie her to the far left. Barr has wisely avoided mention of her service, which of course can only hurt him. But, IMO, she has run circles around him in the ad department. And as of yesterday, 538 had her with a slight lead, though they still gave Barr a lean in winning. I got the sense he was very close to being a Mcgrath voter in this race.

And nationally, it's been the fact that no one is willing to work with each other. Also he is in favor of term limits because these guys and gals just get entrenched and have no real clue what life is like and they're the ones making the laws.

Moreta wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:22 pm I live in Michigan’s 11th congressional district and I have never been so glad I don’t watch much broadcast TV. The ads during the football games have been relentless.

That said, I’m canvassing tomorrow.

Since 2012, Kemp’s office purged more than 1.4 million voters from the state’s registration rolls, nearly 670,000 in 2017 alone.

Johnnie wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 6:00 pm I registered (independent) and voted (straight Democrat) absentee by mail like a month ago.

And since registering I'm getting the occasional text and phone call from Las Vegas numbers. No big deal. I just want this mid term stuff to be over.

Edit:

Houston Chronicle's endorsement of Beto

This is fucking terrible and I fear it's going to lead to violence: GOP candidate improperly purged 340,000 from Georgia voter rolls, investigation claims

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:16 pm My wife and I always vote by mail and we just received our ballots yesterday in the mail. My daughter will turn 18 on October 30 and is excited about voting in her first election. She had pre-registered to vote, and to vote by mail, so I was concerned when her ballot did not arrive with mine and my wife's. I called the voting registrar's office and voiced my concern on my daughter's behalf. They said they can't mail out her ballot until after her birthday so we wouldn't receive it until early November. I said that she is in Washington state for college right now, so if they mailed it to me and I forwarded it to her it might not make it in time for her vote to count. So, I asked them to mail her ballot directly to her at her university address, rather than our home address, and as soon as they could. The woman on the phone put me on hold for awhile to go check on it, then transferred me to her boss. After all that, they finally said they could do that, but only if my daughter contacts them herself and makes a formal request. So, maybe she will get to vote, but I certainly wouldn't bet on it.

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:53 pm So just fill it out for her?

brian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:02 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:53 pm So just fill it out for her?

Think it has to be signed and the signature must match the voter registration.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:38 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:16 pm My wife and I always vote by mail and we just received our ballots yesterday in the mail. My daughter will turn 18 on October 30 and is excited about voting in her first election. She had pre-registered to vote, and to vote by mail, so I was concerned when her ballot did not arrive with mine and my wife's. I called the voting registrar's office and voiced my concern on my daughter's behalf. They said they can't mail out her ballot until after her birthday so we wouldn't receive it until early November. I said that she is in Washington state for college right now, so if they mailed it to me and I forwarded it to her it might not make it in time for her vote to count. So, I asked them to mail her ballot directly to her at her university address, rather than our home address, and as soon as they could. The woman on the phone put me on hold for awhile to go check on it, then transferred me to her boss. After all that, they finally said they could do that, but only if my daughter contacts them herself and makes a formal request. So, maybe she will get to vote, but I certainly wouldn't bet on it.

These fucking people. So, my wife and I just visited our daughter in Seattle for the weekend. My daughter checked her campus mailbox again on Sunday and no vote-by-mail ballot has yet been received. She was bummed out by that, but she and I have each spoken to the voting registrar and they assured us her ballot will arrive at her campus mailbox in time for her to vote by mail. So, of course, we stress to her that her ballot needs to be postmarked Tuesday for it to count.

Well, her ballot arrived in our mail here in California, today. As somebody once said, Holy Jeezus Christ on a cracker!

I live in a heavily Democratic county. It isn't voter suppression. It's incompetence.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:33 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:38 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:16 pm My wife and I always vote by mail and we just received our ballots yesterday in the mail. My daughter will turn 18 on October 30 and is excited about voting in her first election. She had pre-registered to vote, and to vote by mail, so I was concerned when her ballot did not arrive with mine and my wife's. I called the voting registrar's office and voiced my concern on my daughter's behalf. They said they can't mail out her ballot until after her birthday so we wouldn't receive it until early November. I said that she is in Washington state for college right now, so if they mailed it to me and I forwarded it to her it might not make it in time for her vote to count. So, I asked them to mail her ballot directly to her at her university address, rather than our home address, and as soon as they could. The woman on the phone put me on hold for awhile to go check on it, then transferred me to her boss. After all that, they finally said they could do that, but only if my daughter contacts them herself and makes a formal request. So, maybe she will get to vote, but I certainly wouldn't bet on it.

These fucking people. So, my wife and I just visited our daughter in Seattle for the weekend. My daughter checked her campus mailbox again on Sunday and no vote-by-mail ballot has yet been received. She was bummed out by that, but she and I have each spoken to the voting registrar and they assured us her ballot will arrive at her campus mailbox in time for her to vote by mail. So, of course, we stress to her that her ballot needs to be postmarked Tuesday for it to count.

Well, her ballot arrived in our mail here in California, today. As somebody once said, Holy Jeezus Christ on a cracker!

I live in a heavily Democratic county. It isn't voter suppression. It's incompetence.

If you truly care about Democracy or your daughter, you'd get in a car and drive it over to her today, so she can send it out tomorrow.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:38 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:16 pm My wife and I always vote by mail and we just received our ballots yesterday in the mail. My daughter will turn 18 on October 30 and is excited about voting in her first election. She had pre-registered to vote, and to vote by mail, so I was concerned when her ballot did not arrive with mine and my wife's. I called the voting registrar's office and voiced my concern on my daughter's behalf. They said they can't mail out her ballot until after her birthday so we wouldn't receive it until early November. I said that she is in Washington state for college right now, so if they mailed it to me and I forwarded it to her it might not make it in time for her vote to count. So, I asked them to mail her ballot directly to her at her university address, rather than our home address, and as soon as they could. The woman on the phone put me on hold for awhile to go check on it, then transferred me to her boss. After all that, they finally said they could do that, but only if my daughter contacts them herself and makes a formal request. So, maybe she will get to vote, but I certainly wouldn't bet on it.

These fucking people. So, my wife and I just visited our daughter in Seattle for the weekend. My daughter checked her campus mailbox again on Sunday and no vote-by-mail ballot has yet been received. She was bummed out by that, but she and I have each spoken to the voting registrar and they assured us her ballot will arrive at her campus mailbox in time for her to vote by mail. So, of course, we stress to her that her ballot needs to be postmarked Tuesday for it to count.

Well, her ballot arrived in our mail here in California, today. As somebody once said, Holy Jeezus Christ on a cracker!

I live in a heavily Democratic county. It isn't voter suppression. It's incompetence.

brian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:42 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:33 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:38 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:16 pm My wife and I always vote by mail and we just received our ballots yesterday in the mail. My daughter will turn 18 on October 30 and is excited about voting in her first election. She had pre-registered to vote, and to vote by mail, so I was concerned when her ballot did not arrive with mine and my wife's. I called the voting registrar's office and voiced my concern on my daughter's behalf. They said they can't mail out her ballot until after her birthday so we wouldn't receive it until early November. I said that she is in Washington state for college right now, so if they mailed it to me and I forwarded it to her it might not make it in time for her vote to count. So, I asked them to mail her ballot directly to her at her university address, rather than our home address, and as soon as they could. The woman on the phone put me on hold for awhile to go check on it, then transferred me to her boss. After all that, they finally said they could do that, but only if my daughter contacts them herself and makes a formal request. So, maybe she will get to vote, but I certainly wouldn't bet on it.

These fucking people. So, my wife and I just visited our daughter in Seattle for the weekend. My daughter checked her campus mailbox again on Sunday and no vote-by-mail ballot has yet been received. She was bummed out by that, but she and I have each spoken to the voting registrar and they assured us her ballot will arrive at her campus mailbox in time for her to vote by mail. So, of course, we stress to her that her ballot needs to be postmarked Tuesday for it to count.

Well, her ballot arrived in our mail here in California, today. As somebody once said, Holy Jeezus Christ on a cracker!

I live in a heavily Democratic county. It isn't voter suppression. It's incompetence.

If you truly care about Democracy or your daughter, you'd get in a car and drive it over to her today, so she can send it out tomorrow.

Road trip!

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:07 pm We don't have cable anymore so I don't get to see much TV, but what little I have seen has been overwhelmed with ads for the WA-8 district race. It's a weird district...the Eastside of the Seattle Area, but also central Washington. Its an open seat, as the current Rep Dave-Reichart (Republican, former King County Sheriff) is retiring. The race is between Dino Rossi, scumbag real estate developer, former State Rep, and 3 time loser (lost twice for governor, once for the Senate) and Kim Schrier, who's a doctor. Current polls (from the NYTimes) show her ahead, but its gonna be close.

I'm thinking about going to a movie or something tomorrow night, so I'm not sitting around stressing out and checking twitter all night.

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:42 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:38 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:16 pm My wife and I always vote by mail and we just received our ballots yesterday in the mail. My daughter will turn 18 on October 30 and is excited about voting in her first election. She had pre-registered to vote, and to vote by mail, so I was concerned when her ballot did not arrive with mine and my wife's. I called the voting registrar's office and voiced my concern on my daughter's behalf. They said they can't mail out her ballot until after her birthday so we wouldn't receive it until early November. I said that she is in Washington state for college right now, so if they mailed it to me and I forwarded it to her it might not make it in time for her vote to count. So, I asked them to mail her ballot directly to her at her university address, rather than our home address, and as soon as they could. The woman on the phone put me on hold for awhile to go check on it, then transferred me to her boss. After all that, they finally said they could do that, but only if my daughter contacts them herself and makes a formal request. So, maybe she will get to vote, but I certainly wouldn't bet on it.

These fucking people. So, my wife and I just visited our daughter in Seattle for the weekend. My daughter checked her campus mailbox again on Sunday and no vote-by-mail ballot has yet been received. She was bummed out by that, but she and I have each spoken to the voting registrar and they assured us her ballot will arrive at her campus mailbox in time for her to vote by mail. So, of course, we stress to her that her ballot needs to be postmarked Tuesday for it to count.

Well, her ballot arrived in our mail here in California, today. As somebody once said, Holy Jeezus Christ on a cracker!

I live in a heavily Democratic county. It isn't voter suppression. It's incompetence.

Fed Ex it to her today for morning delivery.

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:36 pm I don't know if it's just flashbacks to how this day ended two years ago, but I'm feeling really pessimistic about tomorrow.