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Nevilledog

(51,186 posts)
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 06:59 PM Nov 2022

"Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I'm elected governor."



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GOP #WIGov nominee Tim @MichelsForGov said the quiet part out loud: "Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I'm elected governor."

Democracy is on the line in Wisconsin. Michels must be stopped.


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1:56 PM · Oct 31, 2022
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"Republicans will never lose another election in Wisconsin after I'm elected governor." (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2022 OP
May he, and his enablers, receive everything they deserve. niyad Nov 2022 #1
Probably because there won't BE another election in Wisconsin if he gets in. DFW Nov 2022 #2
I fear it is too late here...I hope the rest of the country looks at WI StClone Nov 2022 #11
I'm afraid we'll have to let them ruin everything before the lindysalsagal Nov 2022 #3
So a 1,000 year Reich there pal? BlueIdaho Nov 2022 #4
Exactly..didn't exactly work out. These idiots never read history! PortTack Nov 2022 #5
May they be doomed to repeat it. BlueIdaho Nov 2022 #6
Dude, that's downright unAmerican. Nt Mr.Mystery Nov 2022 #7
Not just him, gab13by13 Nov 2022 #8
they must really be sick of democracy RussBLib Nov 2022 #9
Paradox of Democracy and Freedom StClone Nov 2022 #10
This is a terrifying statement! Poiuyt Nov 2022 #12
He's so gross. milestogo Nov 2022 #13
What's terrifying and enraging is that there are people voting to become powerless. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #14

DFW

(54,436 posts)
2. Probably because there won't BE another election in Wisconsin if he gets in.
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 07:26 PM
Nov 2022

Republicans = Stalinists

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."
--attributed to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin (but embraced by the Rehnquist Court, and every one since).

StClone

(11,686 posts)
11. I fear it is too late here...I hope the rest of the country looks at WI
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 10:14 PM
Nov 2022

And sees the errors of our ways and maybe comes to our rescue. For, I fear we are unable to save ourselves. From my vantage point, I think Democracy could be gone in this state if the election here goes badly.

lindysalsagal

(20,726 posts)
3. I'm afraid we'll have to let them ruin everything before the
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 07:29 PM
Nov 2022

Electorate realizes this isn't entertainment. They tale their lives for granted.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
6. May they be doomed to repeat it.
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 07:41 PM
Nov 2022

He could have asked Carl Rove - one of the last ChristoFascist big brains how his promise of a 1,000 year Republican reign turned out…

StClone

(11,686 posts)
10. Paradox of Democracy and Freedom
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 10:09 PM
Nov 2022

The success of America is keeping people mostly satisfied, happy, and protected.

Some find in this cocoon that even their dumbest escapades end with them still pretty much unharmed and ready for even bigger misadventures. That is the paradox of our system. They find being stupid does not kill them right out so they keep pushing the envelope until they are bouncing off and testing out guardrails.

I hope those guardrails hold until we can reinforce them.

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