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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI would like to thank Ted Cruz for uniting the Country against the Teabaggers...
No man has ever been able to truly unite both sides, but this man was THAT fucking crazy that they had to stand against him.
Canadian born fucking teabagger. He *united* this country.
And I am gloating until the fucking weekend, so *there*
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I would like to thank Ted Cruz for uniting the Country against the Teabaggers... (Original Post)
LaydeeBug
Oct 2013
OP
Americans can have a seething hatred of baggers and baggers still gain congressional seats because..
uponit7771
Oct 2013
#2
Also, the private prison system and prisoners counting as constituents saves a lot
LaydeeBug
Oct 2013
#6
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)1. It defies logic, but yah.
Thank you,, Mr Cruz.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)2. Americans can have a seething hatred of baggers and baggers still gain congressional seats because..
...of unmitigated gerrymandering
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)3. coupled with the fact that most Americans
(particularly the low information voters) think that every Congresscrittur is an asshole EXCEPT for THEIR Congresscrittur.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)5. No, gerrymandering only works so much
Gerrymandering effectively gives one party an extra percentage of the vote. That advantage is not insurmountable, it just means for a Democrat to win they have to get the equivalent of 55% of the vote instead of 50%.
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)6. Also, the private prison system and prisoners counting as constituents saves a lot
of critters.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)7. 5% of the vote these days is big no?
jeff47
(26,549 posts)8. Big but not insurmountable. (nt)
nikto
(3,284 posts)4. Let us raise our voices in gratitude...