What I dont get is this...

[SummerSnow]

People are actually voting for people who will fight against wage increases, medicare, social security, healthcare,pensions, women's rights, help for the elderly, affordable housing, financial aid, better education, human and civil rights for all, food stamps, better infrastructure,helping the poor and the homeless, the sick, etc.

Something is fucking wrong with our country.

[arcane1]

1. Re-electing incumbents of the most poorly-rated congress ever.

It's crazy!

[W_HAMILTON]

2. The best part is the two states...

...Arkansas and Nebraska, I think, that voted to increase their state minimum wage, while at the same time voting for Republican Senators that would do away with it if they could.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. That's about the only bright spot for us here tonight.

The rest of the results are pretty disappointing, to say the least.

[steve2470]

3. ignorance, big factor right there nt

[RiffRandell]

19. + Stupidity.

Throw some racism in there, nice mix.

[steve2470]

20. yep yep nt

[Roland99]

4. cuz EBOLA! BENGHAZI!! GUNS!!!! ISIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

fear sells well to the masses

[tularetom]

5. Lot of white voters don't want minorities getting those goodies you describe

Even if it means they themselves are deprived of them.

[Half-Century Man]

6. racism, fear, the inability for democrats to project a unified front......

We have to stop beating ourselves.

[BayouBengal07]

7. It's a parallel universe.

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I know plenty of otherwise reasonable people who believe the following:

"fight against wage increases" - That's necessary because increasing the minimum wage kills small businesses. In fact, think of how many people we could employ if we liberated businesses from the minimum wage.

"medicare, social security, healthcare" - Socialist, unsustainable, job-killing programs. We could achieve much more if we based our safety net on private (read: Christian) charities.

"pensions" - union boondoggles

"women's rights" - murder

"help for the elderly" - you can help them by privatizing social security and giving them the freedom to invest themselves, instead of relying on the government.

"affordable housing...food stamps...helping the poor and the homeless" - aid for the inner-city moochers who won't help themselves and are coddled because it traps them into voting Democratic. No one ever benefits from those programs except "those people."

"civil rights for all" - Trampling on Christian religious liberty.

[Nevernose]

25. That's the perfect translation n/t

[stillwaiting]

8. Lots of brainwashed people and too many assholes.

And too often they are both.

[libtodeath]

9. They hate the black man in the white house and fear that minorities will get things

that are reserved only for them.

[world wide wally]

11. You noticed too, huh?

[progressoid]

12. It's weird that the liberal media doesn't talk about this.

Oh, wait. We don't have a liberal media.

[Jester Messiah]

13. It's what Jesus wants, dont'cha know

What's wrong with our country is that people have been convinced that voting to fuck themselves is some kind of virtuous act.

[2naSalit]

14. I don't trust al

the announced results. I think there has been a bit of "rigging" beyond the stuff we know about. I don't buy into the idea that there are that many bigots voting against the "black guy" not on the ballot.

I think we have become accustomed to election rigging and miss a lot of the behind the scenes activities and what we do know about are the most blatant acts. It seems we only find out about those things after it's too late.

[Triana]

15. "Something is fucking wrong with our country."

No shit. This nation is S T U P I D on S T E R O I D S.

[maryellen99]

17. Preach it!! Nt

[RiffRandell]

21. That's the bottom fucking line.

The Dems can always do better but I'm sick of hearing we didn't do enough.

Americans are stupid, ignorant and selfish.

[stage left]

16. I don't get it either. nt

[RiffRandell]

18. It all boils down to Americans are fucking ignorant and stupid.

Add racism and you've got a trifecta that's always going to be hard to beat.

I don't buy into Dems don't give people enough reason to vote for them.

They can do a shitload better for sure no doubt about it, but I know relatives and friends that vary from GEDS to PhDs yet when it comes to politics they all sound the same.

One relative by marriage with a MBA votes republican for 2 reasons:

1) He's sick of taxes going to "welfare people"

2) Democrats are wimps (he's an ex-marine)

You can throw facts in his face, show stats on paper...doesn't matter. Yet he's 100% pro-choice, pro-LGTG, not religious.

[Barack_America]

22. Maybe if our party actually fought for them things would be different.

But yes, something is definitely very wrong with our country.

[AndyTiedye]

23. The Power of the Mighty Slime Machine (MSM) Cannot be Underestimated

We always hope against hope that people will see through the propaganda, but most will vote the way the Tee Vee tells them to.

[Cleita]

24. Somebody called it like the chickens voting for Col. Sanders.

I could add the sheep voting for the wolves; the mice voting for the hawks and so on. In other words the prey are voting in the predators.

[moondust]

26. Politically incompetent.

Obviously not all but enough to make a mess for everybody.

JMO.

[Jamaal510]

27. You'll drive yourself insane

thinking about that. That's why I hardly ever question Republican voter logic anymore.