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kentuck

(111,095 posts)
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 06:40 AM Nov 2017

This Tuesday, Virginia is a barometer for Trump coup.

They will know just where they sit. Have they lost a lot of votes since the election or are they maintaining their base?

Democrats will know if they are making progress or still swimming upstream? The Republican candidate has been running on Confederate statues and using the Trump model to try and defeat the Democrat.

Virginia is the barometer for America. Tuesday might tell us how far we have to go to defeat this coup that has been in effect since January.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

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Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
1. Guess we'll find out the strength of those who've consistantly opposed the true Democratic Party
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 07:02 AM
Nov 2017

They've spent a good two years trying their best to dismantle us from the inside, & outside..

Unless there is corruption at the polls or counting votes, Dems will remain the strength of America.




 

dpd3672

(82 posts)
3. Looks like a dead tie as of the last polls
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 07:41 AM
Nov 2017

Gonna be another nail-biter. I thought Gillespie was a longshot, what happened? (I'm not local, just like keeping up with the undercards).

kentuck

(111,095 posts)
4. It's always been tough to defeat those with power and money.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 07:44 AM
Nov 2017

And there is a lot of "outside" money in the race. Maybe even a few rubles?

Irish_Dem

(47,058 posts)
9. Why wouldn't they? They committed the crime of the century and got away with it.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:20 AM
Nov 2017

Nothing to stop them from ruling the world, which I think is Putin's goal?

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
16. Things havent gone well for Northam over the last week
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:44 AM
Nov 2017

He caught backlash for the immigrant commercial that was pulled, and then his name got in the news again when the DFA pulled its endorsement.

kentuck

(111,095 posts)
13. How can he confirm our worst fears?
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:37 AM
Nov 2017

Without tearing our country apart?

The division would be terrible.

Irish_Dem

(47,058 posts)
14. I've thought about that. How much truth can come out?
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:39 AM
Nov 2017

How much truth will be allowed by the powers that be?
And how much can the American public handle?

So Mueller may send a few people to prison.
Trump may not run for another term.

And we go back to the normal crooked system.

kentuck

(111,095 posts)
15. Much like when they said they had to hide the JFK assassination information for 50 years.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:41 AM
Nov 2017

Sometimes they hide information from us common citizens...

Irish_Dem

(47,058 posts)
17. You read my mind. Exactly.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:46 AM
Nov 2017

I think they will never let us know the truth about JFK's murder.
Our hearts would break and we would never trust the American government again.

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