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The Democrats picked up a seat only by virtue of backing a moderate centrist. We'll wait and see how they do if they insist on foisting the Blue Agenda on the rest of us.
So you're just going to ignore the 37 other seats that Dena have flipped since Trump became POTUS with candidates who are to the left of Lamb? Why?
The good news for Mr. Lamb, though, is that he now lives in the new 17th District, and that might be an even better opportunity for him than the old 18th.
Seems to me that Republicans should field some moderate centrists of their own. I'm quite fond of "moderate centrists" myself - beats being a fellow traveler/cry baby everyday of the week.
Me too. Reps call me RINO. Dems an opressor.
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One can't discount the fact that the guy being replaced was a sleazeball. IMO the GOP still would have pulled this one out if not for that.
I am pleased that there seems to be a growing number no longer willing to vote for party, regardless of everything else.
Both parties are caricatures. The choice of Trump vs Clinton is unforgivable.
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There are very few Dem politicians who are anti-gun. Fact.
Depends on what "anti gun" is defined as. To many gun rights activists, Anti gun means being against machine guns.
It is not "anti-gun" to want to take military arms off civilian streets, or to make background checks more stringent. Our children are dying. Arming teachers is beyond idiotic. It's basically saying: "our schools aren't safe and we aren't willing to make them safer, so now we are ordering you to turn your schools into a war zone." Teachers are trained to teach. They don't need to be carrying weapons. And neither do students. This is the kind of insanity that happens in places like Afghanistan and Serbia. I can guarantee you that the framers of the Constitution would have been appalled at the NRA.
Nobody's against having guns--it's kind of in the American DNA. But for god's sake, make them difficult to acquire for all but the mature and well-vetted. It's just common sense.
It is not "anti-gun" to want to take military arms off civilian streets, or to make background checks more stringent. Our children are dying. Arming teachers is beyond idiotic. It's basically saying: "our schools aren't safe and we aren't willing to make them safer, so now we are ordering you to turn your schools into a war zone." Teachers are trained to teach. They don't need to be carrying weapons. And neither do students. This is the kind of insanity that happens in places like Afghanistan and Serbia. I can guarantee you that the framers of the Constitution would have been appalled at the NRA.
Nobody's against having guns--it's kind of in the American DNA. But for god's sake, make them difficult to acquire for all but the mature and well-vetted. It's just common sense.
^^^^ This explains it perfectly. This isn't the wild west any more, but people with more firepower than the cops have turned it into one. No parent should have to send their children off to school and worry that some idiot with an assault weapon is going to come in and slaughter them and lots of their classmates and teachers.
The brave students who are saying "enough is enough" are going to turn this mess that we adults created around. Wish I was in school, I would be one of the ones walking out today for 17 minutes to show how determined they are.
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This isn't the wild west any more, but people with more firepower than the cops have turned it into one. No parent should have to send their children off to school and worry that some idiot with an assault weapon is going to come in and slaughter them and lots of their classmates and teachers.
