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magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
4. Guv 38%....just a reminder
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 04:20 PM
Feb 2013

to those who forget that 62% of Maine voters voted *against* the teabagger dufus.

20% diehard Democrats voted for Liz (sorry, forget her name) even though she trailed badly in the final weeks.

37% voted for Dem turned Independent Eliot Cutler, a group made up of independents, 3rd partiers and dems (like me, who saw Liz was trailing, and voted at the very last minute in a last ditch attempt to stop Guv 38%)

Approximately 5% voted for the half dozen or so other independent candidates

38% voted "for" Guv Teabagger, including roughly 23% diehard GOPers and Ron Paulistanuts, and 15% if that many actual Teabaggingnuts.

He comes up for re-election soon. Hopefully in a worst case scenario, we'll do the same that we did with Angus, read the handwriting on the wall, and vote for the left-leaning candidate that can actually win.

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