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mmonk

(52,589 posts)

18. Depends on how you evaluate "majority".

Reply to stultusporcos (Reply #13)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 08:26 AM

Jan 2013

In 2010, the Republicans took over the legislature for the first time since Reconstruction. They then gerrymandered the voting districts. There were more votes in 2012 for Democrats, however, Republicans now have control of the US House delegation 9 to 4 and control of the state legislature. It's not who votes, but who counts and how the votes are counted.

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The sickness has spread to North Carolina [View all] octoberlib Jan 2013 OP

Berger is another idiot and Satan minion Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #1

lol uponit7771 Jan 2013 #34

There goes the NC economy DJ13 Jan 2013 #2

Someday the peons will notice they are being peed on. Speck Tater Jan 2013 #3

they got a lot of push left Kingwithnothrone Jan 2013 #4

Come the great hunger, the middle class will notice, and notice big time. nt Speck Tater Jan 2013 #5

i just don't get it Kingwithnothrone Jan 2013 #7

The Archbishop doesn't know the GOP god. freshwest Jan 2013 #9

Not totally off-topic: Read a little about Archbishop Romero We People Jan 2013 #11

the great hunger and the great die off datasuspect Jan 2013 #15

You nailed it. freshwest Jan 2013 #8

Yep. nc4bo Jan 2013 #19

the repugs continue to go backward samsingh Jan 2013 #6

Yes, shift the tax burden to the poor, who won't be able to pay enough to keep things going. freshwest Jan 2013 #10

It's tragic that it's practically chic to be callous and hateful toward the poor We People Jan 2013 #12

This is what the majority want in NC and other Red States stultusporcos Jan 2013 #13

Your claim assumes that NC voters are well-informed and make their decisions logically.... Scuba Jan 2013 #14

Hence I do not live in NC or any other place where logic and reason are ignored stultusporcos Jan 2013 #30

Depends on how you evaluate "majority". mmonk Jan 2013 #18

Yes, it took over after the elections of 2010 and the election of Pay-To-Play Pat. mmonk Jan 2013 #16

I live in Charlotte and sent off octoberlib Jan 2013 #24

Excellent mmonk Jan 2013 #25

I've lost track at how many times Oregon has rejected a sales tax davidpdx Jan 2013 #17

As many as it takes quakerboy Jan 2013 #31

Here's ThinkProgress' article.. nc4bo Jan 2013 #20

Thanks for the link! nt octoberlib Jan 2013 #23

"competitive posture" That's what fucking corps say that outsource jobs to India and China. tjwash Jan 2013 #21

yep. Then when next year's budget has a huge deficit, cut education and services n2doc Jan 2013 #22

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #26

Why should we depend upon their mighty spending habits as a tax base? WTH nc4bo Jan 2013 #27

Troll's gone n2doc Jan 2013 #28

That was fast! Glad it's gone - what a fool. In fact, anyone who subscribes to that mess is a nc4bo Jan 2013 #29

Lived there. Tell everyone over 50 J. Helms didn't support the idea. nt okaawhatever Jan 2013 #32

The poor and those on fixed low pensions arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #33