Wow, there really is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.
What is the idea?
It would probably not be healthy for my karma to go deeper.
Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign
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Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign
#72A Republican just won an election in Seattle City Government for the first time in three decades. This election has seen some big shifts in the electorate, even in some deeply-Democratic areas. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/republica...
To be clear though, that was a somewhat unusual race, e.g. the incumbent progressive Democrat probably would have won if he hadn't been knocked out in the primary.
The ex-Democrat, Obama/Clinton/Biden-voting Republican who won benefited greatly from the fact that her opponent had some pretty radical views, too radical even for Seattle.
Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign
#73A Republican just won an election in Seattle City Government for the first time in three decades. This election has seen some big shifts in the electorate, even in some deeply-Democratic areas. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/republica...
because the other candidate was seen as an extreme left-winger
Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Kids have the most psychological development from looking at people's faces, emotions and smiles. Saying that's a "minor inconvenience" is silly. Especially since there's negligible risks for them. And mandating something which neither prevents catching, nor transmitting the virus is definitely not a "minor inconvenience". EDIT: In my last sentence, I wasn't referring to masks. I was referring to vaccine mandates whi…
> And mandating something which neither prevents catching, nor transmitting the virus is definitely not a "minor inconvenience". They have studied this though. Actual scientists, not people on Youtube or Facebook, and they have found that masks diminish the transmission of COVID-19. This is kind of what you'd expect with something airborne.
The risk from infection is small enough to be considered zero. There is no reason to mask the children.
Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign
#75Something's weird here: "State campaign finance records show a slate of candidates including Durr raised more than $10,000 during their campaign but spent only $153: $66.64 at Dunkin to buy food and drinks for staff and $86.67 for paper flyers and business cards." So he raised more than $10,000, but reports only spending $153. Then how much did he raise? Where did the remaining money go? And how did he pay for things…
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Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign
#76This is impressive, but what is more impressive to me, and this is a non-partisan statement, is how people are not afraid of being blocked and ostracized by their partisan friends and just pick the opposition party to run for anyway.
In our current climate, being blocked and ostracized has lost all meaning. Look at the Lt. Governor race in Virginia last night. Black woman, ex-marine, homeless shelter operator ran as GOP and won. Twitter mob and media blames it on "racism" as usual.
> "When you overuse an accusation and everyone can see it's just a cynical and self-serving weapon of character assassination rather than an actual conviction, you trivialize it and drain it of its potency for when it's merited, so that nobody cares any longer when it's hurled." - Glenn Greenwald
Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign
#77I find this part hilarious "Durr said he entered the race after being denied a concealed carry permit despite having a clean record."
So the state with one of the most strict gun laws burns someone, and now he's probably going to win. I wonder if he's going to start turning screws to get their permit issue laws changed. Did you know in NJ you can not posses hollow point bullets? You can go to jail. 18 months in prison. You need to be extremely careful when driving through that state so you don't forget if you have some in the car.
Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign
#78Maybe this will inspire more working-class people to run for political office.
This is the reason politicians get salaries.
Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign
#79Any (relatively) unbiased sources that explain how NJ got into this predicament? Just current leadership being out of touch with the wants/needs of NJ citizens?
There is an interesting story about Madigan in Chicago. Ran the Illinois machine. Corrupt as all hell. A college student decided to run against him and collected enough signatures to get on the ballot. Madigan typically ran unopposed. Well come to find about, of the 500 people who signed the petition to get this kid on the ballot, 1200 rescinded their support. You do the math. These people aren't loved. They just kno…
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
Love it how basic and down to earth his ad is.
sort of like how GW Bush was the one you'd rather have a beer with (than Al Gore)? When will Americans realize that being "the sort of down to earth person you'd rather have a beer with" is not a qualification for political office?
This truck driver has a bit more credibility when signaling “down to earth” than GWB.
People like down to earth politicians because it’s less likely they’re aspirational psychopaths who will sell out their selectorate.