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SergeStorms

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8. Bingo!
Thu Sep 7, 2017, 04:01 AM
Sep 2017

The GOP has been gerrymandering for decades. Now that they have the voting districts the way they want them, they want to make it illegal to change them back.

If they're willing to return the districts to where they were in 1995, sure, I'd say that would be alright. Right before Newt's bullshit "contract with America" in the mid 90s would be just fine, thank you. After that, the GOP put the pedal to the metal on gerrymandering, and they haven't slowed down since. Now that everything's the way they want it, they want to show the American people (the ones that are paying attention anyway) how magnanimous they are by promising to end gerrymandering. That's mighty big of them.

BULLSHIT They know they're going to get killed in the 2018 mid-terms, and the districts would start being realigned to a more fair and reasonable position. Well, if there's one thing the GOP HATES it's a fair and reasonable playing field. In my opinion this is a Trojan Horse, and I'm hoping our Democratic leaders examine this very closely before opening the gates to let it in.

That's just one man's opinion. Your mileage may vary.

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