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fightforfreedom

(4,913 posts)
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 12:24 PM Sep 2022

Republicans have awoken a sleeping giant who is really pissed off.

Women. I am going to enjoy watching women kick the shit out of the Republicans this November. Women are registering in droves. Young people too.

If you don't believe me, just look at how the Republicans running for office are now running for the hills on abortion.

We have a chance to hold the House which was not possible a few months ago.

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Republicans have awoken a sleeping giant who is really pissed off. (Original Post) fightforfreedom Sep 2022 OP
I suspect very strongly that you're right! Fingers crossed. GOTV! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2022 #1
I think that a strong point of Democratic messanging should be... Salviati Sep 2022 #2
Your keyboard to god's monitor...nt Wounded Bear Sep 2022 #3
Well, they yanked the human rights, freedom, & bodily autonomy away from CousinIT Sep 2022 #4
And then they tried to gaslight everybody that voters would just forget about abortion by November. Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #5
I love seeing these MAGA morons and their Christofascist friends CousinIT Sep 2022 #7
There ought be ads running targeting male voters Captain Zero Sep 2022 #13
Send this to DNC/DSCC/DCCC/ Jaime Harrison! CousinIT Sep 2022 #29
Hell, how 'bout out of their vagina? Ligyron Sep 2022 #50
Yep. That is NOT happening. calimary Sep 2022 #28
Aye. The tiger is stirring. n/t Mister Ed Sep 2022 #6
Piss off the largest voting block in the country Maine Abu El Banat Sep 2022 #8
34 million registered republicans in the US compared to 48 Meadowoak Sep 2022 #38
And add to the Senate to make Ms. Quirky Cinema and Joe Coal Manchin irrelevant. OMGWTF Sep 2022 #9
We got three more hammers to hit all House Republicans w/too Botany Sep 2022 #10
👍 Demovictory9 Sep 2022 #22
Hope Biden stays on the campaign trail stumping for Democrats KS Toronado Sep 2022 #11
I know! The day after the Kansas election I was absolutely giddy! liberalla Sep 2022 #12
Civil rights legislation followed by the ruling on Roe v Wade Warpy Sep 2022 #14
The Kansas thing made them realize they can't let people vote. BradAllison Sep 2022 #15
I hope so IronLionZion Sep 2022 #16
the good thing has been NewJeffCT Sep 2022 #18
Clarence has been on the court longer than many DUers have been alive IronLionZion Sep 2022 #19
He's been there forever, but NewJeffCT Sep 2022 #20
Does not mean much True Blue American Sep 2022 #25
his body or his brains -which seem non-existent SouthernDem4ever Sep 2022 #35
Oth! True Blue American Sep 2022 #40
In a 2007 interview, Clarance said he had quit drinking Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #36
If you were married to Genni, you would drink like a fish too. Meadowoak Sep 2022 #39
LOL, True Blue American Sep 2022 #41
I hope every Dem campaign manager out there NewJeffCT Sep 2022 #17
I concur!! aeromanKC Sep 2022 #21
The truth is they always hated women RANDYWILDMAN Sep 2022 #23
Women POWER!! YoshidaYui Sep 2022 #24
Republican message is clear, they don't like women! Emile Sep 2022 #26
Democratic Men! True Blue American Sep 2022 #42
Don't let them lie their way out of it. Scrubbed websites are part of that lie. Hang this around... Hekate Sep 2022 #27
I SO VERY MUCH hope you are right. hamsterjill Sep 2022 #30
Stick it to 'em, Ladies Blue Owl Sep 2022 #31
and isnt this often how brutal regimes fall? mopinko Sep 2022 #32
I would like that to be the case, but I remain a skeptic. elocs Sep 2022 #33
I'm right there with you inthewind21 Sep 2022 #52
Repugs have proven they abuse power for their own gain SouthernDem4ever Sep 2022 #34
Some fun statistics on male/female voting patterns Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #37
Yet inthewind21 Sep 2022 #53
I know Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #54
I hope you are right. sindri Sep 2022 #43
It will be interesting to see if the Roe Decisions Heather MC Sep 2022 #44
Sure hope so DownriverDem Sep 2022 #45
I believe you are totally correct. K and R Stuart G Sep 2022 #46
This election is not in the bag. The Jungle 1 Sep 2022 #47
I welcome the final arrival of social justice...n/t bluecollar2 Sep 2022 #48
Mean Jen Keegan launching hate attacks against Elaine Luria GreenWave Sep 2022 #49
#Roevember ------ #RoeRoeRoeYourVote ------ #Roevemberiscoming sarcasmo Sep 2022 #51

Salviati

(6,008 posts)
2. I think that a strong point of Democratic messanging should be...
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 12:28 PM
Sep 2022

... that republicans are liars, and we should on no accounts trust this backtracking. Case in point, the lawmaker who blubbered about losing sleep over not understanding the reality caused by his prior vote for abortion bans, and then proceeded to vote for more.


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CousinIT

(9,225 posts)
4. Well, they yanked the human rights, freedom, & bodily autonomy away from
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 12:35 PM
Sep 2022

half the American population. Rights they've had for 50 freaking years.

What the hell did they expect? Seriously.

That women were going to just sit back and say: "Aww it's no big deal that Republicans consider us just incubators with legs, male service units, reproductive slaves not deserving of control over our own bodies and lives!"

'Cause that is NOT happening.

Sky Jewels

(7,019 posts)
5. And then they tried to gaslight everybody that voters would just forget about abortion by November.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 12:39 PM
Sep 2022

Last edited Wed Sep 7, 2022, 04:24 PM - Edit history (1)

I mean, it's not like pre-menopausal women get a reminder of their fertility status every month, and it's not like post-menopausal women have daughters, granddaughters, nieces, friends, coworkers, etc. who might be negatively affected by the bans...

CousinIT

(9,225 posts)
7. I love seeing these MAGA morons and their Christofascist friends
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:42 PM
Sep 2022

...getting hoisted high on their own ... stupidity.

Good enough. And well-earned. They should be electorally tarred, feathered and strung up in the streets in November. I hope that Kansas was just a small harbinger of what's to come.

Captain Zero

(6,788 posts)
13. There ought be ads running targeting male voters
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:00 PM
Sep 2022

Running pictures of Republicans, senators, congressmen, judges over a voice asking husbands and fathers if they want these Republican Perverts in their wives, and daughters doctors appointments.

Then a quick cut to Democrats saying neither do we, vote for us, throw these Republican Perverts out of your wives and daughters doctors appointments. VOTE Democratic!

Ligyron

(7,622 posts)
50. Hell, how 'bout out of their vagina?
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 11:07 AM
Sep 2022

Because it’s not quite sexual assault, but it’s real, real close.

calimary

(81,137 posts)
28. Yep. That is NOT happening.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 03:26 PM
Sep 2022

But it DOES prove that Republicans regard women as second-class citizens, not worthy of rights of any sort, especially the ULTIMATE right of bodily autonomy.

And who - or what - will they come after - next?

Botany

(70,449 posts)
10. We got three more hammers to hit all House Republicans w/too
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:45 PM
Sep 2022

Last edited Wed Sep 7, 2022, 04:17 PM - Edit history (1)

* They all voted against a lower price of gas @ the pump by stopping the big oil companies from making
10s of billion dollars in overcharging for product.

* They voted to cancel the votes of > 80,000,000 American voters in a coup.

* Trump .... he is grifting traitor who works for Vlad. And he was selling our nation's top secrets to our
enemies.


TV spot here is Congressperson X .... Rep. X voted to hurt women and what they want to do with the bodies,
he voted against cheaper gas, he was in support of a violent coup, and he supported the biggest
crook in the biggest crime in American History. Rep. X if somebody shows you what they are, believe 'em.

KS Toronado

(17,158 posts)
11. Hope Biden stays on the campaign trail stumping for Democrats
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:46 PM
Sep 2022

Reminding voters of trump's enablers in Congress and how as a country
we can not move forward with them in Congress.

Warpy

(111,174 posts)
14. Civil rights legislation followed by the ruling on Roe v Wade
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:07 PM
Sep 2022

handed the country over to the conservatives in both parties for decades.

The removal of civil rights should have the opposite effect. "Should" aint set into stone. I will be happy if enough of the total jerks are kicked out to give us a fighting chance.

I'm still hoping for a Donnybrook on the RNC convention floor in 2024 between TFG's fan club and people who still have at least a tenuous grasp on reality.

BradAllison

(1,879 posts)
15. The Kansas thing made them realize they can't let people vote.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:10 PM
Sep 2022

They will try all of this through the idiot legislatures.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
16. I hope so
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:11 PM
Sep 2022

I hope the GOP deeply regrets overturning Roe. We should elect enough Dems to codify it into law until we can get some balance in the courts again.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
18. the good thing has been
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:22 PM
Sep 2022

that Biden has been appointing federal judges at a much faster rate than his predecessor. If Dems can hold the senate, or even expand their razor-thin majority, I can see many federal courts being flipped by the end of Biden's 1st term.

Granted, SCOTUS won't be flipped without court expansion or an unexpected death/resignation or two. (Sorry, I don't think Thomas will be impeached... )

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
19. Clarence has been on the court longer than many DUers have been alive
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:26 PM
Sep 2022

he might feel inspired to retire or croak from old age

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
20. He's been there forever, but
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:33 PM
Sep 2022

he was in his early/mid 40s when he got named to SCOTUS, so is only 74 years old - 10 years younger than Stephen Breyer is now.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
40. Oth!
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 04:19 AM
Sep 2022

Trumps brain is so riddled with his own rage and ever ending hate it is pathetic.

Yesterday he was in Ohio throwing that rage on Nan Whaley. When he was in Dayton, after the massacre he would not even let her go to the hospital with him. He posed fror show.

Trump was a lunatic before he lost the election, now he is a dangerous maniac.

Farmer-Rick

(10,140 posts)
36. In a 2007 interview, Clarance said he had quit drinking
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 12:38 AM
Sep 2022

I suspect he has fallen off the wagon many times.

Liver damage is not to be taken lightly.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
17. I hope every Dem campaign manager out there
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:20 PM
Sep 2022

Has screenshots of their GOP opponents' websites (pre-scrubbing) where the GOPer supports being 100% anti-choice. If not, the campaign manager should be sued for malpractice by the candidate.

RANDYWILDMAN

(2,664 posts)
23. The truth is they always hated women
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:57 PM
Sep 2022

But did the duck and cover all the time with other distractions.

Dobbs blew the lid of the whole scheme and they can no longer hide

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
42. Democratic Men!
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 04:25 AM
Sep 2022

We love and respect women! And want the best for them!

The unveiling of the Obam portraits yesterday gave such a warm feeling of love and respect for each other. All those old friends hugging and greeting each other was wonderful. Made my whole week!

Hekate

(90,565 posts)
27. Don't let them lie their way out of it. Scrubbed websites are part of that lie. Hang this around...
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 03:19 PM
Sep 2022

… their necks like a stinking dead chicken on a chicken-killing farm dog.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
30. I SO VERY MUCH hope you are right.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 04:29 PM
Sep 2022

Because ANY woman who, at this point, votes for a damn Republican is a traitor to the sisterhood.

mopinko

(70,024 posts)
32. and isnt this often how brutal regimes fall?
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 09:30 PM
Sep 2022

the 1st example that leaps to mind is the grandmas of the disappeared in chile.
there's sort of a cloud in my memories of other times shit got down to mothers who said enough.
i'm guessin the brain trust can come up w more.

but since 2000, it's been the soccer moms that have decided who was president.

elocs

(22,550 posts)
33. I would like that to be the case, but I remain a skeptic.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 10:39 PM
Sep 2022

It won't happen until it happens, and crow is not a tasty meal. In 50 years of voting for Democratic Party members I have learned that too often too many Democrats are fickle and undependable voters needing to be excited and motivated to cast their ballots and too many Republicans tend to vote like it was their duty. That's the one and only way that I wish Democrats were more like Republicans.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
34. Repugs have proven they abuse power for their own gain
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 10:47 PM
Sep 2022

they should not have had the chance to hold the house now or three months ago.

Farmer-Rick

(10,140 posts)
37. Some fun statistics on male/female voting patterns
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 12:52 AM
Sep 2022

In every presidential election since 1980, the proportion of eligible female adults who voted has exceeded the proportion of eligible male adults who voted.

Women are registered to vote in the U.S. at higher rates than men. In recent years, the number of women registered to vote in the U.S. has typically been about 10 million more than the number of men registered to vote.

The number of female voters has exceeded the number of male voters in every presidential election since 1964.

https://cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/voters/gender-differences-voter-turnout

Farmer-Rick

(10,140 posts)
54. I know
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 12:22 PM
Sep 2022

It's really difficulty to pull away from an abuser and focus on what is good for you. But women keep trying.

They are getting stronger and it's a joy to see. I hope they are strong enough to fight off this attack too.

sindri

(37 posts)
43. I hope you are right.
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 07:14 AM
Sep 2022

It seems though that should have been the case back in 2016 as it was clear what a pussy-grabber Trump was but 39% of women voters went for him in 2016. I hope to Jebus that more republican voting people wipe the shit out of their eyes and see how they've been conned by the GOP.

 

Heather MC

(8,084 posts)
44. It will be interesting to see if the Roe Decisions
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 08:55 AM
Sep 2022

Decreases the amount of support republicans tend to get from women which for national elections for the president is usually republicans get 53% of white women voters.

It would be awesome to see that presented drop to even 40%.

30% would be phenomenal that would be a game changer🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

It's a pipe dream I know but maybe it can happen maybe if we keep speaking it into existence it will happen

DownriverDem

(6,226 posts)
45. Sure hope so
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 09:08 AM
Sep 2022

I have been waiting a long time for this to happen. If the MAGA repubs win the House, all investigations of trump & Jan 6th will end. They have already said they will impeach Biden. Things could get really bad.

GreenWave

(6,663 posts)
49. Mean Jen Keegan launching hate attacks against Elaine Luria
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 09:53 AM
Sep 2022

Elaine pulverizing her on abortion,
BUT allows Keegan' s stupid lie to remain that she can fix the economy. WTF!!!!!!

Also Elaine pleasew explain about our coastline to protect from rising water. HUGE concern in the district.

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