2018 Midterm Election Thread

Self-hatred is often the most vicious damaging sort of hatred and those who hate like this obviously have hatred to spare for others.

 

One of the most threatening things for them is to see happy gays. Let me explain:

1. They believe homosexuality is sin.
2. They believe sin separates you from God.
3. They believe the only way to be happy is to be good with God.
4. Thus, they believe a person accepting his or her own homosexuality will lead to unhappiness.
5. Thus, they need gay people to be unhappy to affirm their anti-gay worldview.
6. Thus, they do what they can to make the lives of gay people as difficult as they possibly can to increase the chances gays will be unhappy and see "the error of their ways".
7. And they react in a hostile manner when they see gays being authentic (and happy), otherwise they might have to face the fact they could be happier if they also were more authentic.

You will notice how these types of Christians basically ignore virtually every other thing they consider sin but go after gays with a vengeance. Adultery? That will get you a slap on the wrist. Divorce? That's ok, God wants you out of that relationship anyway (just ignore what Moses and Jesus said, they didn't really mean it - what God has joined together any man can separate if they are unhappy!). Being gay? Now that's another story (even if Jesus said nothing and every supposed biblical reference to it, which is very limited to begin with, is problematic in one way or another).

The result is they are vicious because we are too threatening to them.

 

They also find a reason to be specifically against Lesbians and I don't think the OT or the NT mentions them.

 

The OT absolutely does not.

The only possible reference to lesbians in the NT is Romans 1, although it could actually mean a number of things depending on how one interprets women "going against nature". People today tend to automatically assume it refers to lesbianism, but back in those days there were a lot more ways women would supposedly go against "nature" (eg., being dominant over a man, and not just sexually dominant). The problem is people read it (and 1 Corinthians 6, 1 Timothy 1) through the lens of the 21st century and not through the lens of the 1st century.

Regarding 1 Cor 6 and 1 Tim 1, not a single Bible referenced "homosexuals" in those passages until the late 1940s (nor did they use previous equivalents of the word, like "sodomites", etc.). No one actually knows what the Greek word that Paul used actually means. It probably references an aspect of male sexuality, even perhaps male homosexuality, but it clearly does not include lesbians at all. But again, what's significant is the anti-gay Christians will cling to a handful of somewhat vague passages to condemn all gays but ignore blatant statements that involve things they do themselves.

 

Cook Political Report: “The newest FEC filings spell danger for Republicans. In the most recent fundraising period, Democrats outraised Republicans in at least 60 GOP-held seats, more than twice the 23 seats Democrats need for a majority. Meanwhile, the reverse is true in just five Democratic-held seats. That’s going to force the NRCC and Congressional Leadership Fund to bail out a lot of cash-strapped GOP candidates come the fall.”

“In light of the most recent FEC filings, we’re updating our ratings in seven districts, all reflecting improved Democratic prospects.”

 

While their are moves to the left, I'm not sure it corresponds to more seats for the Dems:

 

The above being said, there are now 2 Republican seats in the Likely Dem column, 6 in the Lean Democratic, 21 in the Tossup, 27 in the Lean Republican, and 28 in the Likely Republican. Compare that to 1 Dem seat in the Likely Republican column, 0 in Lean Republican, 2 in Tossup, 3 in Lean Democratic, and 10 in Likely Democratic. That's a pretty massive advantage for the Democrats with regards to ground to defend.

https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings

 

Would be great if that jackass is kicked out of the Senate!

A new Quinnipiac poll in Texas finds Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) just ahead of challenger Beto O’Rourke (D), 47% to 44%.

 

Interesting takeaways from that for me:

1) 43% of voters said that Trump will not be an important factor in their vote. That's more than I expected.
2) Trump's approval rating is -9 in this poll.
3) O'Rourke only leads in the 18-34 demo. As always, if young people vote, Democrats will win.

 

Indiana Senate poll out today as well from Gravis.

411 likely voters who give Trump a 47% approval rating, Joe Donnelly (D) a 37-32 approval rating, and who say they'll vote in the Republican primary by a 52-39 margin, say they'd vote for Donnelly by margins of 18 and 10 points in the general depending on the Republican candidate.

This is a weird one. Mike Braun, former state rep, polls in the lead in the Republican primary, but the survey didn't match him head-to-head with Donnelly. Also, with such a small sample size, the margin of error is huge. Despite that, this has to be promising for Donnelly and, by extension, Democratic chances of taking the Senate.

 

that "if" is the straight and the weakness.

 

AZ Senate update: Sinema (D) has a minimum 6-point lead on all Republican challengers and only fails to crack 50% against McSally, who is trailing in the primary by 9.

Trump is also 13 points underwater in Arizona.

http://createsend.com/t/i-E1269679105F7FA92540EF23F30FEDED

 

In Arizona of all places.......The Blue wave is not a myth.

 

That depends on when McCain’s seat becomes open. Arizona temporarily fills empty seats via governor appointment until the next general election. The current interpretation makes the cutoff for that May 31. However, Republicans in Arizona are trying to change that so the cutoff is March 31.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wa...aaf996-4299-11e8-b2dc-b0a403e4720a_story.html

 

The fight begins after the “blue wave”

I get that it’s imperative to get control back in Congress, but there’s still a lot to deal with afterwards.

 

There's an expression about counting chickens that seems really applicable here.

 

The election is only 7 months away.. What could possibly change in that little time????

 

Ok lads roll those Guillotines back to the hanger, they say we need to wait a few more months.

 

I think she’s related to my former professor, who became a Berniebro too... Shame...

 

Not all of it. Egypt is in the Middle East, but not in Asia. Parts of Turkey may not be as well, depending on how the line between Europe and Asia is drawn.

 

What’s a Bernie Bro? Is that like “Obama Bro?” #Imwithering

 

I'm my book, Left Wing Purist/Utopians from the Democratic Party.

It is not that we don't agree with their ideals, is that we think that first the dems have to get back control of government and implement policies gradually, not as a "revolution"...