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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: thundley4 on November 10, 2009, 05:28:45 PM
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-09-09 10:52 PM
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Narrow, Surprising Victory in Seattle Mayor’s Race
Source: NY Times
SEATTLE — A former Sierra Club leader who rode his bicycle to campaign events and relied heavily on volunteer support claimed a narrow and surprising victory on Monday in the race for mayor of this environmentally friendly city.
“You cared, you believed, and we’ve got a lot more work to do,†Mike McGinn told supporters after the city’s mail-in election showed him winning 51 percent of the vote, by a margin of 4,939 votes out of about 190,000 cast in the mayor’s race.
He was met by the same chant he heard on the campaign trail: “We like Mike!â€
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4140452
Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-09-09 10:57 PM
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3. Imagine if this sort of thing started happening a lot.
Imagine if we actually kicked the kleptocracy out of office.
I imagine it would not go down gently.
How many cities are as liberal/green as Seattle? :rotf:
24601 (334 posts) Tue Nov-10-09 06:30 AM
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19. One of the most effective reforms would be to limit contributions to
those who actually could vote in the election.
Then we can limit voting to those that have a basic literacy level, right?
WestSeattle2 (648 posts) Mon Nov-09-09 11:07 PM
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5. It will be interesting to see how this gentleman fares against
the city council and labor unions.
What?????? Environmentalists and unions would be at odds? Aren't they both in the democrat big tent?
regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Tue Nov-10-09 02:33 AM
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16. Uh, this is Seattle, guys. All three major candidates were Democrats.
Out here, you don't stand a chance if you're a Republican. Even right-wing candidates for Seattle public office register as Democrats.
:thatsright:
paulsby (1000+ posts) Tue Nov-10-09 02:53 AM
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17. nobody would claim that
conservatives are going to dominate elections in SEATTLE.
that's absurd.
I still say Paulsby is a mole.
And the last of fire.
DebbieCDC (1000+ posts) Tue Nov-10-09 03:39 PM
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26. Been waiting for this news for a week
Unfortunately i live just over the line and can't vote in City of Seattle races any more but I was pulling for McGinn all the way!!
What kind of democrat are you to let some little thing like voting requirements stand in your way? :loser:
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-09-09 10:57 PM
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3. Imagine if this sort of thing started happening a lot.
Imagine if we actually kicked the kleptocracy out of office.
I imagine it would not go down gently.
Yeah, maybe then they could all be sworn in under the shadow of their town's reverent statue of Vladimir Lenin... ::)
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Problem: Left Coast.
Solution: We drill holes along the western continental divide...we put our excess and old nuclear weapons in them...then we set them off and watch the west coast slide into the pacific.....which should expose some oil shale and be a good place to start extracting oil.
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And this boys and girls is why Boeing has moved 787 manufacture to South Carolina.
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Mail-in elections! And the moonbats are worried about Diebold?
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Mail-in elections! And the moonbats are worried about Diebold?
Diebold makes mail sorting machines? :rotf:
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If Chicago had mail-in elections, Mayor Daley would be re-elected by unanimous vote.
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If Chicago had mail-in elections, Mayor Daley would be re-elected by unanimous vote.
If Chicago had mail in voting, 0Bama would have won the general vote by just counting the ones from there.