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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Tue Jan 1, 2019, 07:15 PM Jan 2019

This is what hope looks like:

Last edited Tue Jan 1, 2019, 08:45 PM - Edit history (1)

It looks like 40 seats flipping from the GOP to the Democrats in the House.

It looks like Democrats making large gains on the state level.

It looks like Democrats picking up Governor’s s eats.

It looks like 49% voting versus 37% in 2014. And this higher turnout came in the face of increased GOP obstruction and suppression designed to weaken the Democrats.

It looks like a wave of schoolteachers rising up, many in reliably red states.

It looks like Beto O’Rourke falling short, but showing that Texas is slowly turning from red to purple on the way to, one hopes, blue.

It looks like 19 new women in the House.

It looks like younger voters starting to vote.

And all of these things represent bad news for the GOP.

It looks like Robert Mueller doing his work, and drawing every closer to the Trump crime family with each indictment, each conviction, each plea agreement.

Feel free to add more reasons, and more hope.

Guill

edited to add: 2 years of intense House investigations of the Trump crime cabal.

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This is what hope looks like: (Original Post) guillaumeb Jan 2019 OP
Great post malaise Jan 2019 #1
Happy New year to you as well Malaise. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #3
A lot more good news there than some of us here want to admit. marble falls Jan 2019 #9
+1,000 malaise Jan 2019 #21
And it gonna get better as long as we stay awake and don't let down. marble falls Jan 2019 #22
K&R NastyRiffraff Jan 2019 #2
Excellent additions. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #4
You're welcome NastyRiffraff Jan 2019 #7
Especially strong Democratic field for 2020, right? marble falls Jan 2019 #10
Doh! Yeah NastyRiffraff Jan 2019 #27
Its all good! I'm still giddy about tomorrow! marble falls Jan 2019 #29
2012? Huh? luvtheGWN Jan 2019 #12
Trump might have served a useful purpose after all. lpbk2713 Jan 2019 #5
But at what cost? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #6
Thanks, I needed this! Laffy Kat Jan 2019 #8
We all need this. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #15
Can I add a UK one? Soph0571 Jan 2019 #11
Yes, you May. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #16
Of course you May! We are all in this together. Amaryllis Jan 2019 #20
I was hoping that could/would happen!! It shows manipulated run-away trains ... marble falls Jan 2019 #23
Rick Snyder and Scott Walker been removed from office... pecosbob Jan 2019 #13
4 excellent additions. eom guillaumeb Jan 2019 #17
It looks like republicans warmfeet Jan 2019 #14
We can hope. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #18
And we can't let up now. This about a lot more than than which one of a bumper ... marble falls Jan 2019 #25
Good post to start the year. JudyM Jan 2019 #19
Thank you Judy. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #31
K&R! mcar Jan 2019 #24
HOPE - pass it on..... FM123 Jan 2019 #26
This is what hope looks like pecosbob Jan 2019 #28
Thank you. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #30
Indeed pecosbob Jan 2019 #32
Money is corrupting our politics. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #33

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
2. K&R
Tue Jan 1, 2019, 07:24 PM
Jan 2019

Last edited Wed Jan 2, 2019, 02:20 PM - Edit history (1)

It looks like a strong Democratic field for 2020

It looks like more people running for office for the first time, and winning

It looks like Nancy Pelosi licking her chops at the thought of bringing legislation that will actually help the country

It looks like House Committee Chairs running substantive investigations of Trump, his family, his administration, and his businesses.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
16. Yes, you May.
Tue Jan 1, 2019, 08:43 PM
Jan 2019

And the capitalization was deliberate.

Amazing how uninformed voting can lead to unintended results.

marble falls

(57,616 posts)
23. I was hoping that could/would happen!! It shows manipulated run-away trains ...
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 10:48 AM
Jan 2019

can be derailed. Take note cheetolini!

pecosbob

(7,550 posts)
13. Rick Snyder and Scott Walker been removed from office...
Tue Jan 1, 2019, 08:00 PM
Jan 2019

and in my home state both Dean Heller and Joe Heck were eighty-sixed.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
14. It looks like republicans
Tue Jan 1, 2019, 08:23 PM
Jan 2019

crushed on all fronts.

It looks like the orange asshole, going to prison, for life.

marble falls

(57,616 posts)
25. And we can't let up now. This about a lot more than than which one of a bumper ...
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 10:57 AM
Jan 2019

croup of capable Democratic POTUS possibilities gets to the WH. Everyone knowing cheetolini is going down might suppress the vote, we need our national convention to be about more than choosing who going to be the next President. We'll need it to support other national and state races. Some of our new Reps won with very narrow margins. We need to go to the polls in record number for the next four years. There are a couple of other SCOTUS seats to be considered, too.

JudyM

(29,294 posts)
19. Good post to start the year.
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 12:03 AM
Jan 2019

Your posts usually make me smile though, guillaumeb.

Have to add a little pun: cannabis is gaining ground. (Now if only the repukes would start using it we might vastly multiply the USA’s progress.)

Happy 2019!

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
31. Thank you Judy.
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 06:23 PM
Jan 2019

I agree that cannabis is gaining ground, and about time.

Happy 2019 to you also.

Guill

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