New Mexico Senate transformed: an overnight Progressive takeover

The Santa Fe New Mexican ^ | 6/3/20 | Jens Gould

[italianquaker]

Not happening President Trump beats him like a drum

[5th MEB]

I almost talked myself into buying a home in Ramah, glad I couldn’t find anything with sufficient acreage now.

Won’t be spending my money in NEW (old) MEXICO.

[Travis McGee]

Rereading those books today is a whole new experience.

[Old Yeller]

Taos and Santa Fe losers?

[CedarDave]

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[IYAS9YAS]

Prepare to see donkeys in the streets and 8 year olds selling chiclets

Replace donkeys with shopping carts and chiclets with just a hand out, and you have it. We’re already there. Homeless camps set up in any semi-protected open spot.

I’ve lived here for 15 years. I’ve never seen it this bad.

[SunkenCiv]

Recruit the losers as campaign boosters for the Pubbie candidates.

Uh, there are Pubbie candidates, right?

[Elsie]

The results were remarkable, in part because of how influential the incumbents were and how long many of them have been in Santa Fe.

I want to know how long the winners have been in the state!

[Elsie]

I see the replies on anything political on Facebook 2:1 against conservatives unless it’s a conservative leaning page

I must remind you of...

2 Kings 6:15-17

[Elsie]

People want a change.

To some; the fire may look more inviting than the frying pan.

[Elsie]

A conservative movement is needed.

No...

A repentance movement is needed.

If my people...

[Elsie]

I could tolerate 49 stars on the flag.

Here ya go!!

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Description of the flag

In 1959, one star was added, representing Alaska, bringing the total number of stars to 49. There were thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies.
Rick Wyatt, 5 April 1998

This flag flew from 4 July, 1959, to 3 July, 1960. The 49 star series became official when Alaska was admitted to the Union.
Clay Moss, 1 February 2007

Although the 49 star flag first became valid at 4 July 1959, it apparently was prepared beforehand, in 1958, and was made public as soon as the proclamation was signed on 2 January 1959:

• At www.alaskastock.com is an image of the Anchorage Daily News front page for Monday, 30 June 1958, immediately after the United States' Congress approved the Alaska Statehood Act. They use a (grey) 49-star Stars & Stripes as the background for the Front Page, but one with a pattern of 7 straight rows of 7 stars each.
• At vilda.alaska.edu is an image of the Anchorage Daily Times front page for 3 ?] January 1959, reporting the signing of the Alaska Proclamation, which has made Alaska the 49th state. Below the main articles a smaller headline reads: "Ike Unfurls New 49-Star Flag".
• At www.eisenhower.archives.gov are photographs of the signing of the Alaska Proclamation and the unfurling of the new flag, with 49 stars in staggered rows.

 

 

 

Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 September 2009

https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-1959.html

[Elsie]

 

In 2004 President George W. Bush received all but one of the 40 votes cast on the island.

The remaining vote was cast for Green Party nominee David Cobb. 51 registered voters did not cast ballots.^[26]

In 2006 Dan Akaka received 60% of votes in the 2006 Senate election to Cynthia Thielen's 36%.^[27]

In 2008, Niʻihau's precinct was one of only 3 of Hawaiʻi's 538 precincts to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama. McCain received 35 votes, Obama received 4, and Cynthia McKinney received 1.^[28]

In the 2016 presidential election, nearly 60% of the vote went for Donald Trump.^[29]

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau#Politics

[KingNo155]

Fuck you Poser !

[setter]

And same to you. Get your head out of the sand. Trump has some serious issues he is facing.

[Secret Agent Man]

correct

and the ops going on against him are unprecedented as well

[dfwgator]

Just give it back to Mexico, already.

[itsahoot]

( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)

I got out in 65 to make room for you. 😀

[itsahoot]

Conservative movement....face it is dead when current old folk are gone

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like where men were free. ~ Ronald Reagan

We didn't do that.

[Drew68]

Keep your head in the sand.

I've been here nearly 20 years and I have to say there is a significant cultural and generational disconnect on this forum. This place skews older, I'd say most here are Boomers, and I think a lot of them remain stuck culturally in the 1980s. Furthermore, many here DO NOT visit other political websites! This place often can be an echo chamber.

The only social issue that conservatism won on was the issue of gun rights. Liberals enjoyed victory on everything else. Trump ran as the most socially liberal Republican in history and he's struggling. We will know early on if election night will be favorable. If the results start coming in with him showing lower numbers in places he won, he's finished. People here are taking his reelection as a foregone conclusion. I'm not at all.

The Democrats have a very good chance to keep the House, take the Senate, and then the White House and people here had better believe, they're not going to dither and squabble amongst themselves as the GOP did after 2016. They're going to move fast to ensure someone like Trump NEVER HAPPENS again.