After months of slanderous ads and smear tactics, the midterms are finally fucking over.
I have 3 tabs open for 3 different state results, because I'm a goddamn election junkie.
Shit to follow for those interested:
New Hampshire, especially the Scott Brown Carpetbagging Affair of 2014: http://livewire.wmur.com/Event/Election_Day_2014_in_New_Hampshire
Florida, the Usurpation of Voldemort by Leatherface: http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/politics/results.html
Rhode Island, because re-electing a convicted felon as mayor of Providence is what they do, and Massachusetts, the land of Democrats as far as the eye can see, which is why Scott Brown crossed the border to Tijuana: http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/politics/results.html
Post your links as you wish.
Watching Rick Scott get slapped stupid. This is gratifying.
Dems lose the senate, though. 52/48 MINIMUM. Calling it now.
Watching the lulz from Texas.
Not yet, 48%-47% in favor of Scott right now, but only 18% reporting in. Crist is blowing a collective shitfit that the polls closed earlier, and apparently is trying to get them extended in Broward County (Fort Lauderdale.) I have a feeling lines are 0out the door and they're trying to shut things down. My mom is a poll worker in Clearwater, she reports no issues there, but Pinellas is a very blue county and Crist's hometurf.
In New Hampshire, Scott Brown is getting CREAMED. This could be hysterical.
Also, McConnell won in Kentucky already. HOW?! It's just now 7 in Central Time. I'm already hearing people here at the East Coast bitching that the polls closed too early. This is going to go over swimmingly.
Quote from: The Suu on November 04, 2014, 11:47:13 PM
Not yet, 48%-47% in favor of Scott right now, but only 18% reporting in. Crist is blowing a collective shitfit that the polls closed earlier, and apparently is trying to get them extended in Broward County (Fort Lauderdale.) I have a feeling lines are 0out the door and they're trying to shut things down. My mom is a poll worker in Clearwater, she reports no issues there, but Pinellas is a very blue county and Crist's hometurf.
In New Hampshire, Scott Brown is getting CREAMED. This could be hysterical.
Who are you watching? I'm getting 48-46 Crist.
Quote from: The Suu on November 04, 2014, 11:48:51 PM
Also, McConnell won in Kentucky already. HOW?! It's just now 7 in Central Time. I'm already hearing people here at the East Coast bitching that the polls closed too early. This is going to go over swimmingly.
Yeah, they have 3% counted.
Seems legit.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on November 04, 2014, 11:51:15 PM
Quote from: The Suu on November 04, 2014, 11:47:13 PM
Not yet, 48%-47% in favor of Scott right now, but only 18% reporting in. Crist is blowing a collective shitfit that the polls closed earlier, and apparently is trying to get them extended in Broward County (Fort Lauderdale.) I have a feeling lines are 0out the door and they're trying to shut things down. My mom is a poll worker in Clearwater, she reports no issues there, but Pinellas is a very blue county and Crist's hometurf.
In New Hampshire, Scott Brown is getting CREAMED. This could be hysterical.
Who are you watching? I'm getting 48-46 Crist.
Bay News 9. http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/politics/results.html
I just called my Dad:
"Why can't your goddamn state ever have a normal election?!!"
"So you New England fucktards don't feel so bad about your corrupt douchebags."
Touche, Dad. Touche.
Also, they have 60% of precincts reporting in, and Scott is in the lead by 3 percentage points. If that swings and Crist wins by even a fraction, mark my words that Scott is going to go apeshit and want a recount and all the drama. Pam Bondi already won for AG again. Her time is limited once her stupid cockblocking appeals on the gay marriage ruling are taken to SCOTUS.
Meanwhile, Shaheen continues to embarrass the shit out of Scott Brown. I wonder if he's going to move to Maine, next?
Healey currently has 23% of the votes in RI as governor as a 3rd party candidate at 7% precincts reporting. That's AMAZING. I have no idea why they put him down as Moderate though, the official name of his party is the Cool Moose Party. The man is nothing short of awesome and the state loves him.
http://wpri.com/campaign-2014-rhode-island-governors-race/
Quote from: Doktor Howl on November 04, 2014, 11:51:54 PM
Quote from: The Suu on November 04, 2014, 11:48:51 PM
Also, McConnell won in Kentucky already. HOW?! It's just now 7 in Central Time. I'm already hearing people here at the East Coast bitching that the polls closed too early. This is going to go over swimmingly.
Yeah, they have 3% counted.
Seems legit.
Hey now, he bribed those election officials with his in-laws cocaine money (http://www.thenation.com/article/186689/mitch-mcconnells-freighted-ties-shadowy-shipping-company) fair and square.
Quote from: Cain on November 05, 2014, 12:58:29 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on November 04, 2014, 11:51:54 PM
Quote from: The Suu on November 04, 2014, 11:48:51 PM
Also, McConnell won in Kentucky already. HOW?! It's just now 7 in Central Time. I'm already hearing people here at the East Coast bitching that the polls closed too early. This is going to go over swimmingly.
Yeah, they have 3% counted.
Seems legit.
Hey now, he bribed those election officials with his in-laws cocaine money (http://www.thenation.com/article/186689/mitch-mcconnells-freighted-ties-shadowy-shipping-company) fair and square.
You always find the shadiest shit. :lulz:
They already called Shaheen for NH:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/04/new-hampshire-senate-election-results_n_5917970.html
Scott Brown will be moving to Maine next.
Speaking of RWHNLand, LePage is currently losing by a few points. He needs to get out of there, he's holding the state back.
Wendy Davis got pounded in Texas. :(
The GOP got all the marbles tonight.
On the plus side, I made out like a bandit on bets, because I could SMELL this shit coming.
On every other side, it's the 5th fucking Reich. The whole fucking world is nuts.
Scott won in Florida.
I'm going to be ill.
Christ. The governor's races. What a BLOODBATH. :eek:
Fucking Wisconsin :argh!: Though I don't live there.
Ernst still losing here, so there's that. I couldn't like her even though she ran ads about castrating pigs.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on November 05, 2014, 02:34:21 AM
Christ. The governor's races. What a BLOODBATH. :eek:
Is MA still going on? I haven't checked. Hassan sort of told the GOP dude in NH to sit on it and rotate. This state is sort of crazy like that. I never know what to expect out of NH. The Freestaters that ran all got blown out of the water despite this overbearing idea that everyone here is Libertarian. No, everyone here just wants to be left the fuck alone. That's what it is.
Rhode Island was a mess. Raimondo, who aided Curt Schilling and gave him all this money to bail out 38 Studios won. Why? Straight ticket Democrat voters, I bet. If they eliminated the master lever in RI, Healey could have had a serious shot at the throne in Jabba's Palace.
Maine is insanely close right now. It's scary.
Not okay with Wisconsin.
Quote from: The Suu on November 05, 2014, 03:08:36 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on November 05, 2014, 02:34:21 AM
Christ. The governor's races. What a BLOODBATH. :eek:
Is MA still going on? I haven't checked. Hassan sort of told the GOP dude in NH to sit on it and rotate. This state is sort of crazy like that. I never know what to expect out of NH. The Freestaters that ran all got blown out of the water despite this overbearing idea that everyone here is Libertarian. No, everyone here just wants to be left the fuck alone. That's what it is.
Rhode Island was a mess. Raimondo, who aided Curt Schilling and gave him all this money to bail out 38 Studios won. Why? Straight ticket Democrat voters, I bet. If they eliminated the master lever in RI, Healey could have had a serious shot at the throne in Jabba's Palace.
Maine is insanely close right now. It's scary.
Not okay with Wisconsin.
They keep talking about how Walker will run for president in 2016. Just wtf.
:argh!: I hate people. Ernst is winning now.
Quote from: Trivial on November 05, 2014, 03:24:29 AM
Quote from: The Suu on November 05, 2014, 03:08:36 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on November 05, 2014, 02:34:21 AM
Christ. The governor's races. What a BLOODBATH. :eek:
Is MA still going on? I haven't checked. Hassan sort of told the GOP dude in NH to sit on it and rotate. This state is sort of crazy like that. I never know what to expect out of NH. The Freestaters that ran all got blown out of the water despite this overbearing idea that everyone here is Libertarian. No, everyone here just wants to be left the fuck alone. That's what it is.
Rhode Island was a mess. Raimondo, who aided Curt Schilling and gave him all this money to bail out 38 Studios won. Why? Straight ticket Democrat voters, I bet. If they eliminated the master lever in RI, Healey could have had a serious shot at the throne in Jabba's Palace.
Maine is insanely close right now. It's scary.
Not okay with Wisconsin.
They keep talking about how Walker will run for president in 2016. Just wtf.
Okay, now that's funny.
@bencasselman
So voters want a higher minimum wage, legal pot, abortion access and GOP representation. Ok then.
Quote from: Trivial on November 05, 2014, 04:06:07 AM
@bencasselman
So voters want a higher minimum wage, legal pot, abortion access and GOP representation. Ok then.
:spittake:
Sounds about right.
Have you burned Nate Silver for witchcraft yet? Sounds like he was pretty spot on.
If not, you can always burn him alive for being a gigantic douchebag. I hear that's still legal.
Well, that too.
To be honest, I'm pro-people on fire in general at the moment.
I'm just trying to focus on the positive right now.
I mean, hey, free sticker, amirite? :fap:
Dad sent me a message and asked me to get some home and apartment listings for him. The parents are DONE.
:eek:
Quote from: Junkenstein on November 05, 2014, 06:58:32 AM
Sounds about right.
Have you burned Nate Silver for witchcraft yet? Sounds like he was pretty spot on.
I went with him for most of my bets.
Things aren't official yet, but I just made a fat stack of cash.
Quote from: Trivial on November 05, 2014, 04:06:07 AM
@bencasselman
So voters want a higher minimum wage, legal pot, abortion access and GOP representation. Ok then.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
At least we passed legal pot and the ERA.
I'm a little annoyed that we didn't pass the bond measure for student aid, or driver cards for undocumented immigrants. Parks and playground bonds we approved overwhelmingly, but for some reason I guess Oregon doesn't think higher education is important.
I'm kind of surprised Scott Brown conceded as nicely as he did. With all that money he spent, including $20m of his own cash, I kind of expected him to blow a hissy fit and ask for a recount or something.
California also passed prop....47, I think? Whatever one basically made a bunch of crimes misdemeanour offences.
Which is definitely a good sign.
The bottle deposit expansion in MA failed because the grocery stores pushed a bunch of blatantly false data a week or two before the election so the yes camp didn't have time to respond. Stay fucking classy, Stop & Shop.
Yeah, the MA ballot questions were an excercise in selfishness and ignorance.
1. Don't tie the gas tax to inflation.
2. Don't expand the bottle recycling deposit laws
3. Allow casinos (selfish because pretty much everyone other than who's town the casinos will be in/near them voted to allow it)
4. Expand paid sick leave (this is good, but it was entirely approved for selfish reasons)
To be fair, the towns that are getting casinos all voted to approve them before this.
Quote from: Sexy St. Nigel on November 05, 2014, 01:26:59 PM
At least we passed legal pot and the ERA.
I'm a little annoyed that we didn't pass the bond measure for student aid, or driver cards for undocumented immigrants. Parks and playground bonds we approved overwhelmingly, but for some reason I guess Oregon doesn't think higher education is important.
The playground bonds weren't state-wide. Though, with that large a margin against the higher ed funds, it's unlikely it pulled a majority in Multnomah, either.
That driver's ID measure is heartbreaking. 2/3 against is saying something--and not something good. The arguments that I heard against it were mainly:
1. It'll bring more immigrants.
2. It'll allow all the new immigrants to get welfare.
Welcome to tolerant fucking Oregon, yeah?
The GMO-labeling vote barely got a no. The tight margin is a little iffy. But I'll take the nod to reason, no matter how slight.
Upsetting people on LMNO's facebook, all day every day.
Quote from: Cain on November 05, 2014, 05:04:35 PM
Upsetting people on LMNO's facebook, all day every day.
Thank you for that. Mars man, Paul, and Clark (he hasn't shown up yet) are the three conservatives who I haven't bothered to block.
Also, Kira is my ex-sister-in-law. She's currently dating an Egyptian, hence the, "let's all do the Cairo!"
Twas OK. Though really. Trying to deny the Republicans are the party of big oil because oil and gas throw a measly 10% of their campaign contributions to the other party.
It was all derailing. That's about his level of debate: throw out inaccurate non-sequitors and ignore the subject at hand.
We didn't have any questions on the NH ballot. None.
In fact, I've never voted so easily in my life.
Here's what my old home state managed to do:
Arkansas got nothing on Colorado Springs: (http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/colorado_elects_republican_exorcist_who_believes_gay_people_want_your_soul)
QuoteVoters have cast their ballots and in perhaps the most stunning race in the nation, Colorado has elected Tea Party Republican Pastor Gordon Klingenschmitt to represent them in the State House. And this wasn't even a close race. "Dr. Chaps," as he likes to be called, who, as ordained Pentecostal Minister runs the Pray In Jesus Name Project, won with a reported 70 percent of the vote.
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He claims he exorcised a woman who had been raped of the "foul spirit of lesbianism," and even says he has performed an exorcism on President Obama.
He's also on the record saying transgendered kids just need a good spanking to set them right.
Should be noted that this district isn't some podunk little county out on the Kansas border. It's a district that bites into Colorado Springs--a metropolitan area smack in the middle of the Front Range with a population of over 400k, a major university, the US Olympic Training Center, and lots and lots of industry (of the military sort). It's also a hub of mega-churches and sophisticated wing-nuttery that would make Appalachia blush.
Colorado isn't really a purple state. Not really. It's a blue state with a thick spewing red gash cut into it.
NOW we see the dangers of legalized pot. Voters get high, and think it would be funny to elect the nutjob.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 06, 2014, 04:46:41 PM
NOW we see the dangers of legalized pot. Voters get high, and think it would be funny to elect the nutjob.
I Injected 2 bongs and voted for Tobin. :horrormirth:
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 05, 2014, 05:27:58 PM
It was all derailing. That's about his level of debate: throw out inaccurate non-sequitors and ignore the subject at hand.
I noticed he was trying very hard not to get pinned down to any particular position. That was why I responded with OpenSecrets - hard facts always beat down ineffective waffling.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on November 06, 2014, 04:50:12 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 06, 2014, 04:46:41 PM
NOW we see the dangers of legalized pot. Voters get high, and think it would be funny to elect the nutjob.
I Injected 2 bongs and voted for Tobin. :horrormirth:
:lulz:
Quote from: Cain on November 06, 2014, 04:59:22 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 05, 2014, 05:27:58 PM
It was all derailing. That's about his level of debate: throw out inaccurate non-sequitors and ignore the subject at hand.
I noticed he was trying very hard not to get pinned down to any particular position. That was why I responded with OpenSecrets - hard facts always beat down ineffective waffling.
I do so enjoy watching you work.
Husband: Fucking hell. I get shipped to some random territory in the middle of the ocean and couldn't get my absentee ballot in on time, and the next thing I know, you let the goddamn country go red. YOU HAD ONE JOB, SUU. ONE.
Me: I did my fucking job, Scott Brown isn't our senator.
Husband: On the bright side, all the money they'll be pulling from your education they're going to throw at the military. I better be getting a goddamn raise.
Me: You know it doesn't work like that, they'll just repaint the water tower. They spent all those months on the scaffolding to change it from NAVY to US NAVY. Because people don't know what country they're in anymore.
Husband: THE UNITED STATES OF BABY JESUS.
Quote from: The Suu on November 07, 2014, 02:22:55 AM
Husband: Fucking hell. I get shipped to some random territory in the middle of the ocean and couldn't get my absentee ballot in on time, and the next thing I know, you let the goddamn country go red. YOU HAD ONE JOB, SUU. ONE.
Me: I did my fucking job, Scott Brown isn't our senator.
Husband: On the bright side, all the money they'll be pulling from your education they're going to throw at the military. I better be getting a goddamn raise.
Me: You know it doesn't work like that, they'll just repaint the water tower. They spent all those months on the scaffolding to change it from NAVY to US NAVY. Because people don't know what country they're in anymore.
Husband: THE UNITED STATES OF BABY JESUS.
:lulz:
How duh we know them ain't the Soviet Navy?
To be fair, the the words of the water tower face Maine, not New Hampshire. That should really say enough.
Quote from: The Suu on November 07, 2014, 02:50:46 AM
To be fair, the the words of the water tower face Maine, not New Hampshire. That should really say enough.
When did Mainiacs become literate?
So, in thinking about the "the electorate voted for conservative candidates, but liberal ballot questions" contradiction, it seems to me the fundamental error is in thinking that Obama is somehow the problem, so anyone associated with him (democrats) are also the problem.
And to me, this error is so great, and so full of obvious contradictions and consequences that my head starts to go all crackly. And the contradictions are out in plain sight. A commentator said, "the electorate was unhappy that Obama wasn't getting anything done" and in the same breath says that "Mitch McConnel stonewalled Obama at every turn."
The most depressing thing about elections isn't who got elected, it's seeing the rational people use when they vote.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 07, 2014, 02:23:16 PM
So, in thinking about the "the electorate voted for conservative candidates, but liberal ballot questions" contradiction, it seems to me the fundamental error is in thinking that Obama is somehow the problem, so anyone associated with him (democrats) are also the problem.
And to me, this error is so great, and so full of obvious contradictions and consequences that my head starts to go all crackly. And the contradictions are out in plain sight. A commentator said, "the electorate was unhappy that Obama wasn't getting anything done" and in the same breath says that "Mitch McConnel stonewalled Obama at every turn."
The most depressing thing about elections isn't who got elected, it's seeing the rational people use when they vote.
Well, all I know is I now have at least 24 months to be a gadfly.
I can solve that contradiction: Obama is not a liberal president and the Democrats are not a liberal party, therefore liberals did not for them.
I bet if we compared the 2008 Presidential election turnout demographics and the 2014 Senate elections, we'd see a drop in younger voters in particular, and in Democratic votes generally, not an increase in Republican votes.
People have finally wised up after 6 years of bullshit.
I would like to point out a thinking error that I think many people are making. It is the error of assuming that the same individuals voted on both candidates and on measures on the same ballot. That is not what these outcomes would tend to indicate. These outcomes seem to reflect that liberals turned out to vote on measures, being perhaps disillusioned by politicians but still having political concerns and wanting to exercise what political muscle they still feel they have on issues they care about, while conservatives turned out to vote for candidates, being perhaps confused by the ballot measures but confident that if they just get the right people in office things will get fixed.
I could see a great lot of good being done on local levels by increased reliance on ballot questions. Just in the decade or so I've been voting I've seen the number of questions go up dramatically.
Quote from: Cain on November 07, 2014, 02:57:11 PM
I can solve that contradiction: Obama is not a liberal president and the Democrats are not a liberal party, therefore liberals did not for them.
I bet if we compared the 2008 Presidential election turnout demographics and the 2014 Senate elections, we'd see a drop in younger voters in particular, and in Democratic votes generally, not an increase in Republican votes.
People have finally wised up after 6 years of bullshit.
From what I've heard from the pundits, this was indeed the case. Lowest turnout of young people/minorities in quite some time.
I think this should become a talking point. It dovetails quite nicely with explaining the poor reception for the ACA, in that a big chunk of conservative thought it went too far, and a big chunk of progressives thought it didn't go far enough.
This morning one of my friends send me a screenshot from his Facebook wall - According to this person, low voter turnout was due to......Honey Boo Boo! Yes, isn't it convenient that the child molester boyfriend turned up RIGHT BEFORE elections? Another ploy by those dastardly Democrats! And I quote, in part,
QuoteWhat am I saying half of you didn't even know there was an election lol another ploy by the democrats DIDN'T WORK THIS TIME CHIEF
:lulz:
Also, why do you hate punctuation and grammar so :(
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 07, 2014, 03:13:15 PM
Quote from: Cain on November 07, 2014, 02:57:11 PM
I can solve that contradiction: Obama is not a liberal president and the Democrats are not a liberal party, therefore liberals did not for them.
I bet if we compared the 2008 Presidential election turnout demographics and the 2014 Senate elections, we'd see a drop in younger voters in particular, and in Democratic votes generally, not an increase in Republican votes.
People have finally wised up after 6 years of bullshit.
From what I've heard from the pundits, this was indeed the case. Lowest turnout of young people/minorities in quite some time.
I think this should become a talking point. It dovetails quite nicely with explaining the poor reception for the ACA, in that a big chunk of conservative thought it went too far, and a big chunk of progressives thought it didn't go far enough.
Not a bad guess then, given I'd read no post-voting analysis or demographic data. Nate Silver may have post-game numbers, but I have pre-game political
nous.
In regards to the ACA, there was that polarization, but there were two further factors. Obama dithered, squandered his political capital from the initial point he took office. That was the time to make changes, while he had a popular mandate and the opposition were still reeling. So, ACA is a reminder that Obama is incompetent.
That incompetency is further reinforced by how badly the ACA website launch was handled, which was objectively atrocious.
Quote from: Cain on November 08, 2014, 07:51:58 AM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 07, 2014, 03:13:15 PM
Quote from: Cain on November 07, 2014, 02:57:11 PM
I can solve that contradiction: Obama is not a liberal president and the Democrats are not a liberal party, therefore liberals did not for them.
I bet if we compared the 2008 Presidential election turnout demographics and the 2014 Senate elections, we'd see a drop in younger voters in particular, and in Democratic votes generally, not an increase in Republican votes.
People have finally wised up after 6 years of bullshit.
From what I've heard from the pundits, this was indeed the case. Lowest turnout of young people/minorities in quite some time.
I think this should become a talking point. It dovetails quite nicely with explaining the poor reception for the ACA, in that a big chunk of conservative thought it went too far, and a big chunk of progressives thought it didn't go far enough.
Not a bad guess then, given I'd read no post-voting analysis or demographic data. Nate Silver may have post-game numbers, but I have pre-game political nous.
In regards to the ACA, there was that polarization, but there were two further factors. Obama dithered, squandered his political capital from the initial point he took office. That was the time to make changes, while he had a popular mandate and the opposition were still reeling. So, ACA is a reminder that Obama is incompetent.
That incompetency is further reinforced by how badly the ACA website launch was handled, which was objectively atrocious.
It was so bad I had to ask people at work if we did it...
It was fun though, watching Obama cheerleaders try to come up with ways to defend it. I think my favourite was Mike Grunwald's infamous "a bad website does not destroy the case for government" argument. Because when you're down to comparing a badly executed policy with the destruction of a political system in order to defend it, you've pretty much abandoned all hope or reason.
I really shouldn't be surprised, I really shouldn't at this point, but I keep being stunned and staggered by the realization at the appearance that the majority of the electorate decidesto vote based upon superficialities rather than truths, common goals, or even ideology.
It was really summed up with the W elections when an actual talking point was "who would you rather have a beer with". As if that had something to do with whether that made someone an effective candidate.
ITT: Every two years, LMNO's optimistic view of humanity suffers.
This is more than a bit polemical, but it reflects my current thoughts somewhat.
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/11/08/significant-role-stupidity-republicans-winning-control-congress.html#.
The thrust of that article appears to be "Democrats are idiots for not voting for a party that don't deliver their promises". Not to mention a whole lot of Obama excusing. Yes, in theory there are three branches of government and if those branches were truly independent then punishing the Senate for the President's (in)action would not make much sense.
But c'mon now. All roads lead to the White House. You know that. I know that. Everyone else knows that. Obama is the leader of the Democratic Party, the most visible member of the party and the one with the largest amounts of sticks and carrots to get the rest of the party to act as he wants. I've seen arguments against that model of politics existing in America, but that they come from Democratic Party partisans is rather...remarkable. Obama can set the agenda, if he so wishes. Especially in a second term.
It's an imperial presidency in an imperial system, but Obama aint no Imperator.
I totally missed this: New Hampshire elected a confirmed Rationalist, who namechecks LessWrong on her blog. (http://elizabethedwardsnh.wordpress.com/)
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on November 10, 2014, 04:00:35 PM
I totally missed this: New Hampshire elected a confirmed Rationalist, who namechecks LessWrong on her blog. (http://elizabethedwardsnh.wordpress.com/)
That's a sign of the Goddamn apocalypse, that is.
Not entirely surprising, that. Less Wrong and New Hampshire both skew strongly in a Silicon Valley-esque libertarian direction.
Though it could be worse - it could've been a Neoreactionary.
Also, I'm pretty sure Cain has seen this, but here's a clever little bit of evilness that will delight hard-core leftists: (http://www.xenosystems.net/popcorn-activism/)
QuoteThe fundamental recommendation: Shore up the symbolic radiance of the Presidency, and then avoid it like the plague. Aim to win everything except the Presidency, until the whole machinery comes apart. In other words, a GOP pursuing the OS would (furtively) renounce presidential office for the remaining duration of American Democracy.
What would be in it for them? Everything except the Presidency. That's almost everything already. Pursue the Strategy, incrementally gut the powers of the executive, and the proportion of political prizes lying outside the Whitehouse steadily grows.