December 13, 2017 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
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I just heard that we need to thank black women and men also for this victory. In the south ( ironically) that just seems right! Thank y”all, we just may survive after all.
1I thank everyone who voted for Doug Jones. I do think credit should go to women with the exception of Gov. Kay Ivy. I am especially grateful to the brave women who spoke up about Moore and the black women who were so fired up and worked so hard for Doug Jones. At least now the good ole boys know that we are here!
2Exactly!
Democrats were fired up. They continue their enthusiasm advantage, starting with the special elections held in VA and NJ straight through to AL. And in the process they were able to turn out votes in a place they’ve never had a GOTV infrastructure. This is huge and something the Democratic Party needs to implement elsewhere (God Bless you Joe Tippy).
Black voters were particularly fired up. They were a larger percentage (30%) of the electorate than when @BarackObama ran. (They were 29% of the electorate in 2008 when he got the most votes of any Democrat in history.) To come out in these numbers for a Special Election between Thanksgiving and Christmas when there was NOTHING ELSE on the ballot is phenomenal.
As a block, women broke in huge numbers for Jones (+16)
1-in-5 voters in this election characterized themselves as independents, and they broke by +8 for Jones. That’s a 60-point shift from 2012 (which was the last time there is data available for a Presidential exit poll). In tight elections, and most of them are tight, Independent voters are the difference between victory defeat.
Jones didn’t win a ton of crossover voters but he won 8% which may not sound like much butt in a close election it made a difference.
IMHO in light of Doug Jones win, the media narrative needs to move from Black Americans’ lack of enthusiasm is costing us elections to Black Americans’ turnout is winning elections – despite voter suppression, racism, and candidates that don’t cater to them.
Personally, I eagerly await the breathy New York Times profile piece on a marginalized black woman who is mad as Hell and not going to take it anymore!
3It seems PoC keep saving white people from themselves once again. Awfully generous of them, considering.
4Congratulations Doug Jones. Congratulations Alabama. Congratulations and thank you to African-American men and women and all the women who demonstrated the power of get out the vote!
Lots of work to do between now and 2018. Things like doing something about the 100,000 voters disenfranchised by the voter ID laws in AL and too many other states. Plus all the other dirty tricks aimed to suppress the vote. Donations to the ACLU and SPLC are needed.
Yes ma’am! We need good candidates and they deserve our support. Jacky Rosen is our candidate to topple Dean Heller out of his Senate seat. Running for Ms. Rosen’s House seat, we like Susie Lee, an education activist. To check on candidates in each state, Emily’s List is magnificent.
5Gotta say thank you and even more to two women I personally know in Bama who voted for Doug Jones – daughter and grand daughter, the latter voting for the first time! And a shout out to grand daughter: the executive chair behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office will fit you perfectly with room to spare! Go, grand daughter!
6Thanks are very nice, but it’s “Support them, vote for them, donate to them and give them a seat at the table, dammit” that matter.
7Democrats need to remember that every vote in every state’s is vital and concentrate on every vote. My heartfelt thanks to each black voter. You voted despite Herculean efforts to keep you from voting. Every one of you is a true hero. Now as to granddaughters in the Oval Office, I have two who think that would be an excellent idea. So between Maggie & me, we have twelve terms of good democratic women in power. Go Ladies!
8To all those Doug Jones voters (indeed all the not-Moore voters),
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE US FROM BEING EMBARRASSED!
I know the process of regaining our dignity is ongoing, but your support for Sen-to-be Jones is a great step in the proper direction.
And speaking of not being embarrassed, can we *try* to get away from the 45 era vulgarity when publicly discussing people? Just to keep things classier than the lowest common denominator (namely our current POTUS)…
9While I thank the Ala-damn-bamans who rejected the pedophile Roy Moore for Senate, locally and nationally
1. I’m all in for Lupe Valdez for Texas Governor. I’ve known her personally since 2010 and have a comfortable sense of her capacity for public service. I expect to vote for her in the primary and I hope to vote for her in the general. But regardless of who prevails in the Dem primary for Texas Governor I will support the Dem candidate.
2. While I first support Al Franken for a 2020 run for POTUS, I’ll support the ultimate Dem nominee with a song in my heart and a smile on my face.
3. I’ve volunteered for Nathan Johnson In Texas Senate 16. I grew up around the Huffines family and while Don Huffines has made a good decision or two in his Senate time, after meeting Nathan Johnson, I believe he is a superior option in every way.
4. I support Beto O’Rourke (or a random dead dog) over Canadian-born Cuban Rafael Cruz for US Senate.
As other races come to my attention I may add to my list but right now I’ll spend my volunteer time in 2018 for Valdez and Johnson and my 2020 time for the ultimate Dem nominee. I will no longer support any candidate except a Dem and will vote Dem even if I have no idea who they are.
I’m pondering nightly how to extinct the Republican Party.
10A reminder to Doug Jones that all to many d’s forget the day after election when fat cat lobbyist start to gather around.
Remember to dance with them that brought you to the ball.
Don’t even think of trimming your sails to appeal to r’s. No matter what they say they will never vote for you.
Remember that the r’s are the scorpion’s of the fable. They will sting you if you give them the chance.
11Micr, the easiest route to our fondest wishes for the snacilbupeR would be to post written instructions for breathing in their various lairs.
12On the first night of Chanukah, a miracle of light showed up in Alabama. Alabama!! This is living proof that we need the 50-state strategy outlined by Dr. Howard Dean, implemented by President Barack Obama, and TOTALLY necessary in every municipality, county, city, and state in the land. Love, health, and peace.
13@Jane & PKM
14I got nothing. The problem seems to involve voters who seem to be jellyfish themselves electing jellyfish like Loopy Louie and Hair Drumpf and etc to office. Chicken or egg issue I know.
This just in – Gov. Kay Ivy has been hospitalized with some IV’s of ethics and a total backbone implant.
15Laughing, Linda.
1698% of black women voted for Jones.
1792% of black men voted for Jones.
The majority of NON-evangelical white women voted for Jones.
Our evangelical sisters voted for Roy Whoore and they are the majority in Aladamnbama. Their husbands and pastors insisted on votes for Whoore, but those women are responsible for their vote. It wouldn’t be the first time that a husband voted beside his wife and looked at her ballot before she turned it in either. Damn.
I was pleased with DNC Chair Tom Perez’s performance in this election. Though he’s not very dynamic, he does seem committed to a 50 state strategy. And while he’s been criticized by purists for playing up to the money guys, his background is in labor. So he knows a lot of ground force organizers. And let’s face it: we need the money guys. And the local organizers. And EVERYBODY in between.
This coming year – right now – our country is at a crossroads. The rich and powerful, whose only real ideology is to aggrandize to themselves even more wealth and power, are poised to swallow up every bit of government control that they can. We have to fight the bastards every inch of the way, with every tool at our disposal. And Rule Number 1: We stay together, we fight together. If our candidate doesn’t win the primary, we put a BandAid on our hurt little fee-fees and support the winning candidate.
Agreed?
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