Like a good number of you reading this now, I’ve been tempted to stop engaging with certain people this election season. Given the unprecedented level of vitriol, and the sheer number of lies being bandied about, it’s a tempting proposition to just cut people off. It’s completely understandable, I think that people, with the election […]
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Now’s not the time to disengage… Or is it?
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, basket of deplorables, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, loyalty oaths, misogyny, racism, Scott Hagerstrom, Trump 542 Comments
Given Snyder’s track record in office, it wasn’t a difficult task, but Schauer destroyed him on Sunday night
According to a recent New York Times poll of 2,560 likely voters in Michigan, Democratic candidate Mark Schauer is leading Rick Snyder in the race for Governor by two points, and, judging from yesterday’s town hall event, in which both men addressed an audience of uncommitted voters, it’s not difficult to imagine that this margin […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics Also tagged Aramark, debates, discrimination, Governor of Michigan, gubernatorial races, Mark Schauer, marriage equality, privatization, Rick Snyder 6 Comments
Republicans turn their back on the disastrous Terri Lynn Land, concede Michigan Senate race to Gary Peters
It’s being reported today that the Republican party is pulling their financial support for Michigan Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land, and reallocating their dollars to other races around the country which are felt to be more winnable. This decision, not coincidentally, follows Land’s disastrous appearance on a Michigan Radio call-in show by just a few […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Americans for Prosperity, campaign ads, campaign spending, Colorado, Gary Peters, Iowa, Koch brothers, motherhood, paternalism, Peter Sickman-Garner, Rick Snyder, Senate, sexism, Terri Lynn Land 29 Comments