VOTE 2022

[TheGrey]

Dammit.

It looks like the massive influx of Californians and other Democrats sure worked.

As to the school lunch program, I wonder how quick the kids will be eating crickets and lab-grown meats.

[eddiememphis]

As to the school lunch program, I wonder how quick the kids will be eating crickets and lab-grown meats.

Hahaha! Boulder will be first.

Hey Bailey Guns, you have room on your compound for a few refugees?

[def90]

Votes still coming in for Boebert, she is now only 62 votes behind after 96% of votes counted.

https://kdvr.com/news/politics/elect...onal-district/

[arbol]

"Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefit from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship, and then a monarchy."

Alexander Tytler, historian. 1747-1813

I like it, but we are not a Democracy. We are a Republic.

Very disappointed in Colorado voters (and the subsequent Representatives)

-John

[Joe_K]

I like it, but we are not a Democracy. We are a Republic.

Very disappointed in Colorado voters (and the subsequent Representatives)

-John

With 9 out of 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto having already been accomplished in our Grandparents through our own lifetimes, I would argue that we are currently living in a Communist regime with lip service paid to the vestigial remains of a Constitutional Republican form of government that is publicly referred to as a ?Democracy?.

Never forget that both the Left Wing and the Right Wing are flapping on the same stupid dragon.

[arbol]

The government is out of control, yes.
Our Constitution is not stopping them, yes.
Our Declaration of Independence is not stopping them, yes.
Our Bill of Rights, is not stopping them, yes.

[hollohas]

JeffCo voted in a Dem sheriff who no one heard of because she hardly even campaigned. Even people inside JeffCo gov all believed Ed would win. Nope. JeffCo is as solid blue as a county can be. What a rapid change from 10 years ago.

I think we should take party affiliation OFF of ballots. Either do your research before you vote or risk checking the box for the party you don't like because you're ignorant of who the candidates are.

[eddiememphis]

I like it, but we are not a Democracy. We are a Republic.

Agreed.

The US and Colorado are constitutional republics with democratic institutions.

The quote was written over 200 years ago by a man on a different continent, when our colonies were still part of England.

He was a historian of Rome and Greece. His quote was an observation of Rome as it transitioned from a republic to monarchy and the peril of democracy, even a representative one such as ours.

[arbol]

That's a good point. Everyone learns about the candidates by ads on television.

Since the TV are making so much money off ads, they don't actually dive into the conversation. "Do not rock the vote."

Weren't we supposed to see less ads, due to Mcaign Feingoldd. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipart...ign_Reform_Act

-John

[eddiememphis]

I think we should take party affiliation OFF of ballots.

Interesting idea.

It could lead to more informed voters.