r/politics • u/slaysia • Dec 19 '17

Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote; creating 50-50 tie in legislature

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democrat-wins-va-house-seat-in-recount-by-single-vote-creating-50-50-tie-in-legislature/2017/12/19/3ff227ae-e43e-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.82f2b85b50fa
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u/IMAVINCEMCMAHONGUY Dec 19 '17

I didn’t agree with Carlin either. Especially when he use to say that people who don’t vote have the right to bitch because they didn’t elect these politicians. One of the very few things I disagreed with him on.

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u/Jeezylike2Smoke Dec 19 '17

True....his bit on republicans is spot on though

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u/IMAVINCEMCMAHONGUY Dec 20 '17

Lol, yes it is.

https://youtu.be/_Y5-jhDBV2w

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u/robodrew Arizona Dec 20 '17

Wow he could be talking in 2017.

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u/Dubsland12 Dec 19 '17

He got pretty bitter after his wife lost a tough cancer battle.

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u/clockwerkman Dec 20 '17

The whole train of logic is unsound. Anyone has the right to complain about politicians for two reasons.

  • First ammendment

  • Because governing policy affects them.

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u/jojoman7 Dec 19 '17

Holy shit, it was just a bit poking fun at the logic of a phrase. Btw, in Last Words, Carlin says he'd voted liberal for decades.

Stop taking stage personas and conic routines so seriously.

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u/MaximumEffort433 Maryland Dec 20 '17

The stage persona is all most of us see.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

Carlin is technically correct but deliberately not voting is still a vote.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

No, voting blank is a vote. Deliberately not voting is the same as giving your right to vote away.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

Deliberately not voting is still a vote just like choosing not to make a decision is still a decision.

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u/TJ5897 Dec 20 '17

Lol. Voting achieves nothing. Direct action against the state is what won us keynesian reforms. It was either FDR and the bourgeoisie provided safety nets, social mobility, a living wage, and reasonable working conditions, or the anarcho-syndicalists and marxists were going to overthrow them.

The Taft-Hartley Act of 55 is pretty good proof of this. They forced radicals out of unions, and began dismantling everything previous generations had worked for.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '17

As someone who values their life, I'd rather vote instead of risking my life if I have the choice.

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u/TJ5897 Dec 20 '17

If you ain't found something to die for you'll never live.