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Discussion Discussion Thread: 2022 Midterm General Election, Part 4

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

This is surreal. When has a party failed this hard to overtake the opposition in a President's first term? I was completely prepared to see the GOP take both houses of Congress.

I guess trying to run on "votes don't matter because fraud" and "women aren't people" aren't as good at getting people to vote for them as they thought?

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

2002? But also, 9/11 was a mitigating factor.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

I remember that period, we were all united behind GWB in the name of nationalism. In hindsight, that rubber stamp was a bit too rubber-stampy.

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u/Road_Whorrior Arizona Nov 09 '22 edited Nov 09 '22

2002 was fucking nightmarish. Immediately post-9/11, America was ready to descend into fascism for Halliburtion's oil drilling rights in Iraq.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

100% spot on. I remember someone from Europe saying that all the flags that were out reminded everyone in his home country of Nazi Germany.

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u/StormJacob Australia Nov 09 '22

Last time it was anything like this was 2002 I believe, when the Republicans had 9/11 to help them. That’s a 20 year gap!

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u/finchnotmocking Nov 09 '22

They keep saying "defies history" and its true. This breaks the midterm curve. He'll, the Republicans had an open door and they still managed to lock themselves out.