Tim Campbell for August 10, 2023

Oh you poor little boy did somebody do something you didn’t like?

That’s basically the only way they ever get things they like, because… basically… they only like stuff that a majority of us consider to be bad for most everybody.

Nice one Tim C.

The “adults” who planned this newer attempt to undermine democratic will were the kids who were going to take their ball and go home if the rule or call made on the field was not changed to give them what they wanted.

May Repubs continue that losing streak.

Oh no! Someone/something woke the Ohio democracy lovers up … and they voted.

Too close for comfort.

If you can’t beat ’em, cheat ’em.

It might play in the Red states but not elsewhere.

Bicycled through my small town yesterday chortling at the Vote Yes on 1 signs.

It’s different when you’re put in a position to vote against yourself verses voting for someone.

This could be a preview of things to come in the Presidential elections. Not just for Ohio, but other crucial states.

Says the side that wants to pack the Supreme Court and abolish the Electoral College every time things don’t go their way.

People don’t like to be lied to, and when they realize that they are they are quite likely to turn out to vote against the people who are doing it. Republicans have to lie or they will cease to exist. I think more and more people are figuring that out. In phone surveys, when people are given a choice on issues that affect their daily life, taken from both Republican and Democratic Party publications, those who identify themselves as Democrats agree with the Democrats about 80% of the time. Independents do too, about 58% of the time. The weird thing is that 42% of Republicans agree with the Democratic positions too, unless they are told which is which. Then they fall into line and agree with the Republicans 78% of the time. People who identify as Republicans make up somewhere between 30% and 42% of the voters, depending on the year. It’s currently way down. 78% of 42% is 33%. The Republicans would never win another national election with those odds. So, the Republicans have to keep as many people from voting as possible, and keep the rest of them confused enough to vote against their own best interests.

Hopefully people are waking up to the stupid republican death cult of fascist ideas.

It’s just their typical behavior. The Right can’t understand that “the ends justify the means” is just another way to say “let’s cheat”.

‘Overreach of the highest order’: Reporter reveals how Ohio GOP’s power grab blew up in their face

Ohio Republicans tried to hold off a November referendum to enshrine abortion rights in the state by ramming through an August special election to vote to make it almost impossible to pass referendums at all, raising the required margin to 60 percent and imposing draconian new signature requirements to even get measures on the ballot — and voters fought back, defeating Issue 1 by a crushing double-digit margin.Writing for The Bulwark, Ohio freelance reporter Daniel McGraw outlined how it all went wrong for Republicans — and how they catastrophically misread the electorate.

Beautiful Ohio…won’t you dance with me….

Do we really want to pass Constitutional Amendments with signatures of 10% of the vote in the gubernatorial election and then a 50% + 1 vote majority?

74 million, y’all ok?:

Ballot initiatives – like the one this measure was supposed to shprt circuit – are pretty much the only way ordinary voters in Ohio can affect anything, since the state is one of the most gerrymandered in the country.

they weren’t just Democrats voting

The GOP: Kings of the narrow minds.

No just all of the baby butchers

Florida already has that odious 60% requirement, but that’s not enough for the thugs running the show. They’ve gotten an amendment on the ballot in the past (more than once, I think) to require that citizen-initiated proposals be passed twice, in separate elections, before being enacted. Proposals from the Legislature wouldn’t have that requirement. Fortunately, it has failed so far.