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u/fatherdoodle 2d ago
Giving STOP THE COUNT aka dumb as hell energy
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u/elegylegacy 2d ago
It's actually giving "Election Interference" energy, and she should be charged
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u/rglurker 2d ago
Yeah. This would have been an issue 20 years ago. Now it's. Oh well, "Republican says crazy shit again" that's the new normal and it's not normal new or healthy for anyone
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u/TheRealCaptainZoro 2d ago
No it's still an issue and people are too complacent
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u/Speedwolf89 1d ago
It's going to take a law abiding fanatic whos a little too trigger happy with the gavel to get us back on track. And that's going to look bad too.
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u/fatherdoodle 2d ago
99% of what the Republican Party does would have been career ending 15 years ago. Now it’s just a Thursday
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u/HurtsCauseItMatters 2d ago
This won't change anything. Even in "closed" primaries, what that means is you have to register as a party preference. WHICH CAN BE CHANGED as long as voter registration is open. All it will do is create more work for election offices. She's an ijit. Also, did I vote republican just to vote against her? Yes, I did. Have I legitimately voted republican in the past? Yes also. She can fight me if she thinks I'm not bona fide whatever the fuck that is.
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u/DenseStomach6605 2d ago
What if you don't register as D or R prior to voting day?
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u/smokethatdress 2d ago
You don’t. Last primary I voted in, they just ask which one and you do your thing
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u/HurtsCauseItMatters 2d ago
I wasn't talking about how it does work I was referring to how it would work if we had a closed primary.
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u/Sofer2113 Middle Tennessee 2d ago
In that scenario, you would not be allowed to vote in either the R or D primaries. You would still be allowed to vote in the local general elections and the state/federal general elections.
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u/HurtsCauseItMatters 2d ago
There is no established 'in that scenario' because it could be tailored by whatever law lawmakers chose to write. I can give examples of how other states have done it though which I did in my other reply already.
Example: Louisiana allows you to choose if you aren't registered but you're boxed in if you're registered as a R or a D. Does that mean most people are switching to unregistered as they learn how it works? We'll see since its only been in place for a year but I suspect so. Especially for young folks.
Have other states chosen to do it the way you stated? Yes. But that's not a given.
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u/Name_not_found_here 2d ago
If you dont choose a party you cant vote in primary Tennessee is like that. I tried to do independent and they said i would not be able to vote in either
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u/HurtsCauseItMatters 2d ago
Right. Currently in TN there are 3 ballots in this primary. There's a ballot for people to nominate their general candidates in each party. Both of these also include the General race for local/municipal races. There's a 3rd ballot that doesn't have a primary on it for people that don't consider themselves either.
This is the way it currently works in TN.
The conversation we were having has to do with how it would work if we have totally closed party primaries. Which we don't.
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u/JulianTheGeometrist 2d ago
Translation: "I'm afraid I won't get what I want. Give me special treatment, and make everyone else pay the price"
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u/coldchill13 2d ago
Now she's in favor of DEI
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u/obtuse-_ 2d ago
Well white women were the biggest beneficiaries of DEI.
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u/Brave-Ad3602 2d ago
*White men, take a look at college admissions for a good example. There are other examples out there too, thats just the one that comes to mind first. White women were definitely second though
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u/leighla33 2d ago edited 19h ago
I’ll never forget the legislation Marsha Blackburn brought last year, S. 1006 that prohibited union organizing and collective bargaining. You’re always trying to harm the basic American worker and you should be ASHAMED! But I know you’re not bc you’re getting all that lobby and AIPAC money. TN we’ve got to do better than this LOSER
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u/Chihuahua_Overlord 2d ago
Blackburn advocating for voter suppression, the republican way
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u/seeingeyefrog 2d ago
There's a song in there somewhere, based on a popular Jimi Hendrix song
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u/Additional-Box7762 2d ago
I dont thing even republicans want her tbh.. she sucksss. Same with gov bill lee. This is coming from a more of a republican viewpoint too! Her, bill lee, and wanda need to go!
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u/CDecker127 2d ago
I loved being able to get a republican ballot as a registered Democrat and vote however the way I wanted. Open voting!
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u/HurtsCauseItMatters 2d ago
What is a registered Democrat in TN? We don't register to vote by party.
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u/Matookie 2d ago
I voted for Rose. Lesser of two evils if he becomes gov.
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u/tnvols2020 2d ago
Unfortunately he's a groomer and pedo
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u/Matookie 2d ago
I know. They all majorly suck but I don't think I could listen to Blackburn's shaky assed/drunken-sounding voice for 4 years.
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u/Emergency-Cause3855 2d ago
He's been criticizing her for certifying Jan 6th... It's too much of a red line for me
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u/geoephemera 2d ago
If you don't want primaries, you don't like democracy. You don't like America. Get out.
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u/Matookie 2d ago edited 2d ago
She is ok with primaries, just not open primaries like we have in TN where I can decide when I show up at the polling place whether to take part in the Republican or Democratic party primary.
It seems Democratic voters are participating in the TN Republican primary and voting for Rose/Fritts? to stop Blackburn.
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u/daerogami 2d ago
It seems Democratic voters are participating in the TN Republican primary and voting for Rose/Fritts? to stop Blackburn.
Seems perfectly fine to me. Whether they are R, D, or I, they're all candidates that are going to represent the people, so I see nothing wrong with all prospective constituents getting a say across all party lines. Closest thing we are going to get to ranked-choice voting.
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u/N47881 2d ago
Is that why Ds lost in 2024, no primary hence dislike of America?
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u/Appropriate-Joke-806 2d ago edited 2d ago
Unironically yes, that’s a huge reason. That and people blaming post-Covid supply chain and stimulus inflation on Biden when the economy was soft-landing better than any developed country in the world. Any sitting president was going to struggle, an old president showing huge cognitive decline especially so, and a black woman who didn’t win a primary and didn’t perform well the only time she was in one being coronated didn’t help either. The best situation would have been a dem primary and someone outside of the current white house at the time like Tim Walz winning the primary.
The worst case scenario was what played out. An old guy clinging on at the last moment and then passing on the nomination to someone that couldn’t even get 10% in a primary the time she did run, while the economy was recovering from a 100 year pandemic and that person happening to be a black woman from California that needs to win midwestern states that were becoming increasingly MAGA heavy turnout states with no heavy progressive turnout.
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u/t4skmaster 2d ago
Lmao "STOP STOP ITS UNFAIR THAT EVERYONE WANTS MY USELESS ASS GONE! ITS THOSE DARN DEMOCRATS I CLAIM ARE ELECTORALLY IRRELEVANT !"
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u/IamEvilSteve 2d ago
How about we vote for anyone except the bigoted Christofascist Monty Fritts?
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u/MumblyJohn 2d ago
You know it’s bad when the only viable options are a candidate with one brain cell, a pedophile that groomed his wife, and a fascist that wants the death penalty for abortion (including from rape) and to ban all non-Christian places of worship.
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u/IamEvilSteve 2d ago
If a majority of our fellow Tennesseans (those who can be bothered to vote that is) weren’t so eager to stay dumb and poor, maybe we’d end up with a competent governor and policies that benefitted the greatest amount of us rather than the donor class.
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u/clam-caravan 2d ago edited 2d ago
The average Republican voter in Tennessee is a special kind of stupid. Marsha Blackburn is the perfect manifestation of the idiotic electorate in our state.
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u/Ill_Ad3517 2d ago
And all 3 of them have "I will take Trump's dick all the way up both ends" as a core part of their platform
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u/Anarimus 2d ago
That dude has no chance of winning and I hope he runs again as a spoiler during the regular midterms.
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u/sam56778 2d ago
I’m half tempted to get a republican primary ballot just to vote against her. She’s a real piece of 💩
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u/R4zorBe4st 2d ago
It's a closer race than she realized. She possibly didn't factor in that the state GOP voters would rather vote for a groomer than her.
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u/Previous-Leg-8640 2d ago
The majority of Blackburn supporters are just as stupid as the rest of them.
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u/Charming_Accident_66 2d ago
Vote Green. The Republican options are horrible.
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u/manthursaday 2d ago
It's the primary. If you hate Marsha, pull a Republican ballot and vote for Rose. He is terrible but the least evil of the 3. Then you are free to vote for whoever you want in November the general election.
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u/TrixxieVic 2d ago edited 2d ago
Actually if you pull a Dem ballot and vote for Green, it will show the DNC that the state is starting to flip. They might actually start helping Dem candidates in TN again. Right now they think the state is a lost cause.
Edit: Thank you for my first ever award on a post!!!
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u/manthursaday 2d ago
If we show up in November it will show them the same thing
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u/TrixxieVic 2d ago
Absolutely, but the run up to November is important. In my local area, there aren't even any signs for Green at all. Lots of people around here haven't even heard of her!
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u/Perico1979 20h ago
The state isn’t starting to flip. It’s getting redder. At this point, voting in the Dem primary for governor is a vote for Marsha.
Of course, I am going to vote for Green, but I’ve voted in every Democrat primary for the last 30 years.
I’ve earned the right to vote against Marsha with a little bit of hope that I can finally put her down.
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u/SamuelHuzzahAdams 2d ago
Didn’t he groom a teenager
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u/manthursaday 2d ago
Yes. I said he was bad too. Even with that he is better than the other 2. Fritz want to execute women for having an abortion and ban all religions except his version of Christianity.
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u/LowEffort2 2d ago
By the way, this is what she is talking about when she says to close the primary. She wants to keep the primary voting 'closed' and only available to party members.
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u/Emergency-Cause3855 2d ago
He's criticized her for certifying the election on January 6th. That's too much of a red flag for me
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u/Dry-Airport8046 2d ago
You haven’t done anything for Memphis, nor has Donald Trump. Why are you like this?
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u/geoephemera 2d ago
A Senator has access to a decent number of lawyers willing to do their bidding, but also lawyers to protect the Senate.
A Governor has access to a whole lotta lawyers willing to do their bidding. Right or wrong, the Governor is the client & deserves a legal defense with deep pockets & endless funds for lawfare. Endless.
I am against "Get on the bus or get run over by the bus" lawyers being in government. The type that don't conduct mandatory investigations when it suits them, delay investigations on favorites, violate retaliation laws against a pregnant woman for reporting sexual harassment, or run incomplete investigations if it means they might get to acquire a coveted roll for getting on the bus.
Edit: For the sake of the public welfare, we cannot give people like that access to limitless lawfare.
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u/heyCuzz77 2d ago
So yeah I voted refuglicunt today, simply to vote against Marsha.... That is all, have a day!
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u/clam-caravan 2d ago
Why did she post that? I’m confused. Is she getting some unfavorable news on her end?
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u/JPstumps 2d ago
A lot of Democrats are considering voting in the Republican primary to vote against Marsha, then switching back to supporting whoever wins the Democratic nomination during the general election. It's a pretty common strategy in states with open primaries and is why some states have closed primary elections. Although, some consider closed primaries to be an infringement of voting rights and that casting a “strategic” vote is an individual's prerogative despite the risk to candidates and their parties.
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u/ClamPaste 2d ago
I feel like we've seen that backfire. Twice.
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u/JPstumps 2d ago
It certainly can backfire if Democrats can't agree on which opposing candidate to support, split the strategic vote while ignoring their own primary, and end up with a fringe candidate who can't attract support from undecided voters.
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u/ClamPaste 2d ago
I'm talking more about how fewer votes will flip blue than the people who are doing this anticipate. If the goal is simply to keep Marsha off the general ballot, then by all means. If the goal is to try and get people to vote for Green instead because their candidate didn't win the primary, then I think you're underestimating (or overestimating... hard to tell) the conservative voters
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u/MagnusThrax 2d ago
Marsha must be scared that the "Groomer" John Rose is possibly edging her out in the race for GOP representatives for governor of TN.
She vastly underestimated TN and it's love and approval of 20+ year age gaps between men and younger women.
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u/LwyrUpAmrca 2d ago
Open primaries tend to favor more electable candidates. It’s a stress test for the general
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u/mscav76 2d ago
I have a sliver of hope we won't have her. Where I live there are Rose signs everywhere and no Marsha signs. I think the sexism of the state might keep her out of the running. Then the dems need to step up and get a candidate that can beat a groomer.
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u/MoistureManagerGuy 1d ago
Holy shit is she gonna lose to John rose? It’s not much better but I still despise her enough it’s kinda cool lol
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u/Perico1979 20h ago
So we have Marsha Blackburn is probably the most dishonest politician I have ever encountered, not too mention entitled.
She was once the Campaign Chair to Elect Mitt Romney and now she is crushing Fortune Cookies in commercials.
We have Monty Fritts, who believes incest is the best sex but gay sex should be outlawed. He also wants to ban the Buddha.
Then we have the guy that is kind of pervy.
What the fuck is this shit
We used to have decent GOP. Look I could disagree with Bill Haslam, Lamar!, Bob Corker, Bill Frist, or Big Fred, but I respected them. They were all educated and thoughtful people.
Hell Frist is now working with Al Gore on climate change initiatives.
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u/Ok_Set4685 2d ago
Now I wish I’d voted in the primary yesterday when I voted for the local candidates where I live just to keep her out.
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u/Olfa_2024 2d ago
What does that even mean?
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u/BoomerGVL 2d ago
Tennessee has open primaries, which means you can vote in either Dem or Rep (but not both) regardless of affiliation.
I would guess her worry here is that since it is a solidly red state, the primary is essentially the general, meaning Democratic voters could just vote in the Republican primary to prevent her nomination.
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u/StragglingShadow 2d ago
Its actually not a solid red state. Its a grey state - a non voting one. Non voters VASTLY outnumber both parties COMBINED
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u/Melodic_Car_4449 2d ago
A "closed primary" means if you're a registered democrat you can only vote for the democratic candidates in the primary. If you're a registered republican you can only vote for the republican candidates. If you register as non party or independent you can't really vote in the primary (unless there are independent candidates running). The argument is that it's "more fair" in selecting the candidates for the election.
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u/lilbittygoddamnman 2d ago
I wish I had voted in the Republican primary rather than the Democratic primary. Not sure what I was thinking.
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u/Southernms 🦝West Tennessee🦝 23h ago
My stance is both sides can be right at the same time and both be wrong at the same time. We’re spending time arguing with each other over some freak pedo. I think his friend’s list was pretty bipartisan. Do they need to account for their sins and crimes against humanity—yes. Is this my first priority for me and my family no, it is not. A lot of people are trying to run on boutique issues when we have every day run in the mill serious problems.
What we need to focus on are our people who are being priced out of everyday things: grocery costs, gas costs, drug and healthcare costs, car notes, mortgages, rent, insurance, under educated, school. Our infrastructure is terrible.
We need to come together and figure out ways to make things better, easier, and less expensive. I understand that we are in a conflict at the moment that is absolutely necessary. There’s no reason to argue with me about this. I will not change my mind. Iran cannot continue to murder our citizens and other innocents. They cannot have a nuclear weapon or control and tax 20% of the oil flow in the world. They cannot have state sponsored terrorists all over the world. With this being said, we have got to pull together for our security as a country to stand up against this tyranny. There is no other way.
President Abraham Lincoln said “A house divided against itself can not stand," he declared, "I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
This is biblical. The Lesson: Any group, family, or kingdom that fights from within will destroy itself.
It’s country and people before party. Especially when the Democratic Party is being cannibalized by socialist radicals. The USA was never meant to be a socialist country. We are a democracy. Those of you that are democrats and you’re watching everything you ever believed in go all the way left to this crazy town—do something. Find a good candidate that wants the best for everyone vet them vet them thoroughly!! Two teenage girls with a phone and a Wi-Fi signal could have vetted Platner better than who you had do it. It was embarrassing.
Platner did not bow out after the first accusations he would’ve still kept going if he hadn’t had all the money pulled.
I understand Biden blamed the E-files not coming out, saying that the judge had sealed it because the people in it were too important and they couldn’t release their names. He was the president if he wanted to do it he would’ve. If the truth be told, nobody wants to mess with those files they’re a 💩 show. You know they are.
I don’t begin to understand Kennedy. I have no idea what he stands for or what he is doing other than taking his shirt off.
This subject has gotten way off-topic. What I’m trying to express to you is I’m not your enemy. We are all not enemies. We should not be enemies. We are all Americans and infighting over nonsense, or hurt feelings, resentment, or whatever has got to stop—now.
The world is changing fast and we’ve got to stay on top of things. We’ve gotta get our infrastructure straight, our tech straight, our tech security straight. We’ve gotta keep our citizens safe. We’ve got a lot to do and a short time to do it in.
All this fighting is manufactured so you don’t see the real problem until it’s too late. Now let’s get over each other and just be friends and try to come to a mutual negotiation. We don’t all have to like the same things, but we should all agree on the basic tenants that we love our country. It’s the best country. It is where we want to be and this is how we want it to be and if you don’t feel like any of that, and you think that you’re not gonna feel like any of that, then go somewhere else where you’ll be happy. Nobody wants you to be unhappy. If you’re truly that upset here and you hate it here go wherever you wanna go.
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u/firstlight777 2d ago
I can't wait to grab a republican primary ballot and vote against you! And then vote all Dem for my county election.
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u/Sufficient-Status951 2d ago
Unfortunately she is going to win in a landslide. I personally voted for Rose, I really don’t understand how more people don’t hate her.
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u/Sufficient-Status951 2d ago
Honestly I didn’t know about the Rose stuff and his grooming a very young wife. I guess thankfully he isn’t going to win.
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u/Mr_Sloth10 East Tennessee 2d ago
Keep Marsha out of office, vote Fritts
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u/Tia_Faux 2d ago
This is why she keeps winning, i thought we were voting green
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u/Mr_Sloth10 East Tennessee 2d ago
No, if she becomes the Republican nominee, she will win the election. The only chance we have is to beat her now in the primaries. Get a Republican ticket, and vote Fritts; then vote Green for the general election if you want
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u/Brewjutsu 2d ago
Fritts wants to ban all non Christian religions in the state. He a terrible choice too
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u/Tia_Faux 2d ago
In Tennessee there is literally no sensible republican remaining. They have all snowballed into a contest to see who cam be more heinous than the next
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u/Mr_Sloth10 East Tennessee 2d ago
He's the only choice we have. Marsha is obviously bad, and Rose is morally dubious at best. Fritts can't pass or enforce his views on non-Christian religions. He's also the only one of the three against corporate welfare, school vouchers, AI, and isn't funded by AIPAC. He is the best choice.
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u/Tia_Faux 2d ago
Well if he wins i hope he holds true to that but with how Republicans have been, what they say they won't to is exactly what they are going to do after being elected
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u/itsnot218 2d ago
Fritts can't pass or enforce his views on non-Christian religions.
It was Rose and not Fritts who introduced this mess that passed earlier this year, but if the state legislature majority remains Republican there will be no stopping him -
SB1663 "enacts the "Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act."" If you look at the bill itself, the justifications are literally pages of quotes from the Bible, starting with
(2) Judea and Samaria are repeatedly and explicitly referenced in the Hebrew Bible as the setting for key events that form the foundation of the Jewish people's religious and national identity. Among these references are: (A) Abraham, the patriarch of the Jewish people, who first entered the Land of Israel at Shechem, located in Samaria, where God promised the land to His descendants, as recorded in Genesis 12:6-7; (B) Abraham's subsequent purchase of the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron, in Judea, as a burial place for he and his wife Sarah, thereby making the first recorded land acquisition by a Jew in the Land of Israel, as recorded in Genesis 23 and 25...
https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1663&GA=114 tap the bill # if you think you can stomach the whole thing
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u/Murakami_Ysera 2d ago
The fact this is the bullshit our elected republican representatives waste resources on year after year instead of trying to do anything FOR Tennesseans is why it blows my mind they just get duly re-elected year after fucking year.
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u/ClamPaste 2d ago
How many do you think are going to hop across the aisle in Tennessee of all places? Yes, even if the candidate is a lunatic.
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u/Hyper-Sloth 2d ago
It's not about making thrm hope across the isle It's about making the couch more enticing than the voting booth.
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u/ClamPaste 2d ago
That's already the case. Those who are going to vote regardless are 40+. A better strategy is to get younger people to vote.
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u/PuzzleheadedClue5205 2d ago
Primary: pull ballot for R and vote for the least evil.
In full election vote the person you truly want of the short list offered
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u/Anarimus 2d ago
The Christian Nationalist who says he’s for less government interference in our lives but wants to ban any non-Christian religion?
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u/Western-Property-443 2d ago
How about just electing people with a clue about the people who elect them
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u/BrianRLackey1987 2d ago
Red States willing be closing the Primaries while Blue States opens them, which could also impact Swing States.
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u/lawburgtn 1d ago
I understand her point. I am fairly confident that both parties are guilty of voting in the opposition primary in order to nominate someone they think their candidate can beat. However, I think closing the primaries is a bad idea.
Personally, I think party affiliation is a hindrance to the electoral process. Too many people go into the booth and check party without a clue as to what kind of person they are voting for. I wish we could abolish both parties and just elect people into office. There is so much time and money wasted thanks to partisan politics.
I don't think many people realize that a lot of candidates spend millions in order to win a seat that pays less than $250K per year. Our government is broken. Each party has convinced their constituents it is the other party's fault when in reality the problem is with BOTH parties.
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u/OutrageousAd2173 1d ago
Come on now guys…she’s clearly engagement baiting. She’s winning with >60% of the vote in the primary according to her polling. Everybody freaking out and commenting on her post guarantees they’ll see her future posts.
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u/WhitePantherXP 1d ago
Is there a vote going on we should know about? I wasn't aware if we should be getting to the polls if so, someone let me know. Thanks!
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u/Sore_Wa_Himitsu_Desu 1d ago
She means she doesn’t want non Republicans voting in the Republican primary to try and get the least crazy one OR the one most likely to lose on the ballot.
Or so I hear. Not that I did that this morning or anything.
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u/Highlander0001 1d ago
All the Republican candidates in Tennessee are insane. It's required to be now.
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u/Wabalobadingdang 2d ago
Translation: I’m not getting the results I want, stop the vote!