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Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis
He did kinda completely ignore the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for 5 WEEKS before he was forced off the golf course and engage.
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And yet, this Fall, you're going to vote for the party that continues to push for less governmental regulation of industry, and less involvement in state affairs. One of the reasons Gov't response was delayed was that BP just flat out lied about how much oil was going into the water, because the less oil, the lower the fine. And you, as a right-winger, are totally cool with that, because, hey, free markets man! Stay out of Big Business's way because they can TOTALLY be counted on to do the right thing! Like BP did!
You're going to vote for the party that put an Emergency Manager in control of Flint and gave that person dictatorial powers, so that the people themselves got no say in what happened to their water source. Because that's freedom! No vote! No say in what happens to your water source because you're poor and should be grateful you're getting water at all! Even if it will cause your kids brain damage! Which of course, we won't tell you.
In Michigan, Democrats have won the popular vote election after election, but GOP gerrymandering makes sure they keep themselves in power:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1...t-water-crisis
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Rendering legislative elections almost meaningless still wasn’t enough power to satisfy Republicans, since many key cities with large minority populations have remained Democratic strongholds, such as Detroit (which voted 98 percent for Obama) and Flint (90 percent). Republicans therefore concocted a scheme to circumvent elected local governments by having the state appoint so-called “emergency managers” to take control of local financial decisions. It was a perfect display of cynicism: Republicans in the state capital have spent years starving Detroit and other cities financially, thus paving the way for these emergency managers to swoop in and undermine pensions, promote education privatization, and dismantle public services.
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And that's who you will be voting for this fall- the party of unregulated Big Business and Emergency Managers. Heckofajob there, RBE.