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11-10-2017 #11
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Re: Congratulations to Danica Roem
It was not reported at the time as it should have been because the gender identity of Althea Garrison was not known at the time, a simple omission of fact rather than a conspiracy to hide it and ignore it. It does not matter if the person is a Republican or a Democrat, that should be clear, so I guess the op should have identified Danica as 'the first publicly acknowledged' transgendered elected politician we are aware of, which does not diminish the achievement.
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11-10-2017 #12
Re: Congratulations to Danica Roem
The claim is "the first openly transgender person to be elected to any state legislature in the United States." Operative word here is "openly."
Althea Garrison was outed against her will while she was serving. She wasn't elected when she was out. That's nothing against her. It's just a much different thing.
No fake news here at all.
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11-12-2017 #13
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As a conservative republican this story just sickens me.
First Bob Marshall was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYYY out of fucking line with his rhetoric! He took the low road when he could of taken the high road and picked apart her for lack of political experience and her overall liberal ideas. After all it is for the most part a conservative seat that he held for over 20 years. The personal attacks and just poor political strategy sank his election chances.
Personally I would have not voted for Danica or Bob if I was a republican in that Virginia state seat.
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11-12-2017 #14
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Re: Congratulations to Danica Roem
Bob Marshall opposed most forms of birth control in 1989 including the IUD He's the clown that in 2012 proposed that all women seeking an abortion undergo a trans-vaginal ultrasound for no reason whatsoever. He has been taking the low road his entire career. I thought Satanists (oops! I mean Trumplicans), by definition, always take the low road. So what spell did you use to return to HA after being banned...probably forever?
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11-12-2017 #15
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11-13-2017 #16
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Not every conservative is an asshole trish.................
Bob Marshall has indeed a troubling past, but his party has been supportive of him because was a winner (up until this last Tuesday) and a political leader who has delivered in the Virginia state house for years.
I dunno what I did to get unbanned maybe you should ask Steven Grooby about that one
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11-13-2017 #17
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Re: Congratulations to Danica Roem
You seem to indicate that there was something incongruous about the attacks on Danica. He was playing to the Republican base by doing that, as the Republican President supported a transgender military ban and the Vice President is a homophobe who supports conversion therapy for children which is a form of psychological abuse. These aren't irrelevant personal attacks, but ones that play to the deep-seated disdain for the lgbt community among Republicans. Have you ever listened to what Conservative radio hosts have to say about transsexuals?
Again, the things Trish pointed out that you characterize as part of his "troubling past" are not at all fringe ideas among conservatives. You think it's out of character for Republicans to support measures intended to interfere with women's right to have an abortion? It's a feature, not a bug.
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11-13-2017 #18
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Delivered what? Dozens of votes on abortion, guns, schools and the death penalty, next to nothing that would deal with the traffic gridlock in Manassas County that Danica Roem campaigned on that voters actually care about -although Marshall did
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits a driver from opening a car door in a traffic lane until it is "reasonably safe."
https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-...2/bob-marshall
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11-14-2017 #19
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11-14-2017 #20
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Re: Congratulations to Danica Roem
Unfortunately, principled conservatism seems to be almost dead within the Republican party, as the more sensible Republicans decide that fighting on is futile. What we have left is a combination of unbridled predatory capitalism and white christian tribalism (ie greed and resentment).
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