DEM POTUS & Congress = A FUTURE!

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A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENCY & CONGRESS would END REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE ROAD BLOCK, SLOW GLOBAL WARMING, and PROVIDE an ECONOMY for the 99+%. 

It is our BEST CHANCE to ENSURE a FUTURE for GENERATIONS TO COME.

Trump will continue, at every turn, to demonstrate his ignorance, leadership incompetence and threat to the safety of Americans and the world.

Unacceptable behavior accepted: The media has continued to fail to provide Americans with a minimum of critical analysis of Trump’s claims and emotional provocation - and the result is that lying, deliberate distortions and anger that “suggest” that partisan violence is acceptable are treated as legitimate/acceptable behavior. 

Likewise, the uncritical support by the Republican Party Leadership, especially House Speaker Ryan (the spokesman for legislative gridlock on behalf of economic interests of the very wealthy), also legitimates the anger/hatred and pervasive bigotry and dehumanization consistently demonstrated by many Trump supporters.

Trump’s assertions that Obama and Clinton are “founders” of ISIS illustrate Trump’s use of deliberate distortion and misstatement that both misleads his followers and provides extraordinary recruiting propaganda for ISIS.

The continued silent support of the Republican leadership reinforces the acceptability of Trump remarks that increase the risk to Americans (and all that might oppose the ultra-violent extremists) of ISIS and other violent anti-American groups AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS on the battlefields and on all the “soft” targets everywhere: schools, entertainment events and, indeed, ANY PUBLIC GATHERINGS!

Yes, Trump’s defeat is obviously essential BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH!

First and foremost, AFTER YEARS of THE COAL, OIL and GAS INDUSTRIES "buying" the Republican Party, we URGENTLY need a CONGRESS with SUFFICIENT DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES TO PASS LEGISLATION TO SLOW GLOBAL WARMING.

We also need a DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS TO ROLLBACK THE DECADES LONG REPUBLICAN ATTACK UPON THE QUALITY OF LIFE – economic, health, educational & employment opportunities… - FOR THE 99+%. 

The MOST IMPORTANT WORK you can do IS HELP WIN A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE! 

The HOUSE is the BULWORK that the REPUBLICANS HAVE CONSTRUCTED TO PROTECT THE VERY WEALTHY AND THEIR ECONOMIC CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES! 

The GOP has: 

1. redrawn House districts to disadvantage Democratic candidates
2. utilized unlimited “dark money” support from extremely wealthy individuals and corporations
3. encouraged the creation of State laws to limit or discourage likely Democratic voters

              

• BECOME ACTIVE. 
• SPREAD THE WORD. 
• HELP WHEREVER & WHENEVER YOU CAN.

Vote Clinton/Kaine!

#betterthanthis

VOTE OUT #GOP

DON’T WASTE YOUR VOTE: VOTE BLUE!

Every vote counts AND VOTES for THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES in the HOUSE ELECTIONS – ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICTS THAT DEMOCRATS NEED TO PICK UP – are VOTES that may COST US A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. 




At this point in the 2016 campaign, more and more Republican leaders, candidates, and very wealthy corporate and individual Republican supporters are assuming a Democratic Presidency and a Democratic majority Senate. And so the focus of the corporate and individual wealth that the Republican Platform is designed to favor is now on the House races.

Current House of Representatives count.

The Democrats need to add at least 30 House seats in order to have a majority. The last election with such a large gain for the previously minority Party in the House was the Johnson – Goldwater election of 1964. This was also the last time there was such an extreme division in the Republican Party.  

The 30 seat gain hurdle is particularly hard to overcome because of:

1. the Federal Court decisions permitting unlimited “dark money” into the political process
2. the historically extreme number of House districts that have been redrawn to protect Republican candidates
3. the numerous actions at the State and local levels that differentially discourage Democratic voter turn-out (Refer to NY Times article of July 31, 2016, Critics See Efforts by Counties and Towns to Purge Minority Voters From Rolls)

~To see where and how you can help Democrats pick up House seats in the 2016 elections, visit Global Warming 2016 Legacy.~

Thus, in the 2016 election, more than ever before, every vote counts AND VOTES for THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES in the HOUSE ELECTIONS – ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICTS THAT DEMOCRATS NEED TO PICK UP – ARE VOTES THAT MAY COST A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.

We must NOT UNDERMINE our ability to regain DEMOCRATIC House seats by voting for third party candidates. This is EXACTLY WHAT THE GOP wants you to do.

Without a DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT and BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, RUNAWAY GLOBAL WARMING WILL, NO DOUBT, DEFINE OUR FUTURE.

Save our country and our world! 

Make YOUR VOTE count by voting Democratic! 

NO 3rd party candidate votes!

www.gw2016legacy.org

Gerrymandering and House Districts

What does it take to pass Federal policy/legislation to slow global warming?

     If the President vetoes legislation passed by the Senate and the House, then the legislation requires two thirds majorities in the Senate and the House for passage. 
     If the President will sign the proposed legislation, it requires passage by a House majority and a filibuster proof Senate majority of 60 or more, if a filibuster is indicated – otherwise a simple majority.