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Bill Pearson's avatar

I don't know anyone "celebrating" yesterday's election results David. At best, perhaps a sigh of relief. Even that from my vantage point would be too strong an emotion. I look across the country and see too many less than stellar candidates. I see people voting for the wrong reasons; not for what a candidate can do, but for fear of what the other guy (gender neutral) may do.

I know there's always been negative campaigns, but with each election cycle it gets worse. Wouldn't it be refreshing to see all crap-spewing stop. What if both sides were held liable for ads they run. And i'm not just talking about the candidates, the worst are the dark money groups who can and do say things with no fear of reprisal.

Free speech shouldn't be free when it is libelous. Irrespective of the outcomes, i suspect most of us are hungry for solid candidates with solid platforms. I don't want democrats helping republicans pick weak or crazy people to run against. I don't want anyone shaping safe districts where they reconfigure the voting population to marginalize voters, or worse yet, denying them the right to vote.

Personally, once this election is over, i would love to see a bipartisan group come together and try and get their head around common sense legislation that stops the lies (by both sides) and forces them to focus on their goals. I know, no chance; but why not?

This election has shown us ugly, why not try and find the best candidates with better ideas?

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Scott C.'s avatar

Michigan happened because of abortion. If dobbs never happened this state would look a whole lot different right now. So much for Michigan being a right to work state lol.

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