This is one of the racist robocalls sent out to some Floridians last week to deter them from voting for Gillum.

(10-25-2018, 11:17 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:

(08-29-2018, 01:37 PM)sally Wrote:

(08-29-2018, 12:02 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Florida

Ron DeSantis won the Florida governorship primary for the Republicans last night.

He went with the 'Trump is God' campaign strategy and was endorsed by the Commander In Chief.

His campaign ad, which was obviously effective, was so seriously sickeningly sycophantic.


That was seriously nauseating and just plain weird. I should probably pay more attention to this stuff and start voting.

I hope you end up with Gillum as governor.  He's ahead in the polls and seems like a very competent and decent public servant.

DeSantis is creepy and comes across as completely self-serving, to me.  His support and donations from white supremacists only makes it worse.

Gillum is corrupt and so are his siblings

(10-25-2018, 11:17 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:   His support and donations from white supremacists only makes it worse.

There was a time that may have ruined someone's chances but now that despicable shit is out in the open and there's a segment of society that is drawn to it.

(10-26-2018, 05:43 AM)Duchess Wrote:

(10-25-2018, 11:17 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:   His support and donations from white supremacists only makes it worse.

There was a time that may have ruined someone's chances but now that despicable shit is out in the open and there's a segment of society that is drawn to it.

They may or may not support and/or donate to him but he doesn't support or associate with them. It is not despicable for him their support any more than it is despicable for George R R Martin to be responsible for the support ISIS has of his Game of Thrones series (which incidentally is REALLY high among those terrorists).

It would be despicable to pretend he was responsible for their support or in control of it.

But you are smart and know that already

(10-26-2018, 05:43 AM)Duchess Wrote:

(10-25-2018, 11:17 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:   His support and donations from white supremacists only makes it worse.

There was a time that may have ruined someone's chances but now that despicable shit is out in the open and there's a segment of society that is drawn to it.

The Republican party has lost women by the droves and doesn't have a high percentage of non-white support.  They need as many white male votes as they can get.  

So they're actively looking to attract aggrieved white men who buy into the notion that white people and men are victims of racism, feminism, and societal suppression in today's America and want to go backwards, in my opinion.

In any case, eligible white supremacist citizens have just as much right as any other citizens to vote and support leaders who they believe reflect their values. 

I'm glad to see a record number of strong female and minority candidates running for Congress this year.  Hopefully, they'll inspire high voter turn-out and our body of elected lawmakers will include more representatives with personal experience and insight in regards to the issues faced by a diversity of constituents.

(10-26-2018, 09:38 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:

(10-26-2018, 05:43 AM)Duchess Wrote:

(10-25-2018, 11:17 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:   His support and donations from white supremacists only makes it worse.

There was a time that may have ruined someone's chances but now that despicable shit is out in the open and there's a segment of society that is drawn to it.

The Republican party has lost women by the droves and doesn't have a high percentage of non-white support.  They need as many white male votes as they can get.  

So they're actively looking to attract aggrieved white men who buy into the notion that white people and men are victims of racism, feminism, and societal suppression in today's America and want to go backwards, in my opinion.

In any case, eligible white supremacist citizens have just as much right as any other citizens to vote and support leaders who they believe reflect their values. 

I'm glad to see a record number of  strong female and minority candidates running for Congress this year.  Hopefully, they'll inspire high voter turn-out and our body of elected lawmakers will include more representatives with personal experience and insight in regards to the issues faced by a diversity of constituents.

Great line of bullshit there, Snowflake. Why do you deliberately lie so much and so easily?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...mp-victory

(10-26-2018, 09:38 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: vote and support leaders who they believe reflect their values.

That's been a real eye opener and more than a little disappointing on a few occasions.

I've been able to get quite a few people to say they are going to vote. 

(10-26-2018, 05:43 AM)Duchess Wrote:

(10-25-2018, 11:17 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:   His support and donations from white supremacists only makes it worse.

There was a time that may have ruined someone's chances but now that despicable shit is out in the open and there's a segment of society that is drawn to it.

Did you see that the head of the GOP publicly condemned Iowa Representative Steve King today Duchess?

King has been a not-so-secret white supremacist for years and barely called out for it.

 ^King, an eight-term Iowa Republican from Kiron, has had a history of making controversial statements about race, immigration, LGBTQ issues and climate change and has repeatedly visited Europe and met with members of far-right political groups.

But criticism has reached a crescendo in the wake of the massacre of 11 Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and reports that King met in August in Austria with members of the Freedom Party, a political organization founded by a former Nazi SS officer.

He also sat for an interview with Unzensuriert, a Freedom Party-aligned publication. 
Source:  https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/...833233002/

Looks to me like with more Republican lawmakers and candidates collaborating with white supremacist leaders and groups, some at the GOP are starting to realize how that might be a very damaging brand for the party.  

I really hope King loses his re-election bid, but that's not a certainty.

(10-31-2018, 06:05 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:  

Did you see that the head of the GOP publicly condemned Iowa Representative Steve King today Duchess?

King has been a not-so-secret white supremacist for years and barely called out for it.

 ^King, an eight-term Iowa Republican from Kiron, has had a history of making controversial statements about race, immigration, LGBTQ issues and climate change and has repeatedly visited Europe and met with members of far-right political groups.


I really hope King loses his re-election bid, but that's not a certainty.

Yeah, I heard about it. I also read that supporters are pulling their dollars from him. Good! Do the right thing!

I don't feel it's a certainty either, I will probably never again feel that anything in politics is a certainty. 

Im sick of people telling me to vote. How about I vote for the person you hate, would you like that, motherfucker? I'm going to have to spend a whole week with my brother in law talking about how I need to vote. You want me to vote for that scumbag Desantis because ypu're convinced Florida will go to hell if I vote for Gillum, well guess what, I'm voting for Gillum just because you don't like it.

Six days til midterms.

--The number of early votes cast so far exceeds the number of votes cast altogether in previous non-presidential elections.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/electio...14-n929421

--Kanye West is no longer endorsing the President's policies or anything else. He says he now sees that he was being used and he's done with politics.
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainmen...et/574501/

--Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams picked up a key endorsement today. Oprah Winfrey will be
campaigning for her as the election approaches.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politic...ia-n929411

(10-31-2018, 06:40 PM)sally Wrote: Im sick of people telling me to vote. How about I vote for the person you hate, would you like that, motherfucker? I'm going to have to spend a whole week with my brother in law talking about how I need to vote.

Since he's family, I guess you can't just tell him to stick his vote right up his fucking ass.  ')

I don't care if you vote or not.  

But, I do hope you end up with Gillum as your governor.  He's way better than the alternative, in my opinion.

(10-31-2018, 06:40 PM)sally Wrote: Im sick of people telling me to vote.

You live in a state where it matters a lot. Vote! Cancel out my brother.

(10-31-2018, 06:51 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:

(10-31-2018, 06:40 PM)sally Wrote: Im sick of people telling me to vote. How about I vote for the person you hate, would you like that, motherfucker? I'm going to have to spend a whole week with my brother in law talking about how I need to vote.

Since he's family, I guess you can't just tell him to stick his vote right up his fucking ass.  ')

I don't care if you vote or not.  

But, I do hope you end up with Gillum as your governor.  He's way better than the alternative, in my opinion.

I would prefer Gillum too. I think. I don't think Im informed enough to vote, though. I don't have the time to research these assholes so I feel like I should not be voting. Plus I really don't give a shit.

Does Florida have a state tax?

Not yet. Gillum is capable of it, but it's only for people thst make 200 million and more. I won't be voting, but If I did, it wouldn't be for that doucher Desantis

Gillum will make it anyway. I call it every time just by looking at the yard signs.

(10-31-2018, 07:45 PM)Maggot Wrote: Does Florida have a state tax?

Ranges from 6% to 7-1/2% depending on the county.


Florida Sales Tax Rates by County

Sales Tax Rate

Alachua
6.00%
Baker
7.00%
Bay
6.50%
Bradford
7.00%
Brevard
6.00%
Broward
6.00%
Calhoun
7.50%
Charlotte
7.00%
Citrus
6.00%
Clay
7.00%
Collier
6.00%
Columbia
7.00%
De Soto
7.00%
Dixie
7.00%
Duval
7.00%
Escambia
7.50%
Flagler
7.00%
Franklin
7.00%
Gadsden
7.50%
Gilchrist
7.00%
Glades
7.00%
Gulf
7.00%
Hamilton
7.00%
Hardee
7.00%
Hendry
7.00%
Hernando
6.50%
Highlands
7.00%
Hillsborough
7.00%
Holmes
7.00%
Indian River
7.00%
Jackson
7.50%
Jefferson
7.00%
Lafayette
7.00%
Lake
7.00%
Lee
6.00%
Leon
7.50%
Levy
7.00%
Liberty
7.50%
Madison
7.50%
Manatee
6.50%
Marion
6.00%
Martin
6.00%
Miami-Dade
7.00%
Monroe
7.50%
Nassau
7.00%
Okaloosa
6.00%
Okeechobee
7.00%
Orange
6.50%
Osceola
7.00%
Palm Beach
6.00%
Pasco
7.00%
Pinellas
7.00%
Polk
7.00%
Putnam
7.00%
St. Johns
6.00%
St. Lucie
6.50%
Santa Rosa
6.50%
Sarasota
7.00%
Seminole
6.00%
Sumter
7.00%
Suwannee
7.00%
Taylor
7.00%
Union
7.00%
Volusia
6.50%
Wakulla
7.00%
Walton
7.50%
Washington
7.00%

So that is the sales tax not the state income tax?