This is beyond the pale for me. (State-level Defections)

[Pacifist Patriot]

http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/8459870/28104853/Dem_state_lawmakers_defecting_to_GOP_post-election

Staggering Election Day losses are not the Democratic Party's final indignity this year. At least 13 state lawmakers in five states have defected to Republican ranks since the Nov. 2 election, adding to already huge GOP gains in state legislatures. And that number could grow as next year's legislative sessions draw near.<snip>

In Alabama, four Democrats announced last week they were joining the GOP, giving Republicans a supermajority in the House that allows them to pass legislation without any support from the other party. The party switch of a Democratic lawmaker from New Orleans handed control of Louisiana's House to Republicans for the first time since Reconstruction.<snip>

Living in a state controlled by a Republican Supermajority for much of the time I have lived here I can tell you without reservation that a one-party system is a surefire path to destruction.

I really feel for the people who elected these Democrats and now find themselves under the yoke of the GOP.

:mad:

[pokercat999]

1. I'm sure they're only thinking about their constituents, not.

They're going for the money and power.

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Not a doubt in my mind.

Nothing is about governance and leadership anymore. It's all greed. Insatiable hunger for authority and resources.

[Ganja Ninja]

3. I say good riddance to them.

The more conservadems that defect the better off the party will be in the long run. I wish they would all leave.

[Raster]

4. And to all of those Democratic "strategists" that encouraged 'thugs to run as Dems...

Fuck you!

[mmonk]

5. Better the self-serving bastards leave. The people need someone

they vote for to represent them.

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. I agree they need someone to represent them, but considering their...

party-affiliation at the time of election it just smacks of a form of fraud to me.

[CurtEastPoint]

7. Yep. Six of the weasels right here in GA. Elect a D, get an R. Surprise, surprise, surprise! n/t

[Pacifist Patriot]

8. Georgia. Where the new legislature may change the alphabet to...

ABCREFG...