*Official Election 2005 Results Thread*

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Hmm...  well, mostly good news for the major races, particularly Virginia.  I'm hoping parental notification passes, and the San Francisco handgun ban fails, but I expect the opposite to happen for both.  Otherwise the California results are looking good.

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We like our unrestricted abortion on demand.

Indeed.

"I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion." -- CA Congresswoman Maxine Waters at a pro-choice march

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I wonder what California's laws are on minors getting tattoos.  New Jersey bans any girl under 18 from getting a tattoo, but you don't need parental consent to get an abortion.  Just amazing.

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Mississippi and North Dakota have it right, though it would preferable if the consent of the fetus/embryo about to be killed were also necessary.

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Mississippi and North Dakota have it right, though it would preferable if the consent of the fetus/embryo about to be killed were also necessary.

Great, why don't you read some about your utopian world where abortion is illegal here:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/10/31/19619/824

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This sounds more like an argument for the morning after pill, though there are also forms of contraception that take effect before sex to prevent a pregnancy in the first place-- I don't understand why they didn't use condoms?

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I thought she had this boyfriend, so she wouldn't be "alone."  Anyway, she could have used contraception or not had sex in the first place.  I'm not sympathetic with this character at all.  I am feeling more pain for the kid that was the production of this irresponsible woman's behavior, who never had a chance to live past his birth.

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Public service announcement for our Democratic friends:
YALL HAD THIS SEAT BEFORE.  THIS IS NOT A PICK-UP FOR YOU.  YOU BARELY HELD ON TO A SEAT YOU ALEADY HAD.  END TRANSMISSION.

"Barely"?  Well, we were supposed to be losing by a small margin until recently.  Instead our candidate broke 50%.

Also, honestly, it's not about holding onto the seat.  Let's look at it this way:  if a Republican held the governorship, and he was retiring, his Lt. Governor runs, and is in a dead heat against a Democratic opponent.  Do you consider it an acheivement if the Republican Lt. Governor wins, or would you just scoff at it like you're doing for Kaine?  It's not about which party holds onto the seat, it's about which candidate wins, regardless of who held office before.

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Proposition H, which requires city residents who already own guns to turn them in to police by April 1, was winning 58 percent to 42 percent with 98 percent of precincts counted.

The measure also makes it illegal to buy, sell, distribute and manufacture firearms and ammunition in the city.

Disgusting.

Although it is interesting that the most liberal city in America passed this with only 58%.