Democrats stoop to new low

[blue1]

Isn't everyone missing the point here?  All this talk of the Democrats messing with the democratic process when it seems to me that it's the Republicans who are attempting to usurp democratic process by redrawing all the district boundaries in such a way as to ensure a continuing and bigger Republican majority?

Or have I missed something. Is this not the biggest anti-democratic and anti Democratic party issue.

One party trying to rig the election process in it's favour and simulaneously disenfranshise a major part of the electorate?
They call that process Gerry Mandering don't they after the Northern Irish politician who redrew election boundaries to ensure his party always won the election by a landslide.

In effect a coup!

[ra]

Isn't everyone missing the point here? All this talk of the Democrats messing with the democratic process when it seems to me that it's the Republicans who are attempting to usurp democratic process by redrawing all the district boundaries in such a way as to ensure a continuing and bigger Republican majority?

Gerrymandering is the privelige of the majority party, it's completely legal.  The Democrats did it for 100 years in Texas, now it's the Republicans turn.  That's why the Dems amscrayed.

ra

[Udie]

wrong, to a certain degree.  Dems controlled it for 130 years or so.  They gerrymandered this state bigtime.  You should see the way the lines are drawn now.

 That's beside the point anyway.  The republicans are going about it exactly as they should and by the constitution. When it passes into law it still need judicial review here in Tx.  The dems are all partying in Ok at a Holiday Inn and Denny's.  They are NOT fufilling thier constitutional duties....

 Please God PLEASE let us find out they did this on state money and not their own nickel......

[blue1]

Ok that makes sense, assuming the Republicans re-draw the boundaries to reflect the actual division of voters in TX. Rather than the way they wish it so.

Can we rely on them to be fair?