# Elections have consequences

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-have-consequences/955333>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-have-consequences/955333 "2021-12-02T03:51:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-have-consequences/955333/101 "2021-12-09T10:52:56Z")

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It’s nice to see Sam spouting incoherent right-wing propaganda about his own country for a change.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-have-consequences/955333/103 "2021-12-09T17:05:15Z")

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Headline, 2034: Trudeau beats Sir John A. Macdonald’s record for time in office as Prime Minister

Sam: “Argle Bargle, Trudeau has no experience!”

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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-have-consequences/955333/104 "2021-12-09T21:24:41Z")

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Yeah, concerning:

> **[Perdue Claims He Wouldn’t Have Certified Georgia Election Results If He Had...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/12/08/perdue-claims-he-wouldnt-have-certified-georgia-election-results-if-he-was-governor-in-2020/?sh=1544c3895c60)**
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> Gov. Kemp said the certification was required by state law.

Great - now he’s gonna primary Kemp.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-have-consequences/955333/105 "2021-12-09T23:41:47Z")

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“Vote for me and I will break state laws like a motherfuck!”

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-have-consequences/955333/106 "2021-12-10T15:45:28Z")

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“ ‘Required by state law’? 🤔 but what if we didn’t?”

> **[But What If We Didn’t](https://whatever.scalzi.com/2021/01/07/but-what-if-we-didnt/?amp)**
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> I have a theory about the Republican Party, and it is that around the time Newt Gingrich became the head of its brain trust, the GOP added a fourth functioning principle to its previous tripod of &…

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