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3. As for the electoral woes in your district, can you spell "jerrymander" lol?
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In the case that could send Tom Delay to prison, he's accused of illegally using corporate funds to send sucrrilous direct mailings attacking Dems in the Texas Legislature, He wiped out enough to re-jerrymander the state and create 5 new Republican seats, and eliminate Marttin Frost.
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At the same time, Texan Democrats refused to leave their creaky old party houses in spite of numerous storm warnings, and seemed surprised when they lost not just the governorship, but the state House and Senate too, while the Wicked Wizard of the West, Tom DeLay, worked his dark magic to jerrymander the entire state to Republican hell.
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The only reasons that the repugs have a majority in the House is because Tom Delay engineered his jerrymander of Texas Congressional Districts.
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They are just hoping for tax breaks for the rich, a supreme court that will decide their battles and the power to jerrymander their way to future gains.
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alexz commented on the word jerrymander
see gerrymander
January 5, 2013