Post B8Fqrt9U3UAFjESbke by fluttersh@pony.social
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 (DIR) Post #B8FmmQZKV2GDoagqkS by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       damn they really are giving mitch the terry schaivo treatment, aren't they
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Fmu2EOrzyOeMWnei by xinit@mastodon.coffee
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       @ariadneOh, I'd forgotten about Scaivo. Yeah, that's where we are.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Fn664gPGeI2pjbMG by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       i mean, i do not really care about that part, but it is clear that he has been incapacitated for like a month now, so shouldn't we be moving to replace him on those grounds?
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FnSQEo7X60x17EHo by crowbriarhexe@tech.lgbt
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       @ariadne Republicans are going to Weekend At Bernie’s him until it’s too late in the calendar for him to be replaced by election
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FnSQQrOijlYOkr4a by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @crowbriarhexe i think kentucky's gov is a democrat, so that seems like a bad strategy if true
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FnibHIqC3bpCzsvY by crowbriarhexe@tech.lgbt
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       @ariadne captain america I understood that reference dot gif
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FnibXxqFNuesnBtg by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @crowbriarhexe terry schaivo was a person who was similarly incapacitated, who became a subject in case law about feeding tubesthe family sued to keep the feeding tube in for 9 years even though her husband & medical team said she was braindead
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FpVAIO392sHfE2pU by crowbriarhexe@tech.lgbt
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       @ariadne yes, I know, I was around and despising W and the GOP at the time, hence my reply. You forgot to mention the forced pregnancy brought to term by a corpse.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FpVAVVGNXMwLMWH2 by crowbriarhexe@tech.lgbt
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       @ariadne wait, no, I’m mixing up my GOP atrocities, Schiavo wasn’t pregnant.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FpVAfQfTTdR80RkG by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @crowbriarhexe i was going to say, i did not recall that :)
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FpVEA1gAjaGtLQLw by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @crowbriarhexe also, i just thought you did not understand the reference
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FpWi0ID1c57LUwxE by crowbriarhexe@tech.lgbt
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       @ariadne it’s not the governor’s choice though
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FpWiIN7o4i1PxO8O by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @crowbriarhexe oh, that's weird, in oklahoma the governor chooses.  it hasn't come up in washington since i've moved here.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FqIoX1F3dxGNkByC by crowbriarhexe@tech.lgbt
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       @ariadne yeah here in WA there’s more likelihood of something sort of democratic happening in that situation. Probably? I hope? 😭😅
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FqKjSt3C2u81j4YC by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @crowbriarhexe like i said, as far as i know it hasn't come up yet
       
 (DIR) Post #B8FqLRvnj3Jo2RamjA by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @crowbriarhexe oh, they include it in the yearly general election and an acting nominee acts in the meantime
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Fqrt9U3UAFjESbke by fluttersh@pony.social
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       @ariadne who is terry schaivo?
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Fqx6UvrYF4ZHynWi by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @fluttersh explained downthread: https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/116905972919798289