Muddyshutter

Liberty over politics
It's us vs them, not red vs blue
Maine is my home
Veteran, U.S. Army

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@MarvelStudios There are 10 kinds of people in this world.
Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

[Reagan Paul @RepReaganPaul]

🚨 GET OUT AND VOTE TODAY. The direction of Maine will be decided by the people who show up. Be one of them.

Think your vote won’t make a difference? Last election, Maine Republicans came within 60 votes of taking control of the House.

Sixty votes. And legislative seats decide far more than who writes our laws.

Maine’s Attorney General, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer are elected by the House and Senate voting together. To choose different leadership, we need the majorities in both rooms. That starts with YOUR vote today.

We need:
🇺🇸 An Attorney General who DEFENDS your Second Amendment rights—instead of Aaron Frey joining the fight to uphold AR-15 bans.

🗳️ A Secretary of State who upholds fair elections—instead of trying to disqualify political opponents from the ballot.

💵 A Treasurer who safeguards taxpayers’ money and takes Maine’s debt seriously.

The Legislature also elects our State Auditor. We need a watchdog who follows the money, exposes fraud, and demands accountability for every dollar.

These offices should answer to the people. Changing who fills them starts with changing who elects them.

If you stay home, someone else gets to make those choices for you.

Your family, your freedoms, and Maine’s future deserve more than your frustration. They deserve your vote.

Show up. Bring someone with you. Let’s elect a Republican majority and give Maine the leadership it deserves. 🇺🇸

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@CoachSwit But we give addicts clean needles.
I'm pretty sure that's not for legal drugs.
"It's ok, we're watching them".

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@RyanWeather Some of the impossible weather events headed our way this winter because of this:

Some of us will experience snow, followed by cold.
It will be warm on some days, followed by cold.
Some may find it to be cold, then very cold at night.
Others may have rain, then cold.

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

Bruce got the most votes and didn't win.

YOU are the one saying everyone understands this yet you don't understand it yourself.

Without RCV (as was the law before RCV), the winner was determined in Maine by a simple plurality, in this case, Bruce.

I'm not contesting the results, but they are only possible under the convoluted rules of RCV.

The real problem of RCV is that it strips the voter of the ability to make their most informed choice. I have to either know the results of the runoff election beforehand and cast my votes accordingly, or decide beforehand who I'm going to vote for 'no matter what'.

If Hoar had won the plurality and there was a runoff, I would have reconsidered my vote for Golden. I would have taken a harder look and wondered why they got so many votes.

Let's say Golden got less than 1% on the first round. In a traditional runoff vote, no one would vote for him again, but RCV forces you to do just that without knowing the results of the first round.

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@SteveCollinsSJ 2018 General Election

Bruce Poliquin (R): 134,184 votes (46.3%)
Jared Golden (D): 132,013 votes (45.6%)
Tiffany Bond (Ind.): 16,552 votes (5.7%)
Will Hoar (Ind.): 6,875 votes (2.4%)

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@SteveCollinsSJ Why isn't the chart presented like this?

[Reagan Paul @RepReaganPaul]

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

Maine has the third highest electricity costs in the entire country. They have skyrocketed because of the policies of the Maine Democrats. Period.

Decline is a choice. We can choose a new path on November 3rd. Vote like your energy bills depend on it, because they do.

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

Erecto Constructo!

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@MaryTilesTexas How about Mary Tiler Moore...

[Reagan Paul @RepReaganPaul]

Unaffordable energy costs.

32 new taxes.

Plummeting education scores.

Skyrocketing property taxes.

The list goes on.

Go vote November 3rd.

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@Grizzly660xp Going to LaVerdiere's and Mr. Paperback...

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@starmexxx What are you using for antivirus?

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@TRHLofficial Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe.

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@MittRomney Zelenskyy being elevated to Churchill is possibly the best example one could give to explain your political prowess.

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@onorma_ Tuco

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@BostonMassUSA I you move to Maine, you'll always be 'from away'. Don't try to fit in or change it. Assimilate. The best thing you can do is leave people alone.
Be helpful to your neighbors, just use the least amount of words possible, you will be accepted eventually.

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

For your drive in this morning, did you:

Build and assemble your engine from scratch?
Extract and refine the fuel needed?
Engineer and construct the roads traveled on?

If you didn't, you can see the advantage of using the leverage multiplier afforded by using existing technology to accomplish your goals.

[Muddyshutter @muddyshutter]

@elonmusk Ads for flying cars that may or may not actually fly?