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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:57 AM Original message |
Are There Voter Registration Booths At Any Of The OWS Protests? |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Great point / idea. I've not seen any mention, one way or the other. |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. We're past that point |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. so nobody's voting in the next election? - Congrats Repugs |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. both parties in complicit in corporate corruption..nt |
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Cannikin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. And the answer to that is not to vote? What am I missing? |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. the answer to that is to not vote for someone who does not represent your ideals just because they |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. The answer is to not let the R's win |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. agreed..but i cant vote against my personal principle..not knowingly..nt |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. . |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. more dems voted for the nostrings bailouts than republicans |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. and what are you? |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. a democrat, but not a partisan one |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. so - history tells us... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Unfortunately, many Dems are now part of the problem. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. but that's not what we are faced with in the upcoming election |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. that is one of the reasons people are in the streets..nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, that's what the Rethugs want us to think. |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. we arent too busy having demonstration |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. How is anything going to change then? |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. It's going to change by what's going on @ OWS and elsewhere |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Have you told any Republicans to stop voting? |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Did I say that? |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. hopefully the demonstrators make enough of a nuisence the politicians listen |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Incorrect. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Is the President Tweedle-Dee or Tweedle-Dumb in your story?...nt |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. "in your story" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 06:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
72. Nothing, eh? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. NonSense. Just see my sig line. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. No "we're" not. You speak for nobody but yourself and it's |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Disagree ... we need more people to VOTE ... that is part of the problem. |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. how do you explain the poor performance dems gave us from 2006 |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Where did I say sign them up as DEMs???? |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. Think about it. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. Voter Registration is terrific, just not at this venue... |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. If you can find a better one?... |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. We want these people voting, ESPECIALLY if they are not registered. |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. but only for noncorrupt dems |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Again ... I did not indicate any party. They should register however they want. |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. who said anything about the republicans. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. enjoy your stay. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
13. Since different states are changing Voter Participation Laws, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. If voting ever changed anything it would be illegal. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Voting gave us Republican Rule for the last 30 years the |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. NOT voting has given us republican rule... |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. voting for a democrat in 2008 gave us republican light..nt |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. You realize that even when Democrats have had both houses or even the Presidency |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, I've seen one or two registration tables at Occupy Los Angeles. One |
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zacherystaylor (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sounds good if they don't outlaw it |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
26. Heheh ..yea like voting will magically change who really controls this country. |
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leftyohiolib (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. cant let the re-publi-tards pick the next supreme court justice |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. You just don't get it..... |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I do get it... |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Yes. Voter apathy is not a solution |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. not everyone is concerned with electing any and all democrats |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
73. I never suggested who they vote for - but history tells us... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. In 2008, the American People gave the Democratic party: |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. and then there's McCain/Palin |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. bogeymen given obamas neocon and neoliberal policies. |
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a simple pattern (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. Yeah they'd probably let a foreign country install |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. they might give a nostrings bailout to wallstreet and keep the war going |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:28 AM Response to Reply #54 |
71. they might have lowered the taxes on the rich even more and bombed Iran |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. I think it would be a good idea |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
51. terrible idea. you would be rightly viewed as opportunists and users |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
57. We don't need no stinking Registration Booth |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
58. I doubt that would be welcomed at this point |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. . |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Registering people to vote is NOT partisan. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. the implication would be understood that way |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
60. There are three reasons that would not be acceptable. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. how about Elizabeth Warren ? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. You can't end up with just her - it's a package deal. n/t |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
65. We had no official "booth" at ours, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
70. That would be utterly catastrophic for the movement! |
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