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boxman15

(1,033 posts)
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 10:32 AM Jun 2012

Nancy Pelosi hits the nail on the head

The nickel drops with a resounding thunk:

"These very same people holding in contempt are part of a nationwide scheme to suppress a vote. They are closely aligned with those who are suffocating the system, special interests, secret money, and they are poisoning the debate. They are poisoning the debate with that money. And so what does the average citizen say? They throw up their hands and they say, a pox on both your houses, and that is a victory for the special interest," Pelosi continued.

Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Why_Pelosi_Is_Correct_Today#ixzz1yX5L4DGa


Democrats need to be repeating this all over the airwaves. This false equivalency needs to stop.
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Nancy Pelosi hits the nail on the head (Original Post) boxman15 Jun 2012 OP
Democrats wouldn't have to worry about the vote count.... matmar Jun 2012 #1
There was a time when her assertions would have been headline news 1-Old-Man Jun 2012 #2
 

matmar

(593 posts)
1. Democrats wouldn't have to worry about the vote count....
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 10:35 AM
Jun 2012

.. if they had acted like FDR democrats.

The numbers of voters showing up to vote would have overwhelmed any attempt to suppress.

When you act like Republican Lite, you get what you deserve.

1-Old-Man

(2,667 posts)
2. There was a time when her assertions would have been headline news
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:15 AM
Jun 2012

I watched her make that statement on C-Span and I thought it was one of the major news events of the decade, but did you see any hint of it on any news program? Nope, not a word.

When the former Speaker of the House of Representatives says there is a conspiracy afoot that will likely have a dire effect on a Presidential election and it does not make the news something is very very seriously wrong with how we get out news.

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