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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts) Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:42 AM Jun 2017

Why is it that the GOP always uses dirty cheating methods in an election? No ground

is too low for them. Power matters more than the well being of the people of the United States of America. It is time for McConnell, Hatch, McCain, Grassley, Graham and few more to retire, sip on their mint juleps and watch the cricket players from their posh homes facing the playing fields. America would be so much the better for it.

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Why is it that the GOP always uses dirty cheating methods in an election? No ground (Original Post) mfcorey1 Jun 2017 OP

Because no educated peron in his right mind would ever vote for them. Warpy Jun 2017 #1

Simple. They can't "win" any other way. brush Jun 2017 #2

The country has been convinced that "both sides" do this or that, do something. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #3

GOP is much better with tactics and strategy and they have people like the Koch bros beachbum bob Jun 2017 #4

That's how they win. THey stole 2000, 2004 and 2016. They might not have been able to pull off Amaryllis Jun 2017 #5

Warpy

(111,245 posts)

1. Because no educated peron in his right mind would ever vote for them.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:48 AM

Jun 2017

So they attack education and make sure only the lunatics get to vote in red states.

brush

(53,764 posts)

2. Simple. They can't "win" any other way.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:49 AM

Jun 2017

They've haven't won legitimately since Daddy Bush in '88.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)

3. The country has been convinced that "both sides" do this or that, do something.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:56 AM

Jun 2017

They dont, havent since Reagan or especially since Newt Gingrich took out his contract ON America.

One side works to destroy the environment and the working class while gutting civil rights, the other side does the opposite.

Period.

As long as half this country or more, including many alleged progressives, believe that the system is rotten, and continue to not vote or vote 3rd party, we cant and wont fix it.

Might be too late anyway, Putin didnt do all this just to get sanctions off, you know.

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

4. GOP is much better with tactics and strategy and they have people like the Koch bros

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:58 AM

Jun 2017

bankrolling winning state and local elections. Democrats tend to sit back and watch all this happen and then do endless complaining. If you want to take back america, you do it locally and actively.

GOP twists the rules and game the system, but then, so can we. You don't bring a latte to a knife fight and think you aren;t gonna bleed some

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)

5. That's how they win. THey stole 2000, 2004 and 2016. They might not have been able to pull off

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 12:35 PM

Jun 2017

2016 without Russian help since Hillary was so far ahead in the polls. But they had plenty of dirty tricks of their own. Just google Interstate Crosscheck or Kris Kobach.

I think that's why they are so unresponsive to constituents. They know they have elections in the bag. Doubly so with the RUssia factor. Warner said at the beginning of the Comey hearing that it's critical to find out how RUssia did it and stop it because they are still doing it and will continue to do it until it is stopped.

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