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watoos

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55. I agree with your opinion.
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 03:12 PM
Apr 2019

The US used to be the gold standard for fair elections. We used to head delegations to banana Republics to oversee their elections. Want to know one of the tools we used to insure fair elections? Exit polling. Exit polling was a reliable indication of fair elections. Isn't it odd that since we went to voting machines all of a sudden exit polling isn't reliable any more? I wonder why?

Our voting is a joke. We vote into machines that are never independently audited because the owner of the machines claims proprietary rights for his software. The owner doesn't want someone to steal his program about how 1+1=3, or after 4 D votes 1 vote gets flipped to an R vote. Math is complicated, we can't have someone stealing that addition/subtraction software.

I remember going out and winning an election in 2008.... brooklynite Apr 2019 #1
We won largely because of massive crimes and failrues by the Bush admin. Yavin4 Apr 2019 #3
Was a great day. sandensea Apr 2019 #24
We lost almost 1,000 over the course of ten years for a number of reasons, not just one or two.... George II Apr 2019 #36
And that addresses the point....how, exactly? shanny Apr 2019 #6
That was the enigma of the Obama administration - losing 900 other seats nationally. LisaM Apr 2019 #33
They DID give him the support, initially. shanny Apr 2019 #60
He had some coattails in his first election, but that was gone by midterms. LisaM Apr 2019 #69
I have plenty of ideas why so many stayed home shanny Apr 2019 #75
what happened is democrats and left continued to ignore 1500 radio stations certainot Apr 2019 #82
russian trolling? shanny Apr 2019 #96
russians have been using talk radio since at least 2008 and why wouldn't they be using social media certainot Apr 2019 #102
By 10 million votes BeyondGeography Apr 2019 #12
Obama was a charismatic candidate, watoos Apr 2019 #13
So they smack us in the face with a 2x4 every time they gain power and every few years Guy Whitey Corngood Apr 2019 #17
What's your end game? SMC22307 Apr 2019 #18
The End Game Will be the End of Capitalism Farmer-Rick Apr 2019 #25
Venezuela also seeing decline, USSR disappeared-they were not Capitalists delisen Apr 2019 #42
Economic systems are political systems Farmer-Rick Apr 2019 #70
It's Time to Stand Up NOW!!!! McKim Apr 2019 #79
We won in 2000 and 2016, too. camelfan Apr 2019 #41
Unfortunately, the rules of the game were known beforehand Lucky Luciano Apr 2019 #72
You forgot some more... Moostache Apr 2019 #2
I know. I could've added voter suppression. n/t Yavin4 Apr 2019 #4
Global warming...how high do these summer temps have to go? Chin music Apr 2019 #29
Failure to hold them accountable ... Martin Eden Apr 2019 #5
"more of the same"? Their crimes are getting worse. Yavin4 Apr 2019 #8
OK then, more terrible crimes Martin Eden Apr 2019 #11
Yup, mitch96 Apr 2019 #58
You know SHRED Apr 2019 #7
you want to do something qazplm135 Apr 2019 #9
People did vote in Florida, watoos Apr 2019 #15
not enough qazplm135 Apr 2019 #27
Who here doesnt vote? Chin music Apr 2019 #30
I agree with your opinion. watoos Apr 2019 #55
heh heh. yes. Chin music Apr 2019 #64
Jimmy Carter's Standards McKim Apr 2019 #80
Happily Jill Stein seems to finally be out of the picture. maddiemom Apr 2019 #63
I doubt you will find a single person here who doesn't vote in every single election. Autumn Apr 2019 #92
Mb people got too comfy-cozy with/took for granted us getting Obama. sprinkleeninow Apr 2019 #95
I think people just took for granted that a piece of shit like Trump could never win. nt Autumn Apr 2019 #97
That also. sprinkleeninow Apr 2019 #100
Also, it's hard to do when your vote is suppressed Yavin4 Apr 2019 #112
And yet Bush Jr yucks it up at all the functions involving past Presidents. What me worry? jalan48 Apr 2019 #10
He's letting his 'hippie liberal side' out now that he's retired...and he loves every minute of it. Chin music Apr 2019 #73
They stole the 2016 election by conspiring with Russia Mr. Ected Apr 2019 #14
Paper ballots and watch what happens. watoos Apr 2019 #16
Not going to happen Mr. Ected Apr 2019 #62
+1 Chin music Apr 2019 #32
+ 2 red dog 1 Apr 2019 #77
But accountability is hard and voters might not like us if we punish people for committing crimes!!! Maven Apr 2019 #19
Sounds like a tremendously stupid short-sighted strategy. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #28
K & R SunSeeker Apr 2019 #20
Gore may have hurt the 1% of both parties..Can't allow that to happen. LiberalArkie Apr 2019 #21
What you wrote just scared me good. sprinkleeninow Apr 2019 #99
When they go low...etc. NRaleighLiberal Apr 2019 #22
We go, "Hi!" Ligyron Apr 2019 #116
it's certainly an admirable aspiration, but only if both sides play by the same rules NRaleighLiberal Apr 2019 #117
Plus the Kennedy assassinations, Iran-Cocaine-Contra, and much more sandensea Apr 2019 #23
Poppy Bush was involved watoos Apr 2019 #31
And no doubt some of what went on during the Dubya regime itself sandensea Apr 2019 #45
+1 Chin music Apr 2019 #34
Thanks! sandensea Apr 2019 #46
Brilliantly spot on. You made me think how this Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2019 #26
Valerie Plame...that was shocking. Chin music Apr 2019 #35
I live among Trumpers in central Pa. watoos Apr 2019 #39
Thank you! Catch2.2 Apr 2019 #37
Thankfully, the Dem-controlled House committees are not doing nothing. CaptainTruth Apr 2019 #38
What could we do about Gore? wasupaloopa Apr 2019 #40
This Yavin4 Apr 2019 #52
Stand up. Chin music Apr 2019 #76
One of the most important and heartbreaking Boomerproud Apr 2019 #86
You and I could not do anything but watch as wasupaloopa Apr 2019 #90
K and R Ferrets are Cool Apr 2019 #43
Bullshit. ismnotwasm Apr 2019 #44
+++ agree. iluvtennis Apr 2019 #47
it's not the next Republican President.. stillcool Apr 2019 #48
I'm so glad to see this thread gsbbrockton Apr 2019 #49
Welcome to Democratic Underground! femmedem Apr 2019 #61
welcome to DU gopiscrap Apr 2019 #114
When a majority of the American voting populace don't really care much about anything other than NoMoreRepugs Apr 2019 #50
the same ppl involved, going even further back to watergate, are involved now. They're not Kurt V. Apr 2019 #51
What I am most concerned about is The Liberal Lion Apr 2019 #53
What is needed is "denazification". Just like after WWII. And for the same reason. Too many nazis. Amyishere Apr 2019 #104
Just like she sent Mnunchin to jail ProfessorPlum Apr 2019 #109
Point taken The Liberal Lion Apr 2019 #115
You left out: After Raygun* started his own private war in Central America, funded... Raster Apr 2019 #54
The motto of the Democratic Party should NOT be: Fiendish Thingy Apr 2019 #56
That powder is soaking wet and has made glue or biscuit gravy by now Rambling Man Apr 2019 #65
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2019 #108
All good examples but sometimes there is nothing that can be done...people don't like to consider Demsrule86 Apr 2019 #57
Yes seta1950 Apr 2019 #59
K&R geardaddy Apr 2019 #66
And is it any wonder that Dem voters are disheartened to vote? pdsimdars Apr 2019 #67
Or that an independent senator from an obscure state is in the lead of candidates for the Yavin4 Apr 2019 #68
political answer to atrocities is not an excuse from the rule of law AlexSFCA Apr 2019 #71
Not precisely, we fought back and organized within a democratic framework JCMach1 Apr 2019 #74
K&R red dog 1 Apr 2019 #78
It goes back a lot further. Mr.Bill Apr 2019 #81
K&R UTUSN Apr 2019 #83
Yep. warmfeet Apr 2019 #84
+1000 Power 2 the People Apr 2019 #85
The media was complicit in Bush vs. Gore kskiska Apr 2019 #87
What nothing? Didn't it go all the way to the Supreme Court? treestar Apr 2019 #88
Don't get me wrong - Trump is dangerous but... jimlup Apr 2019 #89
To be fair, Gore is the one who shut that down. Honeycombe8 Apr 2019 #91
Gore really had no choice. BlueMTexpat Apr 2019 #107
Maybe You Did Nothing proud patriot Apr 2019 #93
Actually we did "Occupy" zentrum Apr 2019 #94
Al Gore still stings and resonates MasonDreams Apr 2019 #98
It still stings me too The Genealogist Apr 2019 #101
That was when I became compulsively PatSeg Apr 2019 #110
Exactly gopiscrap Apr 2019 #103
THIS. Mike Niendorff Apr 2019 #105
It is not right to say that "we" BlueMTexpat Apr 2019 #106
We did almost nothing about Nixon, too. McCamy Taylor Apr 2019 #111
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2019 #113
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