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Ford_Prefect

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27. Yes I know they have no proof. They are appealing to the True Believers in Trump's Death Cult GOP.
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 04:26 PM
Nov 2020

The GOP voters only need to hear that it is so from those who feed them the lies as Gospel. They have no capacity to accept facts that don't agree with their Dogma. That is how a cult works.
The point of the exercise is not to establish Trump as the actual winner by the process. It is to establish in the minds of the GOP voters that they were robbed and that the new president and government are lies designed to cheat them of whatever they imagine to be their right and due. They've been programmed for decades to see this as the only outcome if Democrats win. They don't see how their local or state resources are provided by that government. They completely misunderstand how Social Security, National Parks, or other federal programs work and have no idea how such institutions came to exist.

On that foundation the GOP leadership can expect to drive their voters to support any cause or policy, or resist the same. It will be an un-civil war for the next 2 and 4 year election cycle and probably beyond. That is why the GOP at any level has refused to accept the election results. That is why this Kabuki Theater continues.

When the entire GOP senate refused to accept testimony or evidence during the Impeachment it said it all. The House GOP did the same and I don't want to hear they are afraid of their voters. It isn't true to the degree we have been told. What they all see is a path to dominate government. The incredible greed behind this is stunning when you see it face to face, as I see it repeated among our county commissioners every week. The public are inconvenient to their version of progress and so are treated as small children who shouldn't question adults.

They know damed well that it's illegal. An audit can only happen after the vote is certified catbyte Nov 2020 #1
Yes, in fact I neglected to include a tweet stating just that. Another idiotic move by republicans. George II Nov 2020 #4
Mahalo for the tweet from Jocelyn Benson! Cha Nov 2020 #37
Jocelyn Benson don't play around... cheezmaka Nov 2020 #43
Aloha cheezmaka.. look at you Cha Nov 2020 #44
Aloha Cha! cheezmaka Nov 2020 #45
Now does everyone see why they try so hard to suppress voting? underpants Nov 2020 #2
Strip away voter suppression & dirty tricks to see that USA is basically liberal & progressive. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2020 #3
No doubt. underpants Nov 2020 #7
After Covid is controlled, mail-in ballots will never come back Polybius Nov 2020 #11
They're like the Borg in Star Trek NCDem47 Nov 2020 #13
Colorado has had them for 10 years. efhmc Nov 2020 #17
I disagree Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #30
I agree with your disagreement underpants Nov 2020 #34
+ agree underpants. nt iluvtennis Nov 2020 #35
Truth orangecrush Nov 2020 #40
Republicans can only win by lying, cheating, and stealing. dalton99a Nov 2020 #5
Is this ANOTHER way to get it to the SC? bluestarone Nov 2020 #6
I thought the same thing. NCDem47 Nov 2020 #8
I've been thinking the same thing. mindem Nov 2020 #10
What if it is? SCOTUS isn't going to rule on this...Neil Katyal President Obama's solicitor gen Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #18
Bush v. Gore? ret5hd Nov 2020 #36
I doubt it. We'll see. Happy Hoosier Nov 2020 #28
Fed up with this shit . . Iliyah Nov 2020 #9
Feel the same here. Depressing for sure. BUT that's their game plan. bluestarone Nov 2020 #12
Yea...... yea..... *nods w/tired and disgusted sigh Afromania Nov 2020 #14
Need to read this too. DownriverDem Nov 2020 #15
IMO They are laying the groundwork to declare they are the victims of a stolen election. Ford_Prefect Nov 2020 #16
Where's their proof?? Come on.. Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #20
Yes I know they have no proof. They are appealing to the True Believers in Trump's Death Cult GOP. Ford_Prefect Nov 2020 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Nov 2020 #39
Yes It would. But it goes much better to have a Sacrificial Martyr for the crowd to identify with. Ford_Prefect Nov 2020 #42
Election law experts tell Michigan Board of Canvassers to certify election KatyBR Nov 2020 #19
Thank you! lucca18 Nov 2020 #24
These idiots clearly have no shame Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 #21
Will this madness ever end? William769 Nov 2020 #22
What is the Republican end game? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2020 #23
Another "there is voter fraud but we have no evidence of it" muntrv Nov 2020 #25
And only in one 90% African American county. George II Nov 2020 #26
The whole world birdographer Nov 2020 #29
Good thing we have a crack team of lawyers to stop this. jalan48 Nov 2020 #31
SORE LOSERMAN sandensea Nov 2020 #32
Fuck that shit. BlueIdaho Nov 2020 #33
Constiracy to obstruct a lawful constitutional process, function, or procedure TryLogic Nov 2020 #38
Redundant ailsagirl Nov 2020 #41
a couple of trump-pets or maybe strump-pets usajumpedtheshark Nov 2020 #46
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