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Maybe because it's 2016. lonestarnot Dec 2016 #1
huh?? triron Dec 2016 #3
Agree. Why the hell not? triron Dec 2016 #2
Because we're too busy talking about how poor a candidate Clinton was. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #4
it was pretty clear to me! triron Dec 2016 #5
And beating up on Democrats in general PatSeg Dec 2016 #13
What many don't seem to understand or acknowledge is that it isn't a binary choice. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #16
"And hindsight is 20/20" PatSeg Dec 2016 #19
+1, and plenty of post here with the "bright shiny object" text around it too uponit7771 Dec 2016 #15
Exactly! I am tired of hearing the same rw media talking points regurgitated here on DU AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #67
Don't know why? shadowmayor Dec 2016 #6
Thank you. You've saved me the trouble of pointing this out. We pleaded for Nay Dec 2016 #79
Palast lost my confidence when he falsely claimed that pnwmom Dec 2016 #7
One still shouldn't disregard Kris Kobach and the Interstate Cross Check voter purge program. think Dec 2016 #28
I don't. i agree that cross-check and every other form of voter suppression pnwmom Dec 2016 #53
Or voter apathy Retrograde Dec 2016 #69
Yes, I agree completely, I have no idea why he spread that disinfo Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #51
Great question! True_Blue Dec 2016 #8
2.6 million votes.. maybe if we all relocate from coasts to swing states.. lostnfound Dec 2016 #12
Because Palast has a tendency to over hype some stories and progressoid Dec 2016 #9
I always thought he was a jazz musician. Ellipsis Dec 2016 #47
Because Russia hasn't told our press to cover it, so they won't. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #10
my guess would be, because this is all "legal" voter suppression anarch Dec 2016 #11
how do Democrats do the same if they ever regain power? NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #30
Strict voter ID would hurt rural whites to an extent (at least below a certain income) forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #75
It might hurt some of them NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #80
Newsflash: What you describe of repug operations is cheating. I don't care if they legalized it. brush Dec 2016 #42
well, I mean, in poker is it cheating to stack a deck of cards in your favor? anarch Dec 2016 #49
We're on the same page. Repug cheating has to be stopped so the candidate with nearly 3 million . . brush Dec 2016 #50
Yes, I expect every Republican controlled state NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #81
Yes, but as long as it's legal there is nothing we can do about it unless totodeinhere Dec 2016 #74
More fricking conspiricy theories backed by not a shred of proof CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #14
Voter purges aren't a conspiracy theory TwilightZone Dec 2016 #17
BS!!! There are many people on the voting roles who have died or moved CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #22
You don't think that voter suppression is intended to disproportionately disenfranchise Democrats? TwilightZone Dec 2016 #23
Of course there is voter suppression CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #55
Guess you've never phone banked for a candidate brush Dec 2016 #45
That's because the Democratic Party carefully constructs those lists CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #54
So you agree that there not many deceased and moved voters on the rolls? brush Dec 2016 #57
No, I don't believe there are not many deceased and moved voters on the rolls CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #59
So they're on the repug party rolls since they're not on Dem rolls? brush Dec 2016 #61
deceased and moved voters on the rolls is something different than telephone numbers called putitinD Dec 2016 #77
I think this crosscheck program contributed to Hillary losing - womanofthehills Dec 2016 #56
The problem with "voter poll purge" concern is that we should have then seen a rash jonno99 Dec 2016 #27
Palast addresses this point -- cloudythescribbler Dec 2016 #84
+1, and this rarely happening in non voter suppression states or areas uponit7771 Dec 2016 #85
Thank you underpants Dec 2016 #32
A program called Interstate Cross Check & Kris Kobach are at the heart of GOP voter suppression think Dec 2016 #18
BS!!! CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #24
"Florida quits controversial voter purge program" think Dec 2016 #29
Again, show me EVIDENCE of massive voter fraud CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #34
Voter fraud? This is not about voter fraud. This is about purging voters who should be allowed to think Dec 2016 #39
You seem to make a distinction between voter fraud and election fraud CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #41
Obama says Republicans tried to 'purge' black Democrats from voter rolls in North Carolina think Dec 2016 #43
Agan, no damn proof! CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #48
"Barbara Lifton to DOJ: Audit election results nationwide" think Dec 2016 #46
I'm afraid you are clueless CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #52
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-Ithaca made the statement. Are you saying her figures are wrong? think Dec 2016 #58
Who give a rip what Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-Ithaca wrote CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #60
Greg Palast actually was given the Virginia crosscheck list my mistake womanofthehills Dec 2016 #63
Then they weren't using the list correctly and then should have be prosecuted CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #64
YOU need to stop attacking this person who you know very well is trying to frame purging ancianita Dec 2016 #66
Okay, let me explain this CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #68
History shows that much inaccessible and unaccountable info is shut down as conspiracy theory. That ancianita Dec 2016 #70
History shows little evidence that past conspiricy theories are factual CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #71
You're talking all around my point.The fact that people voice any support for any evidence gathering ancianita Dec 2016 #72
That is where you are wrong friend CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #73
I hear you. Points taken. Thanks for your further explanations. I stand firm on the claim that ancianita Dec 2016 #76
Thank you for your time as well CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #82
Absolutely. ancianita Dec 2016 #83
I see what you did there, you changed the subject... good try... voter suppression is the point not uponit7771 Dec 2016 #86
Folks like splashy things. Need to bring media attention and more web interaction MaeScott Dec 2016 #20
They always steal, and not a lot changes. Orsino Dec 2016 #21
Really?!?!?! CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #25
Heh. n/t Orsino Dec 2016 #26
Let me complimant you on a very intellegent post CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #36
Oh, you were serious? Orsino Dec 2016 #38
Ah, I misunderstood your one word response CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #40
There was massive vote suppression. This is no secret. brush Dec 2016 #44
Palast was not pure enough for some and was thrown under the bus. Rex Dec 2016 #31
This is a problem. Those who won't trust Palast should at least Google "Kris Kobach" & "Cross Check" think Dec 2016 #33
Yea, and then note the supposed voter fraud .... CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #35
Because it's not a compelling case mythology Dec 2016 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #62
Because we are sick and tired of conspiricy theories CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #65
The effects of voter suppression is a CT? Really? So the VRA was just a waste of time hunh? smdh uponit7771 Dec 2016 #87
The story is... Mike Nelson Dec 2016 #78
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