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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 05:39 PM
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3. Tell people. I'm still amazed at how few people know anything about this.
Just a couple nights ago I gave a short synopsis of the fraud to my sister-in-law (law professor) and her boyfriend (non-profit administrator) and they sat transfixed while I ran through the highlights that came so readily to mind.

And at a party on New Year's Day, friends would say, "What's new and exciting?" and I'd say "Massive election fraud."

I quickly realized that rather than being in the position of getting people to accept massive fraud, it's MUCH easier to start with "Do you really think * got more votes?" The usual response is, "Well, gosh, I don't really know. It DOES seem a little strange."

From there, on to talking about exit polls, how undecideds break for the challenger, how a president NEVER gets re-elected with an approval rating below 50%, how energized and unified the Democratic Party was, etc.

And finally, how would you know WHO won? Proprietary software, Republican voting machine makers, technicians fiddling with the machines to make sure the counts match.

I think we have to be the media.

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