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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:47 AM
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Have some of you lost your minds on here today???
Rigged elections, calling out Skinner, HRC is a known racist, women can be manipulated to vote for someone, Gloria Steinem is sexist, etc.

Jesus Christ.

A woman won last night. That woman was HRC. GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON. I wasn't jazzed about Obama taking Iowa, but I swallowed the bitter pill and moved on to NH. I'm glad it's a real race for a change.

And, this certainly isn't addressed to Obama, etal supporteres... it's addressed to their "supporters." Because people who REALLY believe in what their candidates stand for wouldn't be posting this stuff.
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:49 AM
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Well said. A lot of people are sounding like idiotic conspiracy theorists today.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:49 AM
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1. Many didn't have one to start with, and others saw that and decided it was 'cool'
:+
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:50 AM
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2. I may have to get you to Photoshop something to calm me down
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:50 AM
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3. the problem is...
that as long as our voting apparatus is insecure..no election results will be trusted. It doesn't matter who the candidate, or what election. It's not going to change, until we have verified voting.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:53 AM
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6. Wrong -- this didn't happen after Senator Obama won
And, I doubt it would have happened if he had taken the plurality last night. This isn't an "election fraud" issue for the HUGE majority claiming this last night and today.

And now I will be away from my computer for a bit.
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truckin Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:00 PM
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11. It didn't happen after Iowa because they use a caucus system
without secret voting machines.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:05 PM
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19. And you think THAT'S the only way votes can be rigged?
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truckin Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:13 PM
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40. No, but I do not know every way votes can be rigged. Perhaps you
could explain to me how to rig the Iowa caucus.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:25 PM
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49. I personally heard from someone who attended Iowa four years ago.
She said that at the caucus she attended, there was very little effort put into closing the doors and making sure that people could not move from caucus to caucus in the same school, and that furthermore, they did not issue people any kind of voting card to indicate that they were eligible to vote. She said that even though she was there as a guest and was not eligible to vote, several times people tried to count her in the caucus and she had to tell them not to.
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truckin Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:30 PM
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Thanks, I've had no experience with caucuses and have only
a basic understanding of them.

One big difference with a caucus and votes on machines is that to rig the machines you only need one person in the voting machine company. That person could insert a few lines of code and we're screwed without audits. To move people from caucus to caucus, while definitely a problem, would be much harder to do on a large scale and there is much greater chance of getting caught. The risk with the machines is far greater.
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NobleCynic Donating Member (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 06:16 PM
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92. True, but to have an impact
You'd need collusion among thousands or even tens of thousands of people. With electronic voting, you need one dishonest person to have in impact.

Not saying it's impossible to cheat a caucus. Just saying it is much more difficult.
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1corona4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 06:53 PM
Response to Reply #11
97. OH yeah.....
Edited on Wed Jan-09-08 06:54 PM by 1corona4u
that's a great system, whereby they use 'rock, paper, scissors' and flipping a COIN, to determine who people will vote for!! Where people can register AND VOTE, on the same night!! Where people may not get their FIRST choice, because that person, from 'the powers that be', can be deemed NON VIABLE on the spot.

Yeah, that's so much better. NOT.


:eyes:

I hope you realize how ignorant your inference was.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:08 PM
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27. Wrong...
every election that is decided by what has been proven to be an inaccurate, and unverifiable voting method will be questioned. As long as accuracy can not be determined, how can anyone have faith in the results? As you recall...Iowa does not 'vote'. The New Hampshire primary is the first...many more to follow. It will be interesting to see how the rest play out...
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 03:26 PM
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89. They caucus, and as I said, they can also be rigged
But, people on here didn't start shrieking that from the rooftops after SEnator Obama's win. And, they shouldn't have. If you REALLY think most of the "rigged" posts are sincere, then I have a very nice bridge to sell you. It's over in Brooklyn. It's nice and big and strong.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:29 PM
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52. If we cry "FIXED" everytime we see an election result we don't like
We're going to look more like the boy who cried wolf then people who have a seriously legitimate reason to question the electorial process.
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:52 PM
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58. Until election results...
can be verified to be accurate..every future election's results will be questionable. Move beyond Obama.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:58 PM
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61. And you're absolutely right there with that statement
Obama doesn't win and suddenly we're screaming "FIX" and "RACISM"

Personally, the voters from Iowa vary from those in New Hampshire. I saw NH as a better fit for Clinton.

That is all
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:08 PM
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63. I'm glad you have faith...
in our unverifiable, unreliable system of voting..and I hope that in all future elections whoever you, and you alone, choose to support wins. I think you should get used to defending your position.. of "FIX", and "RACISM"..or whatever other trite phrase you want to throw out....when someone questions the accuracy of election results...because if nothing is done to remedy the inaccuracies nothing will change.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:24 PM
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68. The problem is - I'm hearing "FIXED" and "RACISM" in this election
and it's starting to become trite to me.

Hillary didn't win Iowa - should I start screaming SEXISM?
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:52 PM
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79. I don't know what you 'should' scream...
but I guess you better figure out something...because every time there is an election some one is going to bring up the "Fact" that our election process is flawed, and that the results can not be accepted, because there is no way to assure accuracy. And...it's really easy to fix. But....it's also real easy to scream "FIXED", and "RACISM", and "SEXISM"...rather than fix how we count the votes.
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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:52 PM
Response to Reply #3
78. unless..
it your candidate was the victor!:banghead:
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:58 PM
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81. Correct....
No one cares how the votes are counted if their candidate wins. And if, there candidate should lose, it will be too late to question how those votes were counted. However...it would be so easy, to just provide the means to insure accuracy can be determined. But...it is even easier to scream 'sore loser' when any election results want to be confirmed.
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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 03:17 PM
Response to Reply #81
87. well put stillcool47...
and that you are!:headbang:
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Skwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:52 AM
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4. It's not only women that can be manipulated to vote for someone.
Edited on Wed Jan-09-08 11:55 AM by Skwmom
People (men and women) can be manipulated to vote for someone. How do you think we ended up with Bush?

I'd like to add: I think they are trying to manipulate the black vote (all the b.s. about the polls won't be accurate for a black candidate, Obama is not black enough, and on and on), the senior vote (all the talk of a generational shift), etc.

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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:53 AM
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k&r
Thank you.

HRC was not my first choice, but neither was Obama. And I am glad she won last night. It makes this a real election. My vote may just matter by the time the NY primary rolls around.

:hi:

~Malta Blue~
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:53 AM
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5. That Clinton hate is strong. nt
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Carni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:57 AM
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7. Boy do I agree!
I missed where people were calling out Skinner for whatever imaginary sins but man are there some sore losers today, or what?

People need to chill because this is just ugly IMO
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:58 AM
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9. Insanity
Edited on Wed Jan-09-08 11:59 AM by LostinVA
We have six good candidates (I'm including Biden). WTF does the other side have?
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:30 PM
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54. Your reply is just insultive.......
I know some sore losers out there that do NOT want to be lumped with Obama supporters today

But you are absolutely right!
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:57 AM
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8. K&R! for sanity.
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:59 AM
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10. K&R!
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:00 PM
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12. Thank you.
:popcorn::kick::thumbsup:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:05 PM
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17. Oh, I figured that when I posted it
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:01 PM
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13. There was an unprecedented gap between the polling and the final result
with a 16-point swing in the female vote overnight following a teary-eyed "humanizing moment" in a diner.

Excuse us for talking about it.

You might want to tell Terry MacAuliffe to shut up, too, while you're at it:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080109/ts_alt_afp/usvote2008women_080109144848
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:06 PM
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21. Talking is one thing, claiming is another
And, I don't think I told anyone to shut up -- YOU contact Terry.
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KaryninMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:08 PM
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28. Thank you- and by the way, the paper votes in NH produced different results then the machines
We just want someone to make sure the numbers are correct and so far this morning, what's unfolding is that there might be something odd going on worth checking out. Frankly- I don't care who won- I'm not a sore loser or a conspiracy theorist. But this warrants further investigation. Period. Something is not right and we need to know for sure, if what we saw is reflective of how the people voted. Why is that so difficult for people to understand? Machines can and have been hacked. Anyone read the NY Times cover story on Sunday? Are you people sleeping under rocks? If Hillary won- that's fine with me. If OBama won- that's fine too.

Give me a break.


http://www.legitgov.org/nh_machine_vs_paper.html

2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary Results --Total Democratic Votes: 286,139 - Machine vs Hand (RonRox.com) 09 Jan 2008
Hillary Clinton, Diebold Accuvote optical scan: 39.618%
Clinton, Hand Counted Paper Ballots: 34.908%
Barack Obama, Diebold Accuvote optical scan: 36.309%
Obama, Hand Counted Paper Ballots: 38.617%
Machine vs Hand:
Clinton: 4.709% (13,475 votes)
Obama: -2.308% (-6,604 votes)

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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:09 PM
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33. Skinner's excellent thread is being ignored
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KaryninMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:15 PM
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41. Nope- I saw it and was relieved to see the CNN exit poll numbers.
But that might not be the entire story- all we are saying is lets check this out further. Come on folks- we're talking about the credibility of our elections and about stopping a potential crime which we KNOW has happened before- from starting a pattern here. That's all. Did the votes reflect the voters? Did the votes match all of the exit polls? Did the hand counts match the machine counts (we already know the answer to this is no).
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DivorcingNeo Donating Member (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:03 PM
Response to Reply #28
62. Are you serious?
Take a look at the numbers.

Hillary only won by three percentage points. What is the problem? There is no vast conspiracy!

Maybe, just maybe 8,000 more people voted for Hillary than Obama...how does that sound?

Does that make sense?

Also, I truly believe the tears sound bite did help. Some women may have felt she was being piled on and victimized. That could have given the extra overnight bump she needed. We will probably never know.

In the end I do not think we should dwell over this, but move on to help the candidates we support do well in other States.

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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:56 PM
Response to Reply #28
80. I heard Oxi Limbaugh
this afternoon saying "This... should be Investigated!"
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1corona4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 07:01 PM
Response to Reply #28
100. Yeah, so what....
I'd bet the counting machine is right. Whwn was the last time YOU counted something over 100? How many times did you count it again?? How many times were you wrong??

Sheesh...................
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:32 PM
Response to Reply #13
56. Talking about it is one thing, but concocting...
wild-assed conspiracies to:

A-- stir shit

or

B-- Hear one's self talk

is an enormous waste of bandwidth and the time of sentient beings.

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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:55 PM
Response to Reply #13
59. Yup, just ignore the exit polling! It had some crazy numbers like
Clinotn 39, Obama 37
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 02:08 PM
Response to Reply #59
83. The conversation is what happened to move the numbers so fast
that doesn't mean you buy into the notion that the end result was a fraud. :eyes:
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SaveOurDemocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:03 PM
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14. Today? I've been wondering that for months now. n/t
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Luminous Animal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:03 PM
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15. Matt Drudge rules DU's world

Petty personality-based gossip and speculative, worthless chatter is all they know. Drudge, after all, rules their world. He's their Walter Cronkite. And they wallow exclusively in the Matt Drudge currency, what two of their most revered members -- Mark Halperin and John Harris -- described as their fixation with the "attacked-based, personality-obsessed politics" pioneered by their Ruler. Can one find more compelling proof of all of this than their juvenile, sadistic, lynch-mob savaging of Hillary Clinton over the last several days based on the pettiest and most fact-free assaults and their long-harbored desire to see her crushed?

As is so often the case, Maureen Dowd today unintentionally provides a perfect view of the core sickness of our press corps:


There's more... http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/01/09/matthews/index.html

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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:04 PM
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16. It's Obvious A Lot Of People Here Didn't Play Team Sports As Youngsters
Or even be on the debate team...

They would have learned to be gracious in victory (and) defeat...
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riqster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:17 PM
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42. If you can't trust the referee, you'll ask questions
... to use your analogy. By the way, I am a Kucinich backer but would find it a truly historic event to cast a ballot for a female or black president. IOW, the outcome of the NH primary does not concern me.

What DOES concern me is how quickly people will immediately adopt right-wing attitudes and phrases ("get over it") when their candidate wins, spewing venom and ridicule toward election integrity activists. It's shortsighted, childish, destructive and displays a blatant disregard for facts. There were posts on this topic days before the election, if you'd like to check. Not all of this concern is partisan in nature.

FACT: 82% of New Hampshire ballots are tabulated by a private concern with no governmental oversight. That concern is owned and operated by Republican political partisans.

Whether HRC pulled off an upset (I expect she did) is not the point. The point is, neither the voters nor the governmental agency that used to control the voting process KNOWS the actual results. This is faith-based voting, and people let their prejudices decide the outcome. Me, I like to see the actual numbers, counted in a transparent fashion. This is a test case for November, and how we act now will determine how things go later.

To return to your metaphor: this game may or may not have been rigged: but in a league that has had many 'officiating' scandals, it's a fair question to ask.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:20 PM
Response to Reply #42
44. "Get over it" is now a RW phrase, and I'M using it?
BBBWWWAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Hurt your back stretching that much?

YES, GET OVER IT.

Sour grapes make bitter whine.
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riqster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:56 PM
Response to Reply #44
60. It was used in 2000 by Reeps.
Go ahead and pretend it's all OK. Most sheep do.
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KaptBunnyPants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 07:07 PM
Response to Reply #44
102. Where were you 7 years ago?
Get over it was the slogan of the Bush election "victory". Is that one more fringe benefit we can get from a Clinton nomination, the solidification of black box voting as legitimate from the Democratic side as well?
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:05 PM
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18. Diebold, Diebold, Diebold. Get over it!
(You need to find your way out of VA, pronto, if that's what it's done to your mind).
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:07 PM
Response to Reply #18
23. *yawn*
Sore losers and nothing more.

I don't live in VA, and when I did, I lived in a very, very blue area.
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:36 PM
Response to Reply #23
72. Very, very blue area, eh? No wonder you were lost.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:06 PM
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20. People called out Skinner?
:wow:

I haven't done that in years :evilgrin:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:08 PM
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29. Yup
I would only do it if he said Olive Garden was fine Italian foodr
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:06 PM
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22. It does seem to be getting worse...
I'm finding it harder to just ignore the bullshit.
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:25 PM
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48. there's lots and lots of trolls signing on
And more than a few longtimers willing to "show their asses" when it comes to their candidate. If this is the way they act now -- I can only imagine how nasty and vitriolic they will get when the REAL race begins, after November.

Some folks need to grow up and stop looking at this like it's a half-hour popularity contest. It's NOT American Idol.
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Cameron27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:07 PM
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24. Thank you,
it's unbelievable. I'm passed caring anymore, let the sexist, sore-losing Clinton haters blather on, people are finally taking notice & it's going to backfire...again.
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totodeinhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:08 PM
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25. Bradley factor
Could it be the Bradley factor? Did a lot of white voters in N. H. lie to the pollsters when they said they would vote for Obama? For the sake of this country, I hope not, but I suspect that it might be.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:11 PM
Response to Reply #25
35. Women broke hard for Hillary and the college-age crowd apparently
didn't make a great turnout -- that hurt Kerry in the GE, too.

I don't dispute what you're saying, though. When I lived in NC, Jesse Helms always did quite a bit better than polls said... I don't think some people wanted to admit they voted for him!
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Cameron27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:11 PM
Response to Reply #25
36. No, it was the woman factor
and the Democratic base factor. The Democratic votes weren't skewed by Indy or Repug votes in NH. Those went to McCain.
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1corona4u Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 07:07 PM
Response to Reply #25
101. I don't know, but one thing I am going to do...
is start an email campaign. In it, I am going to include all of the 'conspiracy', 'stolen election', and 'racist', excuses coming from the Obama team, and tell people MAKE SURE YOU VOTE FOR OBAMA, because we will never hear the end of it, if he loses. :eyes: :sarcasm:
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Scriptor Ignotus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:08 PM
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26. agreed. eom
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:08 PM
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30. Very good post.
:thumbsup:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:12 PM
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37. Thanks -- and I;'m glad your guy is still in it
ALL of them should be. It makes it exciting to finally ahve a really good field!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:08 PM
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31. Very good post.
:thumbsup:
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Beausoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:09 PM
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32. It astonishes me that there are so many excuses for why HRC won. NH women simply decided she was
most ready to lead. It's just that simple.

NH women voters, when exit polled, decided that HRC was ready to be commander-in-chief.
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:10 PM
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34. K/R
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:12 PM
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39. As I said to bigwill -- I'm glad your guy is still in there fighting
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elixir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:12 PM
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38. Amen.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:19 PM
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43. Despite being called a "Hillary Hater" several times for questioning her stance
I take pride for not joining in on any of this recent BS that has nothing to do with the issues. I am sure many others do as well...
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:22 PM
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47. I never thought you were a "Hater," just as I'm not
You're a Supporter, not a "Supporter."
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:30 PM
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55. Not you LostinVA...but some of the folks here who take questioning her "progressive" record
as something akin to misogyny or happiness for Obama in Iowa as something akin to homophobia.

I'm happy for Hillary about NH but I still don't like anyone telling me she is inevitable.

Truth be told I'd prefer Edwards handsdown to either...
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:22 PM
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65. I'd prefer
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:40 PM
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75. Lost me. Come again>?
n.t.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:22 PM
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66. I'd prefer
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:21 PM
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45. I am now finally leaving to go do something -- flame amongst yourselves
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:21 PM
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46. I saw a liitle of that nonsense
some crapola about rigging the machines and racism :eyes:


DU-wise and otherwise
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:27 PM
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50. AMEN and Alleluia
Obama lost - get over yourself

Ugh!
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:28 PM
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51. Bbbbbbbbut CLENIS
I agree entirely. This race is shaping up like the old-fashioned primary seasons of old, where you didn't have a clue who the nominee would be until after Super Tuesday.

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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:23 PM
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67. It's very exciting, even if it's rigged
:eyes:
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:36 PM
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73. ZOMG!!1! TEH CLENIS RIGGED TEH MACHINES!1!11!
:rofl:

Behold the power of the Clenis!! Do not taunt Happy Fun Clenis!
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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:44 PM
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77. Pardon my ignorance but...
CLENIS?!? What the hell is CLENIS?
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 02:00 PM
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82. THE CLENIS is known as the most insidious, venal instrument of evil and wrongdoing in human history
What with its near-success in tearing down our system of government, its havoc and destruction wrought in the Third World, its continued blocking of us to adapt to alternative fuels.....

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surfermaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 06:54 PM
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98. Bill went in to the counties with colleges in them at the last minutes
And evidentally he is more charsmatic than Obama, he carried the counties for Hillary.
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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 01:29 PM
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119. Ah, I see.
Excuse me a minute...

:rofl: :spray:

By the way, Fred, I don't know who's doovers they were.
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ieoeja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:30 PM
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53. K & R n/t
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:40 PM
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57. As a Biden supporter, I was proud of Hillary-
DO you know that I woke my oldest daughter up early this morning, just to tell her the news? And for the record, I've never been a strong Clinton supporter. We had an early breakfast together and we talked about WHAT THIS MEANS. What it means for her. Clinton empowers women. My daughter has always believed she could become anything, but Hillary has provided proof of it, even if she doesn't become the nominee.She has accomplished what no other woman has. SHE IS A SERIOUS CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. Others have attempted it and gotten shot down...Hillary broke past the barrier, and whether you love her or hate her, do NOT take that win away from me or my daughter(s). I cried when I saw the results. Because of New Hampshire it means my daughters will have to struggle a little less. And because of that, maybe, just maybe my grandaughters (some day) won't have to struggle at all. WE did that. US. The Democratic Party.
People might hate Hillary, but they need to stop hating her just long enough to thank her.
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PearliePoo2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:19 PM
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64. Yours is a VERY VERY nice post
I too, see the huge significance of HRC as a successful candidate.
I was a Biden supporter, would love to see Edwards go the distance but I will proudly pull the lever for Hillary Clinton if she ends up the nominee.
In fact, we are fortunate to have such a huge, talented and intelligent field of candidates to choose from, any of which I could happily support.
Contrast this with the RePugs and..........:puke:
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:36 PM
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74. Thanks PearliePoo2 (there's more than one PearliePoo?)LOL!
I might disagree with Clinton on some things but as a woman I am grateful to her.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:27 PM
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69. What a wonderful post!
I've always enjoyed you so much as a poster, and this almost made me cry... yes, just like HRC! Carol Mosley Braun and Elizabeth Dole tried, Geraldine Ferraro was savaged for just being the VP nom. All of them helped us reach last night. It's really cool to have the two front runners be minorities.

How old is your daughter?
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:34 PM
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71. Thanks LostinVA.
She just turned 13. My youngest daughter is 8 (a little too young to understand all the subtleties right now). But I mean it. I'm not shy about telling folks Hillary is not my favorite candidate, but I'm proud as HELL of her right now. She deserves to be honored whether you support her or not. I told my daughter this morning that when she grows up and looks back on this, I hope she considers Hillary Clinton a personal hero, because I do, and even though I disagree with her on some issue, I admire that woman and I am grateful to her.


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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:32 PM
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70. If one was confident with one's candidate, one wouldn't need to tear down anyone else.
That insecurity bothers me deeply about the 3 leading candidates. Their supporters spew negativity. Bill Richardson's supporters don't do this. I joined onto Biden's campaign partly because his supporters didn't do this.
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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:41 PM
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76. What's with the qualifiers?!?
What? Today ONLY?

You know, when I was watching the 'news' this morning and Clinton took the NH primary, granted, not by much, I immediately started speculating what I would see here on DU today. The hatred shown toward Hillary Clinton on DU by some of its membership is emesis-inducing, so I suspected the worst.

I've been checking out some of the GTs and sure enough, the place is wallpapered with all kinds of things which confirmed my suspicions.

Happy Tear Your Hair Out Day!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 02:37 PM
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85. I was being nice!
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sam kane Donating Member (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 02:30 PM
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84. Bradblog and others have been questioning voting machines for years. It is not personal.
I wanted Hillary to win yesterday, but also want to know about the voting machines. Why do you trust Diebold so much that you say that people who question them are "losing their minds"?
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 02:39 PM
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86. When did I ever say I trusted Diebold -- and, of course this is personal
Yup, I bet you wanted HRC to win.

:eyes:
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sam kane Donating Member (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 03:25 PM
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88. If you don't trust Diebold, then why defend them now?
People who have been working on the Diebold question for years are concerned about this issue, not just "sour grapes" Obama supporters. If it was Diebold, at least they finally picked the candidate I wanted to win this time!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 06:44 PM
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93. I'm defending HRC's win, not Diebold
Edited on Wed Jan-09-08 06:45 PM by LostinVA
And, going by your and other posters' logic, we should never, ever have another election again.

AND: many of these posters don't give a fuck about voting reform. They've never talked about this on DU ever, and many of them have been the most rabid anti-Clinton posters. The whole thing is crazy.

I have NEVER seen such a group of poor losers in my life.
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stillrockin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 05:56 PM
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90. Move along folks, nothing to see here . . .
:smoke:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 06:47 PM
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95. Sour grapes make bitter whine, don't they?
boo-hoo
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smiley_glad_hands Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 06:13 PM
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91. Some people need to learn to swallow there pride and move on.
You're not going to prove fraud in a quick enough fashion for it to matter--just look at W, he's still hanging in there. So do you destroy the party from within or live to fight another day? Are you so cynical to accuse a democrat with out irrefutable evidence?

I for one would like to think that democrats don't do this to each other.

I'm an Edwards supporter who actually watched Obama's concession speech and enjoyed it. I thought he was very inspirational. I am prepared to unify behind whomever the nominee is.

Are you?
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 06:51 PM
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96. I hope the "Are You?" isn't directed at me
Because I've posted a zillion times the last few weeks -- including today -- that I'll vote for whomever gets the nomination... and I won't be crying "DIEBOLD!" if it isn't my candidate.

I'm not the one you need to ask that of. My OP and all of my past posts show that I always support Dem, even though I'm not one. And,I haven't posted ONE post attacking another candidate and won't.
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smiley_glad_hands Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 10:51 AM
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116. No not you. Those who have lost their minds. lol
Sorry, I should have been clearer. I was only trying to join in on your sentiment.
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 06:46 PM
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94. I haven't looked around here today. Thanks for the recap.
I think. :scared:
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PinkTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 06:59 PM
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99. Obama won in Iowa because of the caucus system, period.
After the "nonviables" were recruited for him, that is.
Also, Iowa is in the middle of the country, where women are given very short shrift.
In a place where you stand in a booth and vote, it is a totally different thing. No changing.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 07:11 PM
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103. Not me.
I lost my mind a long time ago


but I got over it and moved on.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 07:17 PM
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104. You forgot to call everyone who disgrees with you "Sore Losermen"
n/t
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 10:50 PM
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108. *yawn*
BTW, I also like your candidate.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 12:03 AM
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112. BTW, you are one brutal one-note flamer.
Apologies if this offends, but this thread is full of your verbal feces.

I am far from perfect, and I have lost my temper and "yelled" at people, but I must say that when I see ten or fifteen or twenty posts that shriek short declarative ad hominems, it raises my eyeborws.

That's exactly the kind of shit we don't need. My candidate has no dog in this fight, is is exteremly unlikely or impossible that he was "denied" victory by Diebold election fraud. I am concerned with election integrity and nothing else. The fact that seven years later, our voting systems are non-transparent and uninspectable by the representatives of the American People.

I'll say it again, it doesn't matter if my candidate was the recipient of Diebold largesse, and I like to think I would be more understanding than you if the positions were reversed.

As I said in another thread, which because it was conciliatory and not an invitation for flamefest, sunk like a rock...well, just read the thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2640123

Feel free to rip me again with a short, declarative one-liner. After all, I must be lying when I said my concern about election integrity stems from actual concern rather than just "sour grapes".

Right? I MUST be lying.
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Glenda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 08:04 PM
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105. Well put!
B-)
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Generator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 08:53 PM
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106. Please.
Most of us lost our minds in 2004 if not much earlier. AND HEY you are calling out crazy people! Not nice, missy.
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 08:56 PM
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107. Kicked and Recommended
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IamyourTVandIownyou Donating Member (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:49 PM
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109. ABHRC '08
.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:57 PM
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110. a woman who needs to make sure she brings her man to
her new job.

New boss, same as old boss.

When a woman runs on her own merit, if she makes any sense, I'll vote for her.

Give my daughters real inspiration
instead of fake "progress"



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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 11:58 PM
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111. K&R
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tomp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 09:46 AM
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113. some people will never get it.
there is fraud in our election system.

there is blatant, rampant, BIPARTISAN corruption in our government.

i'll never "get over" corruption of democracy.

but you're worried that somebody called out skinner.

how freaking childish!

and don't go around accusing people of being insane and expect polite responses.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 09:50 AM
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114. Yup, your priorities are straight. Thanks.
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PerpetuallyDazed Donating Member (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 10:24 AM
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115. I really don't understand the cause for celebration.
When we finally GET the GE, it will be the "Wilder/Bradley effect" or some similar excuse the politicos will use to validate the stolen win by Huckabee and his party.
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 10:52 AM
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117. giuliani


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ElizabethDC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 10:55 AM
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118. Just today? There's always some craziness on here
and it's not just the Obama supporters. Everybody's got crazy supporters. Oh well, that's DU.
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