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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:10 PM
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Fast forward to November. Let's say the GOP steals yet another election. What
will be the reaction of the nation? The world? Will Obama fight it? Will people fall out into the streets in righteous anger?

I know a lot of people think that a huge voter turn-out somehow completely nullifies the chances of election theft, but I don't feel so sure about that. Still, it doesn't hurt to get the voters out. At least that way if it _is_ stolen again we can point to the huge voting block that supported Obama/Biden and say, :wtf:?!!
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Gato Moteado Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:12 PM
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1. election theft is certainly possible by the GOP
it's always a possibility.

if it happens, i suspect the US public will bend over once again and take it up the ass from the corporate controlled GOP without much more than a few whimpers.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:15 PM
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I sincerely believe it is a certainty in Michigan. This time I want them caught red handed.
Lot of guns in Michigan. Lot of angry people. Could be some real trouble.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:19 PM
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8. I do agree tht the tone of the country is different from 2000 and even 2004. And upset
people are more likely to action.
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Gato Moteado Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:20 PM
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10. we've caught them redhanded before......
....they just say "get over it" and the US public rolls over on its back.

what good are michigan's guns? what are they gonna do with them?
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:31 PM
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17. Yes, we have, And if the ^%$!@#&$ "news" media would do its job the
American people would be informed enough to know they've been screwed over.

But of course, the GOP hates an informed public which is exactly why the M$M is in the state it is in today.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:37 PM
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20. Watch Detroit and find out.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 04:16 PM
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25. Here's hoping Obama wins and we don't have to find out. :^)
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:16 PM
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4. hey Gato
I'll talk to you soon.
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Gato Moteado Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:18 PM
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6. you got your plane tickets?
nt
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:15 PM
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2. revolution..........
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:18 PM
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7. That's what I was thinking. I'm taking it straight to the white house and I'm calling the media
those people were not voted in office and I want them out.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:52 PM
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24. Unless the "media" really fall in love with Obama, they will continue to cover up for the GOP. So
if you call them they'll cover your story, but I bet they will paint you as a nut or something. :( Heck, there could be a hundred thousand of us out there and the media will say, "200 or 300 hundred disturbed liberals closed ranks on the White House today. Fortunately, this story has a happy ending. The secret Service mowed them all down and pResident McSame remains safe in one of former VP Cheney's bunkers."
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:15 PM
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3. At least we have two strong people as leaders who will navigate the tricks nt
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:17 PM
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5. Yes, but they can't keep their eyes on all the states, all the polling places. So what
is the plan then? I wrote to Governor Dean that I was concerned about the election situation and wanted to know what was going to be done about it, but I didn't receive an answer so I don't know what's going on.
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 04:26 PM
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26. This is my number one concern also, please keep me informed, PM me! thanks nt
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 04:35 PM
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27. We have an election reform forum here but
Edited on Sat Aug-23-08 04:35 PM by GreenPartyVoter
I think you have to have a star to get inside?? http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=203

(Lots of people love to donate starts to folks who don't have a way to get one. If you need help with that it can probably be worked out.)
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:19 PM
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9. Dean has strengthened party infrastructure state by state so it will be much more difficult to steal
plus, our Dems in those states are showing far more muscle and are in place to secure the evidence needed to make a court case, if necessary. McAuliffe's DNC stewardship let the RNC gain control of every level of the process where the votes are allowed, cast and counted, assuring that the Dem nominee would never even be able to get close to any legal evidence to continue in court.

THAT is the big difference.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:20 PM
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11. I really hope you are right. We can't afford another **-style pResidency
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DailyGrind51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:22 PM
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12. We have to elect veto proof majorities in Congress
to make a McCain presidency, impotent!:dem:
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:24 PM
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14. The GOP has meddled in those races before. Remember what they
did to Max Cleland?

I really hope the Hill goes massively Blue. Not just Blue but progressive Blue.
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:23 PM
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13. Obama and every single democrat in the nation needs to rise up and fight it.
DINOs and Liberals alike.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:25 PM
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15. It would help if we had a real news media. They are so complicit in these thefts it's not even funny
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Arnold Judas Rimmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:26 PM
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16. The DINO's won't fight
Because it has been the official policy of the DLC to deny that a problem exists.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:34 PM
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18. Which has always confused me. Why would an opposition party group take
that stance?
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Arnold Judas Rimmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:38 PM
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21. Guess it all depends on which party they're opposing.
And with the DLC, that's always been a question.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:44 PM
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23. Yeah, I've never been a real big fan of theirs
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:37 PM
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19. From what I understand
Obama already has lawyers working on this...and not lamely like Kerry's team...
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-23-08 03:41 PM
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22. It wouldn't surprise me. I think Obama is all too aware of
Edited on Sat Aug-23-08 03:41 PM by GreenPartyVoter
how things have played out the last two times.

I can still remember the utter shock I felt when Kerry "lost". (I was shocked over Gore too, but WAY more shocked over Kerry)
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