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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:01 PM
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Aren't we "Whistling Past the Graveyard" ignoring "Election Reform?"
Are we getting complacent thinking the "REPUGS ARE IMPLODING" ...all will be well if we sit and watch and wait for them to GO DOWN. Because American Voters will just HAVE TO vote DEM! Their morality and consciences just won't let them EVER vote for a Repug again?

But...WHAT IF YOUR VOTE IS CORRUPTED...NOT COUNTED. What if you wake up one morning like those of us in 2000 or 20004 and find that another REPUG is your P-RESIDENT?

How will you feel then?
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:03 PM
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1. What's this "we" - you got fleas ? eom
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 01:47 AM
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4. No, we got community. n/t
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 08:15 PM
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2. The same way I felt in 2000 & 2004.
Perhaps we can every one who votes for the dem. to sign an affidavit attesting to that fact as they leave the polling places. I think people would be willing to do that and it would really make it easy to see what percentage voted for our candidate.

I for one, have absolutely zero confidence in the integrity of the voting process. There has to be a way, short of a new Boston Tea Party-throw all the machines into the harbor type action.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 01:46 AM
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3. Exactly.
They are imploding.

But, will it matter if no one counts our vote?
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kster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 02:34 AM
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5. As it stands right now
we don't even know WHO is counting our votes. Is Diebold ES&S And Sequoia front companies for other countries? We don't know for sure, because everything is being done in secret. From vote counting to picking the voting machines, NC and California come to mind.
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FogerRox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 10:27 AM
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6. Since there are very few voting machine purchases left
under HAVA-- what is being seen are the last battles under the HAVA deadlines--- IE- Jan 1st, 2006. From that standpoint, many will focus upon the 2006 House races. Getting our people into the county & state Dem commitees is already underway, Howaard Dean is now the DNC chair, Howard started DFA, I am DFA, My man is now running the DNC.

The way I see it, saving the world, means saving our country, it may be that a good place to start is by taking over the Democratic party.

I had a distinct input into the recent race for Governor in NJ. My county, Essex, had no plan for any honk & wave visibility. This is folks at major intersections with "HOnk for COrzine" signs. The last week of the race, literally thousaands of people saw me or my volunteers with signs. My county turned out for Corzine by about 76%.

We put Corzine over the top.

Next comes 2006-- I have my House candidate picked out-- I have a proposal to raise 100k in the 1st fiscal quarter of 2006. I have beeen networking with this goal in mind for 11 months. NJ must take out 2 repubs in the House-- and put in good solid DEMS-- DEMS with spine.

If we dont get the House back in 2006, consider raising the barricades. If we get the House back, and DEMS dont do the right thing-- impeach-- then all hell could break loose.

There are some urban areas that are just fed up-- areas that are a tinderbox-- one more election that looks fixed is all it will take to set fire to the populace.

I hope we can avoid civil war.
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