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NCcoast

(480 posts)
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 03:55 PM Oct 2018

Comfort me someone

These GOP a**holes are acting too confident, and mind you it is an act. But I am worry about the integrity of our voting systems, as in, there isn't any. There hasn't been any since 2000. But that's a third rail for the American media so it's generally unknown. What if the Repubs go all in and steal elections willy nilly? Who would stand up against them? Even if they were caught red handed, Republicans would still have three months to maneuver. And these are desperate men. A lot of key players took money from the Russians. Are they going to give up ultimate power for obscurity or even arrest? Trump is meeting with police chiefs tomorrow in Florida. Sarah H Sanders said he would talk about, among other things, restoring law and order. I wasn't aware law and order was in need of restoring. But it plays into their narrative that liberals are violent and unhinged. That speech will be worth taking in. I know it's far fetched, but these are desperate times.

Call me crazy but I've had the willies over this for a couple of days.

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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
1. Take a deep breath and vote D, support the ACLU and if you can write an
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 04:01 PM
Oct 2018

Op'Ed for your local paper. Tell them what the benefits will be without Republicans in charge of the government.

I kid you not.

Cyrano

(15,046 posts)
2. You're not alone.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 04:04 PM
Oct 2018

What needs to be understood is that the Civil War never ended. The ideology that caused it spread to much of the mid-west and west.

I find it incredible that so many people are driven by hatred, bigotry and their own ignorance.

Step one is taking back the House next month. If we don't, America is over. Sorry to depress you even more, but, evidently, this is the way empires end.

If we can take the House next month, there is some hope. But that will be merely step one on the long road back to what America is (supposed to be) about.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
4. Fear is a common denominator and the driving force of hatred and bigotry...
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 04:52 PM
Oct 2018

Hard to conquer fear, unfortunately.

Baitball Blogger

(46,753 posts)
3. I've had the willies ever since Trump prophesized that Democrats would be voting for Republicans.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 04:11 PM
Oct 2018

Sounds like he knows that vote tampering is going to swing the election.

TomSlick

(11,107 posts)
5. The inmates are in charge of the asylum.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:26 PM
Oct 2018

VOTE, that's the only way to right things.

Vote and take a car load with you to the polls.

myohmy2

(3,168 posts)
6. "What if the Repubs go all in and steal elections willy nilly?"
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 11:57 PM
Oct 2018

...then we're up shit-creek until we build our numbers...

...the pukes will steal whatever and wherever they can, guaranteed...that's why our margins of victory must be large...

...the bottom line, there are more of us than are of them...so, get everyone to the polls to vote Dem like your life depended on it...it does...

...I'm convinced if we do it right, we'll win big...

...God hates Republicans...

Leith

(7,813 posts)
8. I Got Nuthin'
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 12:00 AM
Oct 2018

I can't help but think that hackers are going to futz with the results and we can't do a damn thing about it.

Rhiannon12866

(205,839 posts)
9. I feel the same way
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:04 AM
Oct 2018

I keep getting scared - and can't believe what's going on now can be real. You're definitely not alone, and you're also among friends.

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