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beachbum bob

(10,437 posts) Sun Oct 28, 2018, 07:49 AM Oct 2018

We all must realize all this violence and rhetoric is leading up to election day violence at

the polling stations. This will be their last line of defense to squash the american people's right to vote. How well prepared is the democratic party nationally and locally to address this. How much can we depend on local law enforcement to protect the citizens from thugs that the same police maybe involved with themselves?

The last chapter is Nov 6th and it could be terrible for some and awful for the rest of us. Texas, Georgia, and other places with close elections will fare the worse for obvious reasons, decades old suppression of black and hispanic peoples and their rights to vote...

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We all must realize all this violence and rhetoric is leading up to election day violence at (Original Post) beachbum bob Oct 2018 OP

Nonsense. Many millions have been voting peacefully across the nation Hortensis Oct 2018 #1

I am talking same day voting and its always non-sense until it happens like we have all seen in past beachbum bob Oct 2018 #4

We have NOT seen violence at the polls in the past few days. Hortensis Oct 2018 #7

i also predict the violence will be false flag rampartc Oct 2018 #2

wouldn't be surprising. The clock is ticking and not many tricks left play beachbum bob Oct 2018 #5

I don't think that vlyons Oct 2018 #3

I agree Rizen Oct 2018 #6

there may be a skirmish or two but i dont think there will be bloodshed.. samnsara Oct 2018 #8

I don't "realize" that at all, and don't think its true. onenote Oct 2018 #9

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

1. Nonsense. Many millions have been voting peacefully across the nation

Reply to beachbum bob (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 07:54 AM

Oct 2018

without violence or threat of, many more millions are voting by mail, and our nation's not going up in violent flames on November 6. Government of, by and for the people will either be reinforced by our people or allowed to be pulled farther toward the destruction, however.

Avoiding dying in battle on the way to or from the voting booth is not on the AFL/CIO's list of reasons why we should all vote early, but most of the others make sense. #3 might be joking just a little (or not, not sure), but in 2016, people in 30 states who owed fines or fees had their voting rights restricted. #9 should be reason enough all by itself.

1. Someone could come down with the flu and need your care. And chicken soup.

2. You could get to the polling place at the last minute and find out it’s not your polling place anymore.

3. Your Republican governor might declare parking tickets a felony and you'll lose your voting rights.

4. Flat tires, fender-benders, misplaced car keys, late bus, dead batteries—the transportation gremlins are real.

5. The dog could eat your sample ballot.

6. What if Republicans decide to enforce a new voter ID law that would require you to produce a government-issued photo ID, a long-form birth certificate, a blood sample and a DNA test?

7. There are widespread reports of birds massing near polling places and Hitchcock-esque music being heard nearby.

8. Potential power outages could turn getting to your polling place a nightmare.

9. Once you vote early, the phone calls stop and no more candidates and volunteers knock on your door.

10. The election is just too important to leave any chance that you might not be able to vote.

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

4. I am talking same day voting and its always non-sense until it happens like we have all seen in past

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 08:22 AM

Oct 2018

few days

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

7. We have NOT seen violence at the polls in the past few days.

Reply to beachbum bob (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 08:43 AM

Oct 2018

None, zero, zilch.

As for your imagining that Democrats should somehow be prepared to stop a whackadoodle if he did show up! Is this supposed to be an imagined failure in advance? No one should need to point out that we're not the police, and I have no fear that Nancy will need to multiuse her 4-inch heels.

rampartc

(5,432 posts)

2. i also predict the violence will be false flag

Reply to beachbum bob (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 07:56 AM

Oct 2018

a few paid thugs with blm t shirts or black panther logos would be great for ratings on fox. .

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

5. wouldn't be surprising. The clock is ticking and not many tricks left play

Reply to rampartc (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 08:23 AM

Oct 2018

vlyons

(10,252 posts)

3. I don't think that

Reply to beachbum bob (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 07:57 AM

Oct 2018

I don't expect massive outbreak of violence at the polls. I expect most everywhere will a peaceful process.

Rizen

(721 posts)

6. I agree

Reply to beachbum bob (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 08:39 AM

Oct 2018

in certain places there will be voter intimidation and even violence. I've heard stories from people about it in the last election and we've already had violent attacks like the bombing and shooting. Republicans will not uphold the law. We're fighting fascism here. You can bet there will be violent outbursts when Republicans lose the majority too.

samnsara

(17,625 posts)

8. there may be a skirmish or two but i dont think there will be bloodshed..

Reply to beachbum bob (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 09:20 AM

Oct 2018

...but this is why we need ALL mail in ballots and paper trails.

onenote

(42,737 posts)

9. I don't "realize" that at all, and don't think its true.

Reply to beachbum bob (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 09:54 AM

Oct 2018

Frankly, it sounds like you're trying to discourage people from voting.

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