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kpete

(71,981 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:47 AM Sep 2012

Michael Moore: "President Romney" - How to Prevent Those Two Words From Ever Being Spoken

But the voting on November 6th will not take place at Walmart or on any potato's couch. It can only happen by going to a polling place -- and, not to state the obvious, the side that gets the most people physically out to the polls that day, wins. We know the Republicans are spending tens of millions of dollars to make sure this very thing happens. They have built a colossal get-out-the-vote machine for election day, and the sheer force of their tsunami of hate stands ready to overwhelm us like nothing we've ever seen before. Those of us in the Midwest got a taste of it in 2008. Traditionally Democratic states -- all of which voted for Obama -- saw our state legislatures and governor seats hijacked by this well-oiled machine. We didn't know what hit us, but these new Republicans wasted no time in dismantling some of the very basic thing we hold dear. Wisconsin fought back -- but even that huge grassroots uprising was not enough to stop the governor bought and paid for by the Koch brothers. It was a wake up call, for sure -- but have we really woken up?

much more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/president-romney-how-to-p_b_1863818.html

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Michael Moore: "President Romney" - How to Prevent Those Two Words From Ever Being Spoken (Original Post) kpete Sep 2012 OP
Add to that a GOP house and senate; that would be a disaster julian09 Sep 2012 #1
 

julian09

(1,435 posts)
1. Add to that a GOP house and senate; that would be a disaster
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:41 AM
Sep 2012

Vote the whole dem ticket, give Obama a victory and a congress that won't stand in the way of jobs, womens rights, dream act, fairness etc. Who you send to Washington matters to getting things done.
If you think that Obama will win, there is nothing wrong in giving him a landslide but a landslide only assures a win not success in congress. We need to vote for the down ticket for him to succeed that is where the difference is made, the big money will be spent on
trying to defeat a dem congress.
Remember that Obama said that the successes we had in spite of obstruction, are our success, we did that, so what happens in the next four years depends on our vote. Don't be afraid to help someone register, make sure in voter suppression states that they comply with new rules.

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