2016 Postmortem

Skwmom

(12,685 posts) Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:39 PM Apr 2016

When you remain silent on what is core to our Democracy-voting-you will be complicit in its demise.

I am still waiting on the results for Iowa to be audited.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/caucus/2016/02/03/editorial-something-smells-democratic-party/79777580/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/19/failure-fraud-and-more-in-new-york-s-punk-rock-voting-disaster.html

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When you remain silent on what is core to our Democracy-voting-you will be complicit in its demise. (Original Post) Skwmom Apr 2016 OP

These people are not democrats onecaliberal Apr 2016 #1

when your alleged supporters don't bother to show up and vote you will lose by millions of votes nt msongs Apr 2016 #2

If they weren't worried about them showing up they wouldn't be doing trying so hard to keep them Skwmom Apr 2016 #6

It makes steam come out of my ears that voting has not been repaired yet Marrah_G Apr 2016 #3

Our machines have been proven easily manipulated and hackable, yet we ignore it. Skwmom Apr 2016 #5

yup Marrah_G Apr 2016 #7

so bernie's been in congress 25 yrs, what has HE done about it? nt msongs Apr 2016 #8

They dismiss that as well. Chasstev365 Apr 2016 #4

You might want to check with the Sanders campaign; they've never filed a complaint. brooklynite Apr 2016 #9

onecaliberal

(32,862 posts)

1. These people are not democrats

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:40 PM

Apr 2016

msongs

(67,413 posts)

2. when your alleged supporters don't bother to show up and vote you will lose by millions of votes nt

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Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:41 PM

Apr 2016

Skwmom

(12,685 posts)

6. If they weren't worried about them showing up they wouldn't be doing trying so hard to keep them

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:43 PM

Apr 2016

from voting.

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)

3. It makes steam come out of my ears that voting has not been repaired yet

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:41 PM

Apr 2016

2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and now 2016.

I want to be confident that everyone can vote and that every vote is correctly counted.

Skwmom

(12,685 posts)

5. Our machines have been proven easily manipulated and hackable, yet we ignore it.

Reply to Marrah_G (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:43 PM

Apr 2016

We have become a Banana Republic.

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)

7. yup

Reply to Skwmom (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:44 PM

Apr 2016

msongs

(67,413 posts)

8. so bernie's been in congress 25 yrs, what has HE done about it? nt

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Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:47 PM

Apr 2016

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

4. They dismiss that as well.

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:42 PM

Apr 2016

Imagine when the GOP does this in November? These same people will display rightious indignation.

brooklynite

(94,591 posts)

9. You might want to check with the Sanders campaign; they've never filed a complaint.

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 11:48 PM

Apr 2016

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