2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGuys, the vote stealing paranoia depresses turnout.
That's all it does. Stop it.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)It also gets really old. People a lot more informed than us are on top of these things. Obama's famous "chill out" graphic comes immediately to mind. They've got this.
And none of this is to say that the Rethuglicans aren't despicable, desperate tools who will try anything to perpetuate their fading power base. They are. However, just because they try, doesn't mean that they will succeed, and it's hard to steal elections that aren't that close. It's also hard to steal them from an incumbent president.
Let's get out the vote and see what happens.
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)Then gave up without even a fight. Maybe you guys should go read bradblog.com
What gets old to me is people on here trying to tell others to shut the fuck up about a major issue.
shraby
(21,946 posts)days after the election. If Kerry had challenged, he would have been called unpatriotic because of Falujah. Are people's memories that short?
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)Bullshit excuse, period. The entire country at stake and you just up and quit?
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)And if people keep hearing that they're going to steal it, they'll just decide to not vote. We are going to win Ohio.
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)vote stealing happens and should be prosecuted. Saying it's not so is naive at best. Thinking that your opinion on this site or anyone else's depresses turnout is silly. No one else cares what is written here.
So please quit trying to tell people to shut the fuck up and sit down. The election has been stolen before and smart people are concerned. And rightly so.
Depresses turnout. lol of who? Duers? Yeah, like a DUer could be convinced to skip the vote.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)With all these helpful hints Obama/Biden is sure to win.
Raster
(20,998 posts)And FYI, there's enough really smart people WITHOUT THEIR OWN AGENDA who feel like electoral fraud is more than just paranoia.
They encourage people to vote and to be aware. So today, let's vote. Tomorrow, maybe we can fix this problem. And quite frankly, it is a major problem if ANYONE has to stand in line for hours to cast their legal and lawful vote.
Have a nice day!
OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)....in states trying their best to suppress the vote. All those idiots did, and I include the MSM in that group, was piss off the 47% and the Lower 99% and drive them to the polls.
Maybe we should spend MORE time discussing subjects like this instead of trying to limit it.
philly_bob
(2,419 posts)And the threat INCREASES turnout, doesn't decrease it. The only way to stop election-hacking is to win so overwhelmingly that exit polls and actual results are widely divergent.
PsychProfessor
(204 posts)He knows at least as much as we do. He would not allow this to happen. I know that.
Columbus Free Press
(141 posts)except claim to "look into" or "take care of" it.
When we catch officials lying about their contracts both in Hamilton County:
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4782
When we catch Secretary of Suppression Husted sneaking untested illegal software into vote tabulators:
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4779
We take it to court:
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4783
which is where I gotta be in half an hour.
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