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PTL_Mancuso

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39. I think very much of 2016 was down to voter disenfranchisement and little prods and tweaks here and there.

Mon Feb 26, 2024, 01:43 PM

Feb 26

The GOP bag of Dirty Tricks and of sneaky snakes to pull them off is simply Bottomless!!!

A few thousand votes here a few hundred there, etc. The Comey announcement, timed as it was, caused ginormous harm. I can only imagine he was hounded/harassed/threatened to an insane level to do what he did when he did it.

Remember Greg Palast reporting about hundreds of thousands of illegal voter disqualifications? [link:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/georgia-governor-race-voter-suppression-brian-kemp|

It is almost like we will NEED to get 67% of the vote just to get to halfway.

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Ok folks, let's get something straight: [View all] PCIntern Feb 25 OP

Five rec's before a reply Maeve Feb 25 #1

I'm with you PC. I don't think tsf has a chance of beating Biden. 1WorldHope Feb 25 #2

In 2016 I didn't think he had COL Mustard Feb 25 #22

He killed A LOT of people since, and literally millions will either not vote or not vote for president. onecaliberal Feb 26 #37

I will vote straight Dem ticket like I always MOMFUDSKI Feb 25 #3

All I want is 67 Senators and 400 Representatives to work with Joe. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 25 #4

Except no more than once in the same election. soldierant Feb 26 #50

People thought we had it in the bag in 2016. Demobrat Feb 25 #5

Yes. I know this. PCIntern Feb 25 #7

It's not the people here I'm talking about. Demobrat Feb 25 #9

I think very much of 2016 was down to voter disenfranchisement and little prods and tweaks here and there. PTL_Mancuso Feb 26 #39

Both 2016 and 2020 we had big lead in polls and Tribetime Feb 26 #45

Kick and another Rec Hekate Feb 25 #6

This one counts. Our democracy is on the line. Joinfortmill Feb 25 #8

K & R Pototan Feb 25 #10

PC, the only thing I worry a lot about is all the chicanery at the state level that can be pulled. CTyankee Feb 25 #11

Thank you for your post it is right on target wendyb-NC Feb 25 #12

I find optimism a road worth traveling on Blue Idaho Feb 25 #13

There is no 'bag' for something to be in. Aussie105 Feb 25 #14

Oh...ok... PCIntern Feb 25 #16

lol orleans Feb 25 #17

Better to be in the bag than be the bag.... littlemissmartypants Feb 26 #32

The cat's in a bag and the bag's in the river PTL_Mancuso Feb 26 #41

Or ... littlemissmartypants Feb 26 #33

Our Call to Action email that my Indivisible group issues every week calimary Feb 25 #15

"Do More - Worry Less". . . DinahMoeHum Feb 25 #18

Happy 22nd DUnniversary. niyad Feb 25 #21

This is our history. byronius Feb 25 #19

Like you, I have been here on DU for over 20 years, and I am scared to death. niyad Feb 25 #20

Are you in Ohio? TSExile Feb 26 #42

Colorado niyad Feb 26 #46

Ahhh!! TSExile Feb 26 #49

March 5, Super Tuesday? niyad Feb 26 #53

As long as we are NOT cheated again with EC BS, it's in the bag. czarjak Feb 25 #23

Both 2016 & 2020 were decided by miniscule margins IbogaProject Feb 25 #24

You are absolutely right. Battlegrounds are the bottom line. Right there is where our GE optimism must get real. ancianita Feb 26 #25

Confidence and optimism are contagious BaronChocula Feb 26 #26

My optimism is based on Joe Biden's optimism. Not because I worship him or I'm in a cult but because I know the man Walleye Feb 26 #27

Amen. ancianita Feb 26 #28

I truly enjoy reading BlueMTexpat Feb 26 #29

I hate the word "complacent" because of 2016. Number of voters wasn't that different from 2012 betsuni Feb 26 #30

Sunshine greblach Feb 26 #31

K&R spanone Feb 26 #34

Exactly birdographer Feb 26 #35

I will proudly vote straight Dem like I always do. camartinwv Feb 26 #36

All I know is the day I receive my mail in ballot for President Biden I will drop it off in person the next day. kimbutgar Feb 26 #38

Are our posts being read on MSNBC nightly or something? Sympthsical Feb 26 #40

Recommended. H2O Man Feb 26 #43

Of course!!! I would as they say crawl through broken glass to vote. Demsrule86 Feb 26 #44

Down here in Texas, we have this NVD problem: Non Voting Democrats. yellowdogintexas Feb 26 #47

One thing about DU, DEMs are like cats.... you can only lead them where they want to go. TigressDem Feb 26 #48

I need to do something other than post here. SarahD Feb 26 #51

I'm damned optimistic about '24. Torchlight Feb 26 #52