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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:19 PM
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Maybe I'm nuts, but I HAVE to think something is going on behind the scene
As pissed as we DUers are (most of who aren't in any position to actually DO anything) there MUST be some high-powered attorneys & "shakers/movers" out there trying to figure out what the -real- vote totals are...last number I heard (yesterday, been out of the loop since noon Wed) was about 107 million - I am absolutely convinced there must have been at LEAST 120. Hell, even this little punk precinct out here in the sticks had 982 votes; a "normal" turnout is about 550 to 600.
What the hell are Kerry's "5000" lawyers doing? Anything? Dammit.
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dogtag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:21 PM
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1. The silence is strangely eerie, isn't it?
Edited on Thu Nov-04-04 07:22 PM by dogtag
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Joylaughter Donating Member (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:24 PM
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7. It is too quiet
That is what I have beeb saying. Hold on - I think we are going to have a big shake up in a few days.
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pleiku52cab Donating Member (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:25 PM
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9. they are silent and we are the sacrificial lambs
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:21 PM
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2. I am also hoping that that is the case
but they could not come out unless they have a virtually Iron-clad case. Otherwise the 'liberal' media will destroy them. I just hope they can do it.

The Third Reich was bad enough, we don't need a Fourth.
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:22 PM
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3. little dogs like us have to do what we can and...
BARK BARK BARK.

we need to call, write, post, contact, volunteer. This is massive fraud and the evidence is not well covered.
Hopefully leaders will tell us what to do and how to do it.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:22 PM
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4. I hope so, Karl.
I would not like to think after all we bled for them that they would just walk away and declare things a wash.

That might be the one thing that has us so...disoriented.

We here are all fighters. We have proven that over and over again. And we'll fight again. But we need the marching orders.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:33 PM
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13. Thanks.....and thanks all who replied too
I've always been an optimist pretty muchly, it's just damn hard to find a pony in all this horse shit.
:eyes:
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sangh0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:22 PM
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5. I'm with you
I don't know that it will lead to anything, but I can't believe that all those people just packed up and went home.
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Ducks In A Row Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:23 PM
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6. of course there is
the counting is not over

the media is stupid ignoring this

the chimp is a moron pretending he's won anything

kerry is crazy smart like a fox because conceding mean nothing, it's not binding
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:24 PM
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8. Hmm, Kerry Avoids The Media Circus That Was 2000.
Edited on Thu Nov-04-04 07:27 PM by cryingshame
and James Baker... I might add :evilgrin:
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:26 PM
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10. why have we not heard from Al Gore?
Is he out there or is he working behind the scenes?

:shrug: I'm with you, I think it is too quiet and things are going on that we don't know about.
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:34 PM
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15. You Merh, you're right. I can't recall hearing from the Clintons,
President Carter, Wesley Clark or even Dr. Dean since Tuesday. Maybe something is up.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:26 PM
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11. Maybe part of the strategy too
is to let * do like he did today, and immediately lay out his radical right agenda. Get any moderates who MAY have voted for him to start second-guessing their decision, and agreeing that maybe we should take some extra care to figure out just how accurately votes were counted.

Marginalize *, get more support, you never know.

If the Democrats truly aren't doing anything, we will need to completely demolish and reconstruct the entire party.
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wiggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:27 PM
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12. I have irrational hope
Every time I log into my Yahoo home page or DU I half expect to see a headline: "Massive Fraud Uncovered" or "Vote Undercounted" or "Whistleblower Steps Forward: Vote Rigged".

Still looking.
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lancdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:34 PM
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14. I also just remembered something
Wednesday, it was reported on CNN that Kerry's lawyers wanted him to fight, but he said no. Could that've been put out there by the Kerry people as a bit of disinfo?
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:49 PM
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17. It could be, they know they can review the votes and put up
a fight if the press leaves them alone and if the repukes just sit back fat and happy as winners.

Go to the Presidential Election forum, there are threads there where posters are analysing the Ohio report, it appears to be full of errors.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:19 PM
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21. Thanks for reminding me...it's hard to keep up!
:D
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:40 PM
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16. Things are TOO quiet, indeed
I take this as a 'good' sign. Remember---All votes WILL be counted.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:53 PM
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18. No you are not nuts
There is somehitng going on in the background...

I think Nixon and 1960

they have iron clad evidence they will bring it out... if they do not, they will hold off, and justifiably so
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 07:53 PM
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19. Since I'm still an eternal optimist
I am still hoping that this is true.

If Kerry hadn't conceded yesterday the Bush attack machine would have been in high gear.

Now they are too busy slapping themselves on the back and taking off their masks, showing the world who and what they really are.

Pray that the Kerry people still have a few tricks up their sleeve. Our lives are depending on them.

PBWY
DYEW
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:01 PM
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20. I want to hope, I really do,
but they haven't given me much reason to do so. I'm pretty bitter still.
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Karmadillo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:37 PM
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22. That's what I think,
but I tend to write it off as wishful thinking. To live in a country that elected the Gerbil twice (well, once--maybe) is difficult to bear. The thought of Dan Rather breaking into a regularly scheduled program to announce <Ohio recount shows Kerry won or BBV has irrefutable proof of massive electoral fraud or God has invalidated the election based on the incredible gullibility of his Xian followers> pops into my head two or three times a day.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:38 PM
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23. I guarantee they are working on it. Call it a gut feeling.
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FIGHT! Take this country back one town and state at a time!
http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/electionreform.htm
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:39 PM
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24. The idea of "5000 lawyers" was a narcotic
We got slipped a mickey
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:41 PM
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25. They got the media pressure off 'em
Let's see if they take the fight to the electoral college. Remember when the black caucas tried to protest the election results in 2000? All's they needed was a Senator's signature. Edwards will still be in the Senate :evilgrin:
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Tomee450 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-04-04 08:44 PM
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26. Don't hold your breath. The Democratic
leadership has caved, just as they did in 2000.
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