A 1,000 pities the Left in 2000 wasn't as tenacious as Schiavo protesters

Lori Price CLG

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Sat Mar-26-05 01:24 AM
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A 1,000 pities the Left in 2000 wasn't as tenacious as Schiavo protesters

If the Left was as dedicated to removing Dictator Bush after the first coup d'etat (2000) as the 'Pro-Life' movement is in its efforts to 'save' Terri Schiavo, we would be in the second term of Al Gore's presidency.

Lori Price

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dweller

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Sat Mar-26-05 01:31 AM
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1. i'll see your 1,000 pities and

raise you 51 million+ votes that if had been correctly counted, add to it the ones the machine ate, changed or screwed us out of, and call.

dp

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Lori Price CLG

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Sat Mar-26-05 01:59 AM
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4. BTW, since Gore won the popular vote in 2000, there is no way...

Edited on Sat Mar-26-05 02:05 AM by Lori Price CLG

... that those people, particularly after being cheated in the *first* 'election, actually changed their minds and voted for Bush in 2004 <--a CLGer made this point to me a while back. And, if the 2004 election was not stolen, Kerry's landslide win would have been correctly tabulated.

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dweller

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Sat Mar-26-05 02:14 AM
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6. Correct.

so why the pity? The Left and more than likely the middle AND a sizeable section of the right were damned dedicated to removing the *moron. But republican-owned blackbox voting machines vs. the people's right to a fair election = FRAUD.

those damn voting machines have got to go.
dp

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seg4527

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Sat Mar-26-05 01:34 AM
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2. we could do LOTS of stuff if we were more motivated

after years of getting angry, i got motivated, and am now involved. and it feels great. knowing that you are actually trying to fix things helps you sleep easier at night.

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jackster

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Sat Mar-26-05 01:39 AM
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3. and not a one of us was arrested

in 2000 or 2004 for trying to murder anyone or trying to pay to murder anyone because of the travesty!

kinda easy to tell the nutjobs from the real Americans huh?

oh god I hope the freepers are reading all this stuff!

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queeg

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Sat Mar-26-05 02:01 AM
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5. Dude---Us Demos got too many brains to do crap like this

Edited on Sat Mar-26-05 02:01 AM by queeg

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solinvictus

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Sat Mar-26-05 02:19 AM
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7. What, fight with conviction? n/t

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Radical Activist

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Sat Mar-26-05 02:27 AM
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8. Very true.

Most of the left is too complacent, too safe and too afraid to stick their necks out or break the law in order to protect their freedom and ideals. God forbid we break a law in a way that accomplishes something.

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VelvetMonkeyWrench

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Sat Mar-26-05 02:50 AM
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9. Ding ding ding - we have a winner!

Its the "comfort factor".

Know how much active populace support is historically needed for a successful revolution/coup? (I read a book examing this years ago, so I know the answer)

About 10% - the rest of the people just need to be complacent and accepting.

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Radical Activist

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Sat Mar-26-05 03:06 AM
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10. People are giving their consent and approval to the Bush government

by their inaction. Simply voting for another candidate is not a meaningful action.
I've read that 10% number as well and I think you're right.

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