Will a GOP 'win/gain' in Senate/House in '06 be the last straw??

Rosco T.

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:28 PM
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Will a GOP 'win/gain' in Senate/House in '06 be the last straw??

Edited on Tue Sep-27-05 06:33 PM by Rosco T.

We hear the feeling of the people. The GOP is dog meat for '06 in virtually every race. People are turning against the GOP on every front. They will vote ANYTHING but Repub in '06, or just plain not vote.

Yet, if '06 give them a STRONGER position, thanks to Voting chicanry (diebold, voter superssion, etc. etc...) going so far against the 'will of the people'..

Will that be when we follow Jeffereson's guidance on how to maintain Democracy?

Extrapolate that to '08 and multiply x10.

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ck4829

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:30 PM
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1. I asked the same question a while back...

I got a resounding "Yes".

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durablend

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Tue Sep-27-05 07:28 PM
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13. Agreed

If 06 doesn't happen, may as well pack up the bags and move on. The country will be a mere shell of itself if it even survives until 2008 (for the next Republican president to finish off)

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rzemanfl

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:31 PM
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2. What's the point spread they can cover by cheating and media

manipulation? 60/40 maybe, 70/30 is a long shot and 80/20 is out of the question IMHOP.

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KittyWampus

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:31 PM
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3. Good Question. Am Wondering Same

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TallahasseeGrannie

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:34 PM
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4. Not going to happen

Nobody can cheat THAT many votes.

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SammyWinstonJack

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:41 PM
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8. Watch them try.

:-( Think the pukes will give up power so easily with fair elections? '00. '02 ,04, they are on a roll. I can't see them allowing free and fair elections any time soon.

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TallahasseeGrannie

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:45 PM
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10. They got away with it because of the slim margins

a landslide: not so easy.

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Balbus

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:34 PM
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5. What is the strategy for 06?

Is it relying on "we hope there's no fraud" strategy? So far the only convictions for fraud in the 04 election were democrats, so I think that we need to maybe get a different message out to the voters instead of "I hope they don't cheat."

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Lin

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:35 PM
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6. beginning to wonder if there IS a last straw-so disheartned (eom)

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getmeouttahere

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:38 PM
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7. The last straw has been drawn 10 times over....

IMHO. This country will be too far gone by then.

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MissWaverly

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:42 PM
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9. Can they rig the entire ballot?

Okay, the machine I voted on defaulted to Bush 5 times, and the Greedy
Old Pirates Party made sure my vote didn't count, but some of this
chicanery must have ground support or it wouldn't fly in the city and
states where the races are held so can they rig every race, it's seems to be like the grab was only for the top slot, and in many states
that would be for governor, if they started tinkering further down the
ballot, that might cut them off at the knees for the local support
they need to cover up their hocus pocus. Just a theory!

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Toots

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Tue Sep-27-05 06:48 PM
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11. It would be nice to contemplate something occurring but don't hold your

breath. Americans will never rise up against the government. They talk big but when push comes to shove they cave. America has lost it's soul and it's heart. If we weren't such cowards we wouldn't have such an armed society. We arm ourselves out of fear.

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Burning Water

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Tue Sep-27-05 07:05 PM
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12. If we put our

hopes in general disgust with Bush, we'll lose. He's not going to be running, and the other candidates will distance themselves from him.

If we put our trust in eliminating vote fraud, we'll lose. The next 100% honest election will be the first in US history. Besides, I haven't seen much progress.

Unless we can form a message to counter that of the Republicans, and then maintain message discipline, we'll lose. The American people need a choice. As long as our leaders are Republican-lite, why go for the imitation stuff?

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