It's not just the */Kerry race, the congressional/senate races are off

linazelle

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:40 PM
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It's not just the */Kerry race, the congressional/senate races are off

With today's record breaking turnout, there's no way that we should have lost that many senate and congressional seats. They are stealing us blind right under our noses because everybody's focused on the bigger race.

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hangemhigh

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:41 PM
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1. Welcome to the new dictatorship.

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City Lights

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:41 PM
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2. The newly registered voters and record turnout don't seem to have made

much difference. I feel like I'm in a time machine. :-(

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gratefull4u

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:44 PM
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9. something is very wrong somewhere

I have felt this way for a long time. I just will never believe the outcome of some of these races.

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susanna

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:48 PM
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11. You and me both. n/t

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City Lights

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:48 PM
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12. Me neither.

I'll never believe record turnout made no difference. It just doesn't pass the smell test.

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drmom

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:42 PM
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3. Something is very, very wrong...

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GiovanniC

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:42 PM
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4. I Don't Know About the Congressional/Senate Races

But we're winning the Presidency.

Scout's honor.

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linazelle

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:44 PM
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7. I believe that but it will be hard work for Kerry w/an overwhelmingly RW

legislature.

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DireStrike

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:43 PM
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5. It's BULLSHIT.

These people did not register and stand in line for 6 hours to usher in a new golden era of fascism, fear, and American theocratic empire!

If this doesn't steam off in the counting, be prepared to fight for this one.

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TexasSissy

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:43 PM
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6. TX was redistricted by the Repub legislature, so we're losing

several (3?) Dem. congressional seats to Repubs. My district Dem. just lost big time to the stupid, incompetent Repub, even though the Dem. has been in the U.S. House of Rep. for 26 years.

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Zuni

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:49 PM
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13. I knew that was coming thanks to DeLay

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Democat

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:44 PM
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8. If the young voters didn't show up and the Republicans did show up

Guess what can happen.

The right wing will always cheat, but this is bigger than just cheating.

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highplainsdem

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:47 PM
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10. Kentucky race looked very odd.

Bunning was several points behind his Dem opponent with about a third of the votes counted, and then suddenly he surged and it was about 50-50, and then he was just over 50% and stayed there as more and more of the vote came in.

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DWolper

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:52 PM
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14. Let's be honest

I don't like it any more than you do, but.....the Republicans had a pretty sophisticated voter registration/GOTV operation. All the new voters weren't going with us. Example: A few red states had record breaking turnouts and won BIGGER than 2000 because of new voters. We live to fight another day if this doesn't turn our way.

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linazelle

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Tue Nov-02-04 11:55 PM
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15. LOL...nice concession speech but it's in the wrong forum. -eom-

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