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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 08:09 PM
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My mom received one of McCain's "vote by mail" applications and the McCain literature it's attached
Edited on Fri Sep-12-08 09:02 PM by dflprincess
to is really awful.

On the side where mom's address is, it says (in big letters) VOTER ALERT! On the other side, there is a picture of McCain and it says "A faith that sustains me...."

Then on the inside (get your stomach distress bags ready)


You can vote by mail to join John McCain in protecting our values

As a POW in Vietnam, I suffered years of torture and humiliation at the hands of my captors.

But even on my lowest days in that dark place, a place seemingly void of even the slightest glimmer of human decency, I was lifted up by a shining light from above. My faith in God sustained me, protected me and gave me the strength to endure.

And my faith during those days reinforced my respect for human dignity, human rights and the value of the human life.

That's why I have consistently fought to defend the right to life and the rights of the unborn.

That's why Cindy and I have worked to promote adoption here and around the world as an alternative to abortion, including adopting our own daughter from Mother Theresa's orphanage in Bangladesh.

And that's why I will appoint judges that respect the values and protect the rights established in our Constitution, faithfully applying the law without legislating from the bench.

I would be honored to have your support. May God bless you and your family.


As you can imagine, we were shocked to learn he had been a POW (really, if Biden dared, he could now say about McCain, "a noun, a verb, and POW").

Several years ago Muzz told some pollster that she was prolife and since then she gets all sorts of trashy literature - or maybe his campaign got hold of a parish list (is that legal?) we're guessing that's why she received this. The Old One was not impressed by it and did remark "He must really think people are stupid."

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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 08:11 PM
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1. Oh, gag me with a pearl-handled spatula.
:puke: :puke: :puke:

We need a new smiley for projectile vomiting. Regular vomiting doesn't quite express the depth of my nausea.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 03:43 AM
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2. Do you still have the absentee ballot application?
If so, check if the address is valid.

The McCain campaign sent Democrats in Wisconsin absentee ballot applications with the wrong address.

Those Democrats may stay home on Election Day thinking that they can't vote because they applied for an absentee ballot which didn't arrive.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 11:38 AM
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3. It does have the correct address for the Hennepin County clerk
However, I know that if you live in Bloomington and want an absentee ballot you can send your request to Bloomington City Hall and it gets sent back there. I'm wondering if it takes longer if you go through the county.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:39 PM
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4. Maybe if she had told that pollster that she was pro-choice...
...then they would have considered her a likely Obama voter and put the wrong address.

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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 12:56 PM
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5. Good point.
Maybe she'll get another one with the wrong address because I know she's answered other polls and made it clear she's a DFLer - and she's given money to a gun control group so you'd think she'd be down somewhere as a person the Republicans want to keep from the polls.

Maybe in Minnesota it's more cost effective for them to just try and get likely McCain voters to vote?

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SomeGuyInEagan Donating Member (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 02:19 PM
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6. Mark Haney (sp?) was getting calls on this on AM 950 Thursday ...
I only caught about 20 minutes of the show when the conversation was already underway, but he was fielding calls from people who received this type of mailer. He sounded surprised at how many calls he was getting about it and sounded like he was turning the show over to that topic.
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