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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 06:08 PM
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Can anyone refute ANYTHING in this Larisa article?
When Strategy Fails, Rove Will Fight Dirty
By Larisa Alexandrovna, AlterNet. Posted November 3, 2006.

It's all in the numbers

Karl Rove's recent deployment of a "question the polls" edict to his minions shows that the argument is already being planted by which to minimize the shock of an impossible GOP win. But that alone is not nearly enough when real math is to be Republicanized.

Have you ever wondered why it is that the GOP will go out of its way to falsely register Democratic voters as Republican voters? The most recent example of this bizarre activity occurred in Orange County, where 12 Republican operatives have tricked Democrats into registering as Republicans. What is the point of putting so much effort and money into wrongly registering people, when in the end, regardless of party affiliation, people vote in private for whomever they choose?

The answer is, quite simply, that if you are going to fix an election, you have to show that the exit polls are wrong, an argument that tends to cause mass riots in other countries, but in the math-impaired States seems to have no effect.

One way to show that the exit polls are inaccurate is to point to increased registration for a particular party and thereby claim larger voter turn out, because despite how someone actually votes, the GOP can claim she/he voted for a Republican candidate based on her/his party affiliation, listed on their newly minted registration card.


I know I can't. This article crystallizes everything I've been feeling for the last seven years.

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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 06:11 PM
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1. is there a link to more or is this the entire piece? n/t
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 07:11 PM
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7. Sorry. See post #6.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 06:11 PM
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2. Sounds about right to me.
Edited on Fri Nov-03-06 06:14 PM by Hissyspit
Need link though, so we can read the rest of the article.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 06:14 PM
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3. LaLa has to show that this is part of a larger pattern
Edited on Fri Nov-03-06 06:15 PM by leveymg
Twelve voters in Orange County don't determine elections.

If she has evidence of something bigger, she needs to call DNC-DSCC-DCCC NOW!

Needs a link.
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 07:13 PM
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8. Certainly I'm not gullible enough to think that...
Twelve voters anywhere would determine elections - unless they were members of the Bush administration. Here's the link:

http://rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternet.org%2Fstory%2F43798%2F
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 07:31 PM
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10. It's not twelve voters...
It's "12 Republican operatives (who) have tricked Democrats into registering as Republicans." That's quite a different thing, right?
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 06:20 PM
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4. I don't see that at RawStory. What gives?
May be due to features being diabled because of high volume at the site.
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 06:53 PM
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5. Article is here (alternet.org) :
Edited on Fri Nov-03-06 06:54 PM by pinto
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 07:15 PM
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9. Thanks, pinto.
I'm really not as dumb as I must seem right now.
:)
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 07:57 PM
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11. You're welcome.
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-03-06 07:10 PM
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6. Sorry about not linking...
I copied it, but forgot to paste it, then posted as I was going out to get a bite.

Again, sorry. Here's the link:

http://rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternet.org%2Fstory%2F43798%2F
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