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Election Dirty Tricks About To Begin
An anonymous reader writes "ABC is warning that dirty election tricks are about to start. In the past, they've ranged from late-night robo-calls to voter intimidation. ABC has a pretty good list of what to watch out for as told by Allen Raymond, a former Republican operative, who was reformed after spending three months in prison in 2006 for pulling some of the stunts he now helps to prevent." To make this story timely, last week someone broke into a McCain campaign office in Missouri and stole a laptop computer containing "strategic information" about the local campaign.
It's just more of the same old tricks. The dead and house pets have been voting democrat for years.
"I don't have to think. I only have to do it. The results are always perfect, but that's old news." - Meat Puppets
So, reminding people that voter fraud is a felony is voter intimidation? Wrong.
Help fight poverty: Punch a poor person.
Well, that's better than what Bush did in 2000. He didn't answer a single question, and somehow he won it.
a hockey mum chanting "Maverick" and "Drill Baby Drill"
that about sums that debate up :P
Obamabot strikes again. You spout this line without thought, because that is on your talking points sheet. He didn't say he didn't know, he said he needed to check to provide an accurate answer because his wife's trust holds SEVERAL houses as INVESTMENT properties. But no... Obama and his Daley political machine spin this so bad, it makes a tornado look like its standing still.
Yes, nObama has only one house.... ... but look how he got it.
Don't rush me, Sonny. You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.
Wow, a post not full of hate ;). I think it's simply moderator inertia. My original post got mis(half)read by too many people so it got flames and so it got modded down from insightful to flamebait. This one got modded down by relation.
It's too bad. The topic of the social value and relative importance of a voter's vote is quite interesting, but apparently only makes me a troll / something-ish here on ./
wooden over insincere = mc cain over obama.
this is why mc cain prefers to speak in smaller town-hall style meetings where he can engage in an actual meaningful dialogue with constituents, rather than obama on his exalted stage of reality distortion and propaganda.
he has the biggest messiah complex since Bono. though i give bono props for all he's done in africa over the years, even giving GWB SOME semblance of redemption (not saying any of the atrocities against the planet he's committed will ever be excusable) by convincing him to forgive some african debt as well as to commit to help fighting aids and poverty by giving aid.
-obama likes to speak in large crowds as it contributes to his cult of personality. much like stalin, hitler, or any of those leaders who would rather speak from a pedestal on high in a unilateral fashion where they cannot be stopped or questioned or called out on their bullshit. he is afraid of true confrontation, which is why he at first resisted postponing the debate to go help with the bailout package.
even if it WAS a stunt by mc cain to call him back to washington, he should have readily accepted the challenge, as a test, as an opportunity to actually prove how he can contribute to helping solve the nation's problems in a time of dire consequence and circumstance. he should have risen to the occasion if he was even half the leader he pretends to be. i can't believe how much people let him off the hook. or how much they say palin's let off the hook. palin has been treated terribly by the news media.
In Missouri they upgraded the Voter Registration database 2 weeks or so ago and dropped a number of registered voters (including my wife's sister who voted last month in local elections). To check to see if you are still registered hit sos.mo.gov (very ironic there) you have until midnight today to register (sorry for the short notice but I just found out 30 min ago.) BTW - no local news stories on that one.