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VOTER SUPPRESSION: You're not supposed to say this publicly... (Original Post) kpete Oct 2016 OP
Trump & Co. are the very definition of dirty con people. sarae Oct 2016 #1
the whole white nationalist thing bigtree Oct 2016 #2
The GOP is the party of voter suppression and relies on voter suppression to win races Gothmog Oct 2016 #3
By that definition, all negative campaigning is "voter suppression". WillowTree Oct 2016 #4
Classic "Both Parties are the same post!" FSogol Oct 2016 #5
I didn't say that. WillowTree Oct 2016 #8
Right, I'm concerned about the use of that phrase. trotsky Oct 2016 #6
"Three major voter suppression operations" meow2u3 Oct 2016 #7
why isn't this the lead story? napkinz Oct 2016 #9

sarae

(3,284 posts)
1. Trump & Co. are the very definition of dirty con people.
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 08:16 AM
Oct 2016

They also released a Hillary attack ad all in Spanish, in spanish-speaking areas. That's infuriating based on his Trump's past comments alone. I remember him criticizing Jeb Bush for saying a few words in Spanish, saying people should speak English if they're in the US. And then they do an ad criticizing Clinton all in Spanish.

bigtree

(85,920 posts)
2. the whole white nationalist thing
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 08:29 AM
Oct 2016

...has been a huge bust for Trump.

All of that cynicism about the American voters has alienated huge swaths of the electorate. Trump's campaign is a revealing look at republican politics without the Jeb Bush-like finish on it. Just straightforward conservative bigotry and ivory-tower corporatism, which is, essentially the entirety of the republican platform.

We're defeating the conservative republican agenda head on, with the kind of broad-based support most campaigns only dream of. That's the verdict on racist chicanery like this.

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)
4. By that definition, all negative campaigning is "voter suppression".
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 10:24 AM
Oct 2016

That's not what the term "voter suppression" is generally understood to mean. In most instances, it's taken to mean trying to prevent people from voting or having their votes counted, not trying to convince people not to vote for your candidate's opponent. Quite a difference there, and both parties do the negative campaigning thing quite a lot.

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)
8. I didn't say that.
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 11:03 AM
Oct 2016

But it's a stone cold fact that both parties.......all parties.......engage in copious amounts of aggressive negative campaigning these days. The fact that you don't like that I pointed that out doesn't make it less true.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
6. Right, I'm concerned about the use of that phrase.
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 10:30 AM
Oct 2016

Because the GOP has been engaging in true voter suppression for years now, with voter ID, etc. Calling negative ads voter suppression minimizes the actual damage done by those things.

meow2u3

(24,746 posts)
7. "Three major voter suppression operations"
Thu Oct 27, 2016, 10:43 AM
Oct 2016

That right there is, or should be, enough to extend the consent decree for at least another 8 years, if not indefinitely.

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