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dhol82

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14. Yup, that is the problem to overcome

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #13)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 10:38 AM

Jan 2018

We have to have a massive turnout in November.
I remember hearing Randi Rhodes, back in 2002, crying out for everybody to vote. She made the convincing argument that they could steal an election when the numbers were low but it would be much more difficult to finagle the results when it was a blow out.

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Paul Krugman (at his best): "Faust on the Potomac" [View all] kpete Jan 2018 OP

That's a classic underpants Jan 2018 #1

I hold that when the DNC was hacked so too was the rnc. Nothing was released because it's shraby Jan 2018 #2

That's very likely HootieMcBoob Jan 2018 #3

Yep, most likely they all too Russian money at one time and the Russians have it documented uponit7771 Jan 2018 #12

Don't Forget disndat Jan 2018 #20

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2018 #21

that sounds like a reasonable hypothesis. nt tomp Jan 2018 #18

It's not pithy but that last line should be burned into all of our minds. Squinch Jan 2018 #4

"...no elected Republican handmade34 Jan 2018 #5

k and r...thank you....great post.. Stuart G Jan 2018 #6

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Concise description of potus 45's crimes: lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #8

Wiki's Faust: lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #9

Hang Trump around the neck of every Republican running for office this year dalton99a Jan 2018 #10

And so we now have the Republican party as a whole fully complicit in Trumps crimes? malaise Jan 2018 #11

+1, "massive enough to overwhelm gerrymandering " uponit7771 Jan 2018 #13

Yup, that is the problem to overcome dhol82 Jan 2018 #14

The Republicans' aiding and abetting is the big story. democrank Jan 2018 #15

Ummm, that's what we @DU have been saying for months. flying_wahini Jan 2018 #16

Right. So what do we do about voting integrity, Mr. Krugman? tomp Jan 2018 #17

But There Is Still Fox News And Pravda DallasNE Jan 2018 #19