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In reply to the discussion: Grayson/Warren 2016! [View all]

sabrina 1

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10. Yes, there is no doubt that many people did not get to vote due to the intense
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 07:57 AM
Nov 2012

efforts in, coincidentally, all the swing states to suppress the vote. They failed, but only because of the diligence of Democrats who have learned to take nothing for granted anymore, and to expose them each time they try.

Something seriously needs to be done about our election system. We should not have to fight to vote, no one should, or to spend four hours on line trying to do so.

I keep remembering what Paul Weyrich, the father of the current extremist Republican Party said about voting, he said that low voter turnout was in their interests. And they have worked hard to keep it low ever since.

Also, since so many millions of people do not vote at all, maybe Dems should start now trying to educate people about voting and why it really does matter.

Great to see you again, Turborama,

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Grayson/Warren 2016! [View all] Turborama Nov 2012 OP
typo: Warren/Grayson 2016 n/t Agony Nov 2012 #1
LOL, OK! Turborama Nov 2012 #3
Hey! Agony Nov 2012 #5
Yes, either way, Warren/Grayson or Grayson/Warren! sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #2
I'd be happy with either way, too! Turborama Nov 2012 #8
Yes, there is no doubt that many people did not get to vote due to the intense sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #10
Yeah, if you want to lose in a blowout. cali Nov 2012 #4
I was thinking that we should go right back to the infighting... Agony Nov 2012 #6
I remember people saying that Clinton wasn't presidential material either. Teddy sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #11
Seriously? I don't think anyone ever doubted Clinton's political genius cali Nov 2012 #12
I remember Reagan being thought of as an impossibility Turborama Nov 2012 #13
Okay, will PM you. I know that in Europe people thought Reagan was a joke, but sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #18
I heard that about some black dude a few years back also, but it wasn't true. nt Zorra Nov 2012 #15
Hillary/Booker K-Matt Nov 2012 #7
I voted none. I like to win elections OKNancy Nov 2012 #9
What is a 'purist'? sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #19
The system can and will change argiel1234 Nov 2012 #22
Warren/Grayson or Zorra Nov 2012 #14
Too early for Elizabeth... Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #16
Clinton/Castro or Clinton/Cuomo or Cuomo/Castro vaberella Nov 2012 #17
Not Clinton, she voted for the War in Iraq and was willing to condone torture sabrina 1 Nov 2012 #20
I think Brown can deliver in 2016, talkin' bout Sherod. TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #21
Grayson Freemont13 Nov 2012 #23
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