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rhett o rick

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41. No of course not. I have always voted since I've been eligible.
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 05:08 PM
Feb 2014

But I dont vote for corporate lackeys. I think the "best of evils" is a tool our corporate overlords use to make us think we are free. Russians get to vote but are they free? They only have one choice and are strongly encouraged by the government to vote. Some people equate voting with freedom. But if were we free in 2000 and 2004? I didnt vote for Georgie Porgie. One of my Senators is a DLC Democrat (was an actual card carrying member). She supported the Iraq war. During one of her elections there was an anti-war candidate trying to oppose her. She bought him off. Where was my choice for the primary? And in the general I got to choose between thing 1 and thing 2, both cheering the killing of innocent Iraqi children. So some would try to rationalize that if I voted for thing 1 I would only get beaten once a day while if thing 2 were elected, I'd get beaten twice a day. No some here would be all giddy about only getting beaten once a day.

In 2016 I see Wall Street propping up H. Clinton-Sachs and also some clown from the Republican Party. And people will feel all giddy when Clinton-Sachs wins. And Wall Street will rejoice. And the middle class will perish.

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Thanks, jazzimov. elleng Feb 2014 #1
Agreed! GOTV 2014 jazzimov Feb 2014 #3
It's within our grasp... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #2
Yes, Rhapsody, elleng Feb 2014 #4
Because that worked so well in 2009... MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #5
FWIWK&R freshwest Feb 2014 #6
Sorry but when compromise means that children go hungry, families live in their cars, and seniors go rhett o rick Feb 2014 #7
Are you really saying you're not voting in 2014? JaneyVee Feb 2014 #17
No of course not. I have always voted since I've been eligible. rhett o rick Feb 2014 #41
Not voting could easily mean... randome Feb 2014 #21
EXactly! Andy823 Feb 2014 #24
k/r Dawson Leery Feb 2014 #8
Yeahhhhh! Make it so. I want to see the look on Rove's face Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #9
If the Democrats want to get the votes of the left they need to appeal to the left voters. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2014 #10
Thank you. "Not the Republican" just isn't going to inspire anyone to vote .... Scuba Feb 2014 #13
It should. Really it should MineralMan Feb 2014 #22
Kay Hagan (ConservaDem-NC) is trailing one R challenger by 7%, and a Teabagger by 4%. WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #11
Those are (R)asmussen polls with a MOE of 5%. Dawson Leery Feb 2014 #16
She's gone from a double-digit lead to statistically tied. WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #18
PPP has her tied down or ahead by 1%. Dawson Leery Feb 2014 #19
It really blows that Obamacare may cost us a Democratic senator... WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #40
Damn well kicking and rec'ing this! sheshe2 Feb 2014 #12
And yet in 2010 it was the 'conservadems' who lost, whose constituents failed to turn out Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #14
Then let's hope LWolf Feb 2014 #15
Dems are going to run and Dems are going to vote for them MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #20
Thank you for making it perfectly clear that "Dems" do not include liberals and progressives! djean111 Feb 2014 #28
Even though we always show up Aerows Feb 2014 #31
Not the Democrats fault MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #34
"others who do not share every one of our beliefs." djean111 Feb 2014 #42
They *ALWAYS* do Aerows Feb 2014 #29
The republican party is splitting. Sissyk Feb 2014 #23
I agree Andy823 Feb 2014 #25
Are you REALLY equating what the Koch-backed Tea party wants with what liberals and djean111 Feb 2014 #33
Maybe you should read what I said Andy823 Feb 2014 #38
I don't like "hold your nose and vote" Aerows Feb 2014 #26
Kinda early to be whipping the troops into shape imo. Rex Feb 2014 #35
GOTV 2014! TeamPooka Feb 2014 #27
GOTV 2014-Go Wendy Davis Gothmog Feb 2014 #30
absolutely gopiscrap Feb 2014 #32
K & R. n/t FSogol Feb 2014 #36
Agreed, but based on what I've read right here, I'm not sure we can count on ALL ... 11 Bravo Feb 2014 #37
Sad isn't it Andy823 Feb 2014 #39
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