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tkmorris

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7. Maybe those who criticize such tactics do too

Reply to FSogol (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 10:42 AM

Oct 2014

I really don't know why there is this kneejerk assumption that all criticism is ratfucking. It smacks of insecurity to me.

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Ask Yourself This Question: Why Would Anyone Be Trying to Discourage You from Voting? [View all] MineralMan Oct 2014 OP

I Agree, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2014 #1

Thanks. I don't care who sends me emails right now, nor what MineralMan Oct 2014 #3

I don't care either. And I figured out something ELSE, too. calimary Oct 2014 #36

+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #28

RF101 (Don Segretti 4.0) is what we get. While Breitbart, FNN, etc. do GOTV for the GOP. freshwest Oct 2014 #42

K & R. n/t FSogol Oct 2014 #2

Exactly, if someone sends you a poltical email entitled "Pack Up. Go Home. It's Done" Fumesucker Oct 2014 #4

No, maybe they want you to fight back. n/t FSogol Oct 2014 #5

Maybe those who criticize such tactics do too tkmorris Oct 2014 #7

Every person receiving those emails signed up for them. FSogol Oct 2014 #9

Wrong... ReRe Oct 2014 #24

I like them. Beyonce actually emailed me on behalf of the Obama campaign to which I replied: FSogol Oct 2014 #30

Never got one from Beyonce. n/t ReRe Oct 2014 #43

Actually, they're not doing that. If you take the time MineralMan Oct 2014 #8

If you take the time Fumesucker Oct 2014 #19

I see them, too. I check my spam folder each morning to MineralMan Oct 2014 #20

I just found that email in my trash folder frazzled Oct 2014 #15

Go to the websites! That is the ticket! logosoco Oct 2014 #6

Exactly. We have the Internet now. MineralMan Oct 2014 #10

I agree TBF Oct 2014 #11

"Why would anyone be trying to discourage you from voting?" NCTraveler Oct 2014 #12

I Don't Think That We Are Being Discouraged To Go Vote - There Is However A Concerted Effort To.... global1 Oct 2014 #13

Thanks for your thoughtful response. MineralMan Oct 2014 #14

I hope everyone exercises their right to vote. bigwillq Oct 2014 #16

I've already voted because it does matter. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2014 #17

Thanks for voting! Fundraising emails come in MineralMan Oct 2014 #18

Vote Android3.14 Oct 2014 #21

If someone doesn't vote because of criticism of Dems here Union Scribe Oct 2014 #22

Nothing I do is constant, and GOTV posts are what I do most of. MineralMan Oct 2014 #23

+1, though I think you, too, kind ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #25

Why? ReRe Oct 2014 #26

Exactly! Peacetrain Oct 2014 #27

I find it telling ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #29

Yup. GOTV threads sink like depleted-uranium rocks on DU. riqster Oct 2014 #37

Stop whining about DU ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #38

A friend told her 6-year-old to stop whining... riqster Oct 2014 #39

"Sad voicing"! ... LOL. 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #40

They can try all they like, they will fail. I've already voted. November 5th I will start telling Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #31

Because they're not qualified to sell used cars? tridim Oct 2014 #32

+1 n/t FSogol Oct 2014 #33

I'm suspicious of anyone who tells people who speak the obvious truth that they need to STFU. Zorra Oct 2014 #34

Who cares what they whine about. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #35

kick for the Horrible Inconvenience of Emails and using the wrong woids. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #41