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MineralMan

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14. Thanks for your thoughtful response.

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 11:00 AM

Oct 2014

After the 2010 election, Minnesota ended up with a Republican majority in both houses of our state legislature. Those Republicans tried to get people to vote in 2012 for a constitutional amendment that would require Voter ID. In 2012, we voted that down and voted those Republicans out of office. We got our Democratic majority back in both houses.

Legal attempts to suppress the vote should be overthrown every time they happen. That's a state issue, and it's one that needs a strong response to prevent that from happening.

Beyond that, we need a SCOTUS that will overturn such voter suppression. That's going to take a Democratic President and a strong Democratic majority in the Senate. Voting is how we get those things. Not voting is how we lose them. It is just that simple.

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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