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coalition_unwilling

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52. Let's begin with Barrett. Of all the people with a dog in this fight and skin in the game, Barrett

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 02:25 AM

Jun 2012

has to land near the top of the list if not at the very top. Barrett made no allegation, not even the merest suggestion, of fraud. Does that not matter to you in the slightest?

What evidence or methodology would convince you that the Wisconsin results were free and fair? Is there any possible data set that would do it? If Barrett had been declared the winner, would you still suspect the results?

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How Walker Really Won Wisconsin [View all] HiPointDem Jun 2012 OP

Stupid White Working Class DontTreadOnMe Jun 2012 #1

How do you know they voted for it? fasttense Jun 2012 #8

+1000 shcrane71 Jun 2012 #26

Oh, puh-leeze. There is no set of conceivable data that would prove coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #41

You have it ass backwards. It is the elections department that should be required eridani Jun 2012 #48

There is no set of data that the 'elections department' could provide coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #49

I think your right.... I think the private source code would be the true midnight Jun 2012 #50

No member of the public needs to prove fraud under any circumstances eridani Jun 2012 #51

Let's begin with Barrett. Of all the people with a dog in this fight and skin in the game, Barrett coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #52

No it does not. eridani Jun 2012 #53

So you want to murder people. greytdemocrat Jun 2012 #17

These are the very people who had pensions before Reagan L. Coyote Jun 2012 #30

My thoughts HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 #40

You're barking mad n/t Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #54

This is one of the best synopsis I have read of the Wisconsin race. kentuck Jun 2012 #2

True. Now, the next question is - are our people gonna do anything about this? calimary Jun 2012 #3

The people will NOT see... kentuck Jun 2012 #4

This is what a communist friend of mine said TBF Jun 2012 #20

That's actually pretty astute analysis and brings to mind Lenin's coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #43

They don't SEE themselves as belonging to the working class, even though they do. eppur_se_muova Jun 2012 #45

WI voters learned very well. They were bombarded with ads and mailings EFerrari Jun 2012 #25

Our party leaders are bought off... ljm2002 Jun 2012 #6

Good post Blecht Jun 2012 #47

"Before Proposition 13 California�s schools were ranked number one in the US" FBaggins Jun 2012 #15

The biggest selling point for houses in Silicon Valley was our schools. n/t EFerrari Jun 2012 #21

I attended K-12 in the Long Beach Unified School District. KansDem Jun 2012 #38

From the battlefield 12zelda12 Jun 2012 #5

+1 HiPointDem Jun 2012 #7

Welcome to DU! Quantess Jun 2012 #10

Time to reinvent the concept of union to be more encompassing L. Coyote Jun 2012 #31

+ another 1 Lefta Dissenter Jun 2012 #33

Quit crying and start working for November. You took a risky shot and missed. You knew Walker was RBInMaine Jun 2012 #37

If union members hadn't voted for Walker, he wouldn't have won. Vinca Jun 2012 #9

We shouldn't assume that all union members are Democrats... kentuck Jun 2012 #34

Here is the condensed version NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #11

Who says Walker "really won Wisconsin"?? dan shays Jun 2012 #12

2010, then the polls going into this, then the exit polls, then the vote count KurtNYC Jun 2012 #19

Didn't the exit polls say it was going to be close? EFerrari Jun 2012 #22

Another thing against us 12zelda12 Jun 2012 #13

There's no way the Wisconsin voters didn't know what was going on with Walker. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #14

They "wanted" unions busted because Walker and Repubs framed unions as parasites Larkspur Jun 2012 #16

We'll have to agree to disagree. No "framing" can make me vote to end Social Security. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #18

It's not "greed of unions" - TBF Jun 2012 #24

So you agree with me: greed is known by rich and middle class alike. Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #27

No - I completely disagree with you. TBF Jun 2012 #32

bingo! kentuck Jun 2012 #35

They decided that on their own with the help of tens of millions of dollars EFerrari Jun 2012 #23

Everyone has answers, can they all be correct??? HereSince1628 Jun 2012 #28

B.S. "aggressively spread outright falsehoods on these sites... represents a major turn in .. L. Coyote Jun 2012 #29

Furthermore... kentuck Jun 2012 #36

Wisconsites were fundamentally against recalling a sitting governor like this. End of story. RBInMaine Jun 2012 #39

Why? kentuck Jun 2012 #42

One of the critical things that we all need to do in campaigns LiberalFighter Jun 2012 #44

How Walker really won Wisconsin: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Initech Jun 2012 #46