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Ford_Prefect

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11. At the risk of offending 1KansasDem: Can you neither read nor count?
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 09:10 PM
Sep 2012

The voters who will not be counted and those who have been intimidated by this and other actions, legal and otherwise, might beg to differ on your choice of terms and your estimation of the "effect".

The point is that the Democratic Party has ignored this issue far too long and allowed it to become the answer to your Googled polls. Rather than fight for our right to actually vote and have the votes counted they have "taken another path". There was a time when voting rights were fought for by DOJ. There once were Presidents, Attorney Generals, Senators and Congressional committees who felt the right to vote was worthy of protection. Sadly it is now taken for granted that the fight is somehow not worth the battles since perception is all that really is poll worthy.

You may recall the last time the Democratic leadership decided to write off certain states and voters explaining that they just could not justify fighting for them. You may also recall how successful that tactic was.

Now ask yourself, if you were not able to vote, or had been threatened, or had been told you were dead, how you would feel about a party who desperately calls on you for your vote, your money, and your participation in GOTV activities after refusing to defend you over and over again...Then please tell me about what constitutes a losing proposition.

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