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Kashka-Kat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 12:31 PM
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51. I respectfully disagree
Hi,

I respectfully disagree with you.

Its not either-or, either we do this OR we do something else.

Its AND. All of the above--any and all actions.

Having been around the block a few times w various movements, I know that there is never any one thing that turns the tide, its more like a snowball effect. Even when there appears to be a single turning point, looking a little closer you will see that it was the ground work laid earlier that made people receptive.

There is so much more to this than alleged fraud conspiracy-there is systemic voter suppression, obstruction and noncompliance w/ recount procedures & related law suits. I believe Conyers on his site stated that it may be more of a hodgepodge of frauds than one grand scheme.

It was eventually proven many times over that Al Gore actually won Florida but do we hear much about that? In fact I didnt know that until recently. I see this action as a continuation or building upon 2000, it's as much about the broken promises of 2000 as anything (that it will be fixed, that it can never happen again-hahha.)

There's something to be said for seizing the moment... even though some or all of what you fear may come to pass, who's to say that X number of people may not also be turned around, moved or inspired.

Im going to go way out on a limb here and say that fraud by democrats, if that is brought up, should not be denied but thrown back in their faces as more proof that the system is broken and needs fixing. The perceived "lack" of incontrovertible evidence of electronic fraud is proof that the old mechanisms for resolving elections (ie recount & election challenge procedures) are outdated and need to be brought into the 21st century. I mean if statistical analysis is acceptable evidence in other sorts of fraud trials, why is it not incorporated into recount/election challenge methodology?

For some of us this is about WAAAYYY more than just the outcome of this one particular election. Its about the integrity of the whole rotten system.
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