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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Wed Nov 5, 2014, 08:02 PM Nov 2014

This sign is spot on!!

Zach Green ‏@140elect ·

Estimates are only 40% of eligible voters, or 19.6% of Americans, actually voted in the midterm elections. #UniteBlue

Sure hope everyone remembers this in 2016...

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This sign is spot on!! (Original Post) Playinghardball Nov 2014 OP

How do we fix that? liberal N proud Nov 2014 #1

Quit following. SomeGuyInEagan Nov 2014 #2

A larger voting populace swilton Nov 2014 #3

The lesson unlearned is... Spazito Nov 2014 #4

liberal N proud

(60,336 posts)

1. How do we fix that?

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 08:04 PM

Nov 2014

When the pukes are doing everything to do the opposite.

SomeGuyInEagan

(1,515 posts)

2. Quit following.

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 10:52 PM

Nov 2014

I think The Rude Pundit summed it up nicely in the final two paragraphs of today's column:

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2014/11/random-observations-on-reaming-thatll.html?m=1

swilton

(5,069 posts)

3. A larger voting populace

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 11:07 PM

Nov 2014

does not translate into change....

There also has to be a change in policies....Voting for more corporate/Wall Street, pro-War, anti-environment Blue Dogs is not going to bring substantive change to the middle-class and working Americans; and while the sign-holder in this photo seems to be clueless, the larger non-voting public knows that.

Spazito

(50,365 posts)

4. The lesson unlearned is...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 11:12 PM

Nov 2014

voting is a right that is easily lost if not exercised and it is a responsibility all too often ignored these days.

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