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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:10 PM Original message |
I don't get it. I really don't. How can this race be even close |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ye need a close race to steal it |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. That's why I am still so tense. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I'm hoping that Obama's greater leads in polling so far will deter |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. And I do hope the Dems FINALLY do something about it |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Hi Nadin. I'm morally convinced neither 2000 or '04 was a legitimate Bush win. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. A graduate student in fifty years will uncover the ugly truth |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Not really. Scholars and whistleblowers have ALREADY documented |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. The reality is that most muricans don't care |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. The belief in honest elections is starting to fray : No one believed me when I said it was rigged |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. I wish more people would dare to watch the documentaries |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. For one, the religious right isn't as hamstrung as we'd like to believe. |
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NorCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Can that many Americans be that stupid? |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. the hardest pill to swallow...but you know the answer...nt |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:14 PM Original message |
It's only close in counties and states where people tend to be sheltered and ignorant. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Racism and ideologs |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. The incredibly stupid among us don't get it |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Come spend some time with the "Christians" in my neck of the woods |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Funny that it is always the religious that do the hating in the world...Ironic. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. "-When only the wealthy stand to benefit economically from McCain's proposals?" |
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april (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. That is my fear! |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
9. If i recall reading here in prior weeks this has ALWAYS happened in Prez Polling 1 week out |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because the good guys always get penalized for telling it like it is |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. GO VOLUNTEER, MAKE CALLS, CANVASS...GOTV... |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's NOT! |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Face it, it's a conservative country. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. I really dispute the notion that this is a conservative country. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's not... they are lying... it needs to be close to steal... eom |
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TexasBushwhacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Well, many people vote straight party tickets |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. You have to subtract out the 28% of the population who are hard core idiot enough to still like Bush |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. It isn't close. The reporting of it being close is out of respect for |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Yep. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. And what's more ironic than McSame complaining about the media? |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. in vast parts of the country, right wing talk radio and fundie preachers are all they have |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. McCarthyism has returned. |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. All polls showing a close race are using bogus number, they exist to justify the stealing |
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jfkraus (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yes they can. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. I don't think that's stupidity. It's a way of saying |
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Native (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. Can you say cell phone? |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I heard the same thing in 2004. nt. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. The ignorance, apathy, laziness, meanness and sense of entitlement.... |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. Two major reasons: |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Agree entirely with your two reasons and add a third... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's naturally impossible for racism-deniers to understand how this race could be close. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's not close. Do you call 340-150 close? The popular vote is irrelevant. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
44. The crowd disparities are very telling. Obama's supporters are |
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