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In reply to the discussion: Is it possible the media is manufacturing consent for a stolen election? [View all]heaven05
(18,124 posts)53. I entirely believe
you hit the nail on the head about the media, 2000 the big theft-2003wmd madness, even the NYT was in on that lie among others to justify an illegal invasion of another sovereign nation -2004 another big theft. But people don't want to wake up. I won't believe...if 2014 ends up a total GOP victory or the media giving us numbers on voter turnout. They have been bought and totally compromised by RW MONEY. Period.
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J_J_
Oct 2014
OP
Agree 100%. What kind of "democracy" allows for PRIVATELY-OWNED voting machines?!
WinkyDink
Nov 2014
#135
You arent wrong, but the alternative to Hillary is Women hating, killing at worst, republicans
randys1
Oct 2014
#54
"alternative to Hillary is Women hating, killing at worst, republicans" - thats a false dichotomy
Veilex
Oct 2014
#104
I would be more than happy to get the health coverage provided by some of the big media companies
onenote
Oct 2014
#121
Rove's IT guy died in a small plane crash right before he had to testify on 2004 election
J_J_
Oct 2014
#127
Diebold steals elections, no question. But what steals elections even better is voter suppression
randys1
Oct 2014
#118
Some in Wisconsin are discussing the info. of pollsters and dramatic swings in voting
midnight
Oct 2014
#94
Especially when those advertisers are Super PACs with a billion in cash to spend.
arcane1
Oct 2014
#20
BINGO. The corporate media never asks where all this new flood of money goes...to THEM!
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#28
Not true. Our county has 16 towns and has to reset all machines every election.
CK_John
Oct 2014
#34
Again your wrong, NY has at least 20 parties that drop off and get re added from
CK_John
Oct 2014
#74
Democrats in every county in Texas need to look into what happened in Collin County Texas
DhhD
Oct 2014
#96
Electronic voting machines. Also, so easy to misplace or invalidate 50,000 or so paper ones.
Hekate
Oct 2014
#132
More than likely. Remember election night in 2000? When Rather read the exit polls, which had always
freshwest
Oct 2014
#16
The media are owned by the 1%, and they have an agenda to sell to the unwashed masses,
blkmusclmachine
Oct 2014
#25
Those are the same machines that allowed the Dems to win in '06, '08 and '12, right?
brooklynite
Oct 2014
#32
Yes, of course. I NEVER believe the 'statistically tied' polls. NO ONE votes Republican!
joanbarnes
Oct 2014
#30
“Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.” Edgar Allen Poe.
CJCRANE
Oct 2014
#37
More than "possible". I would argue that they are deliberately doing this.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2014
#52
Yep, cons will never give up and they lie about everything, by our nature we tell the truth
randys1
Oct 2014
#58
We don't have an election mechanism, we have one in each State, which vary greatly and
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#71
This is the second time that you have communicated with me in a condescending manner.
stillwaiting
Oct 2014
#75
Awesome rant. If the people who complain that elections are stolen really believed
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#98
Oh, I think it's very possible, with the amount of campaign cash that flows their way..
mountain grammy
Oct 2014
#64
Quite possibly. When I hear of the "overwhelming " odds that the Repubs are set to take over
AzDar
Oct 2014
#68
Well duh, anytime any Democrat anywhere loses any election, it is vote fraud.
tritsofme
Oct 2014
#80
I think a large part of the reason the GOP gets elected is due to the enormous efforts
Rex
Oct 2014
#83
limbaugh rattled off a list of dem election fraud 'evidence' today so it may be
certainot
Oct 2014
#93
Doubtful. More likely we're seeing standard 2nd term midterm anti-WH sentiment combined with the fallout
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2014
#108
The corporate media is manufacturing consent for their own profits, period
Corruption Inc
Oct 2014
#110
seriously, income inequality is out of control, and no one could possibly believe
J_J_
Oct 2014
#123
Even if Obama is unpopular, he has been forced to deal with the problems the GOP left behind
J_J_
Oct 2014
#130
This has been my thought since 2000! That's about when they started the whole
DesertDiamond
Oct 2014
#117