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cloudythescribbler

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6. Both Dem leadership AND msm say little about voter suppression & provisional ballots in FL and GA
Sun Nov 18, 2018, 04:08 PM
Nov 2018

The decisive issues (explored very clearly in the 2016 elections by Greg Palast) are the policies of voter suppression, usually giving the GOP an edge of at least several hundred thousand improperly purged voters, overwhelmingly Democratic-leaning, that seem NOT to be the focus, including the NY Times, in either the recount laws OR the party actions and press coverage. We DO hear a lot about under votes, overvotes, requiring an exact (subjectively decided) signature match in FL, and a plethora of lawsuits, but the elephant(s) in the room are danced around systematically, with the mainstream media and Democratic Party national leadership like a horde of Baryshnikovs doing the evasive dancing. Grassroots Democrats like from DU need to bring systematic pressure, sometimes perhaps through (where I am quite limited) organizations like "Our Revolution" but also otherwise, including in the netsphere or stuff originating here, on these "Greg Palast" election stealing issues

The problem is NOT just with the GOP but the Democratic Party leadership and the mainstream media -- and ONLY grassroots Democrats are at all likely to make the ENORMOUS STINK about this to become unavoidable, as it has been avoided successfully so far.

Sniff. Sob. Beakybird Nov 2018 #1
Rick Scott is a criminal RhodeIslandOne Nov 2018 #2
It's stunning so many in Florida don't get what Scott is about. He's a damn crook RKP5637 Nov 2018 #4
Actually I do think... Wuddles440 Nov 2018 #8
The filthy bdamomma Nov 2018 #20
Florida is a miserable shell of its former self. BlueStater Nov 2018 #3
I vowed to never set foot in Florida gain unless they go blue kimbutgar Nov 2018 #5
I moved out of Florida 2 years ago HockeyMom Nov 2018 #7
Left Tally 2 years ago janterry Nov 2018 #9
Moved away in 2012 Jake Stern Nov 2018 #11
I said the same thing last night, word for word. BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #15
Both states bdamomma Nov 2018 #21
I told my sister about my boycott today BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #22
Both Dem leadership AND msm say little about voter suppression & provisional ballots in FL and GA cloudythescribbler Nov 2018 #6
To be fair whats needed is irrefutable evidence of deliberate voter suppression and cstanleytech Nov 2018 #23
Fascist republican voter suppression mastermind Nov 2018 #10
Florida just slapped the face of the Parkland Students. djacq Nov 2018 #12
Northern Florida is the South HockeyMom Nov 2018 #14
Yup, learned that when I moved here years ago... mitch96 Nov 2018 #26
If Beto O'Rourke announced he was moving to Florida Mr.Bill Nov 2018 #13
This makes more more sad than the Gillum concession The Liberal Lion Nov 2018 #16
Many western PA retirees are moving to Florida. wisteria Nov 2018 #17
It's official. Florida goes Fascist. amb123 Nov 2018 #18
The majority in Florida loves Red Tide Rick and hates Fish & Wildlife Submariner Nov 2018 #19
I hate this fucking state. geomon666 Nov 2018 #24
Florida blows it again Dopers_Greed Nov 2018 #25
Post removed Post removed Nov 2018 #27
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