74-1??? Democracy died today.

[blondeatlast]

Film at 13:00 tonight.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I am so sick to my stomach that I cannot even put it into words.

What a bunch of f**king cowards........

[blondeatlast]

2. God help us, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart. nt

[cali]

3. Today was a very good day for democracy.

WTF is wrong with you slash and burners? Is it ignorance? Do you even begin to understand that the fight for election reform is long, arduous, and dull?

[Rockerdem]

6. An arrow was taken out of our quiver today - tougher to fight now

[SOS]

10. HR 2239 and S 1980

Have been languishing in the Congress for nearly two years.
The Republicans won't even allow a discussion of the bills.
How many years do we wait?
Personally, I have written MANY emails, over many months, to my Senators in re S 1980.
Neither Clinton nor Schumer even bothered to send a reply.
Enough already.

[quaoar]

4. 74 to 1 is disappointing

But it is a good day for democracy.

For the first time since 1877 the Congress debated objections to the electoral votes cast by a state's electors. This is progress. It's not the promised land, but it's a start.

[Cyrano]

5. It died in 2000. And don't expect the cowardly Dems to stand up for

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or even the Bill of Rights.

All these turds care about are their own reelections. Why should we ever vote for any of them again? What makes them any different from the fascist pigs in the Rethug party?

Fuck 'em all. It's time to start over again if we really want a democracy. How? Beats me.

[jayctravis]

7. Height of irony in the house...

"And now we will vote electronically..."

Anyone notice a lone republican "yea" that appeared and disappeared a couple times?

Oh yeah, FUCK YOU DELAY!

[Zhade]

9. DeLay's words were dangerous.

Notice how he referred to the objection as "criminal"?

Anyone think he DIDN'T want to arrest the dissenters? I have some beachfront property in Ohio I need to unload...

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Yeah, "Criminal"... Pot, Meet Kettle. No Wonder He's So Popular

in the GOP. Feh.

[Individualist]

8. Randi Rhodes just said the same thing

"Democracy died today." You and she are right.

[LibDemAlways]

11. Democracy died 12/12/00

The corpse has been slowly rotting for four years and the coffin was finally nailed shut today. USA RIP.

[dbt]

13. We have a winner!

No more cauls, please.

:freak:
dbt

[City Lights]

17. Couldn't agree more.

:cry:

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Of course it wasn't going ot come top down. So get to work

at the grassroots level and save your town's election systems.

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Election reform can help save this country!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm

[brainshrub]

14. Democratic Senators are cowards.

I expect Republicans to kill Democracy, but the Democratic Senators have just shown their true colors.

Cowards. Every last one of them.

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Sorry, but ONE of my senators isn't.

Speak for your own.

[gratuitous]

16. No, Democracy regained its pulse

Why do you all think the Republicans are so angry about having to go through this? Because it kept them from some cocktail party? Well, that too, I suppose.

Sometimes it's good just to fight back, even when you know you're going to lose. The Republicans put forth whacky and stupid ideas all the time. They put up with the modicum of ridicule and abuse, and keep plugging away at it. Now, we're seriously debating whether the Social Security program, which benefits millions at a startling low cost, should be continued. It started off as a whacky and stupid idea, and now we're in a struggle to the death for it.

Challenging the Ohio certification is whacky and stupid. But it's right. Don't slide that morgue drawer closed just yet; there's some twitching going on under the sheet . . .

[AG78]

21. They're not angry

"Why do you all think the Republicans are so angry about having to go through this?"

They would have to care to be angry. They just like playing the role of the little guy, even though they're clearly the big guy.

This challenge was the attack against democracy. Not the fact that there are no papertrails, private corporations own your vote, and the system they use to own it is a secret.

[blondeatlast]

22. In retrospect, I believe you're right. I'm regretting starting this thread

the way I did.

At least the seed was planted.

[okieinpain]

18. well this isn't the repugs fault. it's jkerry's, he knew this was going

to happen, and he did nothing to prevent it. he should have been raising holy hell before the election about the crap the repugs were pulling in florida, ohio, and pennsylvania.

If he or someone had been protesting before the election, it would make it easier for people to protest the election, now it just looks like we are a bunch of sore losers.

[zann725]

20. Dead and buried.

n/t

[jswordy]

23. No it didn't. n/t

[blondeatlast]

24. I'm regretting the way I started this.

I'm as bad as the Repugs I guess, I just reacted in anger and hurt feelings.

[Skittles]

25. SOMEBODY F***ING STOOD UP AND SPOKE UP

it was nice to see

[killbotfactory]

26. It died on election day

Democracy and hope have been assassinated.

Eulogy for America 1776 - 2004

[ncrainbowgrrl]

27. Locking

At the request of the original poster of the thread