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Nia Zuri Donating Member (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 03:25 PM
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Were the debates a set up for a theft?
Were the debates intended to provide cover for stealing PA and making it a +20 point blowout for Hillary. They will be able to point to Obama's "weak performance" and the bitter gate controversy as a smoke screen for Hillary's late surge despite the narrowing of the polls in the week leading up to the voting. Can't you just see the story? "PA is a game changer, Clinton now has momentum" etc. etc. Isn't Bill on the board of the co-sponsor (Constitutional Center, soemthingor other) of the debate. "Bloody him up real good George..."
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JMDEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 03:32 PM
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1. Yep
To steal votes, you first put up a smokescreen to hide the vote theft behind.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 07:05 PM
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4. Yep - like the corpmedia put up swifts nonstop for 3 months after they were proven to be liars.
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Mags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 03:35 PM
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2. You BO folks have finally lost your minds. He can lose without any help
he is not God. Get that thru your heads.
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Nia Zuri Donating Member (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 06:54 PM
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3. Not that he wouldn't lose, but Clinton needs a blow out.
this sets it up for a "blow-out"
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PoliticalAmazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 07:07 PM
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5. Absolutely. It was so blatant it is an insult to viewers. n/t
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 07:10 PM
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6. Greg Palast is lurking in Pennsylvania
the truth "will out"

just possibly, not soon enough
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 07:20 PM
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7. On the bright side, ABC horribly over-hammed their performance.
It's obvious to any person with enough neurons to make a synapse that this debate was rigged. ABC didn't even try to be subtle about it.

So any right-wing shill's attempt to explain a theft by saying "Obama fumbled the debate." is going to be obvious bullshit and likely to be loudly challenged.

Watch this election like a hawk! And for the love of god, if a theft is suspected, challenge it and fight it to the fucking death.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 07:23 PM
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8. Oh, come on....
This is getting absurd.

Meta-meta-manipulation.....
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 07:23 PM
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9. Yes. That was as transparent an attempted felony theft as there is.
Complete scum!!!


:puke:
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knixphan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 07:24 PM
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10. we just have to break into th enews cycle
by giving Barack a RECORD donation amount.
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Two Americas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 08:10 PM
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11. right
Rove got ABC to manipulate the debate, to give the impression that Obama did poorly, so that when his agents rig the vote across Pennsylvania - in order to help Clinton - then people won't be suspicious.

Now, the question that needs to be asked - and that tells us just how insane the campaign season has become: do I need a sarcasm smiley? Hard to say, isn't it?
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