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IAMREALITY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:27 PM
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I CAN SMELLLLLLL THEIR FEAR. I CAN TASTE OUR VICTORY...
CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:23 AM
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38. Are we in Never Never Land Again!
Edited on Sun Dec-12-04 12:25 AM by goclark

Love Your Post!!!!
CHARGE and scare the FREEPERS OUT of here!
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Clark2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:37 AM
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46. Surely there's a better pic of KO
that can be used here!

LOL - I love 'em to death, but he looks high in that picture. :)

Oh - here's crispini's obligatory floating hearts since we've mentioned Keith Olbermann: :loveya:

:D

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wiggle-room Donating Member (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:43 AM
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47. .
Edited on Sun Dec-12-04 12:44 AM by wiggle-room
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:49 AM
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49. Ahhhhh, Hypocritical As Usual I See
Edited on Sun Dec-12-04 12:56 AM by Skip Intro
You recently described me as someone who "knocks people down" yet here you are calling a long-time DUer usesless.

Don't think you're going about fooling anyone.


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IAMREALITY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 10:35 AM
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75. Yup
"You recently described me as someone who "knocks people down""

Yup, seems fairly accurate to me in its context.

And Yes, That Post was utterly useless and ignored by all. We really don't care how long someone's been here if they have nothing of value to add.


But Thanks for caring! :hi:
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Griffy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:29 AM
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40. NO .. you put on your shoes! HIT THE STREETS NOW
THIS IS NOT A DRILL.. the call is given... MOBILZE ..

CHARGE!!! is right.. I was at DC rally today, only few dozen.. WHERE ARE YOU ALL?!
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 08:35 AM
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73. On a Freeper's neck?
LOL

NGU.


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New Earth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:29 PM
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3. Uh oh
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:32 PM
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4. Full speed ahead!!!!!!!
I'm giddy!! :party:
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:43 PM
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8. Let's keep working! We are making progress.

I refuse to let negative people get me down.

I love your spirit!
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:37 PM
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5. There is a distinct smell in the air.....
I think it's a combination or FEAR and DESPERATION!!!!1
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IAMREALITY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:44 PM
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9. Desperation Is Right! Momentum Is Tilting and They Are Scrambling!!!!
Can't you just hear their hearts going pitter patter pitter patter ever so faster with nervousness pitter patter pitter patter faster with fear pitter patter.....

Oh,,,, Wait,,,, That's right,,,, They don't have hearts hehe
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:11 PM
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24. Yep, that's what I smell. It's a stench that keeps getting stronger
See them scatter in panic.
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darkism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:39 PM
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6. We're going to win
and we're going to go down in history books as the party that saved democracy in this country.

PRESIDENT KERRY!
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tandem5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:43 PM
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7. there are going to be a lot of ups and downs with this effort...
so keep the lithium handy.
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:52 PM
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10. bigger CAPS PLEASE!!!!!!!!
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IAMREALITY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:54 PM
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11. LOL Uh Oh
Can't tell if you are irritated or serious LOL I tried to make them big enough to matter but small enough to not irritate.

Unfortunately I'm so drugged up now on medication and loopy I can't decipher your sarcasm or truth! LOL
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:57 PM
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13. Serious. Not irrirated. Shout it to the world! Whats wrong gotta cold?
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WithStamina Donating Member (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:55 PM
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12. OMFG PWNT!!!!!
Please... it's over. I don't think that fraud can be proven. There may be some suggestive evidence, but that will never make enough difference.
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Goldeneye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:57 PM
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14. We'll see...
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IAMREALITY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:57 PM
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15. IT IS OVER! FOR THE REPUBS, AND THE REPUBS ONLY, IT IS OVER!!!!!
WE ARE TAKEN EM DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Road Scholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 06:59 PM
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16. We can't let it be over!
If we give up now, It will be the same thing in 2006 and 2008. If we give up now , we may as well give up forever.
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IAMREALITY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:01 PM
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17. Damn Right In_Transit
But lest always remember, the ones giving up are the ones who never had any hope to begin with.

But Those With Hope, And Those Strong Enough To Maintain It And Persevere, Well For Those The Victory Will Taste Quite Sweet!

:toast:
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seito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:03 PM
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19. You are right
It is over. Let's just pack up and go home. NOT!!!! :bounce:


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mbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 11:09 PM
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28. Yea, right!
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Turn CO Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:00 AM
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52. OMGWTFBBQ! YRYYFM
LIGAFF if a few people are sure that fraud can be or can't be proven. PLZ, WRT your point, there is more than some "suggestive" evidence, but YNK DMY. OBTW IMHO Kerry totally p0wn 2004. VWEG TTYS

Sorry. Lost control there for a moment. I forgot that I'm a 39-year old soccer mom with kids, career and housework.
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googly Donating Member (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:01 PM
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18. Some REAL facts -->
The clock is ticking towards inauguration, I believe it is in last week of January 2005. Once Shrub gets inaugrated, he is officially the president. The courts can not remove a sitting president. Only the congress has power to impeach (house of reps) and then remove (senate) from office. And you know who is the majority party in congress. These are all facts, they are REALITY.

Now here is my point....we better win our case of voter fraud in courts of law and the public opinion court before shrub is inaugurated. Otherwise, unfortunately, we are stuck with 4 more years of right wing government.
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IAMREALITY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:04 PM
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20. oh googly woogly
Please remember we are not only fighting for Kerry to be elected. It is far bigger than that.

And We WILL expose it. We WILL gain public support. We WILL continue to gain momentum. And that, good sir, is REALITY.

And we all know the clock. We weren't born yesterday. Most of us actually KNOW the date in January LOL

But we grow stronger each day. We WILL be victorious. We WILL ACCEPT NO OTHER OUTCOME.

Thank you.
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sepia_steel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:09 PM
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21. I'm with ya, Reality!
I'm really sick of people counting their doom before it's hatched, MUCH LESS accepting an election before it's really counted.

*cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep*
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googly Donating Member (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:10 PM
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22. hope your optimism comes true and best luck to us all
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Old Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:57 AM
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51. you are so right
It's not just bigger, it's everything.

They can't afford not to take the White House, as they have bet everything they have on winning this election, but they seem to have bet more on this race than they should have. If we win they're done for good. If they had lost the presidency they could have come back stronger in 2008 with a super majority in the house and senate. That's lost to them now, it's all or nothing time, right now, in Ohio. They're bluffing a lot more than people think.

I watched as a lurker as you DUers succeeded where unlikely, won when improbable, and joined once you started kicking the impossible in the ass. You should know by now that you are miracle workers, and you can win this thing.
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juajen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:14 AM
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55. Ahhh, Old Mouse, that's really sweet
We have certainly been steadfast; and, so many have worked so hard. Though I was limited by what I could do because of health reasons, I watched as DUers seemed to almost singlehandedly push this election towards John Kerry, and I've never been so proud. We really cannot give up now. We put too damn much into this race to win back our country. Heads up everybody, and keep the faith. NO SURRENDER!

P. S. I know there were thousands of others out there that worked just as hard, it's just that all my attention was on DU, where my heart is.
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seito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:11 PM
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23. This battle does not end on inauguration day
We, the people, will not relent in this fight. When they knock us down we will get back up. We are the minority, the concerned Americans that know the truth. The odds are stacked against us, and the enemy is strong.

My Reality: As long as there are concerned Americans that are willing to sacrifice for the cause of truth, justice and freedom, the BFEE will not prevail. It is our solemn duty to our Nation and our children that we never surrender this fight.

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googly Donating Member (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:14 PM
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26. I agree and sympathize with your thoughts, however short of anarchy
Edited on Sat Dec-11-04 07:22 PM by googly
only congress has the power to remove a president. That is why the inauguration date of January 20th, 2005 is so critical at this point. Given unassaiable evidence, the congress will act to remove the president, mainly due to fear of public reprisals in the next election. But the task will be much harder after Jan 20th.
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:32 AM
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42. We are up to the tasks!
Edited on Sun Dec-12-04 12:34 AM by goclark
Please let any freepers that you know understand that the FRAUD will be exposed and it will be a thing of beauty.

MLK: " How Long? Not Long!!!"

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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:36 AM
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45. Do you think what is happening in the Ukraine is anarchy?
There's a difference between anarchy and protest.

Because I see people mobilizing. If * gets inaugurated again, he will do something else that will bring people to the streets. If he pisses off enough people--and I'm thinking about the vets being called back into service and Nat'l Guard not being allowed to leave the service and their families--there will be protests.

They might be anti-war protests, they might be electronic voting protests, they might be gay rights protests, or another reproductive rights protest--but people are wise to the scene, and wise people can change the world without anarchy.
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googly Donating Member (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 02:05 AM
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65. Ukraine has barely been a country for a couple of years, US has
long standing tradition of free elections. But if fraud took place, it's got to be found at all costs.
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sepia_steel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 02:12 AM
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66. Maybe
a bit of temporary anarchy is what it's gonna take to get our democracy back.

I'm down. lol
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Griffy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:32 AM
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41. CORRECT.. so stop going over facts... AND MARCH
I beg you all.. people in the streets is desperatly needed...
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KenCarson Donating Member (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 07:14 PM
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25. fear or desperation would explained allow a dud nomination like MSG
kerik to make the news without knowing what his liabilities were first
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corbett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 10:46 PM
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27. Snowball Effect Is Real
Did you catch the photo of construction along the parade route between the White House and Capitol Hill? The inauguration is real but it won't be Dubya's! We need to keep on keepin' on and send as many email messages and faxes as we can to everyone with any positive influence on this recount process.

Blackwell has tipped his hand! He did fine up until now as Rove gave him step-by-step instructions. Then, however, when law-abiding citizens began examining actual voting records in county offices, KKKarl Rove couldn't stop it and you practically could hear him scream, "DO SOMETHING!" into Blackwell's telephone. That long-distance connection from the Potomac Basin through the mountains and into Columbus isn't as long as Blackwell thought!

The international election observers who were here on November 2 but not allowed to witness ANY of the tallying and now are in Ukraine have stated that the fraud there is a camp cookout compared with 11/2 in the United States!

Victory is within our grasp! We just need to support our recount troops and leaders and watch Kerry waltz into the West Wing.
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mbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 11:11 PM
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29. Finally, the truth!
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 11:18 PM
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31. i smelled the fear election morning when blackwelll tried...
... to hinder exit polls in Ohio. I saw it election evening, when Rove assembled the Stepford Bush family photo-op and Warren County locked out the press on the grounds that al Qaeda might be planning to bomb them. Fear was in the air when Papa Bush, Baby Bush and Karl Rove showed up at the Clinton library opening for the "we are all presidents" mutual admiration festival. Everytime Blackwell does something stupid like order an illegal rule change in how provisional ballots will be judged or an illegal lockdown in voting records, I smell GOP B.O.

But I really smelled the fear when they took to the streets in the Ukraine.

I wish I had been a fly on the wall of Karl Rove's office when he realized that the administration was gonna attempt a "do over" in the Ukraine. He must have been furious. He was trying so hard to keep anyone at home from thinking about election fraud, and his own foreign service made election fraud front page news.
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trayfoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 11:23 PM
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33. Re: Corbett
You wrote:

"The international election observers who were here on November 2 but not allowed to witness ANY of the tallying and now are in Ukraine have stated that the fraud there is a camp cookout compared with 11/2 in the United States!"

Did I miss something? Did the international monitors ACTUALLY say this?????


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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 11:40 PM
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35. Welcome to DU corbett!
and if you have a link to the international observers comment, please provide it. I would love to send this to doubting thomases!

Thanks and welcome again! :hi:
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Griffy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:34 AM
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43. WRONG ON 1 THING... what we need to do is march.. NOW nt
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 11:13 PM
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30. It will never be "over"
If nothing else, this is the year I realized how dangerous it is to not pay attention to politics.

I do feel a change in the air and I look forward to tomorrows news.

I also keep in mind that should fraud be proven and Bush re-beaten, the refundlicans will go nuts. That will be a dangerous time.

I feel truth will find a way to be known.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 11:20 PM
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32. NEVER NEVER NEVER BE OVER!
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mbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 11:49 PM
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36. Democrats that celebrate Christmas should put nativity scenes up
in their yard with signs on the top that read - Baby Jesus saw you commit election fraud!
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:35 AM
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44. ROTFL
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txindy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 11:26 PM
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34. Sounds like a plan to me

I BELIEVE WE'LL BE SEEING JOHN KERRY INAUGURATED ON 1/20/05!

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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 11:56 PM
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37. Guess what?
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:05 AM
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53. They're blinded by their faith in their great god Bush
They hate democracy and we're the dangerous ones? Yeah, they better start worrying...because the smoke is dissipating and the cracks in Rove's mirrors are starting to show. Monday may very well be the beginning of the end for BushCo!
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Stand and Fight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:20 AM
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58. Cool avatar!!!
Yeah Dr. McCoy!

Welcome to DU magellan!!! :hi:

God bless Deforest Kelley's immortal soul.
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:54 AM
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62. Thanks, Stand and Fight
And a big amen to that. De Kelley was the best.
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Old Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:29 AM
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60. if we succeed in Ohio
there is going to be some serious fragmentation of society. Painful times ahead either way.

It was interesting to read how some on the board were attempting to alert the others that there seemed to be a danger to their reality by what is discussed here, and others just wanted to feel up democratic women's boobs. A... different sort of political discourse.

Hey Freepers, contradicting absolute ideas forced to justify erode the capacity for critical thinking.
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:55 AM
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63. I was actually
going to snip the boobs line and post it. So gross. I can't help but which posts are from us. :)

I don't know...it's really late. It's funny to find your own posts in places you didn't expect. I once found something I wrote on another blog in a post by somebody else. Weird, this internets thing.
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:33 AM
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61. laughing now; fighting comes next. n/t
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IAMREALITY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 10:39 AM
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76. WOOOOHOOOOOOOO!
Edited on Sun Dec-12-04 10:39 AM by IAMREALITY
That was EXACTLY the point of this thread.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

:toast:

They are so easily manipulated over there! LOL
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 02:39 PM
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80. It was
really funny. I was on some other thread talking about them and I decided to hold my nose and take a look. This was the first thread I saw -- on the first page. It had just hit. We've got lurkers...and they're worried. Life is good.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:48 AM
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48. Although I admire your optimism and enthusiasm, I am concerned.
The older I get, the more I realize the old adage is true: "Don't count you chickens before they hatch."

What I'm suggesting is that quite a few chicks have been hatched, but there is still a LONG way to go. This fight will be long and bitter. We have not yet seen the repugs fight (remember FL 2000? The protesters banging on the doors as the recounts happened?).

True, there has been monumental shift in the last few days, and I am as excited as anybody about the potential. I want Kerry inaugurated, because I believe he IS the President-Elect. But we still have a long way to go, and time is not a friend to us. Can it be done? Sure. WILL it be done? Only time will tell.

Sorry for busting anyone's bubble - just a word of caution.
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Stand and Fight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:16 AM
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57. I strongly SECOND that.
One must be wary of counting their eggs before they hatch. To do so in this case is to possibly set one's self up for very damaging disappointment. From what Arnebeck has said recently it does not seem that he actually has strong evidence that will convince the courts. The bastard media is not even reporting the Conyers forum from Wednesday of this week. Is it possible that he will drop a bomb on Monday? Sure. Is it likely? Sure. Is it also equally possible that he will present statistical evidence in order to get a court order to examine the machines through forensics and testing by the experts? Yes -- this will be the bomb that they will be allowed to do that. But... Who knows? I only advise that people hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Either way -- despite the outcome -- we have to stand and fight for the better interest of our country.

God bless you all.

And I hope it turns out the way you're saying original poster, but we shall all have to simply wait and see.
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:23 AM
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59. Yes, I'm mixing hope with caution too
We may be in the right, but that didn't stop them from stealing it in 2000. True, we have more money and lawyers this time. But it is far from certain. Just imagine the outrage from the other side. Only thing that would stop them would be Bush stepping down willingly and gracefully--and I just can't imagine that.
Or would he? He seems to be in one tight spot after the other, these days. The Intel bill, Columbia wanting to assassinate him, Canada protesting him, Kerik and others withdrawing from serving, and Rummy seems worse than ever. He can't do without him though, so is stuck with him. Man, I wouldn't want to be him in a second term! But then, I'm not him.
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middler Donating Member (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:52 AM
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50. I've got a bad feeling.
If arnbeck said that he can't win in the courts, that it will take MSM support, then we are screwed. I predict that his case is based on statistical analysis that will not impress the courts. If he had any hard evidence, he wouldn't need the MSM.
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:05 AM
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54. Well, hello middler, and welcome to DU!
Edited on Sun Dec-12-04 01:06 AM by RevCheesehead
:hi:

Nice to have you with us!
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Old Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:15 AM
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56. Its not a lack of evidence
Its jurisdiction that's the problem. The whole system of checks and balances has been upset.

The fraud is on a level that leaves no uncompromised party in a position of authority to level charges.
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 01:56 AM
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64. Giving up is always an option!
It's not my choice though.

:thumbsup:
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zann725 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 02:50 AM
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67. Nor mine! Power to 'we the people!'
No negative crap allowed! We can get that in MSM!
:kick:
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seito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 03:00 AM
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70. Victory will be ours
Get out and Rally tomorrow!!!
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Old Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 03:00 AM
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68. I don't think it is
some of us just can't keep our mouths shut. We have no option but to resist.
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Old Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 03:00 AM
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69. I don't think it is
Edited on Sun Dec-12-04 03:08 AM by Old Mouse
some of us just can't keep our mouths shut. We have no option but to resist.

on edit: strange dupe, must be my total information worm acting up... sorry
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coreystone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 04:37 AM
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71. Precisely! The Governor, the AG, the SOS, the House, the Senate....
the whole shooting match is left without a check on the power!
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Darkhawk32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 07:39 AM
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72. I agree.... they're fighting us now.
Edited on Sun Dec-12-04 07:40 AM by Darkhawk32
We have to hammer them and hammer them. We need to investigate every single election since 1998 and see if the legitimate candidate won. We need to publicly expose all candidates that won via mistake or fraud. Max Cleland deserves to be Senator and we need to make the public aware of that. The line in the sand must be drawn or else the Repuketards will be stealing more and more elections. Soon, they'll have a 70/30 advantage in the Senate and even a larger majority in the house. It'll be catastrophic for our rights and our freedoms. It'll be a disaster for our nation's economy, inflation will be in double digits as well as our unemployment rates. Our public schools will be decimated and only the elite will get a quality education.

Enough is enough!! We need to fight everyday from now on. The line must be drawn HERE.
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stlsaxman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 08:53 AM
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74. Can you please give me a couple reasons why you think that?
I have been away from this board board for a week because I have seen nothing to give me the kind of exuberance(?) you are feeling about the outcome of the election, and that "they" are indeed scared...

I would much prefer to think that I missed some big developements than that we are deluded... Help me somebody-
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malatesta1137 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 10:45 AM
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77. lol
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BlueCentrist Donating Member (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:35 PM
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78. I can too.
I see a lot of trolls on DU today.It is super encouraging that we have people like you that don't allow them to fester and run rampant.

Can't wait for Monday!
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BlackVelvet04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-04 12:57 PM
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79. Reality is
that there is a chance our fight will not have the desired results, BUT it is not in vain. If we fail to fight for democracy we have failed as human beings, as patriots.

The only real defense the right has is to call us loonies and tin foil hatters....they KNOW what happened. In the deep dark recesses of their pathetic little minds they KNOW. Pride and arrogance keeps them from admitting how badly things are going in the country but they KNOW. They KNOW bush has lied to them and they KNOW the election was "iffy" at best.

I laugh at the rights attempts to paint us as out of touch loonies....it's called projection.
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