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ShinerTX (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:42 AM Original message |
Are we falling into a Karl Rove trap? |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Read this, time will tell... |
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sportndandy (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. sounds like panic on their part |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. sore losers, like those in Washington who are |
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pgh_dem (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. You know... that would be a pretty cool retort |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. For what? Fighting disenfranchisement? Advocating paper trails? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
39. How about a constitutional right to vote and have votes counted! |
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metisnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. without the debate |
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liam97 (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Don't give Karl Rove |
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scottxyz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. This is not about winning and more about our right to vote. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. To be completely clear on that theory: |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. i would go .... |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:45 AM Original message |
NY Times---LOL if they said it aint rue--LOL |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't see where we have anything |
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Not_Giving_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. It puts the objection on the record |
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bunny planet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. The trap would be standing by and letting them get away with stealing |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. You must continue to contact your senators, we can not let her stand |
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Twist_U_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. First.......... |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I was just thinking |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. Of course we fell into a trap. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Yeah. We thought "Mission Accomplished" photo op was a 'trap' |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. No Rove trap, he's messing himself right now. IMHO. |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. There's only one way that trap would have worked |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. Ding ding ding! |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. LOL! That would be nice. |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. LOL! And shoot, they're dumb enough to fly |
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oldtime dfl_er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. A setup for what? |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I just visited the freepers |
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drummer55 (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. REFRAME |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
19. Don't loose any sleep on this. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Right, TRUTH is our mission, not ROVE |
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bigendian (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. That's nuts! |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. Sons and daughter of democracy, of Du, patriots! I see in your eyes |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
24. not a trap |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. nah |
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ShinerTX (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. I don't think it's silly. |
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farmbo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. Slap! Slap!Slap! Good God.... Get a hold of yourself, man! |
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Chili (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
27. fuck Karl Rove |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. Exactly! Reframe! |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
29. That pudgy pasty CRIMINAL needs to go to Prison for fraud |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
30. All a set-up? Are you kidding?? |
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moggie12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
32. Depends in eloquence/"reasonableness" of Boxer etc. |
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anaxarchos (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
33. Lemme get this straight... |
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Snivi Yllom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
34. not a setup if you walk into it |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. "Progress depends on not repeating the past." |
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pgh_dem (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. The current attention on election reform could be drowned out |
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VTGold (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
36. We have to follow our instincts... |
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Amaryllis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
37. THere are enough people smart enough to know congresspeople don't |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
38. They are spinning out of fear! |
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Alizaryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
40. All we can do is what is right, and we know that this is the right |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. WE'RE NOT SORE LOSERS! WE'RE SORE WINNERS! |
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yojon (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. Option 1: Protest |
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rumpel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Option 2. Write Letters to Editors and TV news producers! |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. Not at all. This is Rove's worst nightmare! |
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joevoter (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. Keep saying it - we are not sore losers we are sore winners |
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FreepFryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
48. The only thing Rove cannot subvert is populist action. And we're doing it |
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AmerDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
52. This should be locked, original poster flew the coop! |
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ShinerTX (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Flew the coop? |
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AmerDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. It means up until my post you never responded to your own thread |
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ShinerTX (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. What the hell does that mean? |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
54. Just because they respond doesn't mean its a trap. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
55. Life is a rovian trap. I'd rather go down fighting. |
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ShinerTX (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'm just raising the question. |
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smartone (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. one worry |
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ShinerTX (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. That's one of my worries, too. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
58. Deleted message |
hippiegranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
59. what is the alternative? |
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ShinerTX (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. I'm not saying roll over. I'm saying be careful and smart. nt |
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shiina (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
60. No, they would much rather it looked like the election went smooth |
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Debbie13 (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-05 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
68. Well, of course, the GOP control, they've stollen those votes as well |
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