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genius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 05:24 PM
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Today and yesterday I had to tell people about the challenge.
The news black out is working. The vast majority of Americans know nothing about 1/6. We need to find a way to get out the word.
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dreamcollector Donating Member (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 05:29 PM
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1. WHAT CHALLENGE?
What a big fat surprise. I'm outta here. Bye bye DU.
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 05:38 PM
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2. I think so too....
still scanning the local paper, nothing so far...
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 05:39 PM
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3. Tell people. I'm still amazed at how few people know anything about this.
Just a couple nights ago I gave a short synopsis of the fraud to my sister-in-law (law professor) and her boyfriend (non-profit administrator) and they sat transfixed while I ran through the highlights that came so readily to mind.

And at a party on New Year's Day, friends would say, "What's new and exciting?" and I'd say "Massive election fraud."

I quickly realized that rather than being in the position of getting people to accept massive fraud, it's MUCH easier to start with "Do you really think * got more votes?" The usual response is, "Well, gosh, I don't really know. It DOES seem a little strange."

From there, on to talking about exit polls, how undecideds break for the challenger, how a president NEVER gets re-elected with an approval rating below 50%, how energized and unified the Democratic Party was, etc.

And finally, how would you know WHO won? Proprietary software, Republican voting machine makers, technicians fiddling with the machines to make sure the counts match.

I think we have to be the media.

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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 06:39 PM
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4. good tactics
I shall adopt them.


Cher
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Niche Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-09-05 07:14 PM
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5. I did get a lone call from my mother congratulating,,,
me on all the work WE do here. Did she call Reid's office like I begged her to do? Probably not. She can't get her head out of cable news... it's just so sad... did our efforts succeed? I wonder. I also wonder if all the calls we in CA made to Boxer mattered? I think she made the stand with Tubbs-Jones based on that alone... the report and urging from Tubbs-Jones. Probably not the people. Ahhh. I'm tired talking to anyone about anything anymore...
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