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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:12 PM
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suddenly late polls on CNN, show enthusiastic grass-roots inching Repukes up!
Yeah right! those %$*&^%$*& lying media @%$#*&!!! can go sell that big bag of $%!+ somewhere else! I'll say this right now! With what I'm hearing and seeing right in the red-state hell of Alabama, if we don't take HOUSE AND SENATE we were robbed! Do you hear it? Can you hear those murmuring voices across America? The corporate con job is coming to an end one way or the other. can they make big bucks with boycotts and general strikes? Wait don't answer yet, it's growing... Just listen... shhh, it's getting louder...
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:16 PM
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1. Ignore it...this happens EVERY election...
Media always talks about a late surge by the trailing party...

1994 had dems down slightly or actually up in some generic polls...

Even in 1988...when everyone and their Grandmother knew Dukakis was gonna lose...the median started pumping a last minute surge for him...


Just ignore it...the dynamics in place for more than a year are not going to dramatically change in one night!


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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:25 PM
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3. yeah I know it but it pisses me off more this year than ever,,, the OP...
says

SENATE TOO!!!

ANYHOW ONE MORE WORK DAY DU GET TO BED EARLY AND REST UP TO VOLUNTEER ALL DAY! JUST CALL IN SICK IF YOU WORK FOR A NEOCON
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:28 PM
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6. Unfortunately, now that's no longer the point.
In those past years, we didn't have so much election fraud to contend with.

Now, "surging" polls can serve very well to cover up a great con job with the fraud.

With the polls the way they were, it would be too hard to claim a victory.

So, they gotta peddle...
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bobbie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:46 PM
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12. Ya, I think the pre-voting propaganda has begun
Claim a Pug surge in the polls, "surprise" wins for Pugs, further discredit to polls and explanation for stolen seats nothing more to see here move along is this a great country or what the system works god bless....
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:50 PM
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13. Hey, bobbie--that's a cool name!
;-)

We also think alike... I was expecting something like this.

I'm not that devious, so I didn't know what they'd do, but I was sure expecting something.

I'm afraid tomorrow is going to disappoint a lot of people.

I'm heading to the hills. :)

Welcome, and have a good day tomorrow! :hi:
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bobbie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:14 PM
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23. Likewise bobbolink
My username is a hybrid of Bobbys--Kennedy and Darin. But Bobby with a "y" was taken.

Well, I hope there's a chance tomorrow, and I don't wanna be the downer here, but I think democracy died in 1963 and now they're nailing the coffin shut. Too bad that generation was so easily duped.
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 01:49 PM
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29. Wacher step about --"that generation" I resemble that remark.
~~guffaw~~

Yes, we were naive. That's a good thing, too, but it sure caused some problems. We really didn't understand that there was so much evil afoot. We learned to spot agent provacateurs at our rallies and such, but didn't grasp the full depth of it.

:cry:

Since you're able to listen, and not dump all over me because I'm not in the rah-rah crowd, I will also say that even if we have the numbers to overcome all the fraud, and even if they don't have devilish contingency plans to keep themselves out of lockup, there's still the corporations and they certainly aren't going to stand for a peaceful turnover of power.

I certainly don't have the means to change all that, so I'm trying not to worry about it, but I just can't share in all the excitement. Been there too many times, and it hurts when the bottom falls out.

As a poor person, Bobby Kennedy is a sacred image to me, as to thousands, and I grieve anew every time I think of him.

I"m glad you're keeping his memory alive. Wish he had someone following in his footsteps!

:hi:

Peace,

bobbolink, with an "ie" :)
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wanpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:19 PM
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2. gotta get folks to watch their wall to wall coverage tomorrow.
and we don't want to get overly confident and not GOTV.
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NOLADEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:25 PM
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4. Yep
They do this to generate viewership. They cannot say "Well, it's pretty much been sewn up by the Dems...check Wednesday in your local paper to see exactly which seats have been won by whom."

They are gonna say "Repukes are surging from behind(not just Mark Foley) and they are making a real race of it...Tune in all day for minute by minute coverage".

This actually comforts me. I would be more worried if they were confidently gloating. They are scared as shit, and all they can say is that they are seeing a last minute surge NO other polls have seen until today.

Enjoy it. This is what it feels like going into a win.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:26 PM
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5. what late polls?
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:01 PM
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16. some talking head on Larry King Lives-lost... they don't say which poll...
you know, it's like the typical lead, "Democrats, are saying..." I think that opening is the most over-worked phrase in modern news. Back when i worked in media we had to say WHO said certain things. Even in college it was the who, what, when, where, how much, how many of journalism 101 but that was the deionized "LIBERAL MEDIA." As we all know, conservatives don't have to follow the same rules, as us screwed-up bleeding heart liberals!
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:28 PM
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7. The GOP's 72 hour push works
including suppressing the vote. We've got to find better ways to deal with it other than complaining about it.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:02 PM
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18. The 72 hour push isn't working so hot this year
Edited on Mon Nov-06-06 11:09 PM by barb162
Bush was in Pensacola today campaigning for the pug candidate who didn't show up; he found an excuse to avoid Bush
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:29 PM
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8. Bull shit flowing through CNN like water over Niagra ....


Never Forget: George W. Bush willfully violated National Security to cover-up his willful launch of a war of aggression and illegal occupation of Iraq .... and, now he willfully provided nuke-making instructions to terrorists -- if you doubt it, just check 'the google' ....
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In Truth We Trust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:35 PM
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9. BULLSHIT IS Right. We take House AND Senate! HCPB NOW!
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:42 PM
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10. damn right and that's the TRUTH!
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nevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:43 PM
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11. I am still waiting for that
late Democratic surge in 2004. The press has to keep it interesting. There is no surge and we are going to kick ass tomorrow.
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greccogirl Donating Member (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:52 PM
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14. The latest PEW is showing
republican gains fast.............
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:01 PM
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17. Because the latest Pew poll skewed the sample toward more conservatives polled.
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greccogirl Donating Member (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:09 PM
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21. Maybe,
We'll know for sure tomorrow.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:18 PM
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24. No maybe about it. Look at the details behind their sampling...
and compare it to the previous poll.

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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:04 PM
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20. One poll out of six...
Later polls from CNN and Fox showed a lead ranging from 13 to 20 points...

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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 10:58 PM
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15. Take a chill-pill, JG ...
... tomorrow we take down the GOP. The MSM is next!
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:12 PM
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22. i think seeing media turned into a mind-control drug for the masses....
is my biggest gripe... We can thank good old senile Ray-gun for that one. With his background, he knew exactly what he was doing by turning the FCC into a toothless lion! I've been happy as clam all night, then I turned on my TV, like a fool. You are close to right, Nance, however, it's not a pill I need... I usually medicate with a remote! brb, I'll go get the cure.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:02 PM
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19. They Gotta Get Ready for the big switch!
they gotta get people prepared for the vote switching that they plan to do.

Democracy hijacked showed Bev black box dumpster diving and finding a bill for a million dollars to the Repukes

they get what they pay for I guess
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:20 PM
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25. I remember thinking that Kerry was Winning!
Bush couldn't get 40 people out to see him toward the end.

I went into shock when Kerry lost.


Same thing, different tactics.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:26 PM
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27. And they showed the long faces of Bush advisors
even said that "Bush had been told that he would lose"...


and then


St. Diebold and the magic vote-faeries sprinkled sparkly faerie dust everywhere..and little George, the lesser was king once again...
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:24 PM
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-06-06 11:29 PM
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28. Their "POLL OF POLLS" this morning showed GOP getting trounced.
That's the average of ALL the major polls, which you'd think might be a bit better for the GOP, but it wasn't. It was down down down. They're pulling some bullshit now.

.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-07-06 01:53 PM
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30. Vote anyway!
n/t
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