Republicans may be in path of political 'hurricane'

[kpete]

Republicans may be in path of political 'hurricane'
Updated 4/4/2006 11:39 PM

By Susan Page and Richard Wolf, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — Is a tidal wave gathering?
The announcement Tuesday by Rep. Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader, that he would resign from Congress signaled what Democrats hope for and Republicans fear: That Democrats could be swept into power in November by the sort of political tsunami that helped Republicans win control of Congress in 1994.

"We know that there's a hurricane coming, and it's going to hit the Republicans in November," says Charlie Cook of the non-partisan Cook Political Report. "We're just trying to figure out how big this thing is."

Dick Armey, who became House Republican leader when the party gained control in 1994, acknowledges that Republicans have "set the stage for the Democrats." However, he says, Democrats need to offer an alternative rather than just attack. "I think it takes a double-barreled shotgun, and they've only got one barrel."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-04-04-delay-gop_x.htm

[leveymg]

1. Self-delete

On second thought, that picture of Cheney's shooting party buddy is just too disturbing

[oscar111]

3. we need to change.. Elect the Sup Court, expand the House to replace the

senate with a more democratically structured House, and make the prez removable with a vote of no confidence..

that would make our Nov victory a true representation of the people's mood. More democracy, less "representation by aristocrats" who think for us, supposedly.

anyone second democracy?

[oscar111]

2. AAR is our other wing, Mr Armey{i wont buy into your imagery}

AAR constantly gives the voters the ideas/policies of the Dems. Armey must not be a regular listener LOL.

Get union LOCALS to buy radio stations, like IBEW bought KUDO in anchorage, for 160 000 dollars last year. Union HQ's all seem to be asleep at the switch, but locals can afford it nonetheless.

Details, see my Journal.. button for journals is all over DU

[hlthe2b]

4. I hearby dub it "Katrina II" -- the people's revenge....

[Peace Patriot]

5. Two Bushite electronic voting corporations 'tabulate' all of our votes

using 'TRADE SECRET,' PROPRIETARY programming code--code so secret that not even our secretaries of state are permitted to review it--with virtually no audit/recount controls.

Diebold: Until recently, headed by Bush/Cheney campaign chair and major fundraiser Wally O'Dell, who promised in writing to "deliver" Ohio to Bush/Cheney in 2004.

ES&S: A spinoff of Diebold (similar computer architecture), initially funded by rightwing billionaire Howard Ahmanson, who also gave one million dollars to the extremist 'christian' Chalcedon Foundation (which, among other things, touts the death penalty for homosexuals).

Diebold and ES&S have an incestuous relationship--they are run by two brothers, Tod and Bob Urosevich.

These are the people 'counting' all our votes behind a veil of secrecy.

So, is all this talk about a Democratic "hurricane" just a set-up for the Bush junta's "come-back victory" in the November Congressional elections, compliments of Diebold and ES&S? Or, will they be throwing a few sops at the Democrats--nowhere near a Congressional majority--in a "mixed bag" election, to point away from this egregiously NON-TRANSPARENT election system and dampen the grass roots election reform movement?

Stay tuned.

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At the least, we should prepare to MONITOR these election results as closely as we can.

1. Demand that the Democratic Party fund INDEPENDENT EXIT POLLS. The war profiteering news monopoly exit polls cannot be trusted. And it's the least our party leadership can do, after their permitting Bushite corporations to gain control of the 'tabulation' of all of our votes.

2. www.UScountvotes.org has a plan for statistical monitoring, and they need DONATIONS NOW.

3. Tell people the truth. They NEED TO KNOW. And there is a chance that big turnout can overwhelm the fraudulent machines. Bumper sticker: "Help us beat the machines--VOTE!"

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Resources for American Revolution II:

Hopeful signs - latest news:

California voters sue the state over Diebold:
www.VoterAction.org--just announced--is suing the state of California and 18 Calif county registrars on behalf of 25 California voter/plaintiffs, on the illegal Diebold "certification" by Schwarzenegger appointee Bruce McPherson.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2180496

Maryland rejects Diebold:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x418263

Florida - anti-trust accusations against Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia, re: heroic Florida election official Ion Sancho:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2183630
http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBKSY8W8LE.html

Utah county clerk fights back!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x419226

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More resources:

www.votersunite.org (MythBreakers - easy primer on electronic voting--one of the myths is that HAVA requires electronic voting; it does not.)
www.verfiedvoting.org (great activist site)
www.votetrustusa.org (news of this great movement from around the country)
www.UScountvotes.org (statistical monitoring of '06 and '08 elections)
www.solarbus.org/election/index.shtml (fab compendium of all election info)
www.freepress.org (devoted to election reform)
www.bradblog.com (also great, and devoted to election reform)
www.TruthIsAll.net (analysis of the 2004 election)* :patriot: :applause: :patriot:
Sign the petition (Russ Holt, HR 550, great bill-has 169 sponsors). http://www.rushholt.com/petition.html
www.votepa.us (well-organized local group of citizen activists in Pennsylvania, where important legal issues are at stake, including state's rights over election systems)

The Voter Confidence Resolution
http://tinyurl.com/rlnr2 (“We Do Not Consent”)
http://guvwurld.blogspot.com (GuvWurld blog main page)
http://tinyurl.com/amryg (Voter Confidence Resolution

www.debrabowen.com (Calif Senator running for Sec of State to reform election system)
www.johnbonifaz.com (running for Massachusetts Sec of State on strong election reform and antiwar platform)

*Some tributes to TruthIsAll, who is very ill:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x417007
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x417231
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x675477

Also of interest:

Bob Koehler (-- four recent election reform initiatives in Ohio, predicted to win by 60/40 votes, flipped over, on election day, into 60/40 LOSSES!--the biggest flipover we've seen yet; the election theft machines and their masters are now dictating election policy!)
www.tmsfeatures.com/tmsfeatures/subcategory.jsp?file=20051124ctnbk-a.txt&catid=1824&code=ctnbk

Bob Koehler's latest: "Take this box and stuff it" (3/16/06)
http://commonwonders.com/archives/col337.htm

Amaryllis (Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia lavish lobbying of election officials - Beverly Hilton, Aug. '05)
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x380340

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Throw Diebold, ES&S and ALL election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor' NOW!

:think: :patriot: :woohoo: :patriot: :think:

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"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it." --Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence

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[kentuck]

6. No problem....FEMA is on the way....

and Bush will be playing his guitar in San Diego as the storm clouds gather...