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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:02 PM
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Vote or you won't be able to whine after November
Biden forgot the carrot. Whiners want to whine, and they won't have any standing to do that if they fail to vote. Non-voters need to ask themselves if they can emotionally stand to spend the next two years after the election shutting the f up. If they don't vote, they have zero right to complain about what happens.

Anyone complaining about what happens after the election is going to be asked a simple question: Did you vote? If they answer "No," their opinion is meaningless.

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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:03 PM
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1. Who are these people who are not going to vote?
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:04 PM
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2. Ha! That's the only reason I AM voting in Nov!! My License to Whine renewal!
:rofl:

Yes, I kid.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:04 PM
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3. I plan to do both, thanks - they are not getting rid of me so easily....
Edited on Tue Sep-28-10 02:05 PM by old mark
I have been complaining about Democratic politicians for over 40 years, voting for them all the while.


rec.
mark
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Individualist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:06 PM
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4. "If they don't vote, they have zero right to complain about what happens. "
Have you ever heard of something called the first amendment?

Unrec.
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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:08 PM
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5. I mean moral right as opposed to legal right. nt
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rainlillie Donating Member (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:10 PM
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6. Agreed and the MSM is on the side of the republican teaparty..
Ten years ago Palin and O'Donnell would have been laughed off the stage. Look where we are now. There is no time to sick back and think you're accomplishing something by not voting. The teabaggers have told you point blank what they're going to do when they get into office. How can anyone on this forum be okay with that?
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-28-10 02:10 PM
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7. What's stopping them?
I suspect many never vote anyway. I live in Texas and voting Democratic, especially in my county, is mostly hopeless, but I do it anyway because there's simply no better way to be heard. Even if an election is lost, a candidate will ignore the opposition votes to their peril and the more there are the dumber they are for ignoring them.
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