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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-30-05 06:36 PM
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26. This type of article is MISLEADING and COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
Edited on Wed Mar-30-05 07:35 PM by tommcintyre
Unfortunately, no matter how good the info, it will do more harm than good. It misleads people into focusing on the less important issues for getting our country on the right track again.

You see, no matter how many people vote against the neocons, WE CAN NEVER, EVER, WIN IF THE ELECTIONS ARE FIXED.

So, as much as these kinds of assumptive* articles are successful in distracting people from the FOREMOST, ESSENTIAL ISSUE THAT MUST BE SOLVED (ELECTION FRAUD/REFORM) , they are part of the problem, not part of the solution. <And, they take us away, from more useful tasks (those of us who are working hard on election fraud/reform), to explain this over and over again ;) >

Now, if this type of article came with a disclaimer such as: "There are serious questions as to whether Bush actually did receive more votes, and there are substantial ongoing investigations into this matter. But we thought it would also be useful to look into the reasons why those who actually did vote for him did so."
Fair enough?

Please feel free to post this response to any similar article you may see in the future (and even send it to the originating author). Meanwhile, I gotta get back to work on helping to solve the problem. ;)

*They assume that Bush "won", not by cheating/fraud, but by actual vote totals.
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