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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-11 08:46 AM
Response to Reply #22
41. Exactly. The game is over before the public votes. We get the choice
of Corporate Rep A or Corporate Rep B.
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  -Are the presidential elections rigged? Syrinx  Feb-08-11 06:24 AM   #0 
  - There is ONE group of people calling the shots, in my opinion  ixion   Feb-08-11 06:29 AM   #1 
  - ageed  Syrinx   Feb-08-11 06:32 AM   #2 
  - That "center" they go on about is really a drain hole.  hobbit709   Feb-08-11 06:33 AM   #3 
  - It's only over  Proud Liberal Dem   Feb-08-11 06:36 AM   #4 
  - I certainly don't want to throw in the towel  Syrinx   Feb-08-11 06:40 AM   #5 
     - I live in the Republican state of Indiana run by Bush II former Budget Director  Proud Liberal Dem   Feb-08-11 06:49 AM   #6 
        - Marion County really isn't the worst you could do  NuclearDem   Feb-08-11 06:59 AM   #9 
           - You didn't mention all of Lake County - Gary, Hammond, East Chicago etc  karynnj   Feb-08-11 09:00 AM   #45 
           - I suppose you're right  Proud Liberal Dem   Feb-08-11 09:58 AM   #52 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-08-11 06:55 AM   #7 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Feb-08-11 07:10 AM   #13 
  - Thank you, Mr Beck  NuclearDem   Feb-08-11 07:15 AM   #15 
  - It's not just the Rothschilds.  Octafish   Feb-08-11 07:37 AM   #20 
     - Of course, Octafish, you are correct  Disintermedia8   Feb-08-11 07:59 AM   #29 
     - The Mayberry Machiavellis comes close to describing ''Them.''  Octafish   Feb-08-11 08:27 AM   #36 
     - lol. You're quoting Catherine Austin Fitts?  sufrommich   Feb-08-11 08:11 AM   #32 
        - So, in your opinion, she's a bad person?  Octafish   Feb-08-11 08:24 AM   #34 
           - Do I think she's a "bad" person? I have no idea. I'm sure she's  sufrommich   Feb-08-11 08:25 AM   #35 
              - Have you read anything she's written?  Octafish   Feb-08-11 08:32 AM   #38 
                 - I've read enough to know that she's a wacky conspiracy theorists.  sufrommich   Feb-08-11 08:48 AM   #42 
                    - WOW! I had never heard of her  Disintermedia8   Feb-08-11 09:39 AM   #50 
                       - Well then, here you go:  sufrommich   Feb-08-11 09:48 AM   #51 
  - Seriously?  RSillsbee   Feb-08-11 06:58 AM   #8 
  - Of course. It's rigged from the start with capitalism. nt  TBF   Feb-08-11 07:01 AM   #10 
  - The game is called good cop bad cop.  zeemike   Feb-08-11 07:01 AM   #11 
  - Well, by God, I guess I'll just throw in the towel now  NuclearDem   Feb-08-11 07:07 AM   #12 
  - My guy never wins does not equal rigged elections. nt  sufrommich   Feb-08-11 07:12 AM   #14 
  - Only when 'we' lose  Fla_Democrat   Feb-08-11 07:16 AM   #16 
  - Are you arguing that the elections are rigged in the sense that our votes don't matter?  el_bryanto   Feb-08-11 07:21 AM   #17 
  - It's all in the IT . server ID's /locations and programming  Rene   Feb-08-11 07:39 AM   #24 
  - Humans are at least as easy to corrupt as machines  el_bryanto   Feb-08-11 07:41 AM   #27 
  - In any democracy, there will always be votes that "don't matter."  BzaDem   Feb-08-11 07:41 AM   #26 
  - I do believe elections are manipulated, particularly in states  mmonk   Feb-08-11 07:32 AM   #18 
  - Yes, I believe they are rigged.  LuvNewcastle   Feb-08-11 07:35 AM   #19 
  - It's easy to figure out  notesdev   Feb-08-11 07:37 AM   #21 
  - They're Rigged In Our Choices...  KharmaTrain   Feb-08-11 07:38 AM   #22 
  - Exactly. The game is over before the public votes. We get the choice  harun   Feb-08-11 08:46 AM   #41 
  - I know this may be hard to believe, but "you not liking election results" does NOT imply that they  BzaDem   Feb-08-11 07:39 AM   #23 
  - Yes, you can read this same "elections are rigged" posts over at  sufrommich   Feb-08-11 07:59 AM   #30 
  - Yes, because the major political  Le Taz Hot   Feb-08-11 07:40 AM   #25 
  - Actually, primaries and caucuses determine who the candidates will be.  BzaDem   Feb-08-11 07:44 AM   #28 
     - No, the parties determine who will be in the pool.  Le Taz Hot   Feb-08-11 08:10 AM   #31 
        - Why do you think anyone in the Democratic party is worried about losing Democrats to third parties?  BzaDem   Feb-08-11 08:18 AM   #33 
           - They're not worred, THAT'S their problem.  Le Taz Hot   Feb-08-11 08:43 AM   #40 
              - "They're going to pull this shit until they, like the DLC, no longer have any relevance."  BzaDem   Feb-08-11 08:56 AM   #43 
                 - Repeating the same prescribed talking points  Le Taz Hot   Feb-08-11 09:02 AM   #46 
                    - If you are concerned about repetition, why do you keep repeating that a party with 0.3% of the vote  BzaDem   Feb-08-11 09:04 AM   #47 
                       - Thanks for proving my point.  Le Taz Hot   Feb-08-11 09:19 AM   #48 
  - "Non-Verifiable" EVM's are no unfortunate accident. nt  NorthCarolina   Feb-08-11 08:27 AM   #37 
  - Anything Short of a Landslide Gets Stolen by the Diebold Republican Electing Machinez  AndyTiedye   Feb-08-11 08:37 AM   #39 
  - We are herded towrd the hapless stooge TPTB want elected in the primaries.  dkofos   Feb-08-11 08:57 AM   #44 
  - READ DU: Proof is in. Case closed. What is worrisome is that  L. Coyote   Feb-08-11 09:30 AM   #49 
 

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