Reply #53: ...because if not for Bernie Ellis, there'd be no Obama presidency (yes, really)

[Senator]

(sorry to piggyback for visibility, but this should be known)

A brief history.

In 2000 they stole thousands of vote, but not enough to "get away with it." So, they had to have the Felonious Five issue their bushvgore edict to saddle this once-great nation with an appointed ruler as opposed to the legitimate elected leader.

In 2004 the stole in greater numbers. They still didn't fully "get away with it." There was the historic http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/48556.html">Tubbs-Jones/Boxer Rebellion.

They certainly would have increased their theft total 4 years later if not for the Election Reform Movement that grew out of the outrage at that second stolen election. A movement led by people many here know or have heard about, like the late Andy Stephenson and currently-under-siege Brad Friedman (DUer Bradblog).

That movement may well have fizzled and failed without Bernie Ellis -- host of the http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=155x1378">Gathering to Save Our Democracy -- who brought together a small group of committed activists and galvanized them into a movement.

So while Obama may well have really won by more than the <3% "ofishyl" result, without the movement Bernie and other invented, the neofascist election thieves would most likely have easily stolen the amount they needed -- again.

Obama owes Bernie. And so do you.

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