Guys, the vote stealing paranoia depresses turnout.

[Zynx]

That's all it does. Stop it.

[RBInMaine]

1. Spot on. These jelly-spined handwringers need to stop the PARANOIA and have CONFIDENCE for a change!

[DarthDem]

2. Yeah.

It also gets really old. People a lot more informed than us are on top of these things. Obama's famous "chill out" graphic comes immediately to mind. They've got this.

And none of this is to say that the Rethuglicans aren't despicable, desperate tools who will try anything to perpetuate their fading power base. They are. However, just because they try, doesn't mean that they will succeed, and it's hard to steal elections that aren't that close. It's also hard to steal them from an incumbent president.

Let's get out the vote and see what happens.

[2pooped2pop]

5. yeah Kerry had lots and lots of lawyers ready to go

Then gave up without even a fight. Maybe you guys should go read bradblog.com

What gets old to me is people on here trying to tell others to shut the fuck up about a major issue.

[shraby]

8. Kerry gave up without a fight because Bush had Falujah on the agenda for a few

days after the election. If Kerry had challenged, he would have been called unpatriotic because of Falujah. Are people's memories that short?

[2pooped2pop]

9. bullshit excuse to avoid being called names.

Bullshit excuse, period. The entire country at stake and you just up and quit?

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Yup! Nothing kills turnout like defeatism.

And if people keep hearing that they're going to steal it, they'll just decide to not vote. We are going to win Ohio.

[2pooped2pop]

4. get real

vote stealing happens and should be prosecuted. Saying it's not so is naive at best. Thinking that your opinion on this site or anyone else's depresses turnout is silly. No one else cares what is written here.

So please quit trying to tell people to shut the fuck up and sit down. The election has been stolen before and smart people are concerned. And rightly so.

Depresses turnout. lol of who? Duers? Yeah, like a DUer could be convinced to skip the vote.

[HereSince1628]

6. and over in GD the rule is to wear BLUE to the polls.

With all these helpful hints Obama/Biden is sure to win.

[Raster]

7. No it doesn't. In fact, it does the opposite. And this is DU....everyone votes!

And FYI, there's enough really smart people WITHOUT THEIR OWN AGENDA who feel like electoral fraud is more than just paranoia.

They encourage people to vote and to be aware. So today, let's vote. Tomorrow, maybe we can fix this problem. And quite frankly, it is a major problem if ANYONE has to stand in line for hours to cast their legal and lawful vote.

Have a nice day!

[OldDem2012]

10. Not on DU, and evidently not at the polls where we've seen a massive turnout of early Dem voters....

....in states trying their best to suppress the vote. All those idiots did, and I include the MSM in that group, was piss off the 47% and the Lower 99% and drive them to the polls.

Maybe we should spend MORE time discussing subjects like this instead of trying to limit it.

[philly_bob]

11. Another attempt to dismiss the threat of Republican election-rigging.

And the threat INCREASES turnout, doesn't decrease it. The only way to stop election-hacking is to win so overwhelmingly that exit polls and actual results are widely divergent.

[PsychProfessor]

12. Have some faith in President Obama

He knows at least as much as we do. He would not allow this to happen. I know that.

[Columbus Free Press]

13. The official party has done nothing

except claim to "look into" or "take care of" it.

When we catch officials lying about their contracts both in Hamilton County:

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4782

When we catch Secretary of Suppression Husted sneaking untested illegal software into vote tabulators:

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4779

We take it to court:

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4783

which is where I gotta be in half an hour.


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