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Sorry to all you Dems, you lost fair and square this year. You have gone through all the bellyaching that losers always go through. But take heart, nothing is forever, and the Republicans do have a history of shooting themselves in the foot when they are in power. Neither party has shown they can hold on to power over the last 25 years of so, and I would not be suprised at all if history repeats itself here again.
Now Obama wants to speak out...will hold a press conference.....been told nobody over the wall for the next two years.
AW....I suspect voting machine election fraud, in fact I'm quite sure of it, there's already evidence of it on smart phone photos. I'm curious to know how many accurate exit polls exist. The Kentucky Fried citizens apparently voted in Colonel Turtle again, but did they really? He'll try to repeal Romney Care first thing and then impeach the silence of Obama. I'll fight dirty for liberty and freedom anyday, why won't Dems???
As usual, Hartmann completely skews reality with his "I'm the best Democratic Party shill ever" approach to journalism. No mention of the millions injected into political races from your beloved unions? Too funny, if he wasn't such a disgrace to the profession. If you want to vilify a past president for the maliaise of the country, go all the way back to the source...FDR. Read the book "New deal or Raw Deal' and get an education. Of course arguing with this tool goes nowhere, such is the depth and breadth of his arrogance, which really comes off as stupidity.
The next president will be republican and the midterms will go to who ever can spend the most money. 2016 an (R) in the White House and the GOP will have 3 legs of the stool. Just like the first 6 years of George W Bush. Jeb Bush will probably win POTUS.
Yes they did. Until Scalia, Alito, Thomas and Roberts are impeached from SCOTUS we are stuck with an oligarchy NOT a democracy! Money is how corporations bought the Senate last night! I'm tired of it!
Well.. Just think when the political winds change by the next election all that money will be headed to Democrats. Just a couple years from now big business will be backing Democratic show ponies. The House will return to the Democrats and the President will be a Republican and the game will continue unchanged, unchallenged and undemocratic, just the way they like it.
The election was cheap compared to the Republican shut down of the Government. That cost us $24 Billion and they walked away with little blame if any. In fact they blamed it on Obama.
Someone else posted this. It is a good one from a classic. How right he was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q&feature=context&context=G21c7...#sthash.OFrWSEo8.dpuf
The U.S. today is a totalitarian corporatist state which uses "placebo politics" to placate the so-called "free" citizens. If former President Jimmy Carter says we no longer have a democracy; we don't.
I vote only because my vote may have some impact on local government in the rural area in which I live.
However, I don't fool myself about "voting" for national seats. There is no verifiable truth when using computerized voting machines. And any candidate "for the people" who happens to win, will soon find a jackboot on their neck preventing them from doing anything that advances causes for US citizens.
"Elections serve only to validate the unaccountability of government." -Paul Craig Roberts, Oct 2014.
"If money is speech, and more money can buy more speech, that means, by definition that speech is not free." -Jim Hightower.
10K, I’m in total agreement. And I had a strong sense of foreboding about this election. It’s always when I’d rather be wrong that my hunches and predictions prove to be most accurate. Yeah, we’re getting the government low-information nitwits deserve for giving fascists their votes, or not voting at all! Too bad the rest of us must also suffer the consequences.
Low-information and deadbeat voters are only part of the problem, however. Voter suppression and election fraud are also to blame.
What a goddam freak show. Freaky, yet so predictable. - AIW
If the Billionaire Party succeeds in purchase of the Senate.....then by God the Dems better damn well filibuster every piece of anti-american legislation the Fascists throw at us. Yes the corpse media will get the megaphone out and label them obstructionists, but with that spotlight, maybe the average citizen will finally pay attention to what's contained in the proposed legislation. We'll see how well that works out for the little billionaire scoundrels. However I'm sure they'll try to change the filibuster rule! When will we progressives stop being nice to mean people? We need an injection of some Cheney/Rove like treachery, only difference being political crime that benefits the 99.9%, not the few. It's high time to fight dirty or die cowards.
Too big to punish. I am afraid we will be on fossil fuel until it tips us out into irreversable damage.
Where is the money? I am a N.C. teacher. I get 50$ per year for spending on 90 students. I started teaching in 1993 with 75 $ . The Republicans do not care about schools unless they are Charter schools& the rich keep their money at their private schools....The rep's in NC are supporting this.
chuckle8, it's a consumer advocate group not a union, and I am well aware of their existence. Thank you.
AIW re #24 -- It takes little effort, but a functioning short term memory (or pen and paper). I was actually locked out of this site's blogs for about a month because of my workaround of my aging short term memory. When I forgot the comment # I would give the same short answer. The software on this site interpreted it as spam after repeating it too many times.
charlieaa -- Unfortunately, the infos are going to get the same thing and they do not deserve it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJNrdnfwrLI&list=UUuFCfiQxxQFt3ELgYceCElw
I have no idea. It sounds like the voters are out and that favors Democrats. That is probably wishful thinking though.
yes, MB, my G'ma would be proud of you (English Major in 1907)
Thom- keep it going!! Can't wait for the MSM coverage. I expect the worst: coverage AND results. BUT, now the low-infos are going to get everything they deserve.
charlie in Paso
I haven't read Orwell's book, but I've heard so much about it that it feels as though I have. The guy sounds spot-on in his predictions.... unfortunately. - AIW
*Correction of mis-key to prior post / previously posted without reviewing...sorry:
Odd thing when voting this morning (FYI: DuPage County, IL)
Advised (for first time) any non-votes will be counted as NO
(for the various referendums / i.e. Min. Wage increase, Birth Control as part of health insurance, nominal tax inc for incomes over 3 million dollars to be allocated towards schools by attendance, etc.)
Never heard of this in the past.... would REALLY appreciate input from Thom or others, why the change and is this a fair way to gauge public opinion?
In reporting of poll results: big diff between:
30% FOR -- 20% against -- 50% non-vote
and
30% FOR -- 70% against
Reply to #21: Mathboy, I give up depending on this website to keep track of what I'm responding to. I simply include the post # myself. Takes very little effort. - AIW
I don’t mind confessing, I’m scared to death of this election. Been dreading it for months. There’s so much at stake and I’ve seen no indication that most people get it. The voting statistics say it all.
I just watched a marvelous interview of Bernie Sanders by Bill Moyers. For all who are interested, here is the link: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/video-audio/moyers-and-company?ut...
On the topic of nullification, here's an interesting document:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_of_1800.
I haven't been able to read it through fully yet, but Madison declares that the federal judiciary is the only entity that can enforce a determination that a federal law is unconstitutional.
Thom, I am taking a Coursera course entitled Securing Digital Democracy which is given by University of Michigan Professor J. Alex Halderman. Many of the questions about the election process that you are talking about today are discussed and examined in this course. The related textbook is Broken Ballots by Douglas W. Jones and Barbara Simons.
I think the professor or any of the authors of the book would be excelent guests over the next few days as you examine potential election problems with this election. Professor Halderman has a great sense of humor and can illustrate issues in a way the listeners will understand and remember. He has also participated in several security reviews of various voting systems in the USA and in India.
Look him up and get him on the program, I assure you it will be very illuminating.