Yes! The AFP funded absentee ballots with late return dates are being sent to Democratic voters in 2 WI recalls.
96%
No! The slanted TV ads worth $150,000 funded by AFP (Americans for Prosperity) in Milwaukee are no big deal as well.
4%
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I think and have read and have seen so much anti-republican signs and activity that the Koch Bros have lost.
The constant lies and drastic measures of the Walker administration leads to 'We Won't Be Fooled Again' (I can hear the Who in the background!)
Another reason to vote Democrat - Walker has established at 17 member task force to study the 'structure of the UW-System'. It is composed mostly of legislators so get more Democratic legislator. If Walker gets his way, he will ditch the Board of Regents who have done such a great job. Instead he will have a committee of legislators with majority rule and who will privitize UW-Madison. UW-Madison is the top 3rd research university in the world and lobbyists worked with ex-Chancellor Biddy Martin to try to get at the profits. Luckily the Board of Regents convinced the legislators that was a bad idea.
Besides the obvious attempts at supressing voter registration currently going on in Wisc., I am worried about the electronic voting machines all across the country. Too easy to hack and manipulate results.
Now this is rich! The "progressive" liberals agonizing over voter suppression.
Over the past pivotal decade, at the start of the 21st Century, during the awakening to the existential threat of climate change, when having a conscience and concern for future generations while voting could have possibly mattered, the addicted to (D) greater evil voting liberals successfully waged a ruthless "Wasted Vote" campaign of voter suppression, which convinced well intentioned people that they could never get the good government they wanted if they actually voted for it; that convinced people to either not vote, or to always vote against whatever they said they wanted... like the "intelligent" liberals do.
The decade of vicious voter suppression by liberals has purpose perverting succeeded in ensuring that elections can now serve no good purpose. There will be violence, and it is (D) liberals who are most responsible for that.
The "Principles" of Liberal Voters
http://chenangogreens.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id...
The Koch brothers, plus the wealthy families of Michigan, and conservative think tanks manipulated the election and now we have Gov. Rick Snyder. The monies were an obvious influence, the candidate presented himself as an experienced businessman which he may be; but like Mitt Romney he drains companies and has his interests in China. While that may be true, the average uneducated voter and those who always vote Republican because everyone in their families history has voted for that party take no individual responsibility, they are simply continuing a family tradition. And there are the one issue voters, especially in evangelical/fundamental/Christian who are Republican/conservative because of the Right to Life. Like Wisconsin, there is an organized recall for Gov. Snyder.
The monies donated by the Koch brothers and the 24/7 Faux News programs are a great power of influence. The Republicans carry a bag of tricks to change the democratic process; but, mind control is not obvious as a suppression of the vote; but, after years of witnessing the sheepeople, and attempting to listen to this fanatic population, it is a factor. Gov. Snyder has placed emergency financial managers in Michgan communities suffering from the worsening economy. In Benton Harbor, the elected city officials have been removed, they have no say in the management of their community. When an elected official has no voice in the governing of thier community, it is the worst type of suppression because it is a nullification of the votes that were made as one of the rights under the democratic process.
These massive country-wide Repub Jim Crow laws are scaring the hell out of me....If they all get passed (and many have already) how the hell do the Dems figure they are going to get elected in 2012? And why on God's earth is Eric Holder not investigating these Repub voter suppression efforts. This has GOT TO BE a violation of the Voter Act.