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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
... Save the anger for things that matter (like politicians who break the law, lie about it until they are exposed, and then claim that they don't have to obey the law). His days are numbered: [...] I wish I could share your optimism. I think it's pretty clear that a majority of Americans are quite willing to simply overlook criminal acts on his part. The current scandals aren't any different than those that preceded the most recent election, and we all saw how much effect *those* had. The stench of hypocrisy, since the last attempt to impeach a President, is astounding. I see no end in sight. Of course, the alternative explanation is that the election WAS rigged, and that there really aren't so many people willing to overlook that sort of thing after all. One hopes the recent Diebold scandals (illegal certification, untraceable vote hacking, etc.) will produce some movement toward resecuring the elections. Maybe once that's done, the results will seem more rational. I'm not holding my breath. To start with, it would require that those in power acknowledge the flaws with electronic voting, and agree to address those flaws. For some odd reason, they seem to think it's perfectly fine to have unverifiable, easily hacked election results. You'd think that EVERY SINGLE POLITICIAN would be jumping up and down demanding auditable elections. But a majority of them are not. I wonder why. What do they have to fear from it? Either way, it's not clear that we're headed for an improved situation any time soon. Pete |
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A belief that voting machines were rigged seems to be especially common
among alien abductees and those receiving secret messages from David Letterman. -Robert |
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com... A belief that voting machines were rigged seems to be especially common among alien abductees and those receiving secret messages from David Letterman. Ahh, yes. Ad hominem. The other great tactic used by those without a real argument. In any case, the issue isn't whether they were or not. It's whether they can be. I take it you are quite happy with all of the lying and deception. Like I said, for some reason, there seems to be a high correlation between those who think the criminal acts are fine, and those who don't want the elections to be secure. Odd. (Not). Pete |
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If you think the election was rigged, how many votes do you think Bush
got? If not 51%, then 50.5%, 49%?? Even 49% is still around 60,000,000 votes. Certainly someone voted for Bush. So, if you really think he's so bad you either have to believe that 60 million people are just totally stupid, or you must come to the understanding that other intelligent people see things differently and your opinion is just that, an opinion, not fact. Democrats will continue to lose elections if they continue to not understand Republicans. If you choose to believe Republicans vote out of stupidity, you've lost that vote. Republicans, on the other hand, DO know why people vote liberal. Liberals want the gov't to take responsibility of taking care of everyone. -Robert |
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Well put.
On 22 Dec 2005 17:02:13 -0800, "Robert M. Gary" wrote: If you think the election was rigged, how many votes do you think Bush got? If not 51%, then 50.5%, 49%?? Even 49% is still around 60,000,000 votes. Certainly someone voted for Bush. So, if you really think he's so bad you either have to believe that 60 million people are just totally stupid, or you must come to the understanding that other intelligent people see things differently and your opinion is just that, an opinion, not fact. Democrats will continue to lose elections if they continue to not understand Republicans. If you choose to believe Republicans vote out of stupidity, you've lost that vote. Republicans, on the other hand, DO know why people vote liberal. Liberals want the gov't to take responsibility of taking care of everyone. -Robert |
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com... If you think the election was rigged Why can't you be bothered to read the posts to which you reply? Nowhere did I say that I "think the election was rigged". This is, in fact, the second time I've had to try to explain to you otherwise. [...] If you choose to believe Republicans vote out of stupidity, you've lost that vote. Frankly, I did think it was a good sign that a sitting President *barely* got reelected. Incumbents usually do better. Nevertheless, it's clear from talking to all sorts of people that most people have decided a long time ago which party they will vote for, and it really doesn't matter what the people they are voting for have done or will do. The vast majority of everyone votes out of stupidity. Republicans aren't any less guilty of this than other folks. Republicans, on the other hand, DO know why people vote liberal. Liberals want the gov't to take responsibility of taking care of everyone. Uh huh. Those Republicans are all over the whole Conservative thing. Odd thing, "Conservative" used to be all about things like maintaining a balanced budget and keeping the government out of private lives. Somehow, that got twisted around to mean spending your kid's money and imposing your confused interpretation of the Christian Bible on everyone else. Pete |
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Uh huh. Those Republicans are all over the whole Conservative thing. Odd
thing, "Conservative" used to be all about things like maintaining a balanced budget and keeping the government out of private lives. Somehow, that got twisted around to mean spending your kid's money and imposing your confused interpretation of the Christian Bible on everyone else. Ohmigod. I find myself in complete agreement with Pete Duniho on a political point. Surely the world must be ending! :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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![]() "Jay Honeck" wrote Ohmigod. I find myself in complete agreement with Pete Duniho on a political point. Surely the world must be ending! Try not to worry *too* much. The new year is about to start, then things will be back to normal! ;-) -- Jim in NC |
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![]() "Peter Duniho" wrote in message ... Frankly, I did think it was a good sign that a sitting President *barely* got reelected. Incumbents usually do better. Well, this one did better than the two prior incumbents. |
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Frankly, I did think it was a good sign that a sitting President *barely* got reelected.
Let's see Bush in 04 reelection 61% Clinton in 96 reelection 49% -Robert |
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