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pbmus
Oct 2014
OP
Right on! I sent in my absentee ballot the other day. I voted for Pat Quinn for governor, Dick
Louisiana1976
Oct 2014
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)1. I think I hate the "why bother voting?" people most of all
It's too bad so many of them are supposedly on the left
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I try to tell them in the nicest way that they're not smart, they're just lazy.
But it doesn't always come out nice.
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)2. Right on! I sent in my absentee ballot the other day. I voted for Pat Quinn for governor, Dick
Durbin for senator, and Cheri Bustos for my congresscritter. In other words, Democratic all the way.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)3. K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations!
Thanks, pbmus.
Sometimes the obvious cannot be made clear enough.
Elizabeth Warren in 2016 !!!
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)5. I'm filling out my absentee ballot now.
Another case of the lesser evil. But, anything is less evil than Rick Scott.
navarth
(5,927 posts)8. I can't imagine there would be many on DU that aren't going to vote....
...right? I mean, if I run into somebody who says they're not going to vote, I have it out with them. But on DU? I haven't noticed anything like that. Maybe I missed something.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)9. we do, and yet they still are--it's almost like the system's broken