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DamnYankeeInHouston

(1,365 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:13 PM Mar 2016

So do you think they might have gone a little too far and

overplayed their cheating strategies? I think people are starting to see and it may backfire on them. We can't handle four years of this mess. The Democratic Party will be in ruins and the Republics will be given strength.

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cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)
3. Overplayed - Yes - However - The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Have Deep Pockets
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:19 PM
Mar 2016

Until the American people have finally had enough, the 1% will still run the field.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)
4. hillary didn't orchestrate this you know
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:20 PM
Mar 2016

She just didn't do anything to fix it cause she knew it would help her someday too

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
13. re-post from elsewhere - Not to worry, "the champion" of the people will swoop in and save the Day!
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:54 PM
Mar 2016

With an army of lawyers to make sure at the very least the broken laws (like properly registered Dems, unlawfully being told they could not vote, get to) and making the county allow the POC that were not allowed to vote to receive their right to do so!!

,,,soon..

.....

...Well it's a busy day for rich people shopping for giant pearls, and the line is long today......she'll be right along soon with her sidekick bullhorn Bill in tow to tell them what's for.....


...Or maybe she forgot to wash her champion of the people superpower pantsuit, and without it lacks the courage and leadership strength required to battle the Republicans today is all...



Never mind, I just learned that the Republican voter fraud affected mostly only Latinos, you know, POC, "the help" to those as pearled up as her majesty, so help isn't coming, either that or she is too weak to fight for us as "our champion"™ against the much stronger Republicans in AZ. I sure do hope they treat her with kid gloves if she is elected, she's not strong enough to be our "champion" if it involves fighting for us against scary Republicans that are just too powerful for her weakness in chief

 

DemocracyDirect

(708 posts)
5. Frankly I am enjoying watching the PTB out themselves in so many ways.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:23 PM
Mar 2016

Of course some things are distractions.

The reduction in polling places is a strategy that helps one particular group.

However the widespread changing of voter affiliation is much more obvious.

I can write a single SQL database update statement that could randomize the voter affiliations of just the right demographics (say by date of birth) and disenfranchise 10% with just a few minutes of access to the right terminal.

Changing it back if the gig is up would be much more difficult.

Let's see what happens next.




GoneFishin

(5,217 posts)
6. I think her camp will do the math and fudge as many votes as she needs. She will do whatever it
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:23 PM
Mar 2016

requires, and will do it in the bigger states where the risk/benefit ratio is the best (like Arizona) and in the states where it is most likely to go unchallenged.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
7. I think it's harder to cheat and lie in the age of social media, internet,
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:30 PM
Mar 2016

and now a new group of voters in the mix. She's probably not doing much of anything that others have not done...see GWB...but she hasn't mastered the fine art of the current media situation. Certainly not a competitor who is not establishment starting to gain hold and people starting to listen...and vote.

Even while the media ignored Bernie, social media didn't. That may be where the real contest lies...the bought and paid for MSM or the wild and free Facebook, Reddit et al?

Lorien

(31,935 posts)
8. Hillary will forever be known as an ILLEGITIMATE candidate from yesterday on
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:31 PM
Mar 2016

every bit as much as Bush was, if not more so. They were much more blatant in their election rigging than BushCo was, and more of it was caught on film as it happened. They've permanently tarnished the party, and if Hillary steals her way to the nomination few Americans will ever consider her anything but a lying, thieving fraud. She can never possibly be effective or respected in office because of this.

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
11. That ship has sailed a long time ago.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:52 PM
Mar 2016

The party is already in ruins. Just look at who's leading the party. It's DWS, a person who runs the party like it's a sorority she owns. She denied database access to grassroots candidate not once but twice using her power as the DNC chair this election cycle.
The party is already in ruins, and what we now have is people who realize that and don't realize that locked in this sham of a primary.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
12. We can only hope we've passed this particular tipping point
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:52 PM
Mar 2016

The illusion of choice is powerful...but only as long as people believe it.

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