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CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
19. This really is stunning...
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 01:06 PM
Nov 2012

I applaud you for your follow through. We are bombarded by so much spin, lies and dirty tricks from the right--and we tend to rail against it. However, rarely does someone "follow through." It's sounds so easy, but it's not. It takes time and commitment and a willingness to seek truth, as you get attacked for it.

You took these guys on. You knew Gravis was phony and you sought the truth.

You changed things.

Seriously, this is all it takes to fight the propaganda on the right. It takes going the extra mile. However, for whatever reasons, many of us just don't. The truth is--these concocted polls and lies from Fox News and dirty tricks--are being perpetrated by thugs. It's easy to back down from something that you view as bigger than yourself. Gravis was supposedly a national poll. Taking it on, might seem futile.

However, you did it. You really are a hero.

I think people like you--who refused to take the lies and crimes--were critical in Obama's win. This time, we refused to accept dirty polls. We refused to step out of a 3 hour voting line. We refused to accept tea partiers inside our polling locations. We refused to back down to voter suppression and intimidation.

This is the year, where Democrats decides that we were done being doormats for Republican bullies. You are an amazing example of that bravery--and you should be really proud of yourself!

K&R Sedona Nov 2012 #1
Thanks Sedona grantcart Nov 2012 #10
Hear, Hear!!!!!!!!!! nc4bo Nov 2012 #2
NC was so close. Just so close. grantcart Nov 2012 #4
Both congratulations and thanks are in order. Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #3
thank you grantcart Nov 2012 #11
knr! Coexist Nov 2012 #5
Thank You grantcart Nov 2012 #12
Gravis in action central scrutinizer Nov 2012 #6
lol grantcart Nov 2012 #39
Well done! ananda Nov 2012 #7
Meanwhile, Gallup hung itself out to dry BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #8
good point. And at FR they are saying that Rove shredded his credibility. grantcart Nov 2012 #9
This election was not just a repudiation of Romney... CoffeeCat Nov 2012 #17
Good point and others like O'Reilly will be anxious to point it out as well so that they can take grantcart Nov 2012 #45
I think it was Gallup? HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #23
Large error? tavalon Nov 2012 #49
No, I think that poll was error. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #51
Correction: Mason-Dixon. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #50
k n r LaydeeBug Nov 2012 #13
thanks grantcart Nov 2012 #40
You are most welcome. It was the first sign that we'd won this, when you outted that liar. nt LaydeeBug Nov 2012 #43
Grantcart, you rock! Thanks so much for taking the time to out this fraud. freshwest Nov 2012 #14
Good job, friend! What a night. We won Harris County (Houston) by 2 votes - Total. thevoiceofreason Nov 2012 #15
Great great. What would Governor Castro do in Harris County? grantcart Nov 2012 #20
I fear 2014 is too soon. thevoiceofreason Nov 2012 #36
Great work there. Historic NY Nov 2012 #16
thanks grantcart Nov 2012 #38
Sorry I'm late - K&R. cliffordu Nov 2012 #18
Thank you, it was such a carefully conceived and perfectly executed con that it did in fact grantcart Nov 2012 #24
I can find bugs by looking in my shorts...... cliffordu Nov 2012 #26
This really is stunning... CoffeeCat Nov 2012 #19
google grantcart Nov 2012 #44
Is that a verb or a noun? CoffeeCat Nov 2012 #46
I have no idea. Maybe it was a sneeze. grantcart Nov 2012 #47
Bravo! Next time we *all* will be watching the poll aggregators like hawks! reformist2 Nov 2012 #21
No. You did that. And thanks. cali Nov 2012 #22
Count the chickens but don't sell the farm just yet nolabels Nov 2012 #25
Thank you. countmyvote4real Nov 2012 #27
You da' man, grantcart. Tellin' truth to power, revealing Surya Gayatri Nov 2012 #28
You did a great job ! RagAss Nov 2012 #29
BRAVO!!!! lexw Nov 2012 #30
K&R flamingdem Nov 2012 #31
Great stuff! ProSense Nov 2012 #32
tks. good to see you back grantcart Nov 2012 #37
That's the Good Work, grantcart. Thank you! patrice Nov 2012 #33
Good work. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #34
First link in OP doesn't work -- remove the period from the URL Autumn Colors Nov 2012 #35
"Using the advanced investigative techniques that escape the New York Times and the rest of the quinnox Nov 2012 #41
k & r... ThisThreadIsSatire Nov 2012 #42
k&r n/t RainDog Nov 2012 #48
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