Caveat Voter
This is taken from an email I got from democrats.com on Sunday:
"...media reports pour in documenting all kinds of incompetence and fraud (collected by BradBlog.com)
-a yellow button on the back of the Sequoia voting machine used in 16 states and Washington, D.C. that lets voters cast as many votes as they want.
-Venezuelan nationals at polling places "fixing" Sequoia machines (Chicago)
-vote-flipping on touch screens (Florida, South Carolina, Texas)
-voting machines not adjusted for daylight savings time that will shut down an hour before voting ends (Cleveland)
-candidates' names chopped short (Virginia, Texas)
-electronic voting cards disappearing (Memphis)
-Republicans paying lawyers to harass voters without photo ID's (Pennsylvania)
...
As of Saturday, pre-election polls predict Democratic gains of 18-45 seats in the House and 3-6 seats in the Senate, with some of these polls extremely close.
Incredibly, Republicans plan to scream "election fraud" if these pre-election polls prove true. As we all know, Republicans have run the country since they stole the 2000 election. And they only made voting worse by appointing corrupt election administrators like Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell, and by bribing counties to buy fraud-prone electronic systems through HAVA. Yet these same Republicans plan to scream "election fraud" when they get clobbered on Tuesday to challenge legitimate Democratic victories in key races. That makes it essential to study pre-election polls to rebut Republican charges.
...
Karl Rove has been bragging for weeks about his "72-hour program" to swing the elections, which predict a Democratic takeover of Congress.
Now we know what it is: a dirty trick campaign using robocalls.
The calls are made to Democrats and swing voters at all times of day or night to make them angry. And they pretend to be from the Democrat ("Hello, I'm calling with information about Lois Murphy"). If you hang up, they call back 7-8 times, and each time you hear the Democrat's name, to get you angry at him or her. If you stay on, you get to hear a scathing attack on the Democrat.
Karl Rove's whole career has been devoted to dirty tricks. In 2002, his dirty trick was to force Congress to vote shortly before Election Day for the Iraq War based on two months of White House lies about WMD's and Al Qaeda ties. That dirty trick has cost the lives of 2,834 brave young Americans (16 so far in November), $2 trillion in debt to our children and grandchildren, and unleashed massive bloodshed in Iraq.
It's too late for legal action or even newspaper stories. If you receive one of these calls, write down the time and candidate and call every radio and TV show you can and urge everyone listening to vote against the disgusting Republican dirty tricksters. And forward this email to everyone you know so they aren't fooled by Karl Rove's dirty trick.
Let's make this Karl Rove's LAST campaign by voting ALL Republicans out of office."
More details:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com
http://dailykos.com
*shrug* Take that info however you wish. Obviously, it's very partisan... which doesn't keep it from probably being true. (I haven't bothered with all the links which were in the above quote. They're easy enough to find if you go to the sites that are mentioned.)
I can vote in Tallahassee, which does me no good being in Homestead. *sigh* The paperwork; the mailing. (I think I mentioned that before.) I will be able to vote here for the Presidential election though; by which time I might very well be back in Tallahassee. *grumble*
I have done my best to pass on my info to Mom, who is voting today and doesn't pay much attention to current events. (For example: she had no idea who Karl Rove is until I explained it to her last night. *eye roll*) Not that it really matters here in Florida. I mean... Katharine Harris is running for Senate. It's such a joke, yet it is really happening.
Actually, that last sentence pretty much sums up my feelings about the last 6 years.
The smear campaigning that's been going on here is completely disgusting. In 3 hours of TV watching I saw 6 Republican propaganda commercials (blatant mud-slinging) and only 1 commercial for a Democrat defending himself. That's how Florida TV stations are... and it also probably has to do with how much more money Republican candidates have for commercials versus grassroots Democrats/etcetera here. *sigh* As far as robocalls go, I don't ever answer the house line, so I wouldn't know... I don't answer my cell phone very often either, come to that.
Anyway, I thought this was appropriate for today:
You Are 55% American
Most times you are proud to be an American.
Though sometimes the good ole US of A makes you cringe.
Still, you know there's no place better suited to be your home.
You love your freedom and no one's going to take it away from you!
How American Are You?
"Sometimes the good ole US of A makes you cringe." That's an understatement.
One of the things that made me cringe? The phrase "Freedom Fries."
You Belong in Paris
You enjoy all that life has to offer, and you can appreciate the fine tastes and sites of Paris.
You're the perfect person to wander the streets of Paris aimlessly, enjoying architecture and a crepe.
What European City Do You Belong In?
Vive la France! (;
"...media reports pour in documenting all kinds of incompetence and fraud (collected by BradBlog.com)
-a yellow button on the back of the Sequoia voting machine used in 16 states and Washington, D.C. that lets voters cast as many votes as they want.
-Venezuelan nationals at polling places "fixing" Sequoia machines (Chicago)
-vote-flipping on touch screens (Florida, South Carolina, Texas)
-voting machines not adjusted for daylight savings time that will shut down an hour before voting ends (Cleveland)
-candidates' names chopped short (Virginia, Texas)
-electronic voting cards disappearing (Memphis)
-Republicans paying lawyers to harass voters without photo ID's (Pennsylvania)
...
As of Saturday, pre-election polls predict Democratic gains of 18-45 seats in the House and 3-6 seats in the Senate, with some of these polls extremely close.
Incredibly, Republicans plan to scream "election fraud" if these pre-election polls prove true. As we all know, Republicans have run the country since they stole the 2000 election. And they only made voting worse by appointing corrupt election administrators like Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell, and by bribing counties to buy fraud-prone electronic systems through HAVA. Yet these same Republicans plan to scream "election fraud" when they get clobbered on Tuesday to challenge legitimate Democratic victories in key races. That makes it essential to study pre-election polls to rebut Republican charges.
...
Karl Rove has been bragging for weeks about his "72-hour program" to swing the elections, which predict a Democratic takeover of Congress.
Now we know what it is: a dirty trick campaign using robocalls.
The calls are made to Democrats and swing voters at all times of day or night to make them angry. And they pretend to be from the Democrat ("Hello, I'm calling with information about Lois Murphy"). If you hang up, they call back 7-8 times, and each time you hear the Democrat's name, to get you angry at him or her. If you stay on, you get to hear a scathing attack on the Democrat.
Karl Rove's whole career has been devoted to dirty tricks. In 2002, his dirty trick was to force Congress to vote shortly before Election Day for the Iraq War based on two months of White House lies about WMD's and Al Qaeda ties. That dirty trick has cost the lives of 2,834 brave young Americans (16 so far in November), $2 trillion in debt to our children and grandchildren, and unleashed massive bloodshed in Iraq.
It's too late for legal action or even newspaper stories. If you receive one of these calls, write down the time and candidate and call every radio and TV show you can and urge everyone listening to vote against the disgusting Republican dirty tricksters. And forward this email to everyone you know so they aren't fooled by Karl Rove's dirty trick.
Let's make this Karl Rove's LAST campaign by voting ALL Republicans out of office."
More details:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com
http://dailykos.com
*shrug* Take that info however you wish. Obviously, it's very partisan... which doesn't keep it from probably being true. (I haven't bothered with all the links which were in the above quote. They're easy enough to find if you go to the sites that are mentioned.)
I can vote in Tallahassee, which does me no good being in Homestead. *sigh* The paperwork; the mailing. (I think I mentioned that before.) I will be able to vote here for the Presidential election though; by which time I might very well be back in Tallahassee. *grumble*
I have done my best to pass on my info to Mom, who is voting today and doesn't pay much attention to current events. (For example: she had no idea who Karl Rove is until I explained it to her last night. *eye roll*) Not that it really matters here in Florida. I mean... Katharine Harris is running for Senate. It's such a joke, yet it is really happening.
Actually, that last sentence pretty much sums up my feelings about the last 6 years.
The smear campaigning that's been going on here is completely disgusting. In 3 hours of TV watching I saw 6 Republican propaganda commercials (blatant mud-slinging) and only 1 commercial for a Democrat defending himself. That's how Florida TV stations are... and it also probably has to do with how much more money Republican candidates have for commercials versus grassroots Democrats/etcetera here. *sigh* As far as robocalls go, I don't ever answer the house line, so I wouldn't know... I don't answer my cell phone very often either, come to that.
Anyway, I thought this was appropriate for today:
You Are 55% American
Most times you are proud to be an American.
Though sometimes the good ole US of A makes you cringe.
Still, you know there's no place better suited to be your home.
You love your freedom and no one's going to take it away from you!
How American Are You?
"Sometimes the good ole US of A makes you cringe." That's an understatement.
One of the things that made me cringe? The phrase "Freedom Fries."
You Belong in Paris
You enjoy all that life has to offer, and you can appreciate the fine tastes and sites of Paris.
You're the perfect person to wander the streets of Paris aimlessly, enjoying architecture and a crepe.
What European City Do You Belong In?
Vive la France! (;