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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 01:52 PM
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It never ceases to amaze me how....
by voting in polls and encouraging others to do so is cheating and "stuffing the ballot box". Isn't that what the polls are there for, to get the publics reactions? I guess unless you are repug you're not allowed an opinion!
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apnu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 01:53 PM
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1. more or less
you nailed the 'pug hypocrisy right on the head with that one.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 01:53 PM
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2. They're ALWAYS the exception to the rules they have for everyone else. n/t
Edited on Wed Oct-06-04 01:57 PM by patrice
e.g. How indecisive was it to sit and read a children's book when you've been told about a 2nd terrorist strike on New York?

e.g. Anti-choice, except for when it comes to choosing an un-necessary war.

e.g. so-called "free market" mysticism, except when it comes to socialism for big corporations.
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txindy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 02:21 PM
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3. That's exactly right.
Edited on Wed Oct-06-04 02:23 PM by txindy
We get one vote in a poll and it's our honest opinion, so why shouldn't we vote? Of course, those who object are the same ones who say registering new voters is "cheating," too! :shrug:

Edit: A star! Yay! :party: :toast: **cough** Sorry, had to celebrate!
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 02:29 PM
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4. They will Freep the polls and that means voting more than once
Because they do that without qualms they expect us to do the same. We don't. That is what they are crying about. Not just voting in the poll.
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 02:37 PM
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5. It's hard to stuff the ballot box...
...when you have Florida State troopers blocking the roads to the polls.
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