Hardball: Lot's of Repubs & Independents showed up to vote. Said they

[kerry-is-my-prez]

liked Lieberman, some to vote for Dean to "screw up the process" and others to show support for Bush.

[barbaraann]

1. So they're going to claim a large Dem turnout is really a large

GOP turnout? And they aren't going to say that this is WRONG?

[eyeswideopened]

2. That's was I was saying earlier

They can vote then change back to their original party preference just to help pick the Democratic candidate.

[bushwakker]

3. what were the rules?

I had heard that you had to change your registration (if you were a GOPer) about a month ago in order to vote in Dem primary?

[lancdem]

4. Can registered Repukes

vote in the Dem primary? I didn't think they could.

[Tinoire]

6. You can be a Dem for a day.

I've been warning about this from the start. The entire thing is obscene.

[lancdem]

8. But then how do we explain

that only 2 percent of voters, according to exit polls, were very satisfied with Bush? Where are the Repugs in that group?

[blm]

11. Yep. Miracle comeback, eh?

.

[mzmolly]

16. My what grace you have BLM. I am continually amazed....

:eyes:

Clinton was the comeback kid with 25% of the vote, and a second place finish in NH. I'd be pleased with that scenario personally.

[bigtree]

18. He was the Comeback Kid because he had a southern advantage

There is no southern advantage, yet, for Gov. Dean. Both he and John Kerry are on the same ground there. Except John Kerry will apparently have two victories to Gov. Dean's 0. That will count for something. Watch for the vice-presidential announcements. John Kerry has said that he could pick a southern running-mate to help him there. Gov. Dean could also. Should be interesting.

[Kipepeo]

14. Not sure about NH

But in SC the primary is open to ANY registered voter.

[FlashHarry]

5. Tweety gets in another dig at Clinton

"Coming up, Dee Dee Myers, of Clinton fame––if there is such a thing as that." What a prick.

[lancdem]

7. On another thread

someone heard a guy on MSNBC say indys and Repukes were mad at Bush. :shrug:

[kerry-is-my-prez]

9. Might be some of that too - let's hope so.... would be disgusting if not

n/t

[markses]

10. CBS exit polling says

66% think Iraq war was wrong, 71% think economy still stinks. Not exactly the answers you'd expect from a large GOP voting group.

I think it is just sneaky syntax. Everybody has known that 37-40% of the voters would be independents, so they can say: A lot of GOPers and independents: It is technically true, since there ARE a large number of independents, so a large number plus a small number still = a large number. Of course, they should talk about the GOPers alone.

Yes - NH had very high voter turn-out today, so they are scrambling to find a way to explain it as anything but massive crowds pissed off at Bush. The inevitability line that these criminals have been running is beginning to fall apart.

So, nothing here to worry about.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

12. The Repubs said that - or ALL the people said that?

n/t

[lancdem]

13. I was a sampling of all primary voters

Dems, indys and Repukes.

[arwalden]

15. Isn't That How Lester Maddox Became Governor Of GA?

The republicans all thought it would be funny to vote in the democratic primary to make certain that the "dummest hick" would get the nomination... so that THEIR ACTUAL preference (the republican) would walk all over him in the general election.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/25/maddox.dead/

Fluke election
Maddox became governor of Georgia in 1967 on a fluke.

In the 1966 Democratic primary, Maddox ended up second behind former Gov. Ellis Arnall, known as a progressive, and ahead of a farmer from Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter, the former president. Because nobody held a 50 percent majority, a runoff was held.

In Georgia, voters may vote for any party in the primaries, any runoffs and general elections. So many Republicans voted in the runoff for Maddox, believing their candidate, Howard "Bo" Callaway, could more easily beat Maddox. Arnall lost.

In the general election, Callaway and Maddox were close, but Callaway was still ahead. He was denied a 50 percent majority, however, because of write-in votes for former Gov. Arnall.

Under Georgia's constitution, when no candidate receives a majority, the decision is made by the state Legislature. Dominated by Democrats, it voted for Maddox.


Lester Maddox brandishes a pistol
during an unsuccessful attempt by
three black men to desegregate his
restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, the
day after the Civil Rights Act
was signed into law in 1964.

[DaisyUCSB]

17. I started a thread saying I thought they were doing just that, but...

of course I got yelled at Dean supporters because I didn't have a smoking gun with a notarized confession from every republican who was doing it.

Some said that and some said "good" or some other acceptance and/or delight at the sabotage of a democratic process if it serves there purpouses