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Subject: BS: Could This Election Be Revnege for 2000? From: Bobert Date: 29 Oct 12 - 10:42 PM I haven't read or heard anything but I am sniffin' a replay of 2000 but with the lawyers for the Dems more ready to pounce and the Supremes unwilling, based on 2000, to stop them... Just a weird feeling but, hey??? B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revnege for 2000? From: MarkS Date: 29 Oct 12 - 10:55 PM Probably not. It will be close I suppose, but the vote variances will likely be in the low thousands rather than the low hundreds. I doubt that will be enough to trigger a replay of the Florida events in 2000. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revnege for 2000? From: Henry Krinkle Date: 29 Oct 12 - 11:00 PM Why, you can only spell the simplest of words. Revnege. Lay off the booze bobette. =(:-( D) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revnege for 2000? From: GUEST,999 Date: 29 Oct 12 - 11:56 PM I will ask here because when I asked on another thread I got no answer. If 'Sandy' disrupts voting--as it may--is there something in the Constitution or law that would allow for late vote counts or a change of date for the election to be final? (That question is clear if you read it at least twice.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revnege for 2000? From: Henry Krinkle Date: 30 Oct 12 - 12:44 AM I don't know of anything. But our lawmakers can always come up with something. They're really good at that. =(:-( )) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revnege for 2000? From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 30 Oct 12 - 07:27 AM Obama made the case yesterday....BIG TIME! He abandoned campaigning without hesitation to return and deal with the storm situation. Romney couldn't resist getting in one more love in with his mentally challenged fan club, before following suit.....TOO LATE! Many Americans will remember who put their welfare first. So if Romney doesn't want to look like the arsehole he is, he'll need to agree to some adjustment, maybe a short postponent. After all, while Obama looks after the people affected, Mitt will have lots of time for some sneaky extra campaigning. Don T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revnege for 2000? From: Bobert Date: 30 Oct 12 - 09:14 AM Good question, brucie??? I think that that idea may get floated (no pun intended) over the next 24 hours... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revnege for 2000? From: GUEST Date: 30 Oct 12 - 09:55 AM The talking heads on MSNBC have discussed 999's question. By law, the election is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Congress would have to get together and pass a law allowing voting for the election on another day, according to Pete Williams, appearing late last night with Chris Jansing on MSNBC. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revnege for 2000? From: GUEST,999 Date: 30 Oct 12 - 10:36 AM Thanks, all. I appreciate you taking the time for me, Guest. Merci. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: Bobert Date: 30 Oct 12 - 11:23 AM Seein' as the Republicans are all about voter suppression it is doubtful that the Republican held House of Representatives would allow such a law to be passed... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: Stringsinger Date: 30 Oct 12 - 12:36 PM You might refer to Romney as "the Great White Dope" if you remember the movie about white people wanting to defeat a black pugilist named Jackson. This is a race war, pure and simple, despite Cain, West, Steele, and Keyes endorsement for the GOP. Romney will not lift a finger to help the black community and they know it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: Bobert Date: 30 Oct 12 - 01:06 PM He really won't life a finger to help the "middle class" or the working poor, white or black, green or yellow... It is beyond comprehension that anyone on the plus side of 80 for an IQ would believe that another round of supply side (voodoo) economics will create jobs??? Fuck!!! The Fortune 500 are sitting on $3T now and not creating any jobs... What??? Giving them another $1,000,000,000,000 will make them create jobs??? This is a sad commentary on the critical thinking skills of the American public... Too much rote memory and not enough thinking being taught... I mean, even fuckin' mice in Skinner's Box can do rote memory... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: gnu Date: 30 Oct 12 - 05:40 PM "By law, the election is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November." Hahahahahahahahahaa!!!! NEARLY SPIT MY TEA ON THE KEYBOARD! Thanks for the laff!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: Ebbie Date: 30 Oct 12 - 07:29 PM I'm not sure why that's so funny, gnu. One would not say "the first Tuesday in November" because if the first Tuesday were, say, November 1, it is not clear when the election should be held (if the requirement is that a Monday is also required). Sheesh. Maybe it IS funny. :) Here is a little more information on whether a presidential election could be postponed: http://www.ehow.com/facts_7210667_presidential-power-postpone-elections.html History • During the 2004 presidential election, concerns about possible terrorist actions caused some to question whether the election could be postponed and, if so, by whom. At the time, President Bush and his administration expressed interest in postponing the election in order to circumvent any planned terrorist attacks. However, because the power to postpone elections does not lie with the president or executive branch, the 2004 elections were carried out as scheduled and without incident. Constitutional Provisions • The authority to postpone elections, while not specifically addressed by the United States Constitution, is thought by constitutional experts to derive from Section 4 of Article I and Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution. These sections read, respectively: "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Place of Chusing Senators" and "The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States." These two sections, according to most constitutional experts, imply that the power to postpone elections rests entirely with Congress. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: Bobert Date: 30 Oct 12 - 07:42 PM Like I have said, "The next week is going to interesting"... I fully expect this one to go well into November with court cases everywhere... the saddest part about this is that without Citizens United this election wouldn't be close... Obama would be 52-48 without working up a sweat... BTW, Romney's PACs will be spending $50M over the next 7 days... Without Citizens United that wouldn't be happening... The Romney folks are trying to ***buy*** this election... This is a very messed up system... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: Charley Noble Date: 30 Oct 12 - 09:10 PM Romney doesn't stand a chance. I just made another $50 donation. Sigh! In some ways I'm happy that Hurricane Sandy has disrupted this general election campaign. Maybe it will give the public time to realize that there are more important qualities to a presidential candidate than the latest round of political ads. Or maybe not... It will be a very close election, on every level. Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: Bobert Date: 30 Oct 12 - 09:14 PM Well, Charley... Looks like you have turned the tide with that donation... Whew!!! I'm feeling better now... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 31 Oct 12 - 10:44 AM I'm afraid Citizens United will call your 50 and raise you fifty thousand. Don T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: Ebbie Date: 31 Oct 12 - 12:10 PM My new hero: Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson "Let me just be candid," he said. "My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander in chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that's despicable." http://www.theroot.com/buzz/former-powell-chief-staff-gop-full-racists |
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Subject: RE: BS: Could This Election Be Revenge for 2000? From: Henry Krinkle Date: 31 Oct 12 - 12:15 PM Tweedledumb Tweedledumber =(:-( D) |
