[duckbutt]

Chair, HOB, anyone in No. Virginia - - did anyone hear the discussion on WMAL this morning about those flyers found in Baltimore saying that you couldn't vote unless you paid your parking tickets, etc., and that tomorrow was the day to vote?

Well, Bill Press (pieces be upon his name) is convinced it's the Republicans who put the flyers in to supress black voting. The radio trio took calls from folks to get their opinions. Most of the callers believe it's a Rat trick to energize their voters.

Then....one woman called in and said, "it might not have been the republicans. Have you heard about the Freepers? They are real haters, and this is something they would do."

So, a five minute discussion entailed on who these "freepers" were ........

sounds like we need to get someone on their for "equal time".....I had voted and was driving to work, SCREAMING at the radio.....

[Molly Pitcher]

That's awful! on Fox last night, the discussion was that it might be Dems putting out those flyers to get Republicans in trouble..

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

Well, Bill Press (pieces be upon his name) is convinced it's the Republicans who put the flyers in to supress black voting.

Well, he might be 1/4 right (not even half right, but not totally wrong).

First off, yes I had heard about it. Thought it was abjectly humorous, and that's where my analysis starts.

First, we've made much hay about having different times for demoflops to vote, and different locations, etc. Some enterprising pubbie probably made the flyers - it wouldn't surprise me. But it was NOT an organized effort on the part of any Republican institution. There is NO way they would be that stupid in such a heavily democratic state.

But that segues into the second point. This is the reaction of a party that is scared to death of losing. I am absolutely convinced these sorts of posters existed in 2000, 1998, and earlier. It's just the demoflops had ZERO concern about losing, so they didn't pay it much mind. This year, it is very different. Common Tator's analysis is poignant on this regard - Townsend was campaigning where? In PG and in Baltimore - her base areas. They are not secure, and there is the very real possibility she will lose the race. The only hope for the demoflop is turnout - so this is the year they focus on the posters.

Which then goes to a third point. The demoflops consistently show they have no sense of humor. Anyone with half a brain both KNOWS that today is Election Day - for crying out loud, the media have talked about nothing else for weeks, and that's the ONLY thing they are spending any real time on today. In fact, unless you have been in a cave your whole life, everyone knows the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November is Election Day.

Which brings me to my fourth point - the demoflops have a really low opinion of the intelligence factor of their constituency if they think they will fall for such a notion. REALLY LOW! Lower than any small number you might conceive of in your wildest imagination! It speaks volumes about what that party REALLY thinks of the folks they expect to vote for them today.

And, finally, if those are, indeed, the folks whom the demoflops want to vote, consider how ill informed they really must be, and yet the demoflops are out there PROUDLY ANNOUNCING TO THE WORLD that their constituency consists of blithering idiots who wouldn't be able to get out of bed if it were not for the built in gravity assist feature which occurs when you roll over.

Yet (!!) the demoflops have the unmitigated gall and temerity, in spite of this bold pronouncement, to then turn around and insist their people voted properly and that any election screw ups were because of other, non-voter factors.

It is beyond amazing that anyone can actually buy their crap.