I’m a Democrat, and you folks presumably will want to flame me on that point alone...I need your help. "
Call me a cynic Greg, but you appear too sincere, polite, and bright to be a Democrat. Exactly what are you trying to pull?? ;-)
Tell you what -- if you can convince the DU to help "urge an investigation" into absentee-voting on the part of cadavers, corpses, and zombies in all national Democrat-controlled precincts, count me in...
BTW, welcome to FR.
Why not a less ambitious agenda? How about all dead democrats only voting once? Hey, it would be a start and show some good faith.
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In my opinion, the internet and these anonymous message boards (Yahoo for example) has allowed for a fundamental breakdown in social conduct to become the norm. That has been further decayed by the bitter partisan politics that exist in the US today.
If we were sitting in a restaurant, a theater, or a camp site - how would we conduct ourselves? Would be explode into bitter accusations? I know I do not!
We have too much at stake to permit impolite behaviour to impact this issue. We are talking about the core of our democracy - the right to really believe that voting matters. Each American has the right to express their political viewpoints, to elect those who (we perceive to) reflect our personal values, and then we expect those leaders to conduct themselves in our best interests. I need YOUR help to assure that our confidence in those RIGHTS are maintained.
As for zombies, cadavers voting in one district or another, Democrat or Republican - it all has to be cleaned up. As I mentioned in another post above, this whole system is a mess. When we get this problem solved, the next thing to do is to get corporate financing out of our elections. Who the hell invited anyone to corrupt the system, and drive the legislative process based on special interest multi-million dollar donations to campaigns? We need to work together to fix all this stuff. I'm in my 50's, been voting for horrible candidates all my life, and it is time we citizens take back our elections and run things cleanly. You with me?
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One more point. I have (had) a successful web development business before this issue came to my attention. Ellen, another member on our team, earned her living as a self-employed technical writer. Neither of us market our business services any longer, and turn down work regularly. We are each working for free, and living off of our savings. If someone (new or current client) calls about web work, I talk to them about electronic voting. I do that at the risk that I may lose the business.
I am not going to take that level of risk, or make that type of commitment, then come here in any other manner than pure sincerity. I need your help. America needs OUR help!
Please join us today in this important work.
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