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Exclusive - Inside Orca: How the Romney Campaign Suppressed Its Own Vote
Breitbart.com ^ | 11/8/12 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 11/08/2012 10:30:53 PM PST by stillonaroll

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To: Varsity Flight

Gotta disagree. The figure I’ve seen is that 93 million eligible voters did not bother. A very big portion of the electorate is disengaged, but ultimately might be “reachable”, even if not at all enthusiastic. We know the Dems have a very effective turnout machine, so they probably got just about everybody they could, including a lot of voters who probably would not vote unless they had a ride, got a slice of pizza out of the deal, or whatever.

Romney was at least as “inspiring” as McCain, so if his turnout was down, something else is afoot. Personally I think the biggest factor is that Obama eroded the softer parts of the Republican base. (People who want to work but can’t find good jobs, wondering what will happen to their UE benefits, would be one example. They can’t afford to lose UE benefits and hope the economy turns around in a couple years.) That is how socialism typically gains ground. That said, other factors, like a failed GOTV effort, could certainly make things worse.


61 posted on 11/09/2012 1:23:24 AM PST by Paul R. (We are in a break in an Ice Age. A brief break at that...)
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To: stillonaroll; All
Meanwhile...

Obama’s Campaign Ran Millions of Virtual Elections to Predict the Future

I guess Team Romney never heard of Beta testing.

62 posted on 11/09/2012 2:58:11 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Lancey Howard
The spam-phoning of citizens is so counterproductive that it actually suppresses voters.

Yep....at one point during the final frenzy this past weekend, we were getting phone calls with recorded messages about once every twenty minutes from the Romney Campaign, the RNC, or some other GOP-affiliated group.

My wife got so frustrated and angry that she literally yanked the phone cord from the wall and dared me to reconnect it until the election was over.

63 posted on 11/09/2012 3:14:02 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: stillonaroll

You need look no further than what issue that Motivated Tea Partiers to attend town Hall Meetings across the Country 1n 2010,March on Washington by the Hundreds of thousands,that being Obamacare. What issue was taken off the Table by the Establishment Republicans as a Finger in the eye to the Tea partiers? Thats right Obamacare,when Romney was asked after his Nomination what is going to the Tea Party vote for you? he answered they will fall into line. Well Romney did not even get as many votes as McCain. So Long Mitt


64 posted on 11/09/2012 3:28:53 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: stillonaroll

65 posted on 11/09/2012 4:08:48 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: stillonaroll

Througout the entire campaign, the only direct contact I had with the Republican party was pounds of junk mail, dozens of robocalls, hundreds of emails, and countless fundraising calls. Not once did any live person contact me to urge me to go out and vote.


66 posted on 11/09/2012 4:15:20 AM PST by Fresh Wind
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To: stillonaroll

It’s interesting that I am still getting two to three emails daily from Paul Ryan, Ann Romney, and the Romney sons, telling me to vote on November 6. I’ve gotten one already this morning (Nov. 9) from Paul Ryan.


67 posted on 11/09/2012 4:33:05 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: stillonaroll

“Agreed. People hired by the GOP to oversee critical technology must be reliably conservative. It’s too important to allow some long-haired, maggot-infested, dope-smoking FM type to infiltrate the system.”

(well stated, a little Rush lingo there)

...and they will - because they don’t have the imagination necessary to think like bad guys. I do, for whatever reason. I walk around my house thinking of how, if I were a bad guy, would case it and then break in. What the weak points are, how to disable the alarm, etc. For a Republican elite, it’s a major accomplishment when they can be convinced that leaving the car running, unlocked, when they buy a coffee has some level of risk.


68 posted on 11/09/2012 5:10:48 AM PST by BobL (You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
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To: Timber Rattler

“My wife got so frustrated and angry that she literally yanked the phone cord from the wall and dared me to reconnect it until the election was over.”

It looks like you didn’t reconnect the phone SINCE you are still alive. /s


69 posted on 11/09/2012 5:34:20 AM PST by Clyde5445
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To: BobL

Given that this whole Orca effort was run from Massachusetts, which is full of liberals in the tech sector just as it is everywhere else, the likelihood of deliberately shoddy design or outright sabotage is pretty high, IMO.


70 posted on 11/09/2012 5:40:17 AM PST by Campion ("Social justice" begins in the womb)
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To: Campion

“Given that this whole Orca effort was run from Massachusetts, which is full of liberals in the tech sector just as it is everywhere else, the likelihood of deliberately shoddy design or outright sabotage is pretty high, IMO.”

OMG...he really was that STUPID after all.


71 posted on 11/09/2012 5:43:57 AM PST by BobL (You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
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To: Campion

So what does one do? You make it clear that if the app fails when it’s needed, the nerds don’t get paid. That simple. You pay out ONLY after election day, based on the contract. Prior to that, you put the money in escrow somewhere. No excuses, the program must run as advertised to get paid.

Not foolproof - but much better than simply trusting young kids from MA to be apolitical.


72 posted on 11/09/2012 5:49:08 AM PST by BobL (You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
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To: BobL
Chicago politician Abner Mickva has a famous story he told:
One of the stories that is told about my start in politics is that on the way home from law school one night in 1948, I stopped by the ward headquarters in the ward where I lived. There was a street-front, and the name Timothy O'Sullivan, Ward Committeeman, was painted on the front window. I walked in and I said "I'd like to volunteer to work for [Adlai] Stevenson and [Paul] Douglas." This quintessential Chicago ward committeeman took the cigar out of his mouth and glared at me and said, "Who sent you?" I said, "Nobody sent me." He put the cigar back in his mouth and he said, "We don't want nobody that nobody sent." This was the beginning of my political career in Chicago.[1]
The essential truth in the story is that the only way to guard against betrayal is to only use people who have been vouched for by people you have known for a long time, and who have known the person for a long time. Technical ability is secondary to being able to trust the person.

This is why the original Sicilian Mafia would only take fellow Sicilians, people who could be checked up on by asking around the village they grew up in.

73 posted on 11/09/2012 6:07:39 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (political correctness is communist thought control, disguised as good manners)
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To: BobL

Not sufficient—way too easy for the other side to outbid with future jobs, etc.. Besides youthful idealism isn’t always tied to financial compensation.


74 posted on 11/09/2012 6:11:28 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: norwaypinesavage

Are you serious? That’s pathetic!


75 posted on 11/09/2012 6:12:47 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Campion

Truth be told, there’s darn little reasoning/mathematical/programming talent in the RINO corner of the GOP. Probably a bit more in the social conservative wing. But there’s loads of it in the libertarian/Ron Paul end of the spectrum. That’s where lots of techies reside philosophically.

If the GOP or its successor would do the right thing and fully bring them into the fold, they’d have plenty of loyal technical talent to call on.


76 posted on 11/09/2012 6:15:48 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

We’re out there. We’ve volunteered our services. They refuse to realize what year we live in. I can virtually guarantee this ORCA thing was a failure to recognize why there is an echelon of world-class development teams that makes six-figures when there are ten times as many people who claim to have the same skills and make $20/hour (assuming they’re employed).


77 posted on 11/09/2012 6:20:38 AM PST by Cruising For Freedom (Don't be the proof that MSM PsyOps works.)
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To: stillonaroll

The base knew what was at stake, this was BS. People were jerks.


78 posted on 11/09/2012 6:23:28 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: stillonaroll

The base knew what was at stake, this was BS. People were jerks.


79 posted on 11/09/2012 6:23:37 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: stillonaroll

“Each state has their own rules, but however voter identification is done, the Rats do it better than us.”

True, that.

Back in the ‘70s a friend of mine went to college in the Chicago area. The second time he ever voted there, some big guy greeted him by name at the polling place. He had never seen the guy before; no clue who the guy was.

Yeah, they’ve been doing it better for decades...


80 posted on 11/09/2012 6:27:59 AM PST by Peet (Everything has an end -- only the sausage has two.)
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