In the future, there are really only 3 chioces:

[ciaobox]

1. Shift to the right on social issues (guns, gays god). Bad idea and not true to our morals. Can't out-republican a republican.

2. Shift to the left to people like Dean that highly energize the base and try to win the numbers game.

3. Start cheating like Repukes. Steal as many votes as they do to level the playing field.

Anything else, we lose.

[KingChicken]

1. Cheating seems like the only thing America understands

[mccormack98]

2. A few EASY things we can do:

Go after low-hanging fruit. For example, add a few words to absentee ballots:

1. Put an instruction on all absentee ballots saying "This absentee ballot needs to be MAILED by ____date." If California is typical, ballots across the country tell folks when the ballot needs to be RECEIVED. How many people fucked up on this instruction? I will bet there are ballots in the mail as we speak sent by clueless folks who thought a postmark was all that was needed.

2. Reinforce the above instruction by adding a second, BOLD instruction that says "THIS BALLOT NEEDS TO BE RECEIVED -- NOT POSTMARKED -- ON OR BY THE DAY OF THE ELECTION." I'm talking about BIG LETTERS. My sister-in-law nearly fucked up on this one. She said "Oh, I thought all you needed was the ballot to be postmarked on the day of the election." Maybe if we told folks specifically how not to fuck up they might actually vote on time.

3. Add another instruction telling absentee voters that if they spaz and do not mail in their ballot before election day to TAKE THEIR ABSENTEE BALLOT TO ANY POLLING PLACE on the day of the election. Currently, in California there are are no such instructions. So what happens? People don't turn in their ballots.

4. Post giant signs up along freeways and shopping centers reminding people when the LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE is. Include dates for filing for absentee voting. How many people didn't vote because they spazzed about these deadlines?

Alright Einsteins, what else can we do?

[earthside]

3. 4th Choice

Peaceful revolution.

The current system has got to go. If we go back to the Declaration of Independence and Constitution it might be called a 'peaceful counter-revolution'.