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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-18-07 04:37 PM
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G.O.P.’s Dirty Tricks Begin
The folks who gave us the Willie Horton ads, the Swift boat campaign, the purges of black voters in Florida and endless other dirty electoral tricks are at it again.


Like crack addicts confronting the irresistible vial, the evil geniuses of the G.O.P. can’t seem to help themselves. This time — with an eye toward seizing the White House again next year, even if they lose the popular vote — they’re trying to rewrite the rules for the distribution of electoral votes in California.

Under current law, all of California’s 55 electoral votes go to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote statewide. This “winner take all” system is the norm in the U.S. It’s in place in all but two states, Maine and Nebraska, which have just four and five electoral votes, respectively.

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/opinion/18herbert.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1190151371-FNxm3cHf08RGaaTj0qSteg
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-18-07 04:38 PM
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1. What do you mean, begin??
They ever stopped, or you just haven't been paying attention?
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-18-07 04:41 PM
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2. He's Referring To This Election Cycle...
I hope this doesn't get buried in Tasergate...
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-18-07 05:41 PM
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3. Sorry. I'm bitchy today.......
I hurt. But the Rethuglicans have never stopped, and they will continue until disenfranchising minorities and the poor isn't fashionable or acceptable.
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