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What surprises me is that

rmrd0000 — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:35:09 +0000

What surprises me is that Kennedy stole Illinois is remembered, but the fact that Democratic votes were found floating in a Southern Illinois river after the election is never mentioned.

Republicans remember Bork and use it as a rationale for obstructing every SCOTUS appointee made by a Democratic President. Senate Democrats let Roberts, Alito, etc go to a vote.

edit to add

We don't hold up Lani Guinier as a reason to obstruct GOP appointees from getting a vote

I forgot about this, I

Richard Day — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:14:04 +0000

In reply to Here is a brief history of

I forgot about this, I responded to your other comment.

But damn, this is interesting.

With the three national channels I received on my B&W set with rabbit ears so many decades ago, I have a memory of this 'Illinois' debacle as a little kid.

It was like my past readings of Boss Tweed in NYC.

So I guess the repubs are sitting in their 'intelligentsia' quarters going:

Gee whiz, we could lose every single election if we let voters decide!

hahahha

I never thought of this.

Richard Day — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:09:52 +0000

In reply to (Nitpicking here) I know very

I never thought of this. hahahahhahahaha

It is a good point! hahahah

I hereby render unto the Atheist the Dayly Comment of the Day Award for this here Dagblog Site, given to all of VA from all of me.

hahahahah

Should we lose all the booze manufactured from the Canuks too?

hahahahahah

Also Canadian Football is like...is like...where the hell is the CFL on my cable anyway?

(Nitpicking here) I know very

Verified Atheist — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:03:40 +0000

In reply to I don't think they are that

(Nitpicking here) I know very little about sports, but after mistakenly thinking there was a Canadian team in the NFL, I found that although this is not true, there are Canadian teams in baseball's American League, the NBA, and of course the NHL. Furthermore, the reason given for there not being a Canadian team in the NFL is the existence of Canadian Football, so if Wisconsin were to secede, I suspect the Packers could still play for the NFL. Now, I'm not suggesting it would be a good thing for them to secede, but I'm also not sure it'd be a bad thing…

I don't think they are that

trkingmomoe — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:41:49 +0000

In reply to The conservative office

I don't think they are that afraid of the GOP but letting them have enough rope to hang themselves. It is to get the occasional liberal voter angry enough to show up at the poles.

Gee...What will the dairy industry think will happen to their cheese if they succeed. They will have to throw it over the wall that Walker will build in order to sell it in the middle of the night.

I mean there is a point where "stupid" just gets to be too embarrassing and wasteful. The national press cartoonist should be having a good time thinking up cartoons on that one. Cheeseheads protesting in Madison because the Packards can't be part of the NFL anymore. Cheeseheads pouring over the boarders into camps as refugees. Cheeseheads in boats smuggling cheese and Old Milwaukee Beer to the Chicago Pier in the middle of the night.

The idea of cameras focused

rmrd0000 — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:17:26 +0000

In reply to The conservatives just do not

The idea of cameras focused on the people trying to prevent others from voting at the polls is a good idea. Showing the distances people have to travel because of decreased polling places in areas targeted by the GOP would also be instructive.

The conservative office

Richard Day — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:05:56 +0000

In reply to Nevada Republicans are

The conservative office holders are just too damn afraid to do anything, although Walker and others have come out against secession recently.

It is not enough to just label hundreds of thousands of people 'nuts'.

The far right is scary and powerful, and its members must be challenged continuously.

The conservatives just do not

Richard Day — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:59:41 +0000

In reply to I hope the Miami is

The conservatives just do not wish to see the poor vote.

So we liberals have to step up and besides taking the guilty officials to task for their unconstitutional conduct in the courts and through the media, we need to provide the transportation necessary and provide porto potties if necessary.

All the cameras in the world would focus upon good attempts made to get out the vote on election day.

Here is a brief history of

rmrd0000 — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:40:24 +0000

In reply to DIAPERS FOR 15TH AMENDMENT PURPOSES

Here is a brief history of GOP voter suppression efforts. Republicans feel that Nixon was robbed and point to voter fraud as the cause. Review of the data found that there was fraud in Cook County, but not enough to change to state outcome. Republicans were simultaneously committing voter fraud in Southern Illinois. Edmund Kallina's "Kennedy v. Nixon" provides an excellent review of the election in Illinois and Texas, the two most controversial states.

Additionally, the review pushed Hawaii from Nixon's column to Kennedy's.

Nevada Republicans are

rmrd0000 — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:02:13 +0000

In reply to DIAPERS FOR 15TH AMENDMENT PURPOSES

Nevada Republicans are backing a guy who refuses to pay for grazing his cattle on US government land. The Nevada rancher in question does not believe in the right of the United States government to exist. Wisconsin Republicans are set to vote on secession. The party has gone bonkers and no one in a position of power is even attempting to reign them in.