2016 Postmortem

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Why not more discussion of Greg Palast's compelling case that GOP stole 2016 election? [View all] cloudythescribbler Dec 2016 OP

Maybe because it's 2016. lonestarnot Dec 2016 #1

huh?? triron Dec 2016 #3

Agree. Why the hell not? triron Dec 2016 #2

Because we're too busy talking about how poor a candidate Clinton was. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #4

it was pretty clear to me! triron Dec 2016 #5

And beating up on Democrats in general PatSeg Dec 2016 #13

What many don't seem to understand or acknowledge is that it isn't a binary choice. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #16

"And hindsight is 20/20" PatSeg Dec 2016 #19

+1, and plenty of post here with the "bright shiny object" text around it too uponit7771 Dec 2016 #15

Exactly! I am tired of hearing the same rw media talking points regurgitated here on DU AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #67

Don't know why? shadowmayor Dec 2016 #6

Thank you. You've saved me the trouble of pointing this out. We pleaded for Nay Dec 2016 #79

Palast lost my confidence when he falsely claimed that pnwmom Dec 2016 #7

One still shouldn't disregard Kris Kobach and the Interstate Cross Check voter purge program. think Dec 2016 #28

I don't. i agree that cross-check and every other form of voter suppression pnwmom Dec 2016 #53

Or voter apathy Retrograde Dec 2016 #69

Yes, I agree completely, I have no idea why he spread that disinfo Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #51

Great question! True_Blue Dec 2016 #8

2.6 million votes.. maybe if we all relocate from coasts to swing states.. lostnfound Dec 2016 #12

Because Palast has a tendency to over hype some stories and progressoid Dec 2016 #9

I always thought he was a jazz musician. Ellipsis Dec 2016 #47

Because Russia hasn't told our press to cover it, so they won't. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #10

my guess would be, because this is all "legal" voter suppression anarch Dec 2016 #11

how do Democrats do the same if they ever regain power? NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #30

Strict voter ID would hurt rural whites to an extent (at least below a certain income) forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #75

It might hurt some of them NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #80

Newsflash: What you describe of repug operations is cheating. I don't care if they legalized it. brush Dec 2016 #42

well, I mean, in poker is it cheating to stack a deck of cards in your favor? anarch Dec 2016 #49

We're on the same page. Repug cheating has to be stopped so the candidate with nearly 3 million . . brush Dec 2016 #50

Yes, I expect every Republican controlled state NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #81

Yes, but as long as it's legal there is nothing we can do about it unless totodeinhere Dec 2016 #74

More fricking conspiricy theories backed by not a shred of proof CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #14

Voter purges aren't a conspiracy theory TwilightZone Dec 2016 #17

BS!!! There are many people on the voting roles who have died or moved CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #22

You don't think that voter suppression is intended to disproportionately disenfranchise Democrats? TwilightZone Dec 2016 #23

Of course there is voter suppression CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #55

Guess you've never phone banked for a candidate brush Dec 2016 #45

That's because the Democratic Party carefully constructs those lists CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #54

So you agree that there not many deceased and moved voters on the rolls? brush Dec 2016 #57

No, I don't believe there are not many deceased and moved voters on the rolls CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #59

So they're on the repug party rolls since they're not on Dem rolls? brush Dec 2016 #61

deceased and moved voters on the rolls is something different than telephone numbers called putitinD Dec 2016 #77

I think this crosscheck program contributed to Hillary losing - womanofthehills Dec 2016 #56

The problem with "voter poll purge" concern is that we should have then seen a rash jonno99 Dec 2016 #27

Palast addresses this point -- cloudythescribbler Dec 2016 #84

+1, and this rarely happening in non voter suppression states or areas uponit7771 Dec 2016 #85

Thank you underpants Dec 2016 #32

A program called Interstate Cross Check & Kris Kobach are at the heart of GOP voter suppression think Dec 2016 #18

BS!!! CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #24

"Florida quits controversial voter purge program" think Dec 2016 #29

Again, show me EVIDENCE of massive voter fraud CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #34

Voter fraud? This is not about voter fraud. This is about purging voters who should be allowed to think Dec 2016 #39

You seem to make a distinction between voter fraud and election fraud CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #41

Obama says Republicans tried to 'purge' black Democrats from voter rolls in North Carolina think Dec 2016 #43

Agan, no damn proof! CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #48

"Barbara Lifton to DOJ: Audit election results nationwide" think Dec 2016 #46

I'm afraid you are clueless CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #52

Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-Ithaca made the statement. Are you saying her figures are wrong? think Dec 2016 #58

Who give a rip what Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-Ithaca wrote CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #60

Greg Palast actually was given the Virginia crosscheck list my mistake womanofthehills Dec 2016 #63

Then they weren't using the list correctly and then should have be prosecuted CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #64

YOU need to stop attacking this person who you know very well is trying to frame purging ancianita Dec 2016 #66

Okay, let me explain this CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #68

History shows that much inaccessible and unaccountable info is shut down as conspiracy theory. That ancianita Dec 2016 #70

History shows little evidence that past conspiricy theories are factual CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #71

You're talking all around my point.The fact that people voice any support for any evidence gathering ancianita Dec 2016 #72

That is where you are wrong friend CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #73

I hear you. Points taken. Thanks for your further explanations. I stand firm on the claim that ancianita Dec 2016 #76

Thank you for your time as well CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #82

Absolutely. ancianita Dec 2016 #83

I see what you did there, you changed the subject... good try... voter suppression is the point not uponit7771 Dec 2016 #86

Folks like splashy things. Need to bring media attention and more web interaction MaeScott Dec 2016 #20

They always steal, and not a lot changes. Orsino Dec 2016 #21

Really?!?!?! CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #25

Heh. n/t Orsino Dec 2016 #26

Let me complimant you on a very intellegent post CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #36

Oh, you were serious? Orsino Dec 2016 #38

Ah, I misunderstood your one word response CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #40

There was massive vote suppression. This is no secret. brush Dec 2016 #44

Palast was not pure enough for some and was thrown under the bus. Rex Dec 2016 #31

This is a problem. Those who won't trust Palast should at least Google "Kris Kobach" & "Cross Check" think Dec 2016 #33

Yea, and then note the supposed voter fraud .... CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #35

Because it's not a compelling case mythology Dec 2016 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #62

Because we are sick and tired of conspiricy theories CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #65

The effects of voter suppression is a CT? Really? So the VRA was just a waste of time hunh? smdh uponit7771 Dec 2016 #87

The story is... Mike Nelson Dec 2016 #78