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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]MaeScott
(912 posts)179. Pubbies been stealing elections since 2000
and in the South, black votes were always stolen. Elmo just made sure of the outcome among all the many ways pubbies cook the vote. You see they always voted against vote protection and reform legislation.
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This is not going to be popular here but, the Democrats knew the cheating would happen, they did nothing
Escurumbele
Monday
#137
I find it hard to believe that we had a female candidate, but Trump gained 3% among women since the previous election..
Doodley
Feb 2
#2
Some women thought their state's laws were enough to protect them. They didn't know
SharonAnn
Monday
#140
Sorry, not acting like trump or millions of GOPers who think he won in 2020. It doesn't help at this point.
Silent Type
Feb 2
#5
Hope we don't develop strategy for future elections based upon not being able to accept we lost.
Silent Type
Feb 2
#8
I doubt that there will even be any future elections except for maybe sham elections like in Russia. nt
Frank D. Lincoln
Feb 2
#26
We lost House, Senate, and Presidency? That's big to me. Didn't even win popular vote this time.
Silent Type
Feb 2
#110
She -- like most Democrats -- knew she lost. It was tough, but glad she and Clinton chose not to make a scene.
Silent Type
Feb 2
#11
Its not about recount, its about 3.5 million red state voters who weren't allowed to vote or whos votes weren't counted
yaesu
Feb 2
#18
That Palast junk is even worse BS. I wish Harris were in WH too. But you gotta win first.
Silent Type
Feb 2
#20
Palast is a well respected international reporter who provides evidence
questionseverything
Feb 2
#103
I've read his inaccurate BS since 2016. He has no proof and believes that anyone purged from voter rolls were
Silent Type
Monday
#144
I'm 75 and tired of our government not delivering, that goes for our party too.
Silent Type
Tuesday
#182
Your point? I want to win, and I'm ticked we lost, yet people want to promote Palast's BS
Silent Type
Tuesday
#184
lol, their conspiracy theories had all the same sort of nonsense. This is the exact same as Trump's election denialism.
tritsofme
Feb 2
#60
Hell, he was an illegitimate CANDIDATE. He wasn't even legally allowed to run, so he's illegitimate by default.
Karasu
Feb 2
#37
You're definitely entitled to your suspicion and opinion. No apologies needed.
Frank D. Lincoln
Monday
#155
Musk has more money and resources than anyone, and after 2020, there's no way Trump would settle for anything less than
Karasu
Feb 2
#29
Musk had the vote counting tech that Drumpf was raving about. And zero recounts. Just rolled over.
Evolve Dammit
Feb 2
#34
In retrospect, should Harris have echoed Trump's assertion that, if she lost, she would challenge the results?
Mr. Ected
Feb 2
#38
Well, Hillary won in 2016, by the only metric that SHOULD matter--but unfortunately doesn't in this fucking country.
Karasu
Feb 2
#49
So Harris, Biden, Marc Elias, all Democratic elected officials are "utter idiotic fools"
tritsofme
Feb 2
#61
Both the exit polling and the immediate polls before the election do not support this conclusion
andym
Feb 2
#50
But it will show up in general polling as well as opinion polls about the Democratic Party
andym
Feb 2
#56
Polling informs us of trends, it just doesn't ultimately count toward winning an election
andym
Feb 2
#59
"Trust" is too strong a word for polls, rather take them as potentially valid but imprecise data points
andym
Feb 2
#74
Well votes were counted, and even states run up and down by Democrats like PA and MI were lost.
tritsofme
Feb 2
#63
It's not a "canard" it is simply the truth. This concept can be quite difficult for folks who are susceptible
tritsofme
Feb 2
#70
So no crack at explaining why Democratic elected officials sat back and let it happen?
tritsofme
Feb 2
#81
Do you have a single report of a purged voter who was unable to cast ballot in 2024?
tritsofme
Feb 2
#83
And your evidence for that is???? Palast makes the claim but does not provide any supporting evidence.
Wiz Imp
Feb 2
#97
Maybe these folks can hire Sidney Powell to do some digging? I hear she's looking for work.
tritsofme
Feb 2
#73
Out of 4 million, it should be easy to find at least a couple million who showed up to vote and were denied
MichMan
Feb 2
#78
Maybe time to put out 10 million dollar reward for any info that results in conviction (secret name)
bluestarone
Feb 2
#51
100% something doesn't pass the smell test. Made even worse by the events of the last two weeks.
Initech
Feb 2
#54
If what you allege is true, why didn't Harris and other Democratic leaders contest the election results?
totodeinhere
Feb 2
#91
"if Kamala Harris had simply demanded recounts" You need to be within a margin to DEMAND a recount. She wasn't
krawhitham
Monday
#118
It ain't over yet. The steal was huge and implicated a lot of people and countries
judesedit
Monday
#147