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Originally Posted by plaster
That is the hard core lib position. Shoot the messenger... not the message.
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It's not that - its that the message itself is bullshit. There is no voter fraud. The idea has been around for a while now but really came to a head when some racist idiot posted this video:
He saw a couple of black dudes and felt intimidated by them. He recorded them doing nothing, and posted it online. Of course, Fox News turned this non-story into a super-story and reported it non-stop as "Black Panthers" and voter intimidation. It was investigated and proven to be a complete non event, but Fox kept at it anyway.
Even worse, the people at Breitbart.com jumped all over this too. One Breitbart guy in particular, Mike Roman, wrote lots of articles about how the New Black Panther Party was undermining American elections, based on zero facts. When it was investigated and turned out to be a big nothing, Roman claimed the Justice department was ignoring him, and the supposed Black Panthers, and voter intimidation, and continued perpetuating the stupid idea anyway.
The bullshit reached far and wide into the right-wing conspiracy nut-job base, and it remains today. Tens of thousands of people are scared out of their minds now by black people at voting booths, because of a scared racist with a cellphone, and a stroker of racist-toned conspiracy theories. Donald Trump is even taking advantage of this by warning people of voter fraud.
Ready for the kicker? Donald Trump just hired Mike Roman. The so-called "Merchant of doubt". Guess what Mike Roman's job is. He is the president of the "Nationwide Election Protection Operation for the Presidential Election". LOL !!!!
I hope you're keeping that nice $100.00 you owe me after Hillary wins nice and crisp.
Cheers mate!
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