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- Democrat Chat • “Glitch” wipes out 1,000 early votes in black FL precinct
Always Florida
There was a story over at NBC’s The Grio three days ago noting that at one Florida polling location, in a heavily black neighborhood, the number of people who voted early was suddenly “revised” from 2,945 to 1,942 – that’s a 34% decrease.
At first, polling officials blamed it on a “computer glitch.” Uh huh. And what glitch would that be?
More: http://americablog.com/2012/11/computer-glitch-votes-black-florida-county-election-fraud.html
Statistics: Posted by Teucer — Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:33 am
- Democrat Chat • Re: Obama goes after Romney’s Jeep ad in Ohio
With recent URL changes, DemoOkie can be hard to find. Eventually things will pick up again. But you are correct that no one cares about Oklahoma. It could be worse. We could be in Ohio being assailed by relentless, never-ending ads financed by foreign corporations.
I wouldn’t be surprised if our state’s electoral votes had already been cast for Rumney months ago. Regardless, I early-voted Friday: str8 party – Democratic; YES on all the judges (wouldn’t want the RepUGLY’s picking new ones), and NO on all the questions except 762.
Statistics: Posted by Teucer — Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:43 am
- Democrat Chat • Re: Obama goes after Romney’s Jeep ad in Ohio
With two years and $6 billion squandered, the most likely outcome is that there will be little change in government and these are the true ‘deciders’ :
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=NyZUKAax … yZUKAaxGrs
Just imagine if your entire conscious life had never known anything but this election:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OjrthOPLAKM
And still, no one gives a damn about Oklahoma or DemoOkie.
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Sun Nov 04, 2012 3:03 am
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- Democrat Chat • Obama goes after Romney’s Jeep ad in Ohio
Obama goes after Romney’s Jeep ad in Ohio
At all three of his Ohio campaign stops, Obama went after a Romney ad that suggests Jeep is moving jobs from Ohio to China.
"Folks who work at the Jeep plant have been having to call up their employers because they’re worried," Obama said. "Of course it turns out it’s not true. The car companies themselves have told Governor Romney to knock it off. Knock it off, that’s what they said!"
Statistics: Posted by Teucer — Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:37 am
- Democrat Chat • Re: Romney wanted to shut down FEMA.
A big country needs a big government. Otherwise, small-minded bullies would try to drown it in a bathtub (or hurricane, take your pick).
Statistics: Posted by Teucer — Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:08 am
- Democrat Chat • Re: CRS Report On Tax Cuts For Wealthy Suppressed By GOP
Supply-Side/Trickle-Down/Reaganomics/Bushonomics/Voodoo economics does not work.
Didn’t work for Reagan, or the two Bush boys.
Just added to the deficit and national debt.
Statistics: Posted by Jim — Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:33 pm
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- Democrat Chat • Re: State Questions
The Observer urges Oklahoma voters to defeat five of the six proposed constitutional amendments on the general election ballot. — Only SQ 762 – which would remove the governor from the parole process involving non-violent offenders – is worthy of support. The others are either bad public policy or bald-faced power grabs by the state’s wealthy corporatists – or both.
Frosty got it right again……………
Statistics: Posted by Jim — Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:15 pm
- Democrat Chat • Re: Romney wanted to shut down FEMA.
Teucer wrote:
Before he wanted to keep it.Still did, right up until Gov. Christie & Mayor Bloomberg praised Obama & FEMA for their help with Sandy.
Statistics: Posted by Jim — Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:10 pm
- Democrat Chat • "Conservative Oklahoma Values"? Nope.
Our current Republican Congressmen are airing ads daily about how they support "Conservative Oklahoma Values" in some form or other.
What nonsense!
To a man, they ALL voted against the New G.I. Bill, saying it is "too generous".
They ALL voted against increased funding for the VA.
They ALL voted against increased treatment for PTSD, at a time when we have 300,000 Vets suffering from PTSD.
They ALL voted, multiple times, for the Ryan Budget plan which would cut Social Security benefits, extend the age at which seniors could draw benefits, and privatize Social Security, which would kill it dead in just a few years.
The Ryan plan also gives big tax cuts to millionaires, and in doing so adds a trillion dollars to the national debt.
It also would change Medicare to VoucherCare, where seniors get a voucher to buy private health insurance, and do away with Medicare altogether for seniors who are now under age 55
Sorry, those are NOT "Conservative Oklahoma Values".
BTW: All Republican Congressmen in all states voted as a bloc the same way on every one of those issues.
All but three Republican Senators did, too.
Statistics: Posted by Jim — Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:07 pm
- Democrat Chat • Re: Romney wanted to shut down FEMA.
Hybrid-Electric Airplanes too. Will Jim Inhofe be trading in his gas guzzler? With its quieter electric engine, he could really terrify airport workers.
Statistics: Posted by Teucer — Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:48 am
- Democrat Chat • Re: Romney wanted to shut down FEMA.
All those useless water heaters, refrigerators, and windows: How Hippies are still winning the future:
http://www.ehow.com/how_6657052_diy-sol … ating.html
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yo … aters.aspx
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:06 am
- Democrat Chat • Romney wanted to shut down FEMA.
Before he wanted to keep it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqXk5XxHKx8
Statistics: Posted by Teucer — Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:01 pm
- Democrat Chat • CRS Report On Tax Cuts For Wealthy Suppressed By GOP
Congressional Research Service Report On Tax Cuts For Wealthy Suppressed By GOP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/0 … 59156.htmlThe New York Times reported on Thursday that Senate Republicans applied pressure to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) in September, successfully persuading it to withdraw a report finding that lowering marginal tax rates for the wealthiest Americans had no effect on economic growth or job creation.
"The pressure applied to the research service comes amid a broader Republican effort to raise questions about research and statistics that were once trusted as nonpartisan and apolitical," the Times reported. Democrats in Congress, however, have resurfaced the report and published it in full. It can be read below.
Republicans told the Times they had issues with the tone, wording and scope of the report, but they clearly objected most strongly to its findings, which undermine the governing fiscal philosophy of the party, that tax cuts for the wealthy will spur growth and benefit everybody.
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Statistics: Posted by celticraven — Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:03 pm
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- Democrat Chat • Re: Election still on for Nov. 6 no matter Hurricane Afterma
- Democrat Chat • Re: Election still on for Nov. 6 no matter Hurricane Afterma
There’s No Contingency Plan If Disaster Strikes On Election Day
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics … ection-daySuppose Sandy had struck a week later. With power out across multiple states, how would people be able to vote on Election Day?
"If this were happening next week, we have no provisions for dealing with this in law," says Thad Hall, a political scientist at the University of Utah.
Many states have contingency plans for conducting elections in the wake of a natural disaster or terrorist attack. But they tend to focus on strictly local effects — moving polling places over to a neighboring precinct, for example.
There’s no controlling authority when it comes to rescheduling presidential voting when roads are blocked and power is down in several states at once, according to the Congressional Research Service.
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Statistics: Posted by celticraven — Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:24 am
- Democrat Chat • Re: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Oklahoma Personhood Proposal
Of course.
Statistics: Posted by Jim — Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:43 am
- Democrat Chat • Nasty campaign tactics: Phony voting instructions
Nasty campaign tactics: Phony voting instructions
http://news.yahoo.com/nasty-campaign-ta … ction.htmlWith a week to go until Election Day, the nasty campaign tactics are coming out.
People in Florida, Virginia and Indiana have gotten calls falsely telling them they can vote early by phone and don’t need to go to a polling place. In suburban Broward County, Fla., a handful of elderly voters who requested absentee ballots say they were visited by unknown people claiming to be authorized to collect the ballots.
And there’s a mysterious DVD popping up in mailboxes that purports to be a documentary raising questions about the true identity of President Barack Obama’s father.
It’s one more indication of just how close this presidential election is. Voting rights advocates say reports of political deception and underhandedness are on the rise.
"Unfortunately it seems like the shadowy individuals that want to prevent people from voting are doing things earlier," said Eric Marshall, legal mobilization manager at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The organization is part of a coalition called Election Protection that is monitoring voting access and rights nationwide, including a toll-free hotline set up to take complaints.
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Statistics: Posted by celticraven — Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:07 pm
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- Democrat Chat • Re: Election still on for Nov. 6 no matter Hurricane Afterma
Just think, gay marriage is responsible for all that!
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:12 am
- Democrat Chat • Election still on for Nov. 6 no matter Hurricane Aftermath
Presidential election still on for Nov. 6 no matter Hurricane Sandy aftermath
http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/political/ … -aftermathConstitutional scholars and legal experts agree that — come hell or high water– Americans will cast ballots in next week’s presidential election since only the adjourned Congress has authority to alter the timing of Election Day.
But political experts are less certain what will be the impact from the rising waters of Hurricane Sandy, a superstorm slamming into mostly Democratic states in the Northeast region this week. The only battleground states in the storm’s path are Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, with a reduced possibility of impact in the politically critical state of Ohio.
All other states in Sandy’s crosshairs are reliably blue.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney aboard Air Force One deferred Monday when reporters asked if President Barack Obama had the legal authority to delay the elections because of a natural disaster like Sandy.
"I don’t know the answer to that question. I think you’re getting way ahead of yourself here," Carney said.
But legal experts are more certain.
"Congress, under the Constitution, has acted and has chosen that the first Tuesday after the first Monday (in November) shall be set for presidential elections," said Mark Garber, associate dean for legal research at the University of Maryland. "Congress has never, because of weather, changed the time of an election."
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Statistics: Posted by celticraven — Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:49 pm
- Democrat Chat • Re: State Questions
Oklahoma Observer: http://www.okobserver.net/2012/10/29/questions-answers/
The Observer urges Oklahoma voters to defeat five of the six proposed constitutional amendments on the general election ballot. — Only SQ 762 – which would remove the governor from the parole process involving non-violent offenders – is worthy of support. The others are either bad public policy or bald-faced power grabs by the state’s wealthy corporatists – or both.
SQ 758 is appealing, at first blush. It would lower from 5% to 3% the annual cap on property tax increases. Good news for those on fixed incomes or struggling to make ends meet, right?
Actually, it would put Oklahoma on the same slippery slope as California with its Prop 13 that has plunged the once-Golden State into fiscal chaos – a $16 billion budget deficit that is crippling vital state services.
It would be dangerous to further tie the hands of Oklahoma’s elected leaders. Thanks to SQ 640, it’s virtually impossible already to raise taxes, no matter how grave the emergency. SQ 758 would make matters much worse.
Among the casualties would be the state’s already underfunded public schools – it would cost $6.5 million the first year from a system already 49th in teacher salaries and 47th in student finding.
Recommendation: No.
SQ 759 is a solution in search of a problem. It would ban something that doesn’t exist – affirmative action quotas in state employment, education and contracting. So why is this even on the ballot?
It is evidently the closest thing to a hot-button, social issue the Republican legislative majority could conjure this year, playing to the preposterous notion that white males are victims of rampant reverse discrimination.
Here’s the reality: Approving SQ 759 would send a terrible message to the rest of the nation – and the world – that Oklahoma doesn’t give a damn about equal opportunity.
Moreover, SQ 759 if approved would ban the one thing that is required of state agencies – a mandate to periodically report to the public how well they’re doing in hiring a workforce that reflects Oklahoma’s increasingly diverse population.
Call it Return of the Good Old Boy System.
Recommendation: No.
SQ 762 would move the governor from the parole process when it comes to non-violent offenders.
Oklahoma is bankrupting itself thanks to a three-strikes mentality – more women incarcerated per capita than any other state, fourth per capita in men.
Taking the governor out of the parole process will speed the transition of non-violent offenders from expensive state incarceration – averaging $16,000-plus per inmate per year – to less expensive community-based supervision and treatment. The savings could be used to invest in underfunded vital state services such as education.
Recommendation: Yes.
SQ 764 is another proposal that looks good at first, but doesn’t stand up to closer scrutiny. It would create a $300 million bonding authority under the Oklahoma Water Resources Board [OWRB] to help municipalities rebuild, update and expand water and wastewater infrastructure – an estimated $82 billion will be needed over the next 50 years.
The problem is, OWRB would control the money and the projects – which means the State Chamber and the Oklahoma City powers-that-be would be in charge.
Given how OWRB and OKC handled Sardis Lake, that’s more than disconcerting. It evokes fear of a slush fund for the privileged few, helping make the rich richer in Oklahoma City while leaving Oklahoma to wither.
Recommendation: No.
SQ 765 would throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to the state Department of Human Services. It would eliminate the DHS commission and transfer its powers to the governor and the Legislature.
That’s hardly a comforting thought. The last thing DHS needs is to be politicized further. What it really needs is to be funded – fully. It never has been, leaving child welfare workers, for example, with crushing caseloads far beyond professional standards.
Recommendation: No.
SQ 766 is a corporatist’s dream come true – a tax avoidance scheme that would make Mitt Romney proud.
The proposal would provide huge tax cuts to major business interests – think utilities, telecommunications companies, airlines and railroads – by exempting intangible property, including stocks, bonds and investments, from their net worth.
It would cost local governments an estimated $50 million annually – 60% of which goes to schools and roads, among other vital services.
Recommendation: No.
League of Women Voters: http://www.lwvok.org/StateQuestionsPositions.2012.pdf
Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce: http://www.okstatechamber.com
Oklahoma Observer: October 25, 2012 p. 7
Oklahoma Education Association (OEA): http://okea.org/about-oea/media-center/ … -education
Oklahoma Public Employees Association: OPEA: http://opea.org/14
Oklahoma Sierra Club: http://oklahoma2.sierraclub.org/content/candidates
Oklahoma Observer: October 25, 2012 p. 7
Oklahoman: Editorial , October 21, 2012. http://newsok.com/these-four-state-ques … le/3720512
Governor Mary Fallin: SQ 762. http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article. … LAHO186667
Governor Mary Fallin: SQ 766. http://www.oipa.com/custom/shownewsmult … ail&id=345
Oklahomans for Sovereignty and Free Enterprise, Incorporated (OK-SAFE): http://www.ok-safe.com/files/documents/ … _Final.pdf
Oklahoma Conservative Political Action Committee (OCPAC): http://www.okgop.com/wp-content/uploads … -picks.pdf
State Question Analyzed
Oklahoma Policy Institute: http://okpolicy.org/2012-state-question … d-analysis
Tulsa World. "Voters will have six proposals on ballot." 10/28/12. http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article. … TLIN351984
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:40 pm
- Democrat Chat • Debt Terrorism 101: Bipartisan Consensus for Stupidity
Confused about money, debt, unemployment, the Gold Standard, Greece, China eating your grandchildren? Why is the Columbia Law School exposing the biggest economic lies of all time?
Follow the links, or just listen to Le Show, with chasers:
http://harryshearer.com/le-show/october-28-2012/
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:21 pm
- Democrat Chat • U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Oklahoma Personhood Proposal
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Oklahoma Personhood Proposal
http://www.newson6.com/story/19944103/us-supreme-courtThe U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that a proposed "personhood" constitutional amendment would be an unconstitutional ban on abortion.
The court on Monday rejected the appeal without comment.
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- Democrat Chat • Re: Romney Family Investment Ties To Voting Machine Company.
A Romney Justice Department would never pursue this lawsuit against the banksters:
The $43 Trillion Bankster Lawsuit and the Mysterious Murder of Two NY Toddlers
http://occupycorporatism.com/the-43-tri … -toddlers/
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:11 am
- Democrat Chat • Re: Racism will be a factor for Obama to overcome
AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/polit … ?viewAll=y
Moonwalking has become the national passtime.
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:06 am
- Democrat Chat • Re: World Endorses Olson
gingerale wrote:
If Olson wins, it will be yet another case of teabag cannibals damaging the Republican Party by ousting Representative Sullivan then losing the general election to Olson, the Democrat. Yes, Sullivan was the weakest of the Oklahoma delegation, but he would probably have defeated Olson in the general election.I call these scummy teabaggers cannibals, as Arlen Specter did in his latest book. They are eating their own party from the inside, which is good for Democrats but not good for the governance of America.
Olson is not teabag cannibal as Sullivan who was a drunk and was seen hung over on the house floor and has an outstanding warrant for his arrest at the TPD
Statistics: Posted by protectionist — Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:39 pm
- Democrat Chat • Re: World Endorses Olson
I’m voting for Olson and will send money
Statistics: Posted by protectionist — Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:34 pm
- Democrat Chat • Re: Sen. Coburn has a case of the Mondays
John Olson will be running against Bridenstein for filibusters Coburns senate seat, glad to see the biggest gridlocker go, lets get Olson some money for Jim has ol’ Toms same racist partisan ideology, just more of the same condescending shit
Statistics: Posted by protectionist — Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:29 pm
- Democrat Chat • Racism will be a factor for Obama to overcome
Racism is the big negative facing Obama in red and blue states which mean that those being hated will have to get out and vote, bigtime for Obama to win, the only democrats I know in Okla are me and my wife and a guy up the street
Statistics: Posted by protectionist — Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:09 pm
- Democrat Chat • Mitt Romney draft dodger and tax evader
One that is a draft dodger and evades paying taxes should not hold the office of POTUS, tax evasion is a felony and is probably why we willl never see his tax returns that could land him in a federal pen, I’m talking Mitt Romney
Statistics: Posted by protectionist — Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:57 pm
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- Democrat Chat • Re: 5th District Candidate Tom Guild on Flashpoint
“Governor Romney will win Oklahoma and I trust the results of the Sooner Poll when it comes to the Presidential preference in 2012 for those Oklahoma ‘likely voters’ over 45 years of age that are white. I think President Obama will surprise a lot of Oklahomans on election day. I believe that this excellent poll can only give a snapshot in time of where younger voters, African American voters and Latino voters are today and sadly too few of them are willing to be surveyed. By November 6th women, African Americans and Latinos especially in urban areas along with moderate Democrats will become more educated on the candidates and vote to re-elect President Obama. But, the seven electoral votes from Oklahoma will be cast for Governor Romney.” – Pat Hall, former State Democratic Party Chairman
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Sat Oct 27, 2012 4:39 pm
- Democrat Chat • Re: Inhofe Gets Rubber Dodo Award
The award should have gone to the entire state.Oklahomans’ attitudes and opinions on climate change can be as hard to interpret as an occluded front in March.
Only 8 percent of the 495 surveyed in the latest Oklahoma Poll think human activity is solely responsible for any change in the Earth’s climate.
But two-thirds think human activity may be partly responsible.
More than half say the record-breaking heat of the past 18 months has not changed their minds about climate change.Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Sat Oct 27, 2012 4:31 pm
- Democrat Chat • 5th District Candidate Tom Guild on Flashpoint
Tom Guild is sceduled to be on KFOR’s Flashpoint Sunday, 9:30-10:00 am. He is challenging James Lankford for District 5.
http://www.guildforcongress.com/
Libertarian, Robert Murphy and Independent, Pat Martin are also running and will take away some votes from Lankford but the race is so lopsided SoonerPoll can’t be bothered to cover it.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Econ … z2AXE1nQ3m
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:38 pm
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- Democrat Chat • Inhofe Gets Rubber Dodo Award
http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/scie … award.html
Statistics: Posted by vhutchison — Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:01 am
- Democrat Chat • Re: Photo of Second World War veteran casting ballot capture
Our right to vote is precious….even though in Oklahoma it is possible that it will make no difference in the presidential election. Remember there are other things to vote on that ballot.
We will send a message that we are still here working, voting, contributing and doing the things we have always done to further the cause that we believe to be right. Thank you to all veterans and thanks to those who make sure the paper work has been done so that everyone get the chance to cast that ballot.Statistics: Posted by farmerwh — Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:23 pm
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- Democrat Chat • Re: Rape Advisory Charts
God’s little gift that keeps on giving. Thirty-one states give parental rights to the rapist! How can rape be proven?
http://global.christianpost.com/news/ra … ies-80656/
Even Jesus’s mommy was raped.
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:57 pm
- Democrat Chat • Re: Rape Advisory Charts
Here is an another rape chart following the same format.
Statistics: Posted by gingerale — Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:39 pm
- Democrat Chat • Rape Advisory Charts
The Daily KOS has webcast some Rape Advisory Charts as an educational service to the public.
Statistics: Posted by gingerale — Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:37 pm
- Democrat Chat • Re: Fox News Climate Coverage 93% Wrong, Report Finds
The CATO Institute is set to release another fake report denying clinate change science:
http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsro … nce-report
Statistics: Posted by Wonkadelica — Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:41 pm
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- Democrat Chat • Re: State Questions
At this point, pending further study, I agree with the League and may vote NO on the others.
Statistics: Posted by vhutchison — Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:00 pm
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