wilkes

Flush all the republiturds, so they will no longer be able to pull these shenanigans

Yeah, somehow I don't see pushing people to vote -- and opening with a line about not caring who you vote for -- as the same as scaring people into NOT voting with threats of imprisonment.

JUST AS I THOUGHT. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

yep,lots of them. You can find them on the NET.

YOU GOT A SOURCE FOR THIS?

Speaking of letters and threats, here's one for you, but I think you're probable just fine with this one.

Democrats are telling voters that they had better head to the polls � or else.

The New York State Democratic Committee is bullying people into voting next week with intimidating letters warning that it can easily find out which slackers fail to cast a ballot next Tuesday.

"Who you vote for is your secret. But whether or not you vote is public record," the letter says.

"We will be reviewing voting records . . . to determine whether you joined your neighbors who voted in 2014."

It ends with a line better suited to a mob movie than a major political party: "If you do not vote this year, we will be interested to hear why not."

The letter and accompanying post card was criticized even by party members, with one Democratic consultant saying it was the wrong way to inspire votes.

"It's a threatening letter. It's a scare piece that is unnecessary and inappropriate," the insider said.

Brooklyn and Manhattan residents who received the note Wednesday were furious, calling it an attempt to browbeat them into showing up at the polls.



"I'm outraged. Whether I vote or not is none of your business!" said a Manhattan voter, who was so incensed that she complained to a local Democratic leader.

"The letter is ludicrous and menacing," said the voter, who requested anonymity.

The woman also received a report card of her voting record, pointing out that she had failed to vote in two of the last four elections.

Overall, the notices were sent out to 1 million registered Democrats who had failed to vote in previous midterm elections, according to the group.

The committee � chaired by former Gov. David Paterson � defended the scare tactic, calling it standard practice throughout the country.

"This flier is part of the nationwide Democratic response to traditional Republican voter-suppression efforts, because Democrats believe our democracy works better when more people vote, not
less," said Peter Kauffmann, a committee spokesman.

"The difference between Democrats and Republicans is they don't want people to vote and we want everyone to vote."

Paterson declined to comment.

The mailer has a phone number on it that goes to Election Protection, a nonpartisan voting organization.

The organization said it had received a "significant" number of calls about the letter.

Such attempts to shame people to vote � what politicos call "social pressure" or peer pressure � has become more common place and was used by the Obama campaign in 2012, sources said.

A Yale University study in 2008 found that voter participation increased substantially after lazy voters received letters telling them their spotty voting history was a public record that would be scrutinized.

The notice includes a "vote report card" rating New Yorkers' voting records as "excellent," "good," "fair" or "incomplete."

"Many organizations monitor turnout in your neighborhood and are disappointed by the inconsistent voting of many of your neighbors," it says.

The letter came a week before heavily favored Democratic Gov. Cuomo faces off against Republican Rob Astorino.

Cuomo was not behind the shame letters, party sources insisted.

But Astorino scoffed, "Andrew Cuomo's thuggish tactics just crossed the line into creepy territory . . . Threatening and intimidating people is not how honorable elected leaders operate."

Question: Is this really a surprise? BTW, karma seems to be biting some GOP rump these days; how ironic.

McConnell is usually up, but they must be worried.

Which makes no sense because aren't they consistently up in polls?

I saw that on TV tonight, Mitch McConnell's campaign seems to be getting desperate.

I just don't know what they were thinking, beyond, you know, "scare people into not voting."

all this if its true shows how desperate the GOP Old Guard are to control this country....they may have control for a short time but remember it will come back to bite them in their backside...and they will crumble as they have no backbone to hold them up....it failed in 2008- it failed in 2012...they may control the Senate and Congress but they will have to be very careful what they pass and force on the public....not all Republicans think like the old guard...as is evident in Kansas Governor's Race....where the Democrat is being backed instead of Brownback....but one more time the old guard of Kentucky may win but it will be the last should this charge come to be found true....and then a recall may ensue......

Oh, here's the letter: http://src2.politicususa.ne...85x630.jpg

I'm telling y'all, there needs to be some truth in advertising rules that apply to campaigns/candidates. If the stuff they are passing out is fraudulent in any way, shape, or form, penalize them where it counts...their wallets and their continued future in politics.

http://src1.politicususa.ne...85x628.jpg

I did see a pic. Hold on...let me find it...

I hope they do if they commit fraud. I don't want to scare em lets convict em. Thats just like voter ID. It only inhibits the crooked voter. I'll show mine if they'll show theirs.

That sounds bad. If you find a pic of it post the link so we can see.

Scare people into thinking they'll go to prison if they vote. Good idea!

http://www.courier-journal..../18261617/