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el_santo_rum
10-29-2004, 08:35 PM
check it out:

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~dpa218
ASsman
10-30-2004, 07:51 AM
Well, I say we hit the streets and riot. Because that is a load of bullshit, damn fucking crackas. But I don't really "trust" that site if you know what I mean.
el_santo_rum
10-30-2004, 09:56 AM
well, assman, that's why these problems exist--because people like you don't "trust" that they do. if you'll read the site carefully, you'll see that almost every piece of information is supported by a cite to a legitimate source, such as:

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
The Washington Post
The Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
The Philadelphia Daily News
The Southwest Florida Herald Tribune
Salon.com
Even people who supported the very persons committing the suppression (John Dean, Richard Nixon's Watergate counsel, re: William Rehnquist's voter harrassment as a young lawyer)
etc.

If these things aren't a problem, why have federal courts repeatedly rebuked the GOP for its "ballot security" measures, even going so far as to require that the party clear any such measures with a federal court before implementing them? Why have Justice Departments under Republican administrations brought actions against the RNC for its tactics?

Why exactly is it that you don't trust this stuff? Is it maybe because you don't want to believe it? Ignore the problem and it will probably just go away. It's worked so far.
ASsman
10-30-2004, 10:02 AM
well, assman, that's why these problems exist--because people like you don't "trust"
I resent that assumption. Just chill out before the whole you are digging is to big. It's obvious you aren't a board regular, but yes I believe these things exist, I have even posted articles likes this in the past. About 3 to be exact. The site didn't look very professional, so I also just assumed. Being that many trolls just come in here and post shit from crazy ass sites, I thought it was safe to do so.
Ace42
10-30-2004, 10:08 AM
The site looks incredibly amateurish. It might be more productive to find the sources he took for inspiration and cite them directly.