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Yes, after several days.
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OMG, you're still whining about the crickets?
The question was asked here:
http://forum.transladyboy.com/showpo...1&postcount=32
It says "One week ago". Kind of vague...
And I'm hearing crickets here:
http://forum.transladyboy.com/showpo...3&postcount=43
It says "5 days ago". Yesterday it said one week vs 4 days, that's at least a 3 day difference so I called it 'several'. Happy?
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I have three sets of questions for you.
1. As I wrote in an earlier post, "I don't support the Democrats or Republicans." I believe that the Democratic Party is guilty of electoral fraud and manipulation in many instances throughout history, and I have no problem believing that Democrats (who, after all, serve the interests of a wing of the very same people served by the Republicans) do things to ensure votes go their way. Tracy, do you accept that the Republicans do things like this, too?
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Not that I have seen. But if you point out an actual instance of republicans committing voter fraud then fine. I'll admit it if it's there. I am not a hard core republican, I am a conservative libertarian. I have a few problems with republicans, but they are the lesser of two evils. You've only known me while BO was campaigning and while he's been president so you only see me griping about him. If you knew me when Clinton was in office you'd see me complaining that his fling with Monica was not an impeachable offense and that the republicans were just wasting time and money over something that was going to go nowhere. During the beginning of Bush's term, you'd hear me complaining about him banning stem cell research and saying he's anti-science and too religious, and also complaining about this 'documented worker' bullcrap. When his father was president, you'd hear me fuming that the superconducting super collider was canceled right in the middle of construction and again declaring republicans as anti-science and declaring that from now on I'm voting for the engineer/scientist party.
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You wrote earlier: "The DOJ sent 400 people to Arizona, not to ensure that illegals do not vote, but to watchdog Arizona officials who are trying to ensure that illegals do not vote." Whether that's true or not, do you accept that during the Bush administration government officials, acting for partisan interests, did anything like that.
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I haven't heard anything like that happening during the Bush administration, and I doubt it did since although illegal immigration was bad during Bush's term, it wasn't as bad as it is now. And the Bush administration wasn't nearly as hostile towards Arizona either.
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2. Do you think one's ability to exercise "freedom of speech" should be dictated by one's level of wealth? Let's accept your premise about Citizens United. In the interest of ensuring the greatest amount of freedom of speech, do you support public financing of elections or some other way to ensure that everyone's voice can be heard so that those with the most millions to spend cannot drown out everyone else simply by virtue of having those millions? This is not a left-right issue.
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It's not perfect, but the alternative in unacceptable. America is all about free speech. Besides, although corporations have been restricted in the past, news organizations never have been restricted in reporting with their left leaning bias. How do non-wealthy conservative candidates compete against that? bts, George Soros just donated several million dollars for NPR stations to hire 100 reporters. I'm sure they will be fair and balanced.
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3. In the context of "freedom of speech," do you support full disclosure of who funds political ads, whether on the left or right?
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Yes. Why not?