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The Dirty Little Secret of 2012

elevesque Wrote: Nov 15, 2012 12:23 PM

The Military vote was absolutely uncounted and Suppressed. Many military personnel count not even get ballots to vote. Did you know a plane CRASHED coming out of AFghanistan with military ballots on it? All lost. All uncounted. Who do you suppose the Majority of Military Personnel voted for? Mitt Romney? You would be right. While the DNC and George Soros suppressed Voting Rights of GOP they yelled about Jim Crow Laws. UNREAL! They are the New Slave Masters.

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The Dirty Little Secret of 2012

A version of this column appeared originally in THE DAILY BEAST.

To paraphrase the traditional Passover formulation honored in Jewish homes: why was this election different from all other elections? What makes 2012 stand out in recent political history, either as a temporary anomaly or a significant, long-term shift in the electorate?

The most striking change in the results this year involved a precipitous and alarming decline in voter participation, a drop-off that stemmed from a deliberate strategy by the Obama campaign and almost certainly provided the president with his margin of victory. Meanwhile, much of the conventional wisdom about...

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