Re:The Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election
by hprotagonist on Saturday February 06, 2021 @12:59PM
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The handshake between business and labor was just one component of a vast, cross-partisan campaign to protect the election–an extraordinary shadow effort dedicated not to winning the vote but to ensuring it would be free and fair, credible and uncorrupted.
Without being glib, this is called "doing your job as a citizen".
Re:The Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election
by ardy42 on Saturday February 06, 2021 @06:54PM
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> This is horrible. It’s like the media ignoring everything Hillary Clinton ever did because they were “with her” in protecting democracy.
You think this is horrible?
> The handshake between business and labor was just one component of a vast, cross-partisan campaign to protect the election–an extraordinary shadow effort dedicated not to winning the vote but to ensuring it would be free and fair, credible and uncorrupted. For more than a year, a loosely organized coalition of operatives scrambled to shore up America’s institutions as they came under simultaneous attack from a remorseless pandemic and an autocratically inclined President. Though much of this activity took place on the left, it was separate from the Biden campaign and crossed ideological lines, with crucial contributions by nonpartisan and conservative actors. The scenario the shadow campaigners were desperate to stop was not a Trump victory. It was an election so calamitous that no result could be discerned at all, a failure of the central act of democratic self-governance that has been a hallmark of America since its founding.
Re:The Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election
by krona on Saturday February 06, 2021 @03:17PM
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They got states to change voting systems and laws and helped secure hundreds of millions in public and private funding. They... recruited armies of poll workers...
For what possible purpose does one recruit an army of poll workers? I can't imagine.
Re:The Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election
by ttt0 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @07:48AM
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What got debunked? Videos were fake or some mental gymnastics about how it was justified and there was actually nothing wrong with poll observers having to observe the process from behind the barriers 30 feet away?
This is what CBS says:
> Claim: "In Philadelphia, observers have been kept far away — so far that people are using binoculars to try and see — and there's been tremendous problems caused. They put paper on all of the windows so you can't see in."
> Rating: Somewhat true
> The Philadelphia Inquirer did photograph an unidentified poll watcher using binoculars while workers can be seen in the background counting ballots inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. But it's unclear how far away the observer was from the vote-counters, and the photo is dated November 3, Election Day.
By the way CBS, great job on your fact-checks. It's not "unclear", there is literally a video of it where it's crystal clear how far away the observers were. "Somewhat" true, jesus christ.
Re:The Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election
by DangitBobby on Saturday February 06, 2021 @01:31PM
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One could argue just about anything. I'll reserve my judgement on your argument until after I've heard something other than "I didn't like the outcome so someone did a bad."
Without being glib, this is called "doing your job as a citizen".
You think this is horrible?
> The handshake between business and labor was just one component of a vast, cross-partisan campaign to protect the election–an extraordinary shadow effort dedicated not to winning the vote but to ensuring it would be free and fair, credible and uncorrupted. For more than a year, a loosely organized coalition of operatives scrambled to shore up America’s institutions as they came under simultaneous attack from a remorseless pandemic and an autocratically inclined President. Though much of this activity took place on the left, it was separate from the Biden campaign and crossed ideological lines, with crucial contributions by nonpartisan and conservative actors. The scenario the shadow campaigners were desperate to stop was not a Trump victory. It was an election so calamitous that no result could be discerned at all, a failure of the central act of democratic self-governance that has been a hallmark of America since its founding.
For what possible purpose does one recruit an army of poll workers? I can't imagine.
This is what CBS says:
> Claim: "In Philadelphia, observers have been kept far away — so far that people are using binoculars to try and see — and there's been tremendous problems caused. They put paper on all of the windows so you can't see in."
> Rating: Somewhat true
> The Philadelphia Inquirer did photograph an unidentified poll watcher using binoculars while workers can be seen in the background counting ballots inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. But it's unclear how far away the observer was from the vote-counters, and the photo is dated November 3, Election Day.
By the way CBS, great job on your fact-checks. It's not "unclear", there is literally a video of it where it's crystal clear how far away the observers were. "Somewhat" true, jesus christ.
Not “bipartisan”.
The validity of the outcome speaks for itself.