# I'm pitting whoever is behind the phone calls attempting to suppress the Dem vote in Wisconsin. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160 "2012-06-05T15:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160/141 "2012-06-07T15:55:01Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > I suppose you have some evidence that Republicans "cheated to win "? [Here’s some.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/05/1097666/-GOP-voter-fraud-in-Wisconsin) (Left a careless trail, too.) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160/142 "2012-06-07T17:05:12Z")
Why should they steal an election when they can simply buy? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160/143 "2012-06-07T17:39:19Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Here’s some.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/05/1097666/-GOP-voter-fraud-in-Wisconsin) (Left a careless trail, too.) That isn’t evidence, it’s just the same weak sauce from the OP of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160/144 "2012-06-07T17:41:12Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Why should they steal an election when they can simply buy? I suppose you have some evidence that spending more money on an election than the other guy guarantees a win (or even makes it much more likely)? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160/145 "2012-06-07T17:46:41Z")
Well, if it doesn’t, there sure are a whole bunch of rich guys pissing their money away. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160/146 "2012-06-07T17:48:32Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, if it doesn’t, there sure are a whole bunch of rich guys pissing their money away. I take that as a no. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160/147 "2012-06-07T18:27:16Z")
Well, gee, **Rand** , if it doesn’t work, how come they do it? I mean, these guys pull down the big bucks because they are so smart, yes? The guys who green-lighted New Coke, the guys over at JP Morgan, the Free Market (blessings and peace be upon it!) showers them with money because they make really, really good decisions, yes? But not about this? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160/148 "2012-06-07T21:54:28Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > I take that as a no. Did those rich guys piss away their money like retards, or did they disproportionally influence the election? Seems a simple question. Did the rich do something stupid, or did they punch democracy in the balls? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160/149 "2012-06-07T22:13:58Z")
Not so much a punch, more like a squeeze, just to remind us who rents, and who owns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-whoever-is-behind-the-phone-calls-attempting-to-suppress-the-dem-vote-in-wisconsin/624160.md?page=7)