Actor Tim Robbins warned fellow left-wingers watching, and in the audience, of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday night that McCain operatives/Republicans will “try to disenfranchise as many voters” as possible by “doing a lot of dirty tricks” and so:
I am very cautious right now. I don't think this thing is over. I do think there is a chance of another stolen election, so don't get too confident, folks. Get out and vote because this could be very close.
When fellow panelist Matthew Dowd, the ex-Bush adviser turned ABC News analyst, predicted an Obama victory by 8 to 10 points, Robbins reiterated: “Don't take anything for granted, folks.”
Earlier, Robbins urged people to fight “voter fraud” by voting early and videotaping voters leaving polling stations to “document” how they were denied the right to vote.
He charged: “They're doing a lot of dirty tricks out there to eliminate a lot of voters.”
And he contended: “When you have a fraudulent agenda and you don't have the truth on your side you're going to try to disenfranchise as many voters as you can.”



















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Another Hollywood "Genius" heard from.
October 25, 2008 - 01:33 ET by IamTinmanAnd he's not even good at it. He only made the bottom 20 of the Book by Bernard Goldberg, "100 people who have screwed up America."
If you want to look at a stolen election check out the Miraculous Resurection of half the cemetaries in Cook County voting to put JFK over the top. Makes Florida 2000 look like a church picnic.
Who Cares?
October 25, 2008 - 01:38 ET by Junk Science SkepticDoes anybody with a life actually watch Maher or care what Robbins says?
The only thing stolen is the
October 25, 2008 - 13:50 ET by BDThe only thing stolen is the honor due to my comrades upon returing from long years in theater only to discover their honor stripped by morons like Robbins by the creation of their movies.
THis is turning into a rerun of the 1970's-80's anti Vietnam Veteran movies. Even Robbins has created such a travesty in his movie "THe Lucky Ones" which has recently been released and just as recently shipped off to the dustbin of history.
We have seen this before, if you have time I direct you to the book Stolen Valor which details how this was done in times past to steal the honor due our Vietnam Veterans.
BD
October 25, 2008 - 15:02 ET by well99The Lucky Ones was a big hit.
Domestic:
$266,967
Isnt 266 k alot for a movie to make?/sarc off
And the band played "Send in
October 25, 2008 - 02:11 ET by cocodrieAnd the band played "Send in the Clowns".
i'm a teacher
October 25, 2008 - 03:13 ET by i was just thinkingAs both a teacher and a student, I recall a time when someone making a claim in a research paper or a speech had to document the source.
Not Tim Robbins, however. Because he's from Hollywood! Oooooh. If he said it, it MUST be true!
Hae you noticed the trend
October 25, 2008 - 04:03 ET by 10ksnookerAll revelotutions are communist?
And when they get power,
October 25, 2008 - 06:59 ET by motherbeltAnd when they get power, they are always way more oppressive than what they overthrew?
Jawyank Preemption
October 25, 2008 - 06:41 ET by dodecahedronI enjoyed watching Mr. Robbins in Shawshank Redemption.
There. I said something nice.
I care more about my dog's political views than I do about Tim Robbins'.
<Sarc> Edited @9:45
October 25, 2008 - 07:49 ET by motherbelt<Sarc>
Well you know the fact of the matter is (to use one of liberals' favorite preambles) that the only way Obama can lose this election is by massive voter fraud!
Because people never lie to pollsters, and if the election were held today it would be Obama in a landslide!!
\sarc off
He charged: “They're doing a lot of dirty tricks out there to eliminate a lot of voters.”
Yeah, Tim, dirty tricks like asking for identification!
Back in 2000, Democrats claimed that Republicans used dogs and guns to keep blacks away from the polls! And the media let that charg slide.
And in 2004, when Kerry lost, they claimed there was fraud because more people in said in exit polling they had voted for him!
So maybe we should just go by the polls right now, forget the election,
and proceed to the inauguration. And George Bush can take an "early
out" and go back to Texas.
Activist pollsters
October 25, 2008 - 11:22 ET by Abu_NudnikThere might be activist pollsters out there too, convinced they can influence voters by playing with the numbers (AP had Obama up 1, NYT had him up 13 - one of them seems to be wrong). The theory is that people will want to do what's popular ("Oh, this brand is very popular, sir," said the salesman to me the other day). It might work with fashion but it doesn't work in voting booths, where people have one of few chances to be themselves. The real problem is that the press is all psyched on that "First Black President" headline and many won't take no for an answer. It will be a very sore test of the institutions of democracy if, time after time, the results of elections are doubted. Incidentally, I have noticed this whenever conservatives are elected but rarely when liberals are. The reason is that liberals are illiberal: they generally don't have friends who don't share their opinions, hence post-election statements like "I don't know anybody who voted for --------!"If you are a conservative, it's just easier not to disagree with liberal friends because they have a way of being insulting - well, that's my experience anyway.
Abu_Nudnik
Tim Robbins is about ignorant.
October 25, 2008 - 07:26 ET by R D Helm“When you have a fraudulent agenda and you don't have the truth on your
side you're going to try to disenfranchise as many voters as you can.”
Yeah, like Algore did in 2000 when he despatched a busload of lawyers to try and prevent the military absentee ballots from being counted.
Is it possible this mindless dweeb has never heard of ACORN?
-Dave
In order for wealth to be spread, it first must be seized.
Military Vote are thrown out again,This is Virginia Current
October 25, 2008 - 08:41 ET by lareehttp://www.weaselzip...
laree,
October 25, 2008 - 09:03 ET by R D HelmThat is criminal, if you ask me.
I guarantee you that if those were the absentee ballots of a bunch of lib Peace Corps volunteers from over in Sri Lanka or somewhere, I bet that idiot county official would make sure they were counted.
Military personnel should always get the benefit of the doubt when casting absentee ballots, particularly those currently in harm's way.
-Dave
In order for wealth to be spread, it first must be seized.
I thought
October 25, 2008 - 07:43 ET by jakotaI thought Sean Penn killed Robbins in the movie Mystic River . . .
"Paper Tiger"
October 25, 2008 - 08:38 ET by lareeOne that is seemingly dangerous and powerful but is in fact timid and weak: “They are paper tigers, weak and indecisive” (Frederick Forsyth).
But by all means believe the Hollywood Liberal:) He is Acting, it is what he does for a living....well he calls it a living.
Robbins' comments are proof
October 25, 2008 - 08:42 ET by suzycreamcheeseRobbins' comments are proof that he and his fellow thespians are not living on planet earth. Yes, Tim, there just might be a stolen election--stolen from John McCain through Acorn with help from media shills. But if that happens, expect country-wide apathy.
I still can't understand why every state in this country can't have a simple law of one voter--one ID--one vote. It's just so simple I can't wrap my head around the opposition of it. I'm in Alabama and we have to show our driver's license before we get our ballot. Then our name is crossed off the list. Elementary.
Hey Tim Robbins, here's your voter fraud.
October 25, 2008 - 09:07 ET by R D HelmHey Tim Robbins, here's your voter fraud.
Put that in your smoke and pipe it!
If anyone is engaged in election-stealing, it is those working to get the manufactured-fraud that is Barack Hussein Obama elected.
-Dave
In order for wealth to be spread, it first must be seized.
RD there is an interesting
October 25, 2008 - 19:15 ET by Dan The Man 2RD there is an interesting problem, I plan to travel the country in a motor home. Where is my residence?
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Dan,
October 25, 2008 - 23:12 ET by R D HelmThat is a good question.
I have heard of people who sell their homes and travel the country in their motor home.
I wonder if they secure PO boxes for themselves, or use a relative's or neighbor's address?
-Dave
In order for wealth to be spread, it first must be seized.
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October 25, 2008 - 23:13 ET by R D Helm*
If you go to the dictionary,
October 25, 2008 - 10:01 ET by pocomocoIf you go to the dictionary, by the word delusional you will find Tim Robbins’ picture.
Yes they are.
October 25, 2008 - 10:08 ET by JeffWeimerHe charged: “They're doing a lot of dirty tricks out there to eliminate a lot of voters.”
Like throwing out Republican registrations in Ohio because they didn't have a box checked (law says it's not necessary) while accepting registrations that had incorrect addresses, DL numbers, or SSNs? Or a county in Virginia throwing out 200 military absentee ballots because they don't have an address written on them (a technicality in the law), while letting non-resident college students vote in that very same county?
Do we need to bring up the Gore Campaign in 2000 attempting to suppress military ballots in Florida while complaining of "disenfranchisement" by the butterfly ballot?
Tim Robbins must have his
October 25, 2008 - 11:25 ET by Clear thinkerTim Robbins must have his own unique language. Everytime he speaks all I hear is blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah....
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Well Tim
October 25, 2008 - 11:35 ET by well99How are those movies going?
TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic:
$266,967
Gee the movie The Lucky ones doesnt seem so lucky.
Are Democratic Voters as Stupid as Tim Robbins thinks?
October 25, 2008 - 21:10 ET by Lame CherryI'm serious about examining this as I would be furious if some idiot like Peggy Noonan was telling the world Democrats were keeping Republicans from voting by dirty tricks.
That entire notion means that voter is so stupid they couldn't even figure out how to vote. Robbins charges are so cliche they make Gore Vidal's wimperings sounds intelligent by comparison.
What does the GOP do? Tell Democrats, "Here take this ballot and vote, but go behind that dumpster when you are done and toss it in as that is our special super counter bin."
Or do McCain people make ballots under special light which read OBAMA when it is really McCain in regular light.
I realize I had better be careful or that will end up on Jeff Rense featured as a Devvy Kidd discovery in how Ron Paul lost his billion votes.
Robbins is such utter nonsense. Which party registers cartoon characters and the dead? Democrats.
Which party in states like South Dakota keeps one Indian county till 3 hours later which just so happens to show up with just enough votes to give Tim Johnson the win? Democrats.
I was listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin on Charlie Rose with that entire cast just laughing hard in the way Lyndon Johnson stole elections.
There are always charges from Democrats to deflect their actual criminal behavior but their charges never EVER show any Republicans fouling up elections.
This is criminal as in sedition in what Tim Robbins does in this election fraud rantings, because it moves people not to trust the process from a bunch of sore loosers. I despised the foul nature of Bill Clinton, but he won the elections in votes and he was President whether I liked it or not.
Newt though got Clinton to pass his entire Contract with America and that is how the GOP worked effectively.
This will surprise allot of people, but if the Bill Clinton who is alive today was President back in the 90's things would have went a whole lot better as he is actually a better leader now. I won't agree with his policy, but he will at least now consider non liberal policies.
Obama is a Marxist chain smoking sold his soul to Chicago and Europe. He is backed by kooks like Robbins and the difference is Obama is not bright enough to handle the kooks as Bill Clinton did.
There is no one here that doesn't know 100% that Hillary Clinton would thump her kooks and handle them. Pelosi and Reid showed how inept they were with the fringe.
Democrats have a huge problem with the Tim Robbins kooks, Maher sex perverts and boil minds like Olbermann. They have a bunch of monkeys in charge of the zoo and are trying to put the Obama in charge of the lions and tigers and bears oh my.
I want to make something perfectly clear. I would not care who won this election if I didn't know a Eurasian world war was brewing and America had to get it's house in order economically, militarily and Spiritually. It would be great joy to watch the kooks being elected to the Democratic party so botch things and with an Obama impeachment of Hillary and Nancy banging on their gavels as angry drafted Obama kids marched in the streets chanting, "Hey Hey Barack how many Iraq's you nuked today". all to make the Democrats the pariah party for the next 40 years.
That would be great entertainment as one shot off their 12 pound mountain howitzer remembering fonder days, but the problem is there are demonic forces arrayed in this pushing some nasty Eurasians to invasion of the United States.
I don't want peoples who make a practice of sticking babies on pikes, raping women, carving babies out of pregnent women, burning entire cities down and for sport castrating males and seeing how far they can run before they bleed out jumping across the Gulf of Alaska or the Rio Grand as a dozen US cities go up in a nuclear smoke.
Too many Democratic voters are viewed as stupid by the party elite like Robbins. I know too many Democrats put their self esteem in who is elected in DC to make them feel good or empowered. Too many Democrats think this is a spoiler game that if they just get Bush or McCain as they are the enemies and America will survive.
Things have changed immensely and America is as George Washington spoke of entering an age where we are going to have to fight for our very existence. America didn't face that in WW I or WW II no matter what people came up with as even in defeat America would have been sovereign.
This is like 1776 and the war of 1812 for the very survival of the nation. Robbins is the worst sort in this along with the political game players like Pelosi.
If Obama gets in there, he will not last in the mayhem it will be Hillary in a Nixon turmoil with a divided nation. That won't win and it makes Robbins that much more reprehensible for what he has done.
agtG
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Tim - you ignorant twit...
October 26, 2008 - 14:15 ET by Tom Paine“When you have a fraudulent agenda and you don't have
the truth on your side you're going to try to disenfranchise as many
voters as you can.”
Right back at ya, Timbo. Could this be why Team Barry is resorting to a bunch of cooked polling data in an attempt to build up an air of inevitability and try to supress conservatives from turning out on election day? This way, if Obama loses, the "Selected Not Elected" gang can taint a McCain Presidency from day one.