November surprise

[Grasshopp3r]

We are focusing on the wrong target in looking at the legislation on its face. What we need to do is to find out which congress members play online and then out them. It could also be staffers. Then, we can use that in the upcoming election. Hypocrisy is pretty effective for negative ads.

The very websites that were destroyed can sift through their records and correlate them to the congress IP addresses and known physical addresses. It is just a database task that can be completed easily.

[WLC4Ever]

And while we're at it, let's find out who's gay, and who ever smoked pot, and....man, get serious dude. There are plenty of legitimate things we can do to fight this...trying to "out" senators is a complete waste of time...if you really care, start writing letters, researching laws in your state, etc.

[TheBloke]

I think that could backfire hugely. It doesn't indicate that gambling should be legal, it just indicates that those people are hypocrites.

Kind of like outing a senator for taking drugs or abusing children - sure it screws them over, but it could never be used as an argument for legalising those things!

Plus no gambling site is going to release the names of their clientele, that would be a huge breach of privacy and a terrible, counter-productive precedent.

[WLC4Ever]

I'm really getting discouraged if this is the best we can muster...does anyone want to even try or are we content to call Frist a Nazi and move our money from site to site until there aren't any left?

[Grasshopp3r]

"Plus no gambling site is going to release the names of their clientele, that would be a huge breach of privacy and a terrible, counter-productive precedent."

Privacy? Please don't be naive.

Besides, who says that this has to be overtly traced back to the specific site? The site can leak screen names that can be correlated.

Once the target is identified, all that needs to be done is to ask the target if they ever played internet poker. They will deny it and bingo, there is your perjury charge. Just like the infamous "I did not have sex with that woman" quote from none other than Slick Willie himself.

[WLC4Ever]

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Once the target is identified, all that needs to be done is to ask the target if they ever played internet poker. They will deny it and bingo, there is your perjury charge. Just like the infamous "I did not have sex with that woman" quote from none other than Slick Willie himself.

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If you are serious, please never post on the legislation board again. Perjury charge...

[Grasshopp3r]

Every tactic needs to be employed.

If this is inappropriate for the legislation forum, the mods will delete it.

So far, you have simply dismissed this tactic out of hand, citing privacy concerns. Are you concerned with your privacy when you signed up at a poker site? Neteller? Linked it to your bank account?

This tactic requires the poker sites to violate the privacy of those congress members that have shafted us. Whose interests are you for? Us or them?

[WLC4Ever]

First of all, you can't commit perjury unless you're under oath, it doesn't count if some dude just walks up to you on the street. Second, the "us or them" atittude is useless at best, destructive at worst, third...aww hell, forget it

[Grasshopp3r]

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And while we're at it, let's find out who's gay, and who ever smoked pot, and....man, get serious dude. There are plenty of legitimate things we can do to fight this...trying to "out" senators is a complete waste of time...if you really care, start writing letters, researching laws in your state, etc.

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Hmmm, lets see if I can recall a few productive scandals that were preceded by "outing" of an elected official? Bill Clinton, the former New Jersey governor, Foley and the list goes on and on. Is perjury a felony? Yes. Is perjury the maximum damage that can be inflicted? No, the goal is to get them defeated in the election. Raw power, plain and simple. Fight fire with fire.

[WLC4Ever]

That's funny, I seem to Bill Clinton serving 8 years in office...