Reply #47: I wanted to read all the eight chapters of Vote Scam available before [View All]

[petgoat]

responding. I'm sorry that life has been frantic the last week or so.

The opening sounds pretty compelling to me, focussing on the brothers.
Whether we want to ally this effort with the tie-dye culture is a basic
question. I can see pluses and minuses.

My first reaction to the suggestion in Vote Scam that the 1998
election was stolen through computers was incredulity--how tin-foil
hat can you get? As far as I knew, computerized vote-theft started in
1998 with Chuck Hagel's stunning upset victory in Nebraska.

How come I never heard of the "Shouptronic" machine in New Hampshire
and Gov. Sununu?

"A) In 1988, ex-CIA Director George Bush snr. was elected President. As is well-known, the New Hampshire primary is a crucial forerunner for any presidential candidate. Senator Robert Dole was the clear favorite for the Republicans - but Bush snr. won unexpectedly. How come? The Governor of New Hampshire was one John Sununu, a computer engineer, and the computer voting machine being used was a 'Shouptronic' Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machine, supplied by Ransom Shoup, who "had been twice convicted of vote fraud in Philadelphia.".. "It completely lacked an 'audit trail,' an independent record that could be checked in case the machine 'broke down' or its results were challenged."... "A source close to Gov. Sununu insists that Sununu knew from his perspective as a politician, and his expertise as a computer engineer, that the Shouptronic was prime for tampering. The concept is clear, simple and it works. Computerized voting gives the power of selection, without fear of discovery, to whomever controls the computer." On becoming president, Bush appointed Sununu Chief of Staff in his administration. <13>"

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