DEBUNKED -- ignore the thread

[grasswire]

Just reporting on FOX news....Democrats are saying that some machines had votes already registered on them. One machine had 1500 votes already recorded.

[dkamin]

1. Already debunked

Check talkingpointsmemo

[durablend]

9. It's been debunked, but...

FOX needs to spin the lie to piss their (*) base off even more.

Nice to know they're doing they're job as expected.

[kokomo]

15. Drudge dredged that up!

[Phillycat]

2. This isn't true.

It's already been debunked.

[grasswire]

3. one poll worker...

...saw 488 votes already recorded on the machine. That was in Philly.

[Mizmoon]

4. I tend not to believe in organized fraud

Incompetance is the most likely explanation in my mind.

[Doohickie]

AP has already said

they looked at the overall lifetime counter, not the counter for the current election.

Stand down, please.

[CatWoman]

5. ....

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com

[11 Bravo]

16. Thanks CatWoman.

I wonder how long Faux will continue to peddle this garbage anyhow?

[Goldmund]

6. Democrats???

GOPers were reporting that this morning in Philly, and the machines have been inspected and their complaints were bogus.

[girl gone mad]

13. I had to laugh when I heard the GOP was complaining about..

electonic voting machines.

Where have they been? If I were the type of person to hold a grudge, I'd say they shouldn't be allowed to complain at this point.

[grasswire]

7. weird,

...because they're interviewing locals about it right now.

[htuttle]

8. It's old news, already debunked

It was a lifetime counter, not a vote counter.

And if you watch Faux, you're going to keep getting things wrong all day. Change the channel!!

[Mr_Spock]

10. Cool, more Faux, Drudge, MSRNC type crap here - thanks

:eyes:

[Captain Lance Bass]

11. DNC war-room says its overblown BS

[MallRat]

12. This is STILL being reported? This was debunked THREE HOURS AGO.

The counters which showed prior votes were "odometers" which simply counted how many times the polling machine had been previously used.

THEY WEREN'T VOTES.

Everyone, even Drudge, has stopped running this story... except Fox, apparently.

-MR

[DefenseLawyer]

14. #1 it wasn't a democrat claim

is was an allegation by a thug poll watcher. Basically there are two "counters" on the machines, one with the current tally, the other which shows the total over the life of the machine. They looked at the latter and screamed fraud. #2 It was immediately debunked but still being covered by Fox. Laying the groundwork fro challenging the election or at least giving thugs some cover to blame their huge loss today. Bush is doomed!