it’s the state-of-the-art in plausible deniability.

[rodeodance]

...And, best of all, if the fraud is ever discovered, there is such a technological buffer between those responsible and those doing the deed you might say it’s the state-of-the-art in plausible deniability. ......

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1116-33.htm

November 16, 2004 by United Press International
Election 2004: Lingering Suspicions
by Greg Guma

The Internet, that wonderful engine of democracy, is rife with messages purporting to demonstrate how the U.S. presidential election results were manipulated in ways benefiting the Republicans.

To start, voting analyses of selected Florida and Ohio precincts conducted by the University of Pennsylvania's Steven Freeman and independent investigator Faun Otter have revealed surprisingly high percentages for Bush. Those skeptical about the results further suggest spoiled ballots and provisional votes, which may have a disproportionate impact on the results in the areas with high concentrations of minority voters, could have made the difference.....

[BlueDog2u]

1. This is a UPI article!

Let's not lose sight of that fact. A few days ago, we would have brought out the champagne to see this. We are making real progress here -- a major media player is giving thoughtful attention to the issue of fraud.



"Were the election results manipulated in some way? At the moment, the question invokes the same kind of polarizations generated by the election choice itself; a much more thorough analysis is needed -- and will not be quick in the offing -- before the Internet chatter can taken seriously, even though some will always believe it did in fact occur.

Even if the thesis can eventually be demonstrated to be accurate, that some form of manipulation did occur, the technology involved is so complex that those responsible will likely escape the consequences."


http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1116-33.htm

"Postscript: There is as yet no solid proof that a cyber-attack occurred on Nov. 2. For one thing, it would probably require hacking into multiple local computer systems, presumably from one or more remote locations. Nevertheless, suspicions are mounting and evidence is emerging to suggest that the U.S. presidential election results were manipulated to some extent."

[bluetrain]

2. good

but let's not lose sight of the fact that the more press this gets the sooner Rove is going to slam in with Stage 2, whatever that may be and I think we all need to try to figure out some possibilities for what that may be.

[BlueDog2u]

3. Ok

Tell us more. What do you expect? And how can we begin to prepare to counter it now?