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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:23 PM Original message |
O'Donnell LOST in Delaware!?! - By Mark Crispin Miller |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Absentee ballots are a much different group of voters |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Really? |
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Mister Ed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 06:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Minnesota Senate 2008 would provide insight |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I've seen it happen in two races for state house in KS. I was part of |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Don't act surprised...happens all the time in California |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. PROOF |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. And you offer up this little nugget of wisdom based on your vast knowledge of ... what? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. . |
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ConservativeDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. You know, Bravo, it wouldn't hurt for you to use the google... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
56. AB voter here ...and damn proud of it! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. it's a bubble of silence on this stuff. nt |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, but one whisper of election fraud and you get "conspiracy theory, conspiracy theory" by the, |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. We had election fraud in Florida in 2000. That is established fact. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. It still baffles me that in a country where you can get free shit if you are not given a receipt... |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Is it not a good idea to vote by absentee ballot? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. When I raised objections to using touchscreen machines during Early Voting... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 01:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
44. "Touch screen" and "DRE" are NOT synonyms! |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. People should really stop trying to invalidate O'Donnell's win |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. That's probably why the left is silent on the matter... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. probably silent because there is nothing to look into |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I understand what you're saying on principal |
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truckin (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. It is "election fraud" if the machines were manipulated and "voter |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I don't think you can make a connection based on what we know |
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truckin (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Fair points all. But consider this, if all your assumptions go against |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I'm not sure about the assumptions I'm making |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. double post n/t |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. If (note that I said IF) the vote was rigged |
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Stevepol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. If the same machines are used to count the votes, why would she lose? |
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democrat_patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. O'Donnells website had her a winner 3 days before election. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. bogus, nonsensical use of data |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. +1 |
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truckin (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. What's bogus and nonsesical is the fact that this country still |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I'm not defending electronic voting. I am criticizing bogus arguments |
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truckin (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The authors (MCM and Bradblog) did not say this was "proof" of |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. This is what MCM said, in a piece entitled "O'Donnell LOST in Delaware" (his caps) |
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truckin (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The title of his post is definitely an attention grabber to get you |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I agree... and I'm a huge supporter of reading articles in their entirety |
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Stevepol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Brad qualified all his assertions. The headline was just for show. Note this: |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Since when does one judge an article by the title... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. It's not a stupid argument... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. it really is a stupid argument |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. That never happens... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. let me ask you this |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. well |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
50. Ouch! Statistical evidence only makes people whose minds are made up mad. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Likewise "Once one buys into the concept that 'none of our elections are fraudulent,' no amount of |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. its possible to support verifiable elections without setting up a strawman argument |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. "The machine vote is not verifiable. That's the relevant fact." Agreed. Add easily riggable. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
63. You didn't even have to do that much research, just look at the source |
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Cognitive_Resonance (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Absentee voters tend to be party establishment |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. Is anyone fucking paying attention to this? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. No, just like no one is paying attention to "Bush caused 9/11" theories. n/t |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Yep |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #43 |
53. You've been corrected on your post near the top there |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
52. Ugh...all anger no substance |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. So the Republicans stole an election from themselves? |
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truckin (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Maybe there is a "Tea-Party" programmer in the voting machine |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. the teagaggers stole it from the republicans. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. Shades of Greene? |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. Difference between AB's and those who go to polls is a real difference. |
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Cognitive_Resonance (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Bingo. It's a good reminder for Democrats to take full advantage of early/absentee voting |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
60. So the Republican party is rigging elections against themselves?! |
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truckin (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. See Post 21. Maybe there is a "Tea-Party" programmer in the |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Paper ballots are much better! |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
61. Perhaps O'Connell peaked late and Castle had had a better organized absentee ballot program |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
65. Older, wealthier people often vote absentee |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
66. Kick |
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