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Gore Vidal Savages Electronic Voting
gribbly writes "aging author and social critic Gore Vidal savaged electronic voting in an interview with the LA Weekly. The interview deals mainly with (what's wrong with) the Bush Administration, but halfway down he says: 'We don't want an election without a paper trail...all three owners of the companies who make these machines are donors to the Bush administration. Is this not corruption?'."
Yet another thinly-veiled hatefest. Weeha.
Hokey statistics and ancient misconceptions are no match for a good thought in your head, kid!
Are our electronic voting systems so f'd up? Is it really that hard to implement a decent system without retarted bugs like in the last article (110,000 votes recorded versus the real 5k number).
Also why don't most normal American's a have a problem with Bush yet?
Hmmm... Pie...
Why do people need to believe this is some conspriracy. Bad Code /= a vast conspiracy to steal the election. Bad Code = Bad Code.
Lets get upset at that.
Bad code on a voting machine = potential to steal the election, but until you have proof please keep your fingerpointing to yourself. Both sides of the political debate here in the States and abroad would love to steal an election.
Fantasy remains a human right; we make in our measure and in our derivative mode... -- JRR Tolkien
Yes, the media* is liberal.
* we do not include Rush, talk radio, or Fox News (Number 1 in cable news) in our def of the media.
Whenever someone from an opposing party wins its all whines and cheese. If electoral races and political parties were IRC it would be something like this:
OMFG TEH VOET WAS RIGGIED!!!11 I WANT OPZ SO I CAN KICK THEM!
All I've heard since GWB was elected was people who wanted some socialst in power saying things bad about the current president as if it really matters. These people take their toys and go home when they don't get their way. Not to mention cry about it forever.
I didnt hear the "vast right wing conspirators" whining this much when Bill "pants around my ankles" Clinton was in office for 8 years. Lying his ass off and basicly fucking us all in the ass.
And even now, with this "memo" from the Democrats about slandering Bush next year to win the election, using the powers of the Independent Council to lock up the current administration so they can sneak some socialist in and tax us all to death. WAY TO GO, keep whining about people who care about this country and stop using this "conspiracy" blip to explain all your cry baby rants.
I am so sick of hearing Gore bitch about Bush and about how elections don't work or whatever. Newsflash, you lost, now shut up.
Boromir, son of Faramir, King of Gondor and Minas Tirith
does that bother you even if it was true?
Yes, it does. You wouldn't have had to ask if you had to intellect necessary to consider the topic of my post. If I want political spin of any stripe I have limitless, and far better, options other than Slashdot. I'd prefer to find "news for nerds" at this particular venue and what Gore Vidal knows about electronic voting is likely less than what the typical nerd knows about hot women.
are you unable to think for yourself?
I've forgotten more original thoughts than you'll ever have.
if you don't like it, don't visit.
I'm not welcome to criticize? How open minded of you. I prefer to counter this nonsense in the hope that I can help keep a lid on it.
PS. you're a fuckwit. Obviously.
Ouch. That hurt.
Maw! Fire up the karma burner!
You're not taking into account credibility, of which you may have some and the NYT has none. So your little communist paper might be more effective than the shit that passes for news nowadays.
Hmm, how about this: 'All the "news" that fits, we print.'
Oh, and that Bill guy? No relation.