HBO's Hacking Democracy Available Online

prostoalex writes "HBO's controversial special 'Hacking Democracy' on issues with Diebold voting machines is now available in full on Google Video." Covered earlier on Slashdot, the documentary seems to have gathered quite a bit of heat from Diebold in addition to the one that didn't air.

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Re:The weird thing about electronic voting

[Lord Kano]

Yeah, those silly Democrats. They're not happy if Republicans steal an election with paper ballots, they're not happy if Republicans steal them with electronic ballots. How do they want you to steal them, eh?

I don't know if you merely misunderstood his point or if you are intentionally not getting it.

In 2000, the Democrats said that the Republicans stole the election because of the confusing butterfly ballots and that we needed a new and modern way of voting. Now that we have it, Democrats are hedging their bets by planting the seed in people's minds that the Republicans are poised to steal more elections using the system that they themselves demanded.

It smacks of arrogance. These people honestly believe that they only way that they can possibly lose is if the opposition cheats. It's like when a child refuses to take responsibility for any of his own actions by blaming everyone else when he gets into trouble.

Well, if you ask me, the deal is that the Bush machine is getting ready to pull some fast ones tomorrow, and they expect they're going to have some peculiar "upsets" that need to be explained away, so they're sending folks like yourself around to soften up the crowd in advance.

Is it really that unbelievable that there are actually people out here who don't vote the same way that you do? Is it really that unbelievable to you that roughly 50% of the American electorate feels differently about the issues than you do?

People are different, they have different goals, dreams and ideals. As incredible as many people seem to find it, but there are millions of us who will be voting (mostly) for Republicans tomorrow. It's not because we think that the Republicans are ideal, but because we think that the Republicans are a better choice than the only other party that has a chance of winning.

There is no need for paid operatives to infiltrate Slashdot, K5 and where ever else geeks like us congregate online. There are millions of us who vote Republican.

Aw, poor baby. You might lose some karma.

And you're a real paragon of bravery for posting material that defames Republicans in a forum where there is a clear pro-Democrat bias.

LK