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New Hampshire Primaries Follow-Up Analysis
Dr. Eggman writes "Ars Technica has posted a lengthy follow up analysis of the 2008 New Hampshire Primaries outcome. The article deals with the O'Dell machine/hand-count table that has been circulating through emails. It also points out the combination of factors that resulted in such an odd symmetry of numbers, although the article notes that these numbers have been corrected. The corrections still indicate a discrepancy among the tallies. The article also goes on to talk about the nature of the communities that arrived at these numbers and what/how the handcounts proceeds. This process has been inconclusive; something that does not bode well for the rest of the primaries and indeed the election itself, as only 16 states currently mandate both a voter-verified paper trail (VVPT) and a random manual audit of election results."
Obama and Edwards are great candidates, but I was sure Hillary had an ace up her sleeve to skew the results. You can't skew caucuses where folks have to line up on one side of a room or other. But it's easy to hack the results of a Diebold vote.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
And be good consumers. Daddy'll tell you everything you need to know about the world. First of all, fear your genitals. For they are evil. Secondly, anything that makes you feel good or relieves a bad feeling, must be strictly regulated by Daddy (including your genitals and especially your womb). Thirdly, all elections are fair and binding. See? A trustworthy corporation stands behind every ballot cast. By questioning the integrity of a corporation you are questioning the integrity of God, Daddy and all of your betters with more money. That kind of thing can have unforseen consequences. Finally, freedom is slavery, and it's most certainly not a concept whereby "people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to daddy a great deal of discretion about what you do."
Now. Daddy's tired. He's gonna go gang rape someone who volunteered to protect him, cover up the crime and then give the medal of freedom to anyone who helped him.
Nixon won the 1960 election, but knew (either explicitly or implicitly) that succession crises are some of the Worst Things in the World. Ferzample, Shia vs. Sunni is a succession crisis.
Contrast this to Albert Gore Junior, who tried to sue his way to the White House. Instant succession crisis. Seven years later, imbecile conspiracists think he was somehow cheated, that they were cheated.
Moon hoax, Kennedy assassination conspiracy, 9/11 Truthers' LIHOP vs. MIHOP, vaccination conspiracies (some junior Kennedy piece of trash is all about this crap), anti-(some-)war, UFO cover-up conspiracies - now we need to add Al Gore election conspiracy to this litany of idiocy.
Nixon was a more moral man than Al Gore, probably because he was much more intelligent. Hell, Nixon is still more intelligent than Gore!
BTW, I've heard that "Gangs of New York" is a good movie. It's about how good and pure the Democrat Party was in their Tammany Hall heydays.
"He didn't get any facts wrong"
Check again douche.
It did not happen in "towns" as he claimed. FACT. The votes were not lost, FACT. It was covered on a news site he OBVIOUSLY reads, as he posts here. FACT.
Should I go on, or do you realize that I'm right and you're an idiot?
"By the way I agree with the original poster"
No one cares.
Fuck off now.