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    e) Hillary won NH because the vote was erroneous or fraudulent.


    Yeah ... I am leaning towards ‘e’ for my answer.

    Voting clerks making errors and machines eating ballots.
    Anomalies when the machine count is compared to the hand count.
    Machines and people being susceptible to error and fraud.

    Given that most politicians are professional liars and/or pigs at the trough. And that there is little difference between either of your political parties ... it’s a wonder Americans bother to vote at all. Maybe it’s time to start from scratch because the current system is fixed and broken at the same time.

    Canada Posted by David in Canuckistan on Jan 10, 2008 at 10:46 PM

    Agreed!  With such large scale elections, accountability is essentially impossible to guarantee.  Elections will go to the candidates that can sway the businesses that can in turn rig the elections; our voting serves to placate us more than inform the “democratic” process. 

    Clinton has the right combination of name recognition, corporate sponsors and personal investment in the status quo to qualify her to be the next president.  Obama actually has the support of the “people” which makes him dangerous.  I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see Clinton pull off narrow victory after narrow victory throughout the primaries.  Reminds me of Bush in FL and OH.

    The system needs an overhaul.  I personally don’t trust a single candidate that doesn’t talk very explicitly about election reform.  The fact that we have had a fake president for two terms (and lord knows how many terms before that) and that no one has begun seriously talking about election reform should tell us something.

    Germany Posted by diciteco on Jan 11, 2008 at 9:01 AM

    David and Diciteco,

    There are serious problems when it comes to running a fair, accurate and trustworthy election.

    With the advent of the computer and the apparent trust so many people place in it almost anything can be pre-planned and ordained.

    What happened to the demands for a paper trail? Is that even enough security? What is to stop someone from programming a slim victory for the candidate of choice in each district where a close race is usual and expected? Who’s to say if the program could not then self destruct and erase the evidence?

    People seem willing to accept whatever a machine claims is so. A girl at the grocery ran my gallon of milk across the bar code reader and it beeped twice — it was my only purchase, but I had to get the manager to convince her the price was double.

    In Canada this week a plane did a violent drop, twist and turn due to computer malfunction, injuring several people. The list of disturbing examples is long.

    I am on my eleventh computer in 18 years and know they lie, cheat and will always try to make you think you are at fault. Because I am usually on a Mac I found it comical when told to shut down a Bill Gates type — you click on START. But, then, his software is just as un-user-friendly too.

    Hmmm, maybe I should vote for the other candidate for the desired result :-)

    United States Posted by whattheheck on Jan 12, 2008 at 8:33 AM

    WOW—this is my first time on this site and it is certainly a creepy Cult Obama home…pretty gross. You people are the final reason I voted for HIllary…from evil, divisive blogs to death threats, the Obama Cult disgusts me more than any candidate or group of voters since I have been able to vote. I am in my 40’s—and I have never seen the likes of this kind of unhealthy and scary behavior.

    Not coming back here…pretty disgusting.

    United States Posted by saep on Feb 29, 2008 at 1:12 AM
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