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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-10-08 12:08 AM
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16. I think only a foolish person would not be upset by severaol things
One: the Opti-scan Diebold equipment that counted the paper ballots. This equipment is hackable.
If we allow it to be used in the Primaries, then how can we complain when the GE comes around??

Two: the rush to declare victory, with candidates expected to concede within three hours of the polls closing. Clinton's victory was handed to her by NBC News, which declared her the winner at the time that only 66% of the vote was in.

Chris Matthews justified this quickness in getting it over with to the insatiable need of the American populace to have results quickly, as we want our SUperBowl results.

Is our democracy only a SuperBowl? Why should this be the precedent?

It is very dangerous to set the stage for having a THIRD GENERAL ELECTION in which the media again will call the shots with regards to whom the winner is.
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