Reply #10: Thanks for the rebuttal, Firespirit (which was what I was looking [View All]

for) on the local candidates. But I used to be an Independent (which means I spent less time studying politics), and I would vote Dem for president (always have) but split my votes down ticket to "balance" it. Okay, guys, don't laugh at me, but when you're young and irresponsible, you're young and irresponsible. There is a pervasive view among many people, that if you vote straight for one party, that you're somehow mindless and blind. Obviously, I think that's a stupid argument and have now discouted it. So the question is why did so many people vote for * and then vote for a Dem further down the ticket. Maybe, it's because they did pay attention with the presidential election, but blew off the rest, then thought they ought to "balance" their ticket like I used to do. Just a thought. It still doesn't answer why they made such a horrible mistake in who they voted for president.

As far as the election being stolen or not, I actually think I am in the minority here on the JK forum. There are certainly many here who think Ohio was stolen. I was an accountant, and I am very exacting about things, and all I will concede is the system is messed up and unreliable, but I can't definitively say whether that affected the results of the election. That British author said that there are dirty precincts around the country, and states vary as to how corrupt they are. He did mention Florida as being a very corrupt state that you shouldn't trust. But he said that voter fraud is less the problem. It's more about the mentality of the people who work to put on elections. They are not focussed on holding accurate and clean elections. They are only interested in having elections that look accurate and clean. In a word, they're lazy. And Diebold is wonderful for that because there is no paper trail, and therefore no messiness. This actually makes me want to work an election, since I am quite anal retentive, and would NEVER try to steal votes for Dems, as this goes against my fastidious ways and, of course, my ethics. I also am very annoying as far as making sure things are done right, instead of cutting corners.