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Milkman · 18-09-2008, 09:23 PM

As far as the campaign goes, we have the voting machine malfunctions, and the distrust of them for lack of a paper trail. New voter registrations, and some very dubious election results in the last 2 elections.

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Election day could be a mess

Worries over registration surge, failure-prone equipment, new procedures

By Mary Pat Flaherty

updated 11:55 p.m. PT, Wed., Sept. 17, 2008

Faced with a surge in voter registrations leading up to Nov. 4, election officials across the country are bracing for long lines, equipment failures and confusion over polling procedures that could cost thousands the chance to cast a ballot.
The crush of voters will strain a system already in the midst of transformation, with jurisdictions introducing new machines and rules to avoid the catastrophe of the deadlocked 2000 election and the lingering controversy over the 2004 outcome.

Even within the past few months, cities and counties have revamped their processes: Nine million voters, including many in the battleground states of Ohio, Florida and Colorado, will use equipment that has changed since March.
But the widespread changes meant to reassure the public have also increased the potential for trouble.

Entire: Election day could be a mess - Washington Post - MSNBC.com

Jet Gorgon · 19-09-2008, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Norton

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

China is licking its lips.

More like licking it's wounds. Shanghai exchange down from 2915 to 1932 in one month.

I mean China could totally Fek the US if it cashed in its Treasury holdings.

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Originally Posted by britmaveric

Great buying opportunities - most excellent!!!

That, too. Who has money? Saudis? Hey, how about Venezuela?

raycarey · 20-09-2008, 08:55 PM

john mccain on how he wants the insane deregulation in the banking industry to be introduced to health care....

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Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.

http://www.contingencies.org/septoct08/mccain.pdf

this was taken from an article he wrote for the sept./oct 2008 issue of 'contingencies', the magazine of the american academy of actuaries.

and today he's trying to come off as someone who's going to battle against 'fat cats' on wall street?

once the obama campaign and the left leaning 527s get this out to the american public, all those senior citizens who watched their retirement savings whipsaw this past week are going to think twice about voting for mccain simply because he's old like them.

plain and simple....this man is not fit to govern.

raycarey · 20-09-2008, 09:23 PM

this is not promising for the obama campaign....

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The AP-Yahoo News poll used the unique methodology of Knowledge Networks, a Menlo Park, Calif., firm that interviews people online after randomly selecting and screening them over telephone. Numerous studies have shown that people are more likely to report embarrassing behavior and unpopular opinions when answering questions on a computer rather than talking to a stranger.
Other techniques used in the poll included recording people's responses to black or white faces flashed on a computer screen, asking participants to rate how well certain adjectives apply to blacks, measuring whether people believe blacks' troubles are their own fault, and simply asking people how much they like or dislike blacks.

Political Pulse | The Associated Press-Yahoo! News Poll on Yahoo! News

ChiangMai noon · 20-09-2008, 09:36 PM

^
conclusive proof that republicans are not only stupid but unabashedly racist.

pai nai ma · 20-09-2008, 09:43 PM

^/^^ the dems don't do so well either.

merka is a more conservative, racist and backward place than many people realize, imo.

ChiangMai noon · 20-09-2008, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by pai nai ma

^/^^ the dems don't do so well either.

i agree, but nearly twice less ignorant than the republicans.

they also voted for Bush twice, so their stupidity has never been doubted.

pai nai ma · 20-09-2008, 09:54 PM

^ conceded.

But I get little solace in those stats.

I feel deeply cynical about this election and Obama's chances of winning I believe it is a pivotal moment in history and have little confidence that the majority of merkans will make the enlightened choice.

britmaveric · 21-09-2008, 02:55 AM

Smart dosh is on McCain, Buddha help us if BO wins.

Milkman · 21-09-2008, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by britmaveric

Smart dosh is on McCain, Buddha help us if BO wins.

Dosh = money, correct?

The money is on both candidate. Check out the recent polling, once again Brit.

I don't know where you get your information.

ChiangMai noon · 21-09-2008, 09:24 AM

surely you have realised by now that brit is the keenest, most astute political analyst on the board.

only jet gets close in terms of offering so little.

In brit's case, why write a paragraph when 5 words will do the trick.

Jet Gorgon · 21-09-2008, 12:00 PM

^ For a mod, should we thus assume you are an astute US political pundit? Thought you were Welsh.
The left is so manic on this race, they are not even listening to the points of issue. This is a pity, as usual.

ChiangMai noon · 21-09-2008, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Thought you were Welsh.

So is Brit.

tell him to stop, he knows even less than I.

panama hat · 21-09-2008, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

The left is so manic on this race, they are not even listening to the points of issue. This is a pity, as usual.

What nonsense . . . whenever an issue is brought up, the other side obfuscates it, this has nothing to do with left or right (and the Dems are certainly NOT left in a global context), and bringing this upall the time is just plainly stupid.

Why not make a start and STICK to issues, even when they concern your interests, instead of deflecting things all the time, Jet? I find you to be more guilty than most of doing what you decry as a 'lefty' thing.

Milkman · 21-09-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

The left is so manic on this race, they are not even listening to the points of issue. This is a pity, as usual.

The few that are on the left are on the fringe.

It's the Independents in the Center that will decide, as the others have their strong leaning.

Jet, where are you reading this?

The US does not really have a "left." Only a small percentage of the populations is considered to be on the "left" and they tend to vote for the Democrats who are Center, and have having moving right since 1990.

Where are you reading this stuff?

Very off-topic garbage in this thread.

raycarey · 21-09-2008, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

should we thus assume you are an astute US political pundit? Thought you were Welsh.

and this coming from a canadian.

pai nai ma · 21-09-2008, 01:49 PM

Was brit harmed during delivery or was it a bike wreck?

pai nai ma · 21-09-2008, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

should we thus assume you are an astute US political pundi

you are a hopeless suck up, jet. methinks ray is correct on the daddy issues point.

raycarey · 21-09-2008, 01:54 PM

^ she brought it up (in a red, no less), not me.

longway · 21-09-2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by raycarey

^ she brought it up (in a red, no less), not me.

I wonder is she has a 'thing' for you. It could be love.

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20-09-2008, 09:36 PM	#1865 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,341	^ conclusive proof that republicans are not only stupid but unabashedly racist.

20-09-2008, 09:43 PM	#1866 (permalink)
pai nai ma I am in Jail Last Online: 18-12-2008 08:14 PM Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,038	^/^^ the dems don't do so well either. merka is a more conservative, racist and backward place than many people realize, imo.

20-09-2008, 09:54 PM	#1868 (permalink)
pai nai ma I am in Jail Last Online: 18-12-2008 08:14 PM Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,038	^ conceded. But I get little solace in those stats. I feel deeply cynical about this election and Obama's chances of winning I believe it is a pivotal moment in history and have little confidence that the majority of merkans will make the enlightened choice.

21-09-2008, 02:55 AM	#1869 (permalink)
britmaveric nid aur yw popeth melyn Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pattaya Posts: 3,921	Smart dosh is on McCain, Buddha help us if BO wins.

21-09-2008, 09:24 AM	#1871 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,341	surely you have realised by now that brit is the keenest, most astute political analyst on the board. only jet gets close in terms of offering so little. In brit's case, why write a paragraph when 5 words will do the trick.

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Jet Gorgon Jihad Barbie Last Online: Yesterday 11:18 PM Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Near Libbies Posts: 12,428	^ For a mod, should we thus assume you are an astute US political pundit? Thought you were Welsh. The left is so manic on this race, they are not even listening to the points of issue. This is a pity, as usual.

21-09-2008, 01:49 PM	#1877 (permalink)
pai nai ma I am in Jail Last Online: 18-12-2008 08:14 PM Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,038	Was brit harmed during delivery or was it a bike wreck?

21-09-2008, 01:54 PM	#1879 (permalink)
raycarey ........ Last Online: Yesterday 09:58 PM Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: deleting posts in issues Posts: 6,648	^ she brought it up (in a red, no less), not me.

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