"H :) K" wrote in message
m...
Canuck57 wrote:
On 17/01/2010 5:12 PM, Bruce wrote:
John H wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:00:48 -0500,
wrote:

"C. Mor wrote in message
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What a gal huh?

She is running the screwiest campaign up here I've seen in a long
time.

The radio airways are saturated with what are intended to be negative
ads
about Brown but they miss there mark.

In them the name "Scott Brown" and the word "Republican" is
repeated over and over with obscure references to his campaign stump
speeches or position statements that are not very clear and really
don't
register to the listener.

Her name never comes up until the end when in a softer, fast spoken
acknowledgement
of "paid for by the Coakley campaign committee" or something like
that.

To the casual radio listener, all that sticks in one's head is "Scott
Brown"
and "Republican".
It will be interesting to see what that recall produces on Tuesday.

Eisboch
Hey, if I bring myself, my wife, my kids, and grandkids, do you think
we could get registered to vote in Massachusetts by ACORN, and then
surprise them with a Republican vote?

Just wondering.

--
John H

"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free!"
--Anonymous
They'll set you up with absentee ballots.

Democrat chad? I often wonder why government has in essnce sabotaged
electronic voting. If done right, it would be far better than the back
door where cards are moved. I often wonder just how democratic hand
counted votes really are.

Say an electronic system that posted the vote real time to 8 different
sources PLUS a paper copy. All 9 should agree. Since all 9 will go to
different groups, univerities, state governments, maybe even CNBC and
Fox... all should agree. If one is out but the other 8 agree, the
corruption is known. They all must announce the tally at teh same time
inside of 5 minutes of poll close.

Makes it much harder to stack the deck and results before bed time. Let
the new age pony, the internet deliver....

Maybe what the government really is scared of is that such a secure
system could in fact be used directly on maters the congress and senate
do today! That is, senate/congress must sell the people on the ideas and
then the people vote directly.

A corruption bill like GM would fall flat on it's ass. So would other
bailout corruptions and debt spend. Removes the lobster dinners and cash
incentives from the representatives. Neuters the back room deal.

Bet many statistical annomolies in even recent election results would
disappear.

Which is why they want flawed, cheap systems that fail. Keep the power
in the back room deals that sell us all out.

A. You have no understanding of how the sort of democracy we have here
works. That sort of "proposition voting" has ruined california.

B. In large elections, in hand counting, the ballots are counted in a
bipartisan fashion. The problem with electronic voting is that the damned
machines and systems are manufactured and software-controlled by partisan
corporations.

Propositions have helped and hurt Calif. What has ruined California is a
Legislature that became career Legislators and get tons of money for back
room deals. Overspending, etc. Yes the electorate has voted yes on some
doziness. Such as the high speed rail and the Stem Cell research, where if
anything is discovered the electorate does not share in the profits. Prop
13 did not ruin Calif, saved it. The state still gets $50 BILLION in
property tax revenue. But we have an overspending Legislature that has
gerrymandered the districts to get 95% retention. Will change next year
with a citizen committee to draw lines.