Humorless Politics Thread

[John Junk 2.0]

If you glance at "Obama-Biden" it reads "Osama Bin Laden" in your brain.

Just sayin'. 

And no, I'm not a Fox News shill.

[Spoony]

That sounds like counter-revolutionary propaganda, comrade.

[derkins]

weird, my brain doesn't do that.

[Trembling Eagle]

I think they might lose because the sheriff is a .....

[<<<<<]

I suspect it more likely that he'd lose because he's not an old white man.

(Not being a smart ass, just, you know... real talk and all that.)

[John Junk 2.0]

weird, my brain doesn't do that.

You're not reading fast enough.

[Fido]

That sounds like counter-revolutionary propaganda, comrade.

PURGE!! PURGE!! PURGE!!!

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I have to admit the whole thing is a vaguely surreal turn of events, though.

[gravy boat]

I think they might lose because the sheriff is a .....

I know. People have been telling me the "Bradley Effect" has not been a factor in some of the last major elections,like Virginia's goobernatorial, but I'm afraid.

I do hope to see lots of Obama ads tying McCain to Bush.  To my unsophisticated eyes/brain, that = success.

[erika]

When I read the title of this thread really fast, I just see "Diebold Voting Machines"

Funny how the mind plays tricks on you.

[Andy]

chances are no matter what company makes the voting machines, the owner of the company will be a republican.

[erika]

Oh I don't care who made them as much as I care that they're built on what is basically a hackable access database, and they're fucked up... there are repairs that have to be made (because the machines drop votes, etc.) but Diebold is saying that it will take 2 years to get the changes approved by the elections committee or something.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/08/26/diebold-admits-flaw-in-voting-machine-for-a-decade/1

And why would you build a voting machine that includes a function that gives a coder (or admin) the ability to delete or change a vote. That should never even be an option!

I just think between that, and voters in poorer communities not being able to get to the polls (4 hours in line to vote in Ohio?), a close election like this can't be won by the dems.

This too: http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=18097

[yesno]

I want all my voting machines to be old 486s running Windows 98.

[Spoony]

democrats will lose because they are losers.  period, end of story.

But none of them could be assassinated with a cheeseburger. That matters down the line.

[cutout]

I just think between that, and voters in poorer communities not being able to get to the polls

Every lower-middle/lower-class citizen I've ever spoken with about politics absolutely loves characters like Reagan and Bush. Does it seem contradictory? Sure. But there shouldn't be an assumption that 'disenfranchised' voters are going to vote Democratic.