Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

Thurgreed just PM'd me and threatened me if I don't delete my post. Now you quoted it! I'll delete mine if you delete yours.
Remember- No karate at the polling place if someone is voting Rep!

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

I don't get it? I met you once and I remember you being my height and I am six feet tall. Do I have a fualty memory.

I represented the Republican Party in Santa Clara county at the office of the registrar. Everyone was sure I was going to see all sorts of nefarious stuff. If there was some fraud going on it was some pretty sophisticated stuff. You guys may know this but it was news to me (and maybe they only do this in Santa Clara). One third of the votes were absentee votes. The signature of every single absentee vote, was compared to the signature the person made when they registered. They had every registered voter in Santa Clara county's signature in the computer and the worker would scan the signature with an electronic pen and scan signature of the absentee ballot. They had a bunch of experts there to determine if one was a forgery if one looked suspicious. When the voting was done they did the same thing with the signatures people made when they signed the book when they voting at the polls. The ballot was touch screen, so we hired some Sun Micorsystems guy to make sure that was kosher (but even if it wasn't I don't see how the vote could then square with the signature check in the end). Needless to say he said he was very impresses with their computer system.

Damn HYbrids!
 

Yours?

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

No. Not least because I see a big difference between a Ba'athist election --state-sponsored and with only one party, etc. -- and having a MoveOn guy at the poll in Cleveland. MoveOn is neither the government not even allowed to coordinate with a political party.

But your equation of MoveOn with Saddam Hussein is, sadly, par for the course. We need a new Godwin's Law, I guess.

If you were to read what Hitchens wrote, you might have trouble glibly assuming it was all unintentional. Try reading it. And remember that he hated Kerry and voted for Bush.

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

I forget:

Was California a battleground state?

Santa Clara- average income is?

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

Whoa, whoa, Spanky. Hank was just beginning to like you.

But cut his legs out from under him like this? Now it looks like he'll have to go all la cosa nostra on your ass. I for one shall miss you. [ *sniff*]

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

I answered everything but the Sidd stuff- if Sidd is 6 foot he's a short 6 foot cuz he has a bigass chip on his shoulders about sumthin. If a 6 foot tall guy has short man desease, well I don't know what to think.

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

I wasn't extrapolating. I was just saying what I witnessed. Obviousy Santa Clara does not constitute a legitimate test sample for the country. California was not a battleground state but we did have an Assembly race that came down to 200 votes. A california assemblyman represents 400,000 people. When the Republican lost everyone looked to me to come up with some fraud charges but I had to admit the voting was perfect. I was not too popular that night.

P.S. I believe the average income is six figures.

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

You're cool with people looking over the shoulder of voters and pointing to where they should vote? cool. I think it is insulting to those people, and extremely Orwellian in the 1984 sense.

That the people in Youngstown HAD a choice actually makes it worse than Iraq Ty, you'd agree if you were being honest- but of course you can't be. Regards.

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

Sushsushsush, Spanky ....


Repeat after me: "My personal experience does not permit extrapolation. However, Hank's secondhand account of a single partner's experience in Ohio permits extrapolation to conclude that Democrats should be ashamed of almost all of their votes in the 2004 election."

There. See, wasn't that easy? Welcome to the Politics Board!

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

when a Dem wins where this is true, we can also be sure the average IQ is 2 figures. Hank's Law

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

Yes, but Hank is a veritable mountain of a man.

With a degree in "SCIENCE."

S_A_M

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

you do realize spanky is Notme, right?

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

The "Penske!" Deflection is no longer available, eh? In any event, no. I've been told that he's not.

Regardless, several of us are waiting to hear the explanation for why, as you say, Hank, Democrats have reason to be ashamed of almost all of our votes in the 2004 elections.

You can choose to find additional support beyond your single anecdote which you found so unacceptable coming from others, you can choose to step back from it, or you can choose to step forward, embrace this bit of pure, unadulterated horseshit with both arms, and its smell oozes back into your pores.

Something was rotten in the state of Ohio.
 

Hank can't think of a better comeback than "ooh, I bet you're short."