Comments on: Plausible Deniability – Ur Doin It Wrong http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:07:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: lvdragonlady http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1681120 lvdragonlady Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:35:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1681120 <p>Palin is the one pushing the hatred, as far as I can see. She is a small minded person getting her 15mins of fame, nothing more and not worth acknowledging what so ever.<br /> Even though, after the 1st debate when JM would not look at Mr. Obama, it made me wonder if there ‘hidden’ reason why he didn’t?<br /> Then in the 2nd debate when he walked off and did not shake hands, I believe that he truely hated Obama for running against him. But is there another reason, only JM knows that.</p> Palin is the one pushing the hatred, as far as I can see. She is a small minded person getting her 15mins of fame, nothing more and not worth acknowledging what so ever.
Even though, after the 1st debate when JM would not look at Mr. Obama, it made me wonder if there ‘hidden’ reason why he didn’t?
Then in the 2nd debate when he walked off and did not shake hands, I believe that he truely hated Obama for running against him. But is there another reason, only JM knows that.

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680990 Ann in AZ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:31:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680990 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/right-wing-blogosphere-conflates-official-mccain-events-and-mccain-supporters-with-random-shit-they-find-on-google/" rel="nofollow">Blue Texan up</a> at the Mothership:“Right-Wing Blogosphere Conflates Official McCain Events And McCain Supporters With Random Shit They Find On Google”</p> Blue Texan up at the Mothership:“Right-Wing Blogosphere Conflates Official McCain Events And McCain Supporters With Random Shit They Find On Google”

]]> By: bonkers http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680989 bonkers Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:30:33 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680989 <p>According to BlackBoxVoting.org, the optical scanners are as easy or easier to manipulate than the touchscreens. They have extremely detailed studies on how all this is done by the thieves. Great resource:<br /><a href="http://blackboxvoting.org/" rel="nofollow">http://blackboxvoting.org/</a></p> According to BlackBoxVoting.org, the optical scanners are as easy or easier to manipulate than the touchscreens. They have extremely detailed studies on how all this is done by the thieves. Great resource:
http://blackboxvoting.org/

]]> By: Eli http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680987 Eli Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:28:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680987 <p>Provided they make it to the counting table.</p> Provided they make it to the counting table.

]]> By: rwcole http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680986 rwcole Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:27:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680986 <p>A seated debate may end up being better for McCain- when he is able to walk around, he limps and moves nervously- lookin like a geriatric patient in search of a toilet.</p> A seated debate may end up being better for McCain- when he is able to walk around, he limps and moves nervously- lookin like a geriatric patient in search of a toilet.

]]> By: foothillsmike http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680985 foothillsmike Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:25:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680985 <p>Mail in ballots leave a paper trail</p> Mail in ballots leave a paper trail

]]> By: rwcole http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680984 rwcole Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:24:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680984 <p>Our ballots are very large- and so are the bubbles- but some voters will make a check mark rather than coloring in the bubble- and part of the check mark will go outside the bubble- and they may rest their pen in another bubble while reading- leaving a small dab of ink…I don’t know how the readers are programmed to deal with those cases- but in the event of a recount- humans would decide what was what.</p> Our ballots are very large- and so are the bubbles- but some voters will make a check mark rather than coloring in the bubble- and part of the check mark will go outside the bubble- and they may rest their pen in another bubble while reading- leaving a small dab of ink…I don’t know how the readers are programmed to deal with those cases- but in the event of a recount- humans would decide what was what.

]]> By: foothillsmike http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680982 foothillsmike Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:22:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680982 <p>Here is the link - they will be seated at a table otherwise like first but on domestic issues<br /><a href="http://www.youdecide2008.com/2008/08/21/official-2008-obama-mccain-presidential-debate-schedule-vice-palin-biden/" rel="nofollow">http://www.youdecide2008.com/2.....lin-biden/</a></p> Here is the link – they will be seated at a table otherwise like first but on domestic issues
http://www.youdecide2008.com/2…..lin-biden/

]]> By: rwcole http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680981 rwcole Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:22:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680981 <p>I can’t say that it couldn’t happen or even that it didn’t happen- I can only report what I saw. Doesn’t matter here anymore as we went back to paper. There’s one Diebold machine per precinct set up for handicapped voters- which was never used in the primary- zero votes recorded.</p> I can’t say that it couldn’t happen or even that it didn’t happen- I can only report what I saw. Doesn’t matter here anymore as we went back to paper. There’s one Diebold machine per precinct set up for handicapped voters- which was never used in the primary- zero votes recorded.

]]> By: BargainCountertenor http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680980 BargainCountertenor Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:21:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/13/plausible-deniability-ur-doin-it-wrong/#comment-1680980 <p>I don’t know about ballot designs elsewhere, but here in NM we vote on letter-sized paper. There’s always been plenty of room around the bubbles — a voter would have to be very physically impaired to create an ambiguous ballot. For those voters, we have machines at each polling place to fill in their ballots.</p> <p>Aside from being nervous about the counting software (which is why I want a hand audit of some randomly selected machines), I’m very happy with the scanning system we use.</p> I don’t know about ballot designs elsewhere, but here in NM we vote on letter-sized paper. There’s always been plenty of room around the bubbles — a voter would have to be very physically impaired to create an ambiguous ballot. For those voters, we have machines at each polling place to fill in their ballots.

Aside from being nervous about the counting software (which is why I want a hand audit of some randomly selected machines), I’m very happy with the scanning system we use.

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