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Hey Democrats! Diebold is not the boogie monster

September 18, 2006 2:09:38 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums
No matter how much the Democrats would like us to believe otherwise, Diebold isn't an evil corporation, nor are they the boogie monsters that exist solely to steal elections for Republican candidates. Far from it. But.... try telling that to the people that make the stupid quotes like the one found in the article here, at the Washington Times, in reference to recent problems in the Maryland Primary Election held on September 12, 2006 (Article headline: Election chief demands solutions).

There's a few great quotes in the article, but the one I'll reference most immediately is this one:
"She needs to stop playing games and be reminded that much of the training is done by Diebold," the manufacturer of the state's electronic voting equipment, Mr. Jones said. "She keeps saying to get competent people to do the training. Well, if Diebold isn't competent, why did she hire them? She keeps pushing all of the weight on the local boards, but she has to take some weight herself."


The "She" referenced in the first line is Maryland State Board of Elections administrator Mrs. Linda H. Lamone. The Mr. Jones referenced in the clip is Baltimore Board of Elections President Armstead B.C. Jones Sr.

Both of these apparently well meaning individuals are Democrats. Mrs. Lamone is a holdover from the Parris Glendening era in Maryland (Glendening was the Democrat Governor of the state before Republican Robert Ehrlich broke a 40 year string and became the first Republican to win the office in that amount of time). Ehrlich has tried to get Mrs. Lamone from the office but has been stymied at doing so.

I'll admit to taking a certain amount of glee at the thought that the normally quick to make the wrong decision Democrats in the state may start trying to eat their own and throw Lamone under the bus. These would be the same folks that used their power in the state legislature to make several unconstitutional moves, and moves which have since been over-turned, including trying to fire the Public Service Commission who they claim are nothing but lapdogs for the Electric Companies and big business.

They may yet do what they've not let the Governor do and replace their crony on the state board of elections because of the gross incompetence of those at lower levels. During the September 12, 2006 primary election there were numerous problems throughout several counties in Maryland. The linked article referenced above mentions most of the issues. The funny thing is though that in the areas that had the problems DEMOCRATS control the local boards of elections.

These would be the same people that seem to continually find ways to get people voting on provisional ballots. The same people that tried to open up the state to early voting and potentially open the state elections up to more potential fraud in doing so.

As with Ohio before, and with other elections throughout the country, the Democrats continue to demagogue and demonize Diebold and claim that the supposedly sacrosanct voting process is being corrupted by Diebold, the big business friends of the Republicans that have helped pull all sorts of tricks to win elections for the GOP.

Somewhere along the way Democrats will wake up and realize that Diebold isn't an evil corporation, and that they haven't done a damned thing to change the outcome of a single election. The conspiracy theorists and loons in the left may not want to believe it, but then we're talking about a crowd that wouldn't recognize a fair election if it hit 'em in the face.
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terpfan1980
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Reply #1 September 18, 2006 2:12:16 PM
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I'm not going to waste the time here to bring up any of the numerous articles that are out there on election fraud that has been conducted in the not too distant past. There are plenty of cases of it that are documented well along the way. Google away if you want, heck, search some past articles of my own if you want and there'll be plenty of references.

Regardless, the point that Democrats want to demonize Diebold stands. They need an evil boogie man to scare their constituents into rushing out to the polls and claiming as soon as possible that the election process was flawed, rigged and somehow or the other to blame for why their candidates didn't win.

Hopefully the public will grow weary with the whole thing very soon.
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Reply #2 September 18, 2006 2:28:58 PM
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The only thing the democrats have left is fear.  They have lost their message, and have resorted to fear tactics.
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Reply #3 September 18, 2006 3:43:28 PM
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That is quite possibly the most ass backwards thing i have ever seen you type Doc. Seems as if The repubs are the ones with no real viable message this november.

Also...When the CEO of the corporation who builds the voting machines tells the world he can "Guarantee" Bush a win in a presidential election...Well? What do you expect?
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Reply #4 September 18, 2006 4:47:04 PM
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Also...When the CEO of the corporation who builds the voting machines tells the world he can "Guarantee" Bush a win in a presidential election...Well? What do you expect?


So, let me understand here, when a loud mouthed athlete pops off on the TV and guarantees a win for his team, even though the other team is heavily favored and some clown from that team has said the same thing, you instantly believe it and rush out to bet the farm, car, house, and wife that the loud mouth's team is going to win the game, right??

Streisand, Baldwin, and a host of other clowns from Hollywood guaranteed that Kerry was gonna win, or at least they made every effort, and led others to believe that there was hope and a good possibility that Kerry was gonna win.

The New York Times, CBS and a bunch of others had polls that told us Kerry would win, right?

And Kerry didn't win because someone guaranteed a win for Bush and it happened to be the CEO of the voting machine building company?

What about the line employees of that company and whoever they wanted to win? How about the blue collar workers that work to deliver electricity to the polling places and who they wanted to win?

Sheesh, conspiracy theorists on the left will grab a sound bite and rush off the deep end with it. I'm betting you'd like to be sitting in the front row at a Kanye West concert. It would seem you fit in there.
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Reply #5 September 18, 2006 4:50:07 PM
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Seems as if The repubs are the ones with no real viable message this november.

I disagree.  Whether you agree or not, the Repubs are running on national Security.  You may not like their message, but they have one.

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Reply #6 September 20, 2006 10:33:29 PM
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when a loud mouthed athlete pops off on the TV and guarantees a win for his team,


lousy analogy.

more like the guy who operates a buncha slot machines guaranteeing jackpots for his friends. i wouldn't bet against him. would you?
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