Still Raging Against the Machines Debunking another election conspiracy theory

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[BigRedState]

In response to my piece on election conspiracy theories, many readers have asked about supposed irregularities in Florida counties that use optical-scan voting machines. In Baker County, where 69 percent of registered voters identify as Democrats, 77 percent of voters went for Bush. Dixie County: 78 percent registered Democrats, 69 percent for Bush. Franklin County: 77 percent registered Dems, 59 percent for Bush. Holmes County: 73 percent registered Dems, 77 percent for Bush. (USTogether.org has more charts and graphs of this data here and here.)

[BigRedState]

This is a very good read. If you have anyone who thinks the election was fraud point them here. This totaly debunks it.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Thank you.

[Jaysun]

This says nothing of the prolific voter suppression - practiced by Republicans that can apparently tell who you're going to vote for by merely looking at you.

[Lunkhead_01]

The problem with Democrats like Terry McAuliffe is that he thinks all Democrats are as liberal as Teddy Kennedy and John Kerry. That type of Democrat has trouble understanding that people tend to vote for candidates that share their values rather than their labels.

{I suspect John F'ing Kerry understood this because in the third debate he kept trying to toss off the L-word and its rotten stench.}

[nothernlights]

No but the trick is to roll yours eyes prominently and if they run away they were democrats.see Daschle lawsuit.

[js1138]

I've driven nearly every mile of paved and unpaved road in Baker County, including the forest service roads that are not, strictly speaking, legal for driving.

This is Bush country. It's true that it has it's share of walfare bums and drug dealers, but I doubt if they vote.

Baker County has about 11,000 residents in an area where northeastern states would fit 11 million. "Rural" would be an understatement.

[Zeteo]

In 2000 - all these counties went for Bush

so much for conspiracy theories

[RWRbestbyfar]

Facts? We don't need no stinkin' facts!

[hole_n_one]

What are the odds that Kieth Olbermann will be leading off his show tonight with this?

[arthurus]

When I first registered to vote many years ago in NW Florida, it was simply not useful to register as a Republican. All Local races were decided in the Democratic Primary If there was a Republican in the election at all he was just having fun playing Politics recreationally.

Things have changed a bit. The Democrats still have much larger primary votes because most of us never changed our registration. Local contests are actually contests that involve both parties. But Republicans tend to carry the vote here for statewide and national offices.

I am still a registered Democrat and it gives me some credibility when I call up the office of a Democrat incumbent and say, "As a Registered Democrat, I think what you are doing as wrong."

[xkaydet65]

The thing, among many, that I do not get is how 93,000 more voters in Cuyahoga ounty helped the President. That's like saying 93,000 more voters in Manhattan helped Bush. Cuyahoga is Cleveland and Kerry tok a 64-36 win out of the county. There were complaints before the election that more voters than people existed on the rolls, but Democrats laughed that off since the offending counties were Democratic, like Cuyahoga. Has Olbermann mentioned this inconvenient fact that Cleveland and Cuyahoga are Democratic?