"This is nothing more than hype to get his name in the paper and to cast doubt on our republican system."
So what are your thoughts on the trustworthiness of "our republican system"? To me, the continuing drift towards legitimation by direct plebicites in which those who count the votes are far more decisive in determining the outcome than those who cast them, suggests that the system is increasingly dysfunctional and vulnerable to the rise of a tyrant on the order of the regime being imposed by the Venezuelan caudillo who aspires to be the next Fidel Castro.
Tell us why you think that Rome-on-the-Potomac and its tributary provinces, the former free and independent states, now "one nation, indivisible", are free from such a danger.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a very vocal critic of what I've come to think of as a federalized tyranny. I just don't think that the new voting machines are any more susceptable to manipulation than what has been going on for years. Now they hire programmers and technicians to throw the votes rather than thugs handing out money at the polling place.
The only difference between the two ruling regimes is whose campaign contributors will receive the largess. I've said before, "The only difference between the GOP and the D'rats is that the D'rat candidates don't lie about what they're going to do when elected." I don't trust either of them to do what's best for the country or its citizens. The more interesting question is what can the rest of us do to slow the eventual tide of socialism.