Posted on 10/14/2008 6:18:12 AM PDT by MrChips
Hi all. Please excuse the vanity. But we are having a mock election at school today, run by a liberal history teacher, and when I joked about prnting up extra ballots stamped with the words "APPROVED BY ACORN" he violently assaulted me with "In 2004 the head of Diebold (voting machines) said 'We can win Ohio for Bush'." I dismissed it, saying "well that does not make right what ACORN is doing now. But, he continued on his point. Of course, this is the same fellow, when I passed him in the hallway the morning after the vice-presidential debate and simply quipped "Say it ain't so, Joe," with a twinkle in my eye, who practically tore my head off. Liberals have no sense of humor. We know that. But, I still need information about the Diebold thing in Ohio four years ago. Can anyone help?
Don’t bother. They are convinced, and nothing you can say is gonna change their little mind. They are tinfoil hat wearing, conspiracy theorist kool-aid drinkers.............
just make a little tinfoil hat for him to wear.
I do believe the president of Diebold said something to that effect for the election that year.
However, it was at a campaign fund raiser and he was a personal donor, talking on behalf of supporters.
Just tell him that it’s true Diebold has all the power and it’s pointless for him to show up at the polls to vote in November.
(Other FReepers will be more helpful, I’m sure)
You could make him a tinfoil hat to wear the night of the election. Give it to him in front of the whole class..........
GMTA!!!.........
Just keep needleing him. When he snaps and assualts you, break both his arms.
In his mind it might well do that
Get his rant on tape or chip and call up Sean Hannity. He loves this stuff and might even challenge the teacher on it.
Call his phone, do your best Dick Chenney voice and ask him to go hunting with you.
Here’s a good place to start: http://ohiogop.blogs.com/state_of_the_union/2005/06/democrat_myths_.html
Yes, it was an unfortunate phrasing, i think something like “we will do whatever it takes” which, coming from the guy who’s making the vote-counting machines does have some Orwellian overtones. But he meant it in terms of “let’s write some big checks” not, “let’s corrupt Democracy”
I still don’t like computerize voting, but all vote counting mechanisms have these flaws, and computers probably less so, since you can usually look at the programs if you are concerned. Anyway I think that is the story.
Tell him “That’s right! All the Diebold machines have been programmed to count every third vote for a Democrat as a vote for a Republican. Tell him there’s nothing he or any of his muddle-headed friends can do about it.” Then stick out your tongue.
Alas, I fear for your child’s grades!
Just tell them that is the leftists would have shut their pie holes about 2000, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Method doesn’t seem to matter to leftists. If they don’t win, somebody stold the election.
You can also mention that conservatives aren’t cheaters.
Election tampering has been owned by RATS almost all of the time.
On the serious side, not every county in Ohio uses Diebold machines. Not every ballot in Ohio will look alike. Heck the different districts will ALL BE DIFFERENT! How does a machine know which position is a Republican or a Democrat or Libertarian? The idiots who came up with this stupid theory never answer any true logic based questions. That “teacher” is an even bigger idiot to believe such drivel. I hope he doesn’t teach math...................
I feel the best are the ones that are optical with markers used to fill in the ballot.
Those are easy to read by hand for confirmation, while the computer-only ones have nothing left to truly confirm.
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