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Election smooth, but why?
The Washington Times ^ | November 5, 2008 | Deborah Hastings

Posted on 11/06/2008 3:41:50 PM PST by Shethink13

After all that fuss, the system worked. There was no meltdown, no flurry of lawsuits, no statewide demands for a presidential recount.

So does that mean America's voting machinery is finally fixed? And why did it work so well under record-setting turnout?

"Panic," said Doug Lewis, who heads Election Center, a nonprofit that works with voting officials across the country. "Everyone involved in conducting elections was just on pins and needles the entire year. Over-planning really helped."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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There was only one reason the elections were smooth...the Dems won. If they had lost, there would have been chaos.

Perfect example - look at the gays protesting approval of Prop 8. Libs are such babies, they kick and scream when they don't get their way.

1 posted on 11/06/2008 3:41:50 PM PST by Shethink13
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To: Shethink13

Bullseye!


2 posted on 11/06/2008 3:44:32 PM PST by saganite (I for one welcome our new Socialist masters /s/)
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To: Shethink13

Bingo

There’s nothing more for anyone to say.


3 posted on 11/06/2008 3:44:49 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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To: Shethink13

So, if next election a Republican gets in office, all the equipment will be flawed again.


4 posted on 11/06/2008 3:45:55 PM PST by autumnraine (Churchill: " we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall never surrender")
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To: Shethink13

The hammer meets the nail dead-on.


5 posted on 11/06/2008 3:46:30 PM PST by mrsmel (That one is not my president.)
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To: Shethink13

Yep. “Cry Havoc!” only happens when the Leftists lose.


6 posted on 11/06/2008 3:47:27 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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To: Shethink13
There was only one reason the elections were smooth...the Dems won. If they had lost, there would have been chaos.

EXACTLY! Once the RAT's figured they had it in the bag, they called off their hounds because they knew the Pubbies would not contest anything!

I don't have any proof but I still have this gut feeling that there was PUHLENTY of fraud out there but not enough to swing the election.

Somehow the voting system needs to be cleaned up but with the RATs in charge absolutely NOTHING will happen.
7 posted on 11/06/2008 3:47:29 PM PST by copaliscrossing (If stupidity were barrels of oil, we should start drilling the liberals heads right now!!!)
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To: autumnraine
So, if next election a Republican gets in office, all the equipment will be flawed again.

You're pickin' up what I'm throwin' down!

8 posted on 11/06/2008 3:47:53 PM PST by Shethink13
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To: Shethink13

Agreed.


9 posted on 11/06/2008 3:47:58 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: Shethink13

Absolutely right. Plus the fact that McCain rolled over like a beached whale right away (no doubt started working on his concession speech months ago). There was probably sufficient cause to have a recount but due to the weakness of the candidate, we’ll never know just how many fraudulant ballots there were and all the military votes that were surpressed yet again.


10 posted on 11/06/2008 3:48:21 PM PST by Outlaw Woman (Reagan Republican)
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“There was only one reason the elections were smooth...the Dems won.”

Well Obamachev did win by several million votes. It’s hard to believe that the Dems could cast that many illegal votes. The election wasn’t that close.

The one nice thing a person could say about Kerry in 2004 is that he accepted defeat.


11 posted on 11/06/2008 3:48:50 PM PST by y6162 (uot)
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To: saganite

Also this was not a record setting turnout. More people voted in the 2004 election than in this past election.

However, it could be said that there was a record number of first time voters.


12 posted on 11/06/2008 3:51:01 PM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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I assume there was plenty of fraud, but the finacial crisis and Obama’s charisma did it. Palin protected us from a bigger rout. Her future is better by losing, considering how bad the economy will get. Obama will prolong the crisis.


13 posted on 11/06/2008 3:52:31 PM PST by PghBaldy (Palin is the winner of the election. Obama has to deal with the economy, and will destroy it.)
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for another thing, there was no record setting turnout.


14 posted on 11/06/2008 3:54:08 PM PST by Ingtar (For the first time in my adult life, I am NOT proud of America.)
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To: copaliscrossing

You should have heard Rush today. He was scaring the hell out of me with his scenarios of voting rules changes the Dems will put in place to allow fraud to rule the voting process and it will all be legal. We may have seen the last free election in this country for a long time. Think Venezuela.


15 posted on 11/06/2008 3:55:24 PM PST by saganite (I for one welcome our new Socialist masters /s/)
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To: Shethink13

I will never forget when I registered to vote in 1972 soon after getting my American citizenship. They never asked me for ANY proof that I was indeed a citizen. The democrat precinct captain came to my house in Chicago and filled out the forms for me. (I was a democrat sympathizer then). And I have a distinct non-American born accent.

Wonder how bad things now. With motor voter, register through mail, same day register & vote, no ID required to vote etc etc you betcha there is plenty of fraud out there. Why either party won’t clean this mess up when they are in power is beyond me.


16 posted on 11/06/2008 3:55:39 PM PST by ajay_kumar (President elect Obama, we will be watching you!)
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To: y6162

Conservative (ie low end) estimates were that 5-6 million fraudulent votes were cast in 2000. Why would the Dims do fewer this time?


17 posted on 11/06/2008 3:55:49 PM PST by Ingtar (For the first time in my adult life, I am NOT proud of America.)
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The one nice thing a person could say about Kerry in 2004 is that he accepted defeat.

But not until after there was a stink in Ohio. Granted not as much of a mess as Florida in 2000, but it still wasn't considered "smooth" as this year. They even reference 2004 in this article.

18 posted on 11/06/2008 3:55:57 PM PST by Shethink13
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Libs are such babies, they kick and scream when they don't get their way.

They do even worse. . .

'Gay' threats target Christians over same-sex 'marriage' ban:

'Burn their f---ing churches, then tax charred timbers' --WND

It's a 'new day' in America.

19 posted on 11/06/2008 3:56:26 PM PST by cricket (America's Freedom Rings! T hank You ~ U..S.A. Military~)
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". . . they knew the Pubbies would not contest anything. . ."

Right. Let's think about that for awhile. . .about how the repubs wouldn't act like the majority when they were in the majority..

..how John McCains bid for the President came about, how bland McCain was during the campaign..

Let's think if there is really a difference anymore..

20 posted on 11/06/2008 3:57:56 PM PST by KittenClaws
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