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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (363577)	12/18/2007 11:46:34 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1574658

Report: Ohio voting machines have 'critical flaws,' could undermine ’08 election Adam Doster Published: Saturday December 15, 2007 One of the most important swing states in America still can’t safeguard the vote. So says a new report, commissioned by Ohio’s top elections official, that found all five voting systems used in the Buckeye State to have “critical flaws” that could undermine the integrity of the 2008 general election. “It was worse than I anticipated,” Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said of the investigation. “I had hoped that perhaps one system would test superior to the others.” The $1.9 million federally financed study, conducted by corporate and academic teams in parallel assessments and released Friday, found that voting machines and central servers made by Elections Systems and Software; Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold; and Hart InterCivic; were easily corrupted. According to the New York Times, “at polling stations, teams working on the study were able to pick locks to access memory cards and use hand-held devices to plug false vote counts into machines. At boards of election, they were able to introduce malignant software into servers.” Ken Fields, a spokesman for Election Systems and Software, said his company vehemently opposed some of the report’s conclusions. “We can also tell you that our 35 years in the field of elections has demonstrated that Election Systems and Software voting technology is accurate, reliable and secure,” he said. Brunner -- a Democrat who succeeded controversial Republican and Bush-backer J. Kenneth Blackwell -- ordered the study as part of a promise to revamp voting after the state made headlines for hours-long lines in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, also was home to a scandal that led to the convictions of two elections workers on charges of rigging recounts. The Times reports that Brunner “proposed replacing all of the state’s voting machines, including the touch-screen ones used in more than 50 of Ohio’s 88 counties.” She also wants all counties to employ “optical scan machines” that electronically record paper ballots that voters fill in by hand. In addition to switching machines, Ms. Brunner recommended purging polling stations that are used for fewer than five precincts and introducing an early voting period 15 days before Election Day. Read the whole story HERE.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (363577)	12/18/2007 11:58:34 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574658

I think Clinton lied to me and 250 million other Americans on TV when he told us that he "did not have sex with that woman" as he wagged his finger at us. I knew he was lying, even as he lied to us. I was VERY disappointed in him. For a few days, I thought he should resign. Then, I decided it was really none of my business. Other than lying to me over a little cooze on the side, he'd been a really great President. I was disappointed that he was stupid enough to think that, in this day an age, he could expect Monica not to brag about servicing a President and blow his cover. I know Clinton was well read as to the lives of the Presidents and knew full well he wasn't doing anything that hadn't been done in MANY past Presidencies. He should have realized that times had changed. But doing that got Bush elected, so, it did us real harm. Bush's sluts know that if they talk, they'll be declared "enemy combatants" and rendered to Syria or sent to Guantanamo, never to be heard from again.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (363577)	12/19/2007 11:39:40 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1574658

Huckabee and Giuliani tied in 2008 Republican race Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:24am EST By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Mike Huckabee has surged into a virtual tie with front-runner Rudy Giuliani in the national 2008 Republican presidential race two weeks before the first contest, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas whose campaign has caught fire in recent weeks, wiped out an 18-point deficit in one month to pull within one point of Giuliani, 23 percent to 22 percent. Among Democrats, Hillary Clinton's national advantage over second-place rival Barack Obama shrunk slightly to eight percentage points as the races for the White House tightened in both parties. Clinton had an 11-point edge last month. The shifting numbers have changed the shape of a dynamic presidential race two weeks before Iowa on January 3 kicks off the state-by-state process of choosing candidates in each party for the November 2008 election. "Huckabee is on a roll, he has gotten an enormous amount of publicity and he is doing very well with conservatives, who at least for now appear to have found a candidate," pollster John Zogby said. Giuliani, the former New York mayor who has led most national polls since early in the year, saw his support drop from 29 percent to 23 percent in the survey. His one-point lead over Huckabee was well within the poll's 4.8 percentage point margin of error. Huckabee moved ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who was in third place at 16 percent, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson at 13 percent, Arizona Sen. John McCain at 12 percent and Texas Rep. Ron Paul at 4 percent. The groundswell for Huckabee, a Baptist minister with close ties to religious conservatives, has been fueled in part by his growing support among that key party constituency. Among likely Republican voters who say they are "very conservative," Huckabee drew the support of 43 percent, with Thompson second at 20 percent and Romney third at 16 percent. FLUID RACE Those voters who describe themselves as "born again" gave Huckabee the lead at 33 percent, with McCain in second at 17 percent and Romney with 14 percent. The number of undecided likely Republican voters dropped from 21 percent last month to 9 percent. The race remains fluid enough to be shaped dramatically by the results in Iowa on January 3 and New Hampshire, where voters go to the polls on January 8. "Voters are starting to at least pay attention and identify with someone," Zogby said. "But it doesn't mean they have made up their minds for good." Among Democrats, Clinton held a 40 percent to 32 percent lead over Obama, an Illinois senator, down slightly from 38 percent to 27 percent last month. Some other polls have shown the national lead for Clinton, a New York senator, shrinking even more dramatically -- and disappearing completely in Iowa and New Hampshire. Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards was well back in third place at 13 percent, with Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson tied for fourth at 3 percent. Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut was at 1 percent. "Obama is moving because he is building strength among young people and independents and growing his lead among black voters," Zogby said. Obama, who would be the first black president, led Clinton among likely black voters by 19 points, among independents by 16 points and among young voters age 18 to 24 by 34 points. Clinton, who would be the first woman president, led Obama among likely women voters by 12 points and among older voters aged 55 to 69 by 16 points. The percentage of Democratic voters who said they were undecided in the race was down to 4 percent from 14 percent last month. The poll was taken last Wednesday to Friday. It surveyed 436 likely Democratic primary voters and 432 likely Republican primary voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points for both parties. (To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at blogs.reuters.com/trail08/) (Editing by David Wiessler) © Reuters 2007.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (363577)	12/19/2007 12:29:32 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574658

CJ claimed that Clinton never committed perjury. You claim that it's no big deal. I am saying that whatever it is, its much to do about nothing which in the end, is essentially what I think CJ is saying to you. Many people have been tried for perjury and obstruction of justice when the original charges didn't move forward. Lil Kim, Martha Stewart, Barry Bonds, Scooter Libby, etc. Doesn't matter whether it was over insider trading, steroid use, "secret agent woman," or a sexual harassment lawsuit. Yes, it does matter. Some crimes are much more serious than others. That's why the punishment is not all the same.