Tagg Romney – Couldn’t Punch the President, so He’ll Rig the Election Instead

[riqster]

Yes, that’s right: Mitt Romney’s son Tagg (short for “Taggart – may or may not be named after Mr. Taggart from Blazing Saddles) controls the company that controls Hart Intercivic, manufacturer and operator of the vote-casting and vote-counting equipment in some key Ohio precincts: http://www.hartintercivic.com/pr/108

For those of you who don’t know, these devices have a long list of security and quality “issues”: http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/10/20/romney-family-investment-ties-to-voting-machine-company-that-could-decide-the-election-causes-concern/

Mr. Blunt and Cranky knows a lot more than he is allowed to say about how elections are conducted and the equipment used to conduct them. He can say this much: like any technology, they can be used in an honest or a dishonest manner. And dishonesty is hard to catch with this particular company’s products. So it really matters who is running the boxes.

Li’l Tagg, being the speak-first-think-later chip off the ol’ block that he is, recently threatened the Prexy with physical violence. No doubt he’ll get a pass from the Secret Service due to his connections, but you have to wonder about people who utter such illegal statements. If they do not respect the laws and institutions that have made America a beacon of hope and freedom, it is a fair bet they’ll be willing to break other laws: in young master Romney’s case, the laws against vote tampering and election rigging.

A bit of history: former Senator Chuck Hagel’s first election win was a “stunning upset”. The votes were counted by a company called ES&S: Hagel then owned ES&S. So, the idea that Tagg could swing the election for his daddy is not at all farfetched.

Another bit of history: “Who votes, decides nothing. Who counts the votes, decides everything.” (Joseph Stalin)

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/tagg-romney-couldnt-punch-the-president-so-hell-rig-the-election-instead/

[kenfrequed]

1. So apparently...

Lying, cheating, and stealing are good Christian values.

[riqster]

2. I am sure they can find a verse to justify themselves

...as Shakespeare pointed out.

[LongTomH]

3. Tell the Department of Justice to investigate voting machine company tied to the Romneys

The Credo Action website has a petition asking the Department of Justice to investigate Hart Intercivic.

Could a voting machine company with deep financial ties to the Romney family help Republicans steal the presidential election in Ohio?

It could happen. If this year's presidential election comes down to the electoral votes in Ohio, the deciding votes could be cast on electronic voting machines manufactured by Hart Intercivic.

A 2007 study conducted by Ohio's Secretary of State showed that Hart Intercivic's touch screen voting machines could be easily corrupted. The New York Times reported:

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.

At least someone is trying to get the DOJ to investigate!

Here's the link again: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/romney_ohio/

[riqster]

4. Signed it. Thanks! (NT)

[Native]

5. Thanks!

[riqster]

6. Highly unlikely they'll do anything, because

...on the Reep side, they are committing the crimes, and so an investigation would not serve their purposes.

On the Dem side, they don't want to do anything that might decrease turnout; like, say, exposing the corruption and lack of transparency that characterize the current paradigm of elections in America. They are so scared of the possible loss of faith in the process, they are choosing to ignore the actual crimes and violations that occur on a daily basis.