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loyalsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-28-03 01:31 PM
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23. Idealistic theory
Edited on Sun Sep-28-03 01:33 PM by loyalsister
is for dreamers.

"'the outcome will be decided by evaluating a random sample of the votes cast' and I'll show you a gigantic public-interest lawsuit."

Ignore reality if you want. The fact of the matter is, all votes are run through the machine or scanner and there is an attempt to count them. But, the facts of life are that sometimes there are mistakes when dealing with massive amounts of material.
There is a great deal of voter error. Some county clerks will try to catch it. The ballot problem in FL was a result of using a crappy card punch system.
That doesn't quite translate into your statement.
You can definitely make an argument for incompetence or negligence on the part of the people responsible for handling the preparations for the election. They ran a terrible election there.
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  -What does 'electability' mean? Mairead  Sep-27-03 09:00 AM   #0 
  - If you get the votes you are electable.  EagleEye   Sep-27-03 09:01 AM   #1 
  - And no vote  revcarol   Sep-27-03 09:10 AM   #2 
  - Hoaray!!!!  10digits   Sep-27-03 09:35 AM   #8 
  - In the case of 2004....  Ninga   Sep-27-03 09:15 AM   #5 
  - As of 2000  DemoVet   Sep-27-03 09:12 AM   #3 
  - It used to be, back in the Raygun era and for a time before Raygun  annak110   Sep-27-03 09:12 AM   #4 
  - Electability  clar   Sep-27-03 09:19 AM   #6 
  - It seems to me  WhereIsMyFreedom   Sep-29-03 02:38 AM   #27 
  - a right wing talking point,  dweller   Sep-27-03 09:19 AM   #7 
  - Not a talking point  Clovis_Sangrail   Sep-27-03 09:52 AM   #10 
     - I still disagree  dweller   Sep-27-03 08:39 PM   #14 
  - It is a right-wing code word: notice whose supporters use it here  roughsatori   Sep-27-03 09:47 AM   #9 
  - Money from AIPAC, corporations and corporate PACs  DuctapeFatwa   Sep-27-03 10:00 AM   #11 
  - When I use it  loyalsister   Sep-27-03 11:27 AM   #12 
  - Well, well. I think I just learnt something about you. I'd wondered, but  Mairead   Sep-28-03 04:30 AM   #16 
     - step back  loyalsister   Sep-28-03 10:37 AM   #19 
        - Sorry, you're wrong -- elections are decided by counting, not sampling  Mairead   Sep-28-03 12:59 PM   #22 
           - Idealistic theory  loyalsister   Sep-28-03 01:31 PM   #23 
              - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-28-03 04:43 PM   #24 
              - Gee  loyalsister   Sep-28-03 06:46 PM   #25 
                 - You lost your way when you started using GOP talking points  Mairead   Sep-29-03 02:16 AM   #26 
                    - The reality of numbers  loyalsister   Sep-29-03 11:23 AM   #31 
  - In regards to Dean...  hey2370   Sep-27-03 12:28 PM   #13 
  - To Be Honest, The Biggest Problem For Dean  DrFunkenstein   Sep-28-03 12:26 PM   #20 
  - Electability is simply this...  fiziwig   Sep-27-03 09:34 PM   #15 
  - Electable means president of everybody  davhill   Sep-28-03 08:05 AM   #17 
  - Agree  loyalsister   Sep-29-03 01:42 PM   #33 
  - Electability means fear.  LWolf   Sep-28-03 10:27 AM   #18 
  - Electable is whoever can look the most like a Republican  arissa   Sep-28-03 12:37 PM   #21 
  - I Think Bush is Unelectable  tsipple   Sep-29-03 02:55 AM   #28 
  - I agree.  LWolf   Sep-29-03 08:14 AM   #29 
  - Interesting website on electability  dpbrown   Sep-29-03 10:23 AM   #30 
  - electability is a euphemism for ability to competitively fund raise (n/t)  w4rma   Sep-29-03 11:34 AM   #32 
     - That's a good definition  dpbrown   Sep-29-03 01:56 PM   #34 
 

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