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I am not one your average hardcore conspiracy theorists. I'm actually pretty cynical about such things, including a great deal of what is alleged regarding 2004.
BUT ...
When strange coincidences start to mount, the inquisitive, intelligent individual starts asking questions about those coincidences. Why, for example, is the most heavily Republican county, the one the Republican candidate calls home, the one that has the "voting irregularities"? Why does humidity affect voting machines in only that area? Why, in fact, and in what way does humidity affect a voting machine placed in an air conditioned building at all? These are reasonable questions regarding clearly strange circumstances.
I was not asking these kinds of questions on Nov. 2nd. In fact I wanted everyone who was asking them just to shut up. I have increasingly started to believe I was wrong. The events of this evening are intensifying that belief.
Yes, that he got that close is amazing, and he should be proud, and of that fact in and of itself, we should find something from which we can build. Had it all come down exactly like this without these odd circumstances, I wouldn't question it at all and would in fact be hailing this night as a huge success, which in a way, it still is. But, I believe these questions need to be asked, and they must be answered in some rational way.
BTW, who is "they"? I've seen a lot of comments in the Lounge this evening about this whole election watch in general, comments that pretty much belittle those who bothered to care so much. I'm not saying that's what you're doing here, but it seems a part of the pattern. My question is, what is really important to those who were genuinely complaining (some of it was obviously tongue-in-cheek) about features being offline or were wondering what was going on that would cause DU to slow down? What's up with that?
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