Reply #71: Sorry, Mark, I Disrespected both You and Time for Change

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Have been completely brain-dead recently.

Thank you for the background -- that explains it pretty well. I understand how Manjoo can make his claims, although he's selecting the facts and interpretation most favorable to his point of view (which of course is not unusual). 62-38 sounds like a more reasonable split.

I also pretty much disregard polls taken well after the vote. The DNC attempt to uncover discouraged voters (if that was really the intent) was doomed from the outset. Many people will not be honest with an interviewer if it puts them in a bad light. It's the exit poll problem on steroids.

I now suspect that the Diebold machines were not a part, certainly not a major part, of the irregularities. This from the fact that exit poll discrepancies were smaller in electronic precincts than in punch card. Dieblod fraud might have been "held in reserve" as a last resort in case it was needed, but was never put into effect.

The purged ballots and discouraged voters certainly narrow the 118,000 gap a lot. Whether it surpasses it is still an open question. I just hope the issue stays alive and the best facts and arguments rise to the surface.