Kleptoparasite

You must watch this video presentation on how votes can be manipulated on the new Diebold computer voter machines.

How to steal the election

There isn't much that I can personally add to the body of articles on this particular problem and its implications. This is not a left-right issue either. I do find it to be of the utmost contemptuous nature that an individual would corrupt the voting process and then go on to think that it was done for the benefit of the country. What do you call it, pathological criminal arrogance?

We must remember that in the present political environment a few rather startling examples have been set. I refer to the democratically elected government in Palestine with which the present administration will not negotiate. Also I refer you to the statements made regarding the countries in which the vast majority of the population objected to the war in Iraq, for example Turkey. When the leaders of those countries carried through with the wish of their people, the present administration proceeded to deride the countries for their decision even when this decision was arrived at democratically.

On the other hand, countries that went against the majority of the people and decided to agree to the Iraq War were praised by the present administration, for example Spain. The message here is very clear. We like democracy only when it agrees with our wishes.

Using this same "agreement" logic i.e. we like democracy but only when it agrees with our position, it is easy to understand how the deluded self righteous soul can steal an election. They like democracy but only when it can guarantee their candidate. This is the act of a criminal.

Photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe