Every one us who voted - and especially those of you who claim that George Bush "stole" one or both of the last two elections - should be made aware of what is going on with our Senate recount
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I was pointed to this article earlier today... go ahead and talk about my knees jerking, but keep in mind this is Fox News. I'm not saying the article is completely wrong, but let's say I'm suspicious.
They show images of ballots and talk about the way they were decided, then add a throwaway line like "Mistakes were also made against Franken, but they were much less common." Hm, really? Since you're going to such great lengths to detail your examples of ballots that are unfairly being decided against Coleman, how about actually giving some detailed information and statistics, some actual numbers, rather than just saying "...they were much less common." But Fox News isn't remotely about details and accuracy on both sides of an issue, their goal is to paint things as strongly as they can to back up their conservative agenda.
I think this backs up my hypothesis that Fox was either blatantly stretching the truth or simply taking the opportunity to assume the worst without doing any further research into the issue. Fucking incredible, indeed.
Fair enough, but what this comes right back to is the point of my initial comment, which is that because this is Fox News I question the validity and wonder which items in the whole article are even accurate. Again, I'm not saying definitively that it's all incorrect, but rather that skepticism is necessary with anything that they say. I'd like to see these claims backed up elsewhere... they may be, but I haven't gone looking for it.
For the record, I openly admit and recognize my liberal slant but also try to look at any extremist propaganda with a certain skeptical attitude.
I dont want to log in but I watched this debacle go down
anonymous
January 7 2009, 22:51:24 UTC
And I have to say the whole damn process is fucked. Ovals, x marks, lines... dumbshits.
I would like to say that both colman and franken can go to hell basically as per their policy, they are both fairly sleasy in their own ways.
It should have a full revote. What will happen next is law suits and nothing getting done in the senate from either of these people which basically I am happy about so hell sue the crap out of each other and the assholes who counted x's and inbetween ovals and whatever the hell else just stay the crap out of the senate for MN.
Re: I dont want to log in but I watched this debacle go downlucyrutheJanuary 23 2009, 06:36:55 UTC
I actually agree wholeheartedly with this. I prefer one guy to the other, but I wasn't ecstatic about it.
But honestly, right now, I care much more about having representation than watching this bullshit drag on for who knows how many months. Too far, I don't care, is there another person I can vote in? Or can this just be done with the last set of formal results? anyone? bueller? :)
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They show images of ballots and talk about the way they were decided, then add a throwaway line like "Mistakes were also made against Franken, but they were much less common." Hm, really? Since you're going to such great lengths to detail your examples of ballots that are unfairly being decided against Coleman, how about actually giving some detailed information and statistics, some actual numbers, rather than just saying "...they were much less common." But Fox News isn't remotely about details and accuracy on both sides of an issue, their goal is to paint things as strongly as they can to back up their conservative agenda.
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http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/12/fox-news-finds-typo-blames-liberal.html
I think this backs up my hypothesis that Fox was either blatantly stretching the truth or simply taking the opportunity to assume the worst without doing any further research into the issue. Fucking incredible, indeed.
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For the record, I openly admit and recognize my liberal slant but also try to look at any extremist propaganda with a certain skeptical attitude.
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I would like to say that both colman and franken can go to hell basically as per their policy, they are both fairly sleasy in their own ways.
It should have a full revote. What will happen next is law suits and nothing getting done in the senate from either of these people which basically I am happy about so hell sue the crap out of each other and the assholes who counted x's and inbetween ovals and whatever the hell else just stay the crap out of the senate for MN.
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But honestly, right now, I care much more about having representation than watching this bullshit drag on for who knows how many months. Too far, I don't care, is there another person I can vote in? Or can this just be done with the last set of formal results? anyone? bueller? :)
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