The New Hampshire primary and recount sparked a new round of the recurrent Fraud Wars, with the attendant psychodrama. Here's a question I was recently asked on DKos, not so different from questions (and "questions") I've been asked many times in the past:
...if you are, as you claim, someone who works hard to make elections secure and verifiable..., then why on earth would you object to, condemn, or ridicule anyone who is attempting to do that very thing by asking for a hand count of ballots in NH?
In another comment on the same thread, a Kossack avowed:
There was never a charge of a conspiracy ... but there was a lot of information on the known faults of this particular Diebold system. Kos turns into Rush Limbaugh on this one-- Insulting and abusive in tone, mocking those people who are working hard to try to get some honest improvements made....
So, like these folks, you might be wondering: why do people like me hate democracy? Maybe I'm a sap, but once and for all, let me explain.
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