Clinton, McCain, and voting machines.
March 9th 2008 18:45
Lobbyists and influence and money, oh my! You know, I think a woman as president could be a watershed event for America. If she's a good progressive candidate, that is. While I would most assuredly vote for Hillary Clinton over McBushCain, I am distressed by her strong ties to lobbyists and the corporate powers that be. A Hillary Clinton presidency could be expected to be miles ahead of either a McCain presidency or the last eight years of Bush, but she is not a progressive. And I would expect her to be a better president than her husband was. Still, we couldn't expect much to be done to counter the corporate stranglehold currently on the executive branch.
One of the most distressing things involves the link between Clinton, McBushCain, and voting machines. This is an eye-opener, regardless of how you come down on voting manipulation. I for one think that for a Democrat to win they would have to do better than a majority to counter the tricks and manipulations employed in places like Florida, Ohio, and New Mexico. If you follow the links, voter manipulation is directly related to the U.S. Attorney shenanignas that brought down former A.G. Gonzales. "50 percent plus one" just isn't enough. That aside, is Hillary hedging her bets by falling in with the manipulations?
This will astound you....
Diebold is the biggest maker of voting machines in America, and those machines have been shown to be unreliable.
United Technologies is a huge military contractor that has benefited greatly from war.
United Technologies offered to buy Diebold for about 66% over current stock value, as long as the deal was done quickly.
When Diebold turned down the offer, UT said it would go directly to shareholders and go after Diebold anyway.
Now for the tie-ins..
Hillary Clinton's chief advisor, Mark Penn, is the CEO of Burson-Martseller, a DC public relations firm. Mark Penn is probably responsible for much of the negative tone and outright faleshoods being put out by the Clinton campaign.
Burson-Martseller owns BKSH, run by another lobbyist, Charlie Black. Black is a top player in the McCain campaign.
United Technologies is a client of Burson-Martseller and BKSH.
So a top player in Clinton's campaign is the boss of a top player in McCains campaign and both of them are representing a defense contractor that wants to buy the company that makes the machines that will count the vote in many states. Machines that will count the vote without a paper trail or back-ups, in most cases.
Those of us who have challenged the idea of having large corporate interests in charge of counting our vote have been called everything from nutcases to un-American. My question is this...can anyone look at the information above and tell me they are completely comfortable with it?
One of the most distressing things involves the link between Clinton, McBushCain, and voting machines. This is an eye-opener, regardless of how you come down on voting manipulation. I for one think that for a Democrat to win they would have to do better than a majority to counter the tricks and manipulations employed in places like Florida, Ohio, and New Mexico. If you follow the links, voter manipulation is directly related to the U.S. Attorney shenanignas that brought down former A.G. Gonzales. "50 percent plus one" just isn't enough. That aside, is Hillary hedging her bets by falling in with the manipulations?
This will astound you....
Diebold is the biggest maker of voting machines in America, and those machines have been shown to be unreliable.
United Technologies is a huge military contractor that has benefited greatly from war.
United Technologies offered to buy Diebold for about 66% over current stock value, as long as the deal was done quickly.
When Diebold turned down the offer, UT said it would go directly to shareholders and go after Diebold anyway.
Now for the tie-ins..
Hillary Clinton's chief advisor, Mark Penn, is the CEO of Burson-Martseller, a DC public relations firm. Mark Penn is probably responsible for much of the negative tone and outright faleshoods being put out by the Clinton campaign.
Burson-Martseller owns BKSH, run by another lobbyist, Charlie Black. Black is a top player in the McCain campaign.
United Technologies is a client of Burson-Martseller and BKSH.
So a top player in Clinton's campaign is the boss of a top player in McCains campaign and both of them are representing a defense contractor that wants to buy the company that makes the machines that will count the vote in many states. Machines that will count the vote without a paper trail or back-ups, in most cases.
Those of us who have challenged the idea of having large corporate interests in charge of counting our vote have been called everything from nutcases to un-American. My question is this...can anyone look at the information above and tell me they are completely comfortable with it?
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