2016 Postmortem

mythology

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4. There wasn't any of that based on the evidence

Thu Dec 29, 2016, 10:57 PM

Dec 2016

Greg Palast is a hack who reports suppositions as facts and leaves out important details. For example all his talk about undervotes for President in Michigan leaves out the minor detail that write-in candidates who aren't official candidates don't get counted. So if Democrats/liberals in Michigan wrote in say Bernie Sanders, that would be reported as no-vote for President.

There's a reason all of these sort of stories come out right after the election and fade. Because it's easy to sell clicks when people are caught up in the outcome, but the lack of actual substance behind it means there is no good follow up. The people like Palast can't follow up and say "oops there was nothing there" because then they look like frauds. The real media already disregarded it because it wasn't a real story.

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What's the bottom line on possible election fraud, the recounts, and voter suppression stories? [View all] Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 OP

Bottom line: US elections are a joke and the system is rigged so they stay that way. ucrdem Dec 2016 #1

I suppose... do you know if there's been any write up for all the post-election investigations? Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #2

precisely.. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #5

That they're true to any degree means this election should be redone yesterday, anything else uponit7771 Dec 2016 #3

There wasn't any of that based on the evidence mythology Dec 2016 #4

absence of evidence is not evidence of absence; and besides, there was plenty of evidence that TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #6

thanks-- I've always been a bit leery about Palast. But still, isn't there evidence of voter Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #9

The Interstate Cross Check system is very real and created by Kris Kobach. Florida quit ICC due to think Dec 2016 #19

Palast has the same story every election. If he had the scoop, i can't see the entire media laying dionysus Dec 2016 #21

WaPo: U.S. elections rank worst among Western democracies ucrdem Dec 2016 #7

that's freaking shameful... and certainly won't be getting better in the next few years Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #10

The weird thing is that UK is the next worst after us. ucrdem Dec 2016 #20

Because of what Stein uncovered, parts of Michigan (Detroit) will be audited HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #8

Thanks! Good to see this still in the news Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #11

I wouldn't celebrate. Kotya Dec 2016 #14

If you want to fix problems with voting machines, the time to do it is not during an election HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #15

The bottom line is that for 4 years we are totally screwed. Vinca Dec 2016 #12

that is true, of course Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #13

+100000000000000000000000000000 ailsagirl Dec 2016 #23

what makes you think we will have free/fair elections in 4 yrs?? quite the opposite, it is only goin TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #24

What makes you think we will have free/fair elections in 4 yrs?? LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #26

The Bottom line is the Soviet Republicans stole it, the Russians hacked it so they could LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #16

"Soviet Republicans" -- perfect! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #17

The bottom line is that we have no idea who was elected to the presidency, or to congress. planetc Dec 2016 #18

yes; we need all paper ballots, all hand-counted, all the time. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #25

Two words ailsagirl Dec 2016 #22

We were not killed by one shot to the head DFW Dec 2016 #27