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[darkrider2]

Voter fraud nation wide is like... 0.001 percent. Its ridiculously small. Sometimes they make it look like the mafia is running our elections.

[Kogan Loloklam]

It is. That's why 1/3rd of the nation elects our leaders.

They don't break legs anymore, they break civic responsibility. You wanna vote for someone who isn't corrupt? Forgetabotit.

[Techhead]

It is. That's why 1/3rd of the nation elects our leaders.

They don't break legs anymore, they break civic responsibility. You wanna vote for someone who isn't corrupt? Forgetabotit.

Bloc voting is a big problem especially combined with low turnout. For example, Ramapo NY has a minority bloc with very enough turnout to give it a majority vote. The Orthodox Jewish bloc has caused a lot of problems in the town, notably in the East Ramapo School Board.  A couple of articles on the subject:
http://thanassiscambanis.com/sipa/?p=329
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/nyregion/parents-in-east-ramapo-school-district-ask-state-to-oust-orthodox-jews-on-board.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.lohud.com/article/20120609/NEWS03/306090057/A-G-probes-E-Ramapo-deal

[GlyphGryph]

So it was mentioned way back in this thread that investigations into voter fraud have turned up roughly 50 cases a year.  The democrats with pretty amazingly bad luck managed to nominate one of those 50 cases a year for a congressional race.

I wouldn't be surprised if every last one of them was a professional politician somewhere.

[SalmonGod]

‘I Didn’t Know You Had Families’ Mitt Romney Told Group Of Gay Parents

I can't help but laugh at how audaciously disconnected Romney is.  It's beyond caricature.

[Reelya]

http://duanegraham.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/kid-romney/

Romney:

I’m outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi.  It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.

"What triggered Romney’s amateurish response was a statement released by the U.S. embassy in Cairo [...] The embassy statement, the one Romney said showed sympathy to those who attacked our “diplomatic missions,” was actually released before—repeat, before—those deadly attacks occurred. Romney jumped the gun, just to reinforce the narrative about the president, and made himself look the fool. [...] The Obama administration made it clear this statement, released “shortly after noon” on Tuesday, according to The New York Times, was not authorized by the White House."

[Zrk2]

More info on the attacks:

This is the video responsible for the protests, called "The Innocence of Muslims."

The video was directed by an Israeli-American real estate developer called "Sam Bacile" who currently is hiding in the aftermath of the protests.

There are rumors about the involvement of Pastor Terry Jones as well in the movie. This is the person who previously threatened to burn the Quran and incurred massive protests from the Muslim world.

Similar protests launched yesterday in Cairo, Egypt. Around 3000 protestors marched to the U.S. embassy and scaled its walls, tore down the American flag and replaced it with a black flag. Their demands were to ban the video and present a formal apology to the Muslims.

The US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was killed due to excessive inhalation of smoke due to the fire caused by the protesters

Uptil now, there are 3 other deaths confirmed among the consulate staff members, One of the staff members killed was a redditor and a well known EVE player. (credit to redditor Yod for this information)

Credit to Your_Socks of reddit for the original posting of this.

[Reelya]

Normally would go in the Progressive thread, but it's Romney so putting it here:

Romney’s Insensitivity To LGBT People: ‘I Didn’t Know You Had Families’

[sluissa]

More info on the attacks:

This is the video responsible for the protests, called "The Innocence of Muslims."

The video was directed by an Israeli-American real estate developer called "Sam Bacile" who currently is hiding in the aftermath of the protests.

There are rumors about the involvement of Pastor Terry Jones as well in the movie. This is the person who previously threatened to burn the Quran and incurred massive protests from the Muslim world.

Similar protests launched yesterday in Cairo, Egypt. Around 3000 protestors marched to the U.S. embassy and scaled its walls, tore down the American flag and replaced it with a black flag. Their demands were to ban the video and present a formal apology to the Muslims.

The US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was killed due to excessive inhalation of smoke due to the fire caused by the protesters

Uptil now, there are 3 other deaths confirmed among the consulate staff members, One of the staff members killed was a redditor and a well known EVE player. (credit to redditor Yod for this information)

Credit to Your_Socks of reddit for the original posting of this.

So much of that trailer just seems sketchy... between the bad production values, the crazy bad dubbing of certain words and phrases...

Also... it cost 5 million dollars.... wtf.

[Moghjubar]

Once again, Romney seems to make an asshat of himself.  Seriously, hes a walking disaster.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/12/1130743/-Mitt-s-smirking-disaster#20120912081130

[RedKing]

Mitt forgot one of the chief PR rules: Never look like you're celebrating a disaster, even when you're totally celebrating a diaster.

Really, it does come off like Count Rugen in The Princess Bride:

I think that's one of the worst things I've ever heard.....how marvelous.

I'll be glad to see him catch hell for it, if anyone other than pundits notice.

[palsch]

I'll be glad to see him catch hell for it, if anyone other than pundits notice.

This might help with that.

For those who are interested, the Romney campaign's playbook for this disaster.

[nenjin]

Ah, the joys of politics that operate at Twitter speed.

[Reelya]

They just need better AI now which gives you a reality check if you're going to make a fool of yourself.

[Mego]

They just need better AI now which gives you a reality check if you're going to make a fool of yourself.

No! Politicians being idiots is what makes politics FUN!