"NOYB" wrote in message
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He's from West Palm Beach...which is the other coast. In case you don't
remember, that's the side that couldn't figure out how to work a punch
ballot. We had no such problems with the same ballots on *our* side of
the
state.

snip

Really?

Were your machines mantained just as poorly?
Are years worth of chad allowed to build up until the stylus is not able to
be fully punched through the card?
If the answer is that your machines *are* well maintained, why was there a
difference?

Mark Browne

"Mark Browne" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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He's from West Palm Beach...which is the other coast. In case you don't
remember, that's the side that couldn't figure out how to work a punch
ballot. We had no such problems with the same ballots on *our* side of
the
state.

snip

Really?

Were your machines mantained just as poorly?
Are years worth of chad allowed to build up until the stylus is not able
to
be fully punched through the card?
If the answer is that your machines *are* well maintained, why was there a
difference?


Because we were smart enough to select a Republican election board?

He's from West Palm Beach...which is the other coast. In case you don't
remember, that's the side that couldn't figure out how to work a punch
ballot. We had no such problems with the same ballots on *our* side of the
state.

Of course not. The way those FLA ballots worked, almost any vote cast for a
whole slug of candidates turned out to be a vote for Bush. Since everybody you
would consent to speak to would be voting for Bush *anyway*, the difference
would never show up! :-)

Why am I not surprised at your condescending holier-than-thou attitude?

All hail Gould and his minions, the "True Way".


Why am I not surprised that you snipped all the comments where I said that I
admired Limaugh, in a wierd sort of way, just to support your standard,
one-line insult.

Gould's "minions"? I don't think so. The wife is certainly independent enough.
I can get my big black cat to do my bidding, provided my bidding corresponds
with what he had in mind to do in the first place. If I count the cat, I'm up
to only a single "minion". Not very impressive, compared to Rush. :-)

Why am I not surprised at your condescending holier-than-thou attitude?

All hail Gould and his minions, the "True Way".

Wow, what an open minded person you are. Nothing but partisan politics for
you I see.

Back to the topic. What Rush said was certainly not racist. It was
politically
incorrect but not racist.

Jim, I'm not referring to the Donovan McNabb comment. Most of the comments Rush
makes are just a whacky, only his audience is so emotionally invested they
don't recognize the manipulative techniques he's using.

I'm disappointed in the fact that there is enough evidence to allege that Rush
Limbaugh has a serious addiction to narcotics. Big time. Not that unusual for
an "entertainer" (which is what he is, kind of like WWF- there are folks who
think it's real) but out of character for a guy who has spent probably a
thousand hours on the air blasting away at drug addicts and junkies.

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Wow, what an open minded person you are. Nothing but partisan politics for
you I see.

Back to the topic. What Rush said was certainly not racist. It was
politically
incorrect but not racist.

Jim, I'm not referring to the Donovan McNabb comment. Most of the comments Rush
makes are just a whacky, only his audience is so emotionally invested they
don't recognize the manipulative techniques he's using.

I'm disappointed in the fact that there is enough evidence to allege that Rush
Limbaugh has a serious addiction to narcotics. Big time. Not that unusual for
an "entertainer" (which is what he is, kind of like WWF- there are folks who
think it's real) but out of character for a guy who has spent probably a
thousand hours on the air blasting away at drug addicts and junkies.



I would like to hear the other side of the story. If, in the end, the facts show him
to be a drug junkie I will agree with you 100% and say that he should retire in
disgrace.

On another note I also think that the partisan view of Arnold (as previously stated) is
wrong. The guy is an admitted sexual offender and has no place in politics.

I would like to hear the other side of the story. If, in the end, the facts
show him
to be a drug junkie I will agree with you 100% and say that he should retire
in
disgrace.

We've got to stop agreeing like this. Third or fourth time this year! People
will talk. :-)

Gould 0738 wrote:

I'm disappointed in the fact that there is enough evidence to allege that Rush
Limbaugh has a serious addiction to narcotics. Big time. Not that unusual for
an "entertainer" (which is what he is, kind of like WWF- there are folks who
think it's real) but out of character for a guy who has spent probably a
thousand hours on the air blasting away at drug addicts and junkies.


Why the disappointment? Surely you were aware Limbaugh and the trash in
his audience were hypocrites.

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"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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I would like to hear the other side of the story. If, in the end, the facts
show him
to be a drug junkie I will agree with you 100% and say that he should retire
in
disgrace.

We've got to stop agreeing like this. Third or fourth time this year! People
will talk. :-)

Yep. ;-)

Why the disappointment? Surely you were aware Limbaugh and the trash in
his audience were hypocrites.

I don't know that many right wing dopers.
Drunks, yes. By the ton......but I'm just more used to alcohol being the drug
of choice among conservatives. One is accustomed to falling down drunks wailing
about "drug abusers", (not that everybody who does so is a drunk, of course).
If the allegations against Rush's narctoic addiction prove to be true, that's
not only hypocritical- it should be considered a breach of trust by every one
of his followers.

The buzz on one of our local talk stations was pretty funny tonight. One
station has a mix of moderate and conservative hosts.
A conservative host was running a monologue about the RL drug scandal, and I
laughed so hard I almost wrecked the car!
General line: "The liberals are showing their true colors with this Rush
Limbaugh situation. They are willing to use this weakness to try to destroy his
career! His political enemies are sinking so low, they are trying to distract
us with this single factor and ignore the majority of what Limbaugh stands for
and what he has done! It will backfire on them. The public doesn't like a witch
hunt!"

Thoughts of Monica-Gate and $60mm spent by Ken Starr trying to dig up dirt on
another well known political persona in the past came immediately to mind. I
guess is
low and dirty if the target is a conservative, but an act of patriotism
preserving national security when the target is a moderate or a liberal. :-)