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Wonderful how they’re setting it up.

If Demcorats win it’s because Americans came to their senses and sent the conservatives (or, at least, the people who called themselves conservatives) packing.

If Republicans win it’s because they cheated.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

Rob’s recently listened-to songs:

It’s not any different than the same crap we’ve put up with all along.
‘disenfranchised’
‘disenfranchised’
‘disenfranchised’
I wonder what the new buzz word will be this year.

Rob writes:

Wonderful how they’re setting it up. If Demcorats win it’s because Americans came to their senses and sent the conservatives (or, at least, the people who called themselves conservatives) packing. If Republicans win it’s because they cheated.

Your comment is a great example of my conjecture that 99% of “media bias” claims are the product solely of the viewer’s (or reader’s) imagination.

There wasn’t anything at all in that article that said anything about either side placing the blame on the machines.  Your argument could just as well be made with the republicans and demoncrats flipped. 

What the article said is that there will most likely be errors and confusion.  Regardless of victory, either side has a right to question the results of an election of those results are indeed questionable.  Duh.

Also, be ready for discussion of Katrina victims not being able to vote.  That is going to be used a lot, accusing Bush (he’s one busy guy) of keeping evacuees from being able to vote.  Even if NO votes in only Democrats but the Republicans keep control of Congress they’ll use it as an excuse.

Remember - it doesn’t have to make sense, as long as it’s in an article.

...and in response to the last two posts I just read by Dave and muniz… are you questioning that there is political bias in a majority of the media?  I can find you article after article that is written with obvious spin against Republicans or from a liberal point of view.  There are not many written from a conservative point of view. I’m not talking editorials, but articles that are represented as reporting unbiased facts and news.

One example is an article I read about an hour ago that discuss Republicans attempting to “cling to control of Congress”, while Democrats are “striving to win it back.” This portrays the author’s opinion that the Republicans are on the ropes “clinging” to hope, while the Democrats are marching victoriously. Again this wasn’t an editorial, it was “the news”.  You won’t find many, if any at all, articles that say that same something like “the Republicans look to continue their domination of Congress, while Democrats desperately scrap to gain what control they can.” If articles were written like that - for the past decade - then liberals would be saying the same things conservatives are now.