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Swish Long Live the King Since: Jan, 2001
Long Live the King
#36701: Nov 4th 2012 at 8:52:53 PM

@Swish: In that case, they should have been directing people to appropriate exits, not just telling them they couldn't leave.

I don't disagree. The problem is that it seems that the most visible complaints seem to be coming from the "stage" area(All those people who stand behind a candidate at a rally... Those guys). There are no "authorized" exits from that area once a candidate has arrived to the location(Romney had apparently arrived, he just wasn't going to speak for another hour because [reasons]).

Now, they could have been escorted to an exit by a staffer, and that probably should have happened... But most of those who get to stand up on the stage at rallies are told, before they do so, that they probably won't be able to leave there for a while unless it's for an extraordinary reason...

edited 4th Nov '12 8:54:19 PM by Swish

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#36702: Nov 4th 2012 at 8:54:22 PM

Romney praises Christie for storm response

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#36703: Nov 4th 2012 at 8:56:35 PM

[up]Translation: The guy's started to look good... better get some of that shine for myself! tongue

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#36704: Nov 4th 2012 at 9:11:09 PM

@Swish: According to Jackie Kucinich's tweets, it "happened next to the press riser side of a very large rally, the side opposite the entrance (making it harder to leave)." not behind the stage.

Edit: It looks like it was eventually resolved, as Secret Service cleared a route to the exit, but it looks like it took a while.

edited 4th Nov '12 9:16:21 PM by DrunkGirlfriend

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
Skatepunk Since: Feb, 2011
#36705: Nov 4th 2012 at 11:12:33 PM

Husted's antics are getting outright flagrant!

That's the last straw! Let's hope the lawsuit proceeds and throws his ass in jail!

Not something I wanted to see before I go to work at the polls on election day!

DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#36706: Nov 4th 2012 at 11:34:21 PM

Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon: Vote for Obama, as long as you vote for me too

edited 4th Nov '12 11:34:30 PM by DeviantBraeburn

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#36707: Nov 5th 2012 at 3:13:03 AM

2008 saw Nebraska's 2nd district Republican doing that too. Lee Terry was talking about "Obama-Terry" voters.

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#36708: Nov 5th 2012 at 3:42:36 AM

Well, Terry had the incumbent advantage, and many voters (especially first time and infrequent voters who were likely just there for Obama) likely voted only for the President and didn't even fill out the rest of the ballot.

edited 5th Nov '12 3:43:31 AM by Balmung

Linhasxoc Since: Jun, 2009
#36709: Nov 5th 2012 at 6:12:58 AM

Okay, speaking as a software engineer, I'm not sure why the software patches are a big deal. I mean, I'm a bit leery about them not being certified, but from what I could tell all they were installing was a module that made it easier to get the results out. If anything, I'm much more worried about "damage" due to carelessness (since we have no idea what the company's internal testing procedures are) then from malice.

RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#36710: Nov 5th 2012 at 7:01:35 AM

From the Secular Rally in Tallahassee Florida on 11/04/2012

EDIT: Warning, gets a bit antireligious near the end. I will simply say that Romney doesn't have the secularist vote.

edited 5th Nov '12 7:07:25 AM by RadicalTaoist

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.
Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#36711: Nov 5th 2012 at 7:04:16 AM

Well, unless the code for the patches is made publicly available, we have no idea what they really contain. Really, voting machine software has no reason to be closed. >_>

Innocent or not, this is really the worst time to push out an update.

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#36712: Nov 5th 2012 at 7:16:50 AM

Don't these things have a set update schedule?

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#36714: Nov 5th 2012 at 7:31:47 AM

@2014 Senate Race: I know I'll have to get out and vote then, because my Democratic Senator is up for re-election, and he won the blue wave because his opponent had literally just been convicted of taking the taste from the oil companies. So Begich is on rather sandy ground against whoever opposes him.

Fortunately, his replacement will probably be as close to a moderate as you can get in America today; Alaska may be a Republican state, but we've rather firmly rejected the Tea Party. Unfortunately, even Lisa Murkowski still votes in lockstep with the rest of the party, so that's cold comfort.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#36715: Nov 5th 2012 at 8:34:21 AM

Paul Krugman quoted Stephen Colbert in his column this week, with respect to Hurricane Sandy. I love it when two of my favorite media personalities join forces, even symbolically.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#36716: Nov 5th 2012 at 8:41:04 AM

[up]

well, if theres one thing Colbert is good at, its satirizing the stupid logic holes in republican thought.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#36717: Nov 5th 2012 at 8:44:17 AM

The fact that they are testing new software during an election is fishy on its own. Why not do some "dry" runs or use them in local elections with fewer voters first.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#36718: Nov 5th 2012 at 8:46:32 AM

@Republican Theocracy: I agree with the majority of that video, but I feel it doesn't take things far enough. The Republicans want to drag us into a fascist theocracy, glorifying the military alongside their God, enabled by the two party system, with plenty of Democrats working with them, and more complicit in the transformation, while the remaining Democrats are too weak and cowardly to dare do anything to oppose them or the more conservative members of their own party.

edited 5th Nov '12 8:46:57 AM by deathpigeon

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#36719: Nov 5th 2012 at 8:50:44 AM

[up]

Its not as much a fascist theocracy they want as it is they use theocracy and god-fearing as a cheap way to get emotionally affected voters to vote against their economic interests.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#36720: Nov 5th 2012 at 9:03:10 AM

Some parts of the Republican base want a theocracy, but while they represent a non-trivial voting bloc, they do not represent the main financial interests. The big money guns that keep the party going are the ones interested in a plutocracy, or good old fashioned economic feudalism. Their agenda starts to make sense when you recognize that the social conservatives have made an unholy alliance with the plutocrats and are being led around by the nose as a result.

It's never been more apparent than in this election that the candidate who wins the nomination always represents the "establishment" Republicans — the core group of wealthy folks who see government as a means to expand their own wealth and privilege. They pay lip service to the religious right in order to keep them voting in line, but their national agenda is almost always based around making government work for the rich.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#36721: Nov 5th 2012 at 11:57:39 AM

One more day.

Well, probably two more days before we get the final result, but nevertheless.

How's Virginia doing for Romney, by the way?

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#36722: Nov 5th 2012 at 12:04:56 PM

I saw an article earlier that had them polling in a dead heat but I can't find it now. Much of the information I'm reading claims that the news media are going out of their way to bill the race as "super close" when it actually isn't.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Karkadinn Karkadinn from New Orleans, Louisiana Since: Jul, 2009
Karkadinn
#36723: Nov 5th 2012 at 12:07:13 PM

Personally, I'd rather have people be nervous about losing and accordingly interested in voting rather than apathetic in their surety that they'll win.

If the trash that is the popular news industry can happen to do a good thing for the wrong reasons, sure, I'll take that.

edited 5th Nov '12 12:07:31 PM by Karkadinn

Furthermore, I think Guantanamo must be destroyed.
Serocco Serocco from Miami, Florida Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Serocco
#36724: Nov 5th 2012 at 12:07:57 PM

How big are the chances of Romney taking Florida and Virginia?

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#36725: Nov 5th 2012 at 12:08:22 PM

Well, what makes it interesting is that newsies are talking about the national popular vote like it matters, when it actually doesn't, and they know it.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

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