Voter Fraud is a REALITY! :(

[kafromTN]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Which is about what it's worth.

Not saying that, for example, MSNBC is any better, but Fox might as well have been on the McCain-Palin campaign payroll the last few weeks.

Check out the CMPA.

To explain it's like a -10 to +10 number line, with 0 being absolutely neutral, Foxnews is a +3 while CNN, MSNBC, CBS etc are -7s or -8s. I never said they were not slanted, but they are slanted less than the others.

CNN, MSNBC, CBS etc probably are on the Obama payroll. I like to look at both sides, I have a viewpoint b/c I do look at both sides of an issue.

Don't worry I'm not a McCain supporter, but in politics today I'm forced to vote for the lesser of evils.

[preciousjeni]

I've never voted in NY before (only GA). They had these machine deals where you flip down tab next to your selection and then, when you've finished, you flip a big red level over to lock in your vote. I'm assuming papers were being punched but I never saw any paper.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

I've never voted in NY before (only GA). They had these machine deals where you flip down tab next to your selection and then, when you've finished, you flip a big red level over to lock in your vote. I'm assuming papers were being punched but I never saw any paper.

Welcome to the 1970's! Those are the really old machines. The machine itself tabulates the votes when you pull that red lever and it is recorded on the back of the machine. That's how we all used to vote. They were used for years and years and years. I loved, as a kid, going with my mom and watching her disappear into that booth, pull the curtain and then come back out again. It seemed so important and mysterious and certainly more private than cardboard dividers!

ETA: The last time I used one like that was 1984!

[aephi alum]

We had those old lever voting machines up until last year. I remember my mom voting with those machines back when I was a toddler.

I have to say that there was something satisfying about throwing that big red lever and hearing the machine go CHA-CHUNK! But I much prefer the new optical scanner system. It's quicker, it's quieter (!), the scanner will spit your ballot out if it can't read it, and there are actual physical paper ballots to count if any problems arise.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

We had those old lever voting machines up until last year. I remember my mom voting with those machines back when I was a toddler.

I have to say that there was something satisfying about throwing that big red lever and hearing the machine go CHA-CHUNK!

I love that sound. Ever since I was little - I just love that sound.

[AGDee]

Ditto

[agzg]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

I've never voted in NY before (only GA). They had these machine deals where you flip down tab next to your selection and then, when you've finished, you flip a big red level over to lock in your vote. I'm assuming papers were being punched but I never saw any paper.

That was the first type of machine I ever voted on. In NY.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Do you think they make more than Matt Lauer makes on the Clinton payroll?

As a group or just, say, Sean Hannity?

Originally Posted by kafromTN

Check out the CMPA.

To explain it's like a -10 to +10 number line, with 0 being absolutely neutral, Foxnews is a +3 while CNN, MSNBC, CBS etc are -7s or -8s. I never said they were not slanted, but they are slanted less than the others.

CNN, MSNBC, CBS etc probably are on the Obama payroll. I like to look at both sides, I have a viewpoint b/c I do look at both sides of an issue.

Don't worry I'm not a McCain supporter, but in politics today I'm forced to vote for the lesser of evils.

You mean the CMPA that a former FoxNews contributor founded? That CMPA? I'm afraid I take them with a grain of salt.

To be clear, I wasn't meaning to suggest that Fox is slanted while other news sources lack biases of some kind. In fact, I tried to imply otherwise. I think it's better to admit that than to pretend they are objective (or fair or balanced). But, just based on my own observations, I just can't agree that Fox is the most balanced of them. Not saying it's the worst (in terms of objectivity -- I mean, there is still MSNBC), but I can't say it's the best either.