Asshole of the day

[Scuba]

http://assholeoftheday.us/post/100099799980/scott-walker-asshole-of-the-day-for-october-15

"It doesn’t matter if there’s one, 100, or 1,000," Walker said during the debate. His comments were flagged by Politico. "Amongst us, who would be that one person who would like to have our vote canceled out by a vote that was cast illegally?"

"It doesn’t matter if there’s one or 1000." And if it’s only one, then I’m guessing zero doesn’t matter either. Because his argument is that if even one vote is canceled out, or one vote might be canceled, then that’s too much.

Of course the odds are that no votes are being canceled out. And the whole canceled out is just a weak argument anyways, based on a simplification of voting— the idea that if I vote one way and you vote the other, then our votes cancel out. Perhaps, but a fraudulent vote doesn’t cancel any one person’s vote; it is part of a large pool of votes. In a pool of 10,000 votes, one fraudulent vote cancels not one person’s vote, but everyone’s in a very tiny way— 1/9,999th.

[nykym]

1. LIke it was said on MSNBC

last night.
A solution in search of a problem.

[Octafish]

2. What they managed to do was conflate E-Vote Fraud with Voter Fraud in the media...

...and the public. Of course, in the former, they need to silence witnesses, like Michael Connell. In the latter, they do all they can to feed the press bogus claims to distract attention and dismay the masses.

[zappaman]

3. Every day. n/t

[Initech]

4. Another GOP invisible boogeyman.

[Enthusiast]

5. K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations!

Asshole!