Reply #65: Yes and no. I've been giving this some thought. [View All]

[Pacifist Patriot]

First of all, I haven't a clue whether the election was tampered with or not. We just don't know. I don't think it is fair to characterize those who have questions about legitimacy as tinfoil sporting whackos or to describe those who have faith in the system as deluded and supporting fascism.

(Yes, those are extremist categorizations -- I'm not saying that is precisely what is going on here, just using hyperbole to make a point.)

At any rate, Hackett wasn't supposed to come anywhere near Schmidt, right? A "close loss" was touted as a moral victory for the Democrats even before anyone went to the polls. Yet we see a mere 4 point spread. That's not close, that's pretty damn close. Less than 5 votes per precinct decided this race. If the entire spread were contained within just Clermont county we're still talking less than 18 votes a precinct. Why couldn't it have swung the other way?

*shrug*