ABC news finally mentions "hackable democracy", with a ?

[robinlynne]

A great piece it ain't, but it is at least, an article. From the title, looks like they don't want to miss the HBO bandwagon. sort of.
Here's the link:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2006/story?id=2623854&page=1

[Dosaybe]

1. Did Bob Ney (HAVAcreep) outsource our election to Diebold for bribes thru abramoff???

rolling stone wrote june 2006 editorial: I know mainstream media have known
I just read the June 2006 editorial and learned a new twist to the diebold story.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10463874/editori...ll_for_investigation
"Undue Influence After the Florida fiasco in 2000, Diebold saw an opportunity. To persuade Rep. Bob Ney to promote its machines in a package of election reforms he was drafting called the Help America Vote Act, the company hired two lobbyists with close ties to the Ohio congressman. Diebold paid at least $180,000 to David DiStefano, Ney's former chief of staff. And it shelled out as much as $275,000 to the lobbying firm of the best-connected man on Capitol Hill: Jack Abramoff.

[robinlynne]

2. That story deserves it's own thread!