Delaware politics: Christine O'Donnell amends campaign financing reports (blames computers)

[LynneSin]

Oh geez, this women must thing we are really stupid and once again it wasn't Christine's fault. Reading the comments to the article so far and it seems even the republicans in the state aren't supporting her anymore. Of course for us DE Democrats, Castle is retired and therefore there isn't any viable candidate for the GOP that can overcome the 2-1 voter registration deficit.

Delaware politics: Christine O'Donnell amends campaign financing reports
Software blamed for 2009-10 errors
lawyer for former Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is blaming computer software for "inadvertent errors" in fundraising reports the Delaware Republican filed in 2009 and early 2010.

The campaign filed amendments for reports O'Donnell submitted during those years. The amendments became available Thursday at the Senate Office of Public Records, along with O'Donnell's latest fundraising report, which covers the first quarter of this year.

O'Donnell's earlier fundraising reports have been called into question by the Federal Election Commission and are the subject of complaints that the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed with federal prosecutors and the FEC.

In a memo to the FEC made public Thursday, lawyer Cleta Mitchell wrote that O'Donnell's committee retained "FEC compliance experts" who reviewed and reconciled all contributions, disbursements, invoices, receipts and documentations of expenditures compiled by Friends of Christine O'Donnell.

Because of the software problem, receipts and disbursements that should have been linked to the 2010 primary election were mistakenly linked to that year's general election instead, Mitchell wrote on April 15.

Oh good, she moved out of the townhome - I hope she moved back to NJ with her family! Good riddance.

[HopeHoops]

1. She reminds me of that talking Barbie doll that had the phrase "Math is hard."

Fuck you, Mattel. All three of my daughters kick the shit out of the rest of the class in math and science.

As for O'Donnell, does she really want to become another Sarah Palin for late-night comedians? Is she that stupid? Hmm. Perhaps Mattel WAS on to something.

[LynneSin]

4. I had one of those barbies

And math was easy for me. In fact I did way better on my Math SAT scores then my English ones (but still had a good overall score)

[toddaa]

2. Computers are stupid. They do exactly what you tell them to do.

As was between into my head by my Algorithms and Data Structures professor.

[Yavin4]

3. Those Damn Pesky Computers

They hide votes and create finance reporting errors. Darn things.

[woodsprite]

5. Computers are only as smart as the people using them

That pretty much sums it up right there.

[HopeHoops]

6. I've been using that line since about 1979.

Apple II back then.

[alp227]

7. but software hasn't been used to rig elections?

what a convenient cop out. computer software screwed up the campaign finance accounting, but Diebold off the hook?