Reply #4: I had a similar experience with a 'top' Dem strategist [View All]

I was at a meeting with a group of other Democrats and we were discussing the 2004 election, and I asked a question about electronic voting and the vulnerability to manipulation and fraud. He then responded by saying that the voting places will be heavily staffed with precinct individuals so that they may " better watch whats going on".

I said thats fine, but are they going to be able to watch whats going on inside the machines? I said with this type of voting its the data going inside the machine thats vulnerable. I guess I caught him off guard because it initiated a deer in the head lights expression and then he proceeded to reply with a kind of sarchastic laugh and a comment about how he had heard about these conspiracy theories being spread around.

It was then I realized there was no further reason to expect a logical or informed response from this person. The following Monday was a breaking story in the New York Times about Electronic Voter Fraud. I forwarded the story to him.

Dont know what the situation is with our party. But that interaction gave me some pause. It was pretty disturbing.