Reply #3: Point taken, but... [View All]

I don't think we have the luxury of waiting until we can find evidence of motive. If we do then we are totally vulnerable to a plausible deniability scheme. And we know that plausible deniability is a favorite tactic of politicians.

So I say screw motive. Democracy is dead and lying on the sidewalk. Prosecute the people in Ohio who intentionally miscounted the recount. If they did it just because they were lazy then put their lazy asses in jail.

Edit to add: the reason I feel strongly about this is that we were entitled under the law to a recount that told us something. What we got was a recount that effectively told us nothing. If we are willing to accept this level of irregularity without raising a stink then we may as well all go back to watching CNN talk about runaway brides.