Comptheftgate?
Bush's state headquarters for re-election burglarized
This type of thing seems too stupid for the DNC to try, so it's either a standard robbery or sabotage from some group of extremists (he Earth Liberation Front would burn the building down, for example, but I don't know who would limit themselves to three computers). Now, if this happened to be done by some political group, then this should be about the size of Watergate. Heck, the Watergate scandal didn't even reveal much, but computers hold a lot of data. And, in that case, the perpetrators should get life in prison. No one should be illegally interfering with the conduct of this election.
Today, far too many minorities think their votes are not being counted. I don't mean "their votes don't count", which is the case for a democrat in Texas or a republican in California, but "not counted", as in removed from the ballot box. Even Jimmy Carter has been saying that the US cannot hold fair elections, and he is saying this just to bolster his party the slightest bit. What Carter seems to stupid to realize, however, is that the entire American democratic system will crumble if people do not think their voices are heard. American politics is based on majority rule and voting! If people believe that the majority is ignored and votes are doctored, then they will determine that America no longer has a representative government. If that happens, there is a good chance that people could try to overthrow the government (a lack of representation kinda got America started during the Revolutionary War). This may sound far-fetched, and it is, because it would take at least a generation for America to believe that it is no longer democratic (or a Republic, which we technically are, but "democratic" is the more commonly used term). However, if this does happen, America will definitely be incredibly worse off. Yet these morons are still chanting "you're vote isn't counted"! Who reading this has actually checked the "discrimination" in the Florida election? Here is an excellent analysis of the Florida fiasco. It successfully debunks the claim that African-Americans were disenfranchised in Florida. Also, any ballot issue which did Gore a disservice in 2000 also harmed Bush, because both candidates were (obviously) on the same ballot, and both would therefore be effected by the same flaws. This seems to be a rarely mentioned fact.
Back to the main point. Now, if the thief had no idea that he was robbing a campaign building (which was entirely possible, as it has a low profile to discourage those annoying protestors), then he should get a normal, lengthy jail and/or prison sentence. Plus, the computers have to be retrieved without any evidence of tampering, and checked to make sure no sensitive information was released. If anything was released, there should be a long sentence for the criminal and a hefty investigation on whomever the info was leaked to.
This type of thing seems too stupid for the DNC to try, so it's either a standard robbery or sabotage from some group of extremists (he Earth Liberation Front would burn the building down, for example, but I don't know who would limit themselves to three computers). Now, if this happened to be done by some political group, then this should be about the size of Watergate. Heck, the Watergate scandal didn't even reveal much, but computers hold a lot of data. And, in that case, the perpetrators should get life in prison. No one should be illegally interfering with the conduct of this election.
Today, far too many minorities think their votes are not being counted. I don't mean "their votes don't count", which is the case for a democrat in Texas or a republican in California, but "not counted", as in removed from the ballot box. Even Jimmy Carter has been saying that the US cannot hold fair elections, and he is saying this just to bolster his party the slightest bit. What Carter seems to stupid to realize, however, is that the entire American democratic system will crumble if people do not think their voices are heard. American politics is based on majority rule and voting! If people believe that the majority is ignored and votes are doctored, then they will determine that America no longer has a representative government. If that happens, there is a good chance that people could try to overthrow the government (a lack of representation kinda got America started during the Revolutionary War). This may sound far-fetched, and it is, because it would take at least a generation for America to believe that it is no longer democratic (or a Republic, which we technically are, but "democratic" is the more commonly used term). However, if this does happen, America will definitely be incredibly worse off. Yet these morons are still chanting "you're vote isn't counted"! Who reading this has actually checked the "discrimination" in the Florida election? Here is an excellent analysis of the Florida fiasco. It successfully debunks the claim that African-Americans were disenfranchised in Florida. Also, any ballot issue which did Gore a disservice in 2000 also harmed Bush, because both candidates were (obviously) on the same ballot, and both would therefore be effected by the same flaws. This seems to be a rarely mentioned fact.
Back to the main point. Now, if the thief had no idea that he was robbing a campaign building (which was entirely possible, as it has a low profile to discourage those annoying protestors), then he should get a normal, lengthy jail and/or prison sentence. Plus, the computers have to be retrieved without any evidence of tampering, and checked to make sure no sensitive information was released. If anything was released, there should be a long sentence for the criminal and a hefty investigation on whomever the info was leaked to.
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