Guest Blogged by STOP George, and cross-posted here at DailyKos.
In case you haven’t visited YouTube, DKos, The BRAD BLOG or other blog sites recently, you may read this excellent diary summarizing the Princeton University report, where they were able to reverse the voting results of a Diebold machine without leaving a trace. I took the initiative to post this incredible video onto YouTube and, as you can imagine, it really took off — it has now been viewed by at least 38,000+ people.
I was discouraged (but not surprised) to learn later that this powerful demonstration by an Ivy League University, showing a direct threat to American democracy, hardly got one sentence of exposure on corporate network news and the corporate printed media. These machines only represent 10% of the electorate, afterall. (NOTE: I’ve been informed that CNN covered this issue well on Friday — my initial search was limited to the internet prior to the creation of this diary)
Imagine my shock to find out today that none other than FOX News had Professor Ed Felten & his team actually demonstrating their study to their right-wing audience!!!
The video of the virus hack demo, as performed LIVE on FOX News is available in full below…
When you watch the video you will discover that, although not a lot of time is spent discussing this serious issue — Professor Felten clearly shows the right-wingers that they have a lot to be concerned about. The bubble-head hosts even gasped and seemed to understand the seriousness of this demonstration.
And so, I think we have almost achieved a pivotal point in this whole saga of e-voting in America. RFK jr. et al’s massive lawsuit against the e-voting companies (which they say will curl your toes) is expected to be front-page news within the next couple of weeks. And now, this issue is starting to gain wide political exposure on such programs as Lou Dobbs and Fox News. Yes, friends — I have a feeling this story is going to go critical mass.
Now, the importance of this story achieving serious recognition on Fox news should be used to our advantage methinks.
It’s time, once again, for…
YouTube TAKE ACTION!!
dah…dah…dah..daaaaaaah!!
2. Rate it with 5 stars
3. Make it “your favorite”
4. Add a comment (it can be very short)
5. link it to your blog, if you have one
6. Email it to others — especially your right-wing friends
That last point is key. Because this is “Fox News” video, I would think that this will be more likely to received favorably by the wing-nuts. A lot of right-wing comments from my previous Princeton YouTube video tried to label this as a “left-wing conspiracy” movement. I really want them to hear their favorite bobble-head anchors uttering, “Oh, my!”
And please — while we’re on the topic — view this video, if you haven’t already done so. I would really like this video to be one of the top viewed videos of all-time on YouTube. It deserves this title. There is nothing more important than maintaining American democracy.
Here are the stats for this YouTube video so far…
#27 – Most Discussed (This Week)
#11 – Most Discussed (This Week) – News & Blogs
#27 – Most Discussed (This Month) – News & Blogs
#43 – Top Rated (This Week) – News & Blogs
#34 – Most Viewed (This Week) – News & Blogs
#19 – Top Favorites (This Week)
#3 – Top Favorites (This Week) – News & Blogs
#7 – Top Favorites (This Month) – News & Blogs
Finally, you can read the report or download the video at the Princeton site (to send to your non-internet connected friends — HERE.
Thanks, guys!!
The REAL culprits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKjB9tMd9g
StopGeorge,..
Thank-You for taking such a active roll in keeping these burning issues on the front burner. Your like a one man Paul Revere – galloping your (our) message thru the streets of Boston,.. into the suburbs,.. and off into the ether-nets. A projectile fired off to halt American fascism – another shot heard around the world.
Is anyone still wondering if the 2004 election (Diebold is located in Ohio – wink, wink) was not “stolen” using these machines??? If so, you must be living under a rock!
Having seen the Democratic Party so pointedly failing to pick up this issue and run with it, how could the Republicans fail to turn it to their political advantage? …in addition to the electoral advantage they have already been enjoying too long, that is. Will this make the DNC finally start yipping? We already know what the response is going to be. If this doesn’t get Brad’s phone so overtaxed as to lose its charge before he can finish a sentence, nothing will. And, I already can’t stand how much blind hope and trust I’m placing in Bobby and Mike’s qui tam suits. Pardon me while I go off and soak my head.
It’s all too convenient; just in time for elections that are about to be swept by the democrats, everyone is about to realize that the result of every election is suspect.
We already know it doesn’t matter who wins each election, but who Congress swears in. For at least the moment, democracy and justice are only illusions. No one ever guaranteed life would be fair.
Lots of press on this one guys, but let no one forget that it was VelvetRevolution that got this machine to the Princeton team. So once again, VR set things in motion that put this in the mainstream media.
Thank you StopGeorge for your post. I am posting about this as well. I have linked this Fox video from July for all the same reasons you state here. This is a report about Ion Sancho who blsted this issue open in florida. Good video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XedDoYD_YGY
You mention 10% electorate, please elaborate.
Hey there Stop George, I sent Brad a headsup about your story this morning, so I’m glad to see it here. (Belonged here first! teehee).
Thanks for taking that on and for posting it on Daily Kos as well, since some there don’t want to consider this election fraud stuff – at their own peril!
Joy – known as hummingbird on DK
These machines are a joke. We need to shower our county voting officials, supervisors, newspapers with one mantra,
“HAND COUNT ONLY”
“NO CONFIDENCE IN EVOTING”.
Email, phone, picket. The time is now.
Well of course Crox ‘News’ would cover it. According to Mark Crispin Miller, who has it from a high ranking Repug official, should the Democrats gain enough seats to take control of the House (there’s no way they’ll get the Senate), the rightwingers are going to seize the issue of election fraud and claim that democrats are rigging the closest races, thus calling those races into question. Should be an interesting ‘election’…
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… oldturk said on 9/17/2006 @ 1:48 pm PT…
Just being a good friend to America! I hate to see her in this condition.
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… storm said on 9/17/2006 @ 3:01 pm PT…
Right you are. If it weren’t for Brad and the people at VR, I don’t think we would have this particular diary today.
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… newjesustimes said on 9/17/2006 @ 2:44 pm PT…
It’s all too convenient; just in time for elections that are about to be swept by the democrats, everyone is about to realize that the result of every election is suspect…
That’s why we’ve got to push really hard to get this to be the number 1 issue in the American media. Everybody should be talking about it (and doing something about it) well before the election in November.
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… HopeSpringsATurtle said on 9/17/2006 @ 3:48 pm PT…
Great video! Would you mind sending me a “video reply” to the Fox video at YouTube? Thanks!!
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… big dan said on 9/17/2006 @ 4:54 pm PT…
These machines (tested by Princeton), and ones that are similar, will be used by 10% of the electorate this November.
I forget where I heard this stat. I could have been here at BradBlog, actually.
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COMMENT #9 [Permalink]
… Joy and Tom Williams said on 9/17/2006 @ 5:11 pm PT…
DKos is getting better with the e-voting issue. I have had a couple of e-voting diaries achieve the rec list. I wish it were front-paged more, however.
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And thank you so much Brad for giving me this honor of being a “guest-blogger”. I hope this post will help spread these important videos and information across America so that this story can achieve critical-mass in the corporate media.
Cheers!
Isnt this a perfect set up to disenfranchise millions of voters? Widely publicize NOW that elections are being rigged?
of course if dems get voted back in, it will be all their fault.
Forget the 2004 election being stolen.
NOW hype up the voting machine issues that have been there all along.
Maryland had a super low primary turn out.
Linked: How to hack an election
Also interesting: Slashdot right now…
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JPENTZ;
That is why this has GOT to achieve critical-mass — NOW! This should be a daily feature on CNN, etc.
Perhaps…
CRISIS IN AMERICA!
(cue dramatic music)
These machines CANNOT be used in this election.
#11 No way the dems. can take the senate? Guess what, they don’t want the Senate. Whoever gets the most money from Big Corp. That’s who controls our govt. Jean Hay Bright , running against Olympia Snowe, isn’t getting a penny from any dems.Snowe’s poll numbers have fallen from 72% in March…Maine Pulse Poll to 53%. I trust state polls more than national. Bright is pro labor..pro union..peace activist. Dems. won’t support her, despite the fact that she has a good chance to win. Maine has fair elections.
What!!!!! FOX is reporting on this. Scandalous! I tell you.
Molly — Seems like the way the national Democratic organization distributes funds would tell somebody something. It’s been this way for a long time – keep everything in the corporate family. The Dems are really two different parties, or at least one severely schizophrenic party.
Of course, I like to see MSM/Fox coverage of the voting machine issue, but I’m uneasy about this. Besides Mark Crispin Miller’s remarks about Republican plans, you know Fox isn’t doing this as a public service or as a matter of conscientious news coverage. (They say the Republicans are “our guys”, remember.) So, why are they doing it? Got to ask ourselves that.
Nevertheless, any kind of sword put out there can cut two ways. It may not be controllable.
All due respect Brad but your insinuation that only evil conservatives would use this technique to steal elections is absurd. The Democratic party has far more felons and has been caught registering dead people and crack heads much more often than the Republicans (who, by the way, are significantly Left of where JFK was in the 60’s). Vote stealing IS a problem but the Left has made it an art. The Right is just beginning to catch up. Payback is a bitch, huh, Brad.
JFK was to the right of fascism? Wow, is there a name for that?
#19 Richard
Those Democrats you’re talking about were republicans in sheep’s cloths kind of, like Lieberman was. Sorry, but your republicans are the felons and crack heads. The dead people who voted before they died had a right to vote because they were still alive when they cast their vote. I think it’s honorable and very telling when in their dieing hour; they cared enough about our country to vote against this criminal empire. They didn’t care about their own death they only cared about America, and what your people were doing to it. Now that is a TRUE American, don’t you think.