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Beto vs Ted

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Carl Herrera, Jan 24, 2018.

  1. FranchiseBlade

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    Well, there is some evidence of potentially changing a ballot that was intended to vote for Beto in the election to be a vote for Cruz. So that is evidence right there.

    If there is an investigation and it shows there was no wide-scale attempt at that, then no harm done. There should be an investigation.
     
  2. Bobbythegreat

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    No, there's no evidence of that. You can't say that this was any more than someone who altered their ballot for propaganda purposes....I mean they were certainly willing to break the law to get the propaganda out there, so they certainly aren't trustworthy.

    What is more likely, a grand conspiracy against your boy Francis, or that an ******* did something dishonest for propaganda?
     
  3. FranchiseBlade

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    Yes, there is evidence of that. There is a picture of a straight party vote on a ballot that registers the vote for Ted Cruz. It is right here in the thread.

    You can claim that it is a hoax. Your claim might be taken seriously if you provided anything to support the idea that it is a hoax. You haven't.
     
  4. AleksandarN

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    That’s not what it says. Compared to other g7 countries that have universal health care. The current system is more expensive than those counties that have universal health care. Aka government involvement
     
  5. AleksandarN

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    No kidding that what happens when for you for profit private healthcare
     
  6. Bobbythegreat

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    That's not evidence because it is REALLY easily forged simply by making a quick edit after hitting straight party Democrat. Again, which is more likely one single ******* out to make propaganda or a wide scale conspiracy against your boy Francis? The guy already broke the law just to push his message, can we really trust that he didn't just edit his ballot to make it look like he wanted it to?

    Again, your entire shtick is based on blind faith in someone who broke the law to take the photo to begin with.
     
  7. FranchiseBlade

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    No, it isn't blind faith. It is evidence until someone proves that it is falsified. You haven't done that. All you've done is say that it is easy to fake that kind of thing. That is in no way proof that somebody did fake it.

    Right now, there is a picture of a ballot voting for someone other than the candidate intended by the voter. That is evidence. An investigation would either validate that evidence or invalidate that evidence.

    You saying that it would be easy to fake that evidence isn't proof of squat.
     
  8. Bobbythegreat

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    It really, really is blind faith though. It would be similar to if I wrote racial slurs all over a spiral notebook in the store, then took pictures claiming that it was like that when I picked it up. Would people believe that? Some would, some would think I staged it because that's the most likely scenario.

    Right now you have an illegal picture of a ballot where someone easily could have hit single party democrat and then edited it to vote for Cruz.....but you prefer to believe that there is some massive conspiracy against your boy Francis. To you, that's the most reasonable scenario....and that's telling.
     
  9. FranchiseBlade

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    I would investigate, find out you are lying, and make the results known. Right now you babbling on without any evidence. When you get some let me know. Until then it is worth investigating.

    You understand that the fact that I'm asking for an actual investigation means that I'm having blind faith in anything?
     
  10. Bobbythegreat

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    It would be pretty easy to "prove" that it was a hoax, all they would have to do is go into the machine and check the keystrokes to see if he edited it or not. I was never saying that I was against doing so, I was just keeping a level head about this and not jumping to the conclusion that this *******'s stunt was a reason to think that there is a vast conspiracy against your boy Francis.

    The most likely answer is that the guy was looking to create a bit of propaganda to get people like you thinking that the system was rigged.
     
  11. FranchiseBlade

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    The only conclusion I've jumped to is that it should be investigated.
     
  12. Bobbythegreat

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    Sure.
     
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    That voting problem has existed for a while. Also sometimes a straight GOP ticket will end up leaving the Senate vote blank at the end.
     
  14. AleksandarN

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    Fixed edit
     
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    Bobby is just getting destroyed today.
     
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    Yikes. Looks like Bobby is 0-2 today. The MAGA bomber isn't actually a liberal, and this ballot machine story is not actually a hoax.

    He'll be all right though. Being wrong doesn't phase bobby, if it did, he would have stopped posting a long time ago.
     
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  17. B-Bob

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    Welp, at least the news is out there so people can hopefully double check their votes before submitting?
    I mean, I'm not at all conspiratorial minded, but... if a voting machine has just one job, LOL.
     
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  18. REEKO_HTOWN

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    That’s why I wait for the end of the week to vote early.
     
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  19. Nippystix

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    I'm pulling for a Robert Francis O'Rouke upset. Some poor folks in here would freak the f**k out. And typing Robert Francis O'Rouke every time for the next several years would be hilariously fun.
     
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    Why? They aren't fixing the issue. They've said they know it's a problem but they don't have any authority to fix it and the people who do aren't willing/interested.
     

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