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In reply to the discussion: FORBES: Romney Family Investment Ties To Voting Machine Company Causing Concern [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)--excerpt from the Forbes article posted by the OP, which came out today:
..."So, why would these individuals who serve on the board of directors of Hart Intercivic go out of their way to make a contribution to any political candidate given the critical importance of their company remaining above reproach when it comes to the political process? And why would those who run the company that owns Hart Intercivic be giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to a political candidate? And why would a political candidate and his family have a financial relationship with a company that owns a chunk of the voting machine company that will be counting the actual votes given to that political candidate or his opponent?
Keith Olbermann was suspended from his job at MSNBC for donating a couple hundred bucks to a local candidate that was a friend of his. Why? Because his employer required that journalists at the network stay free of having given such contributions to any candidate for all the obvious reasons.
Is it really too much to ask that those who control the voting machines that record and count the votes of our elections be held to at least the same standard?"...
Is there any integrity left in this bleeping country? I'm surprised the Rethugs got so careless so as to raise these red flags...