>>Minotaur - How do you translate discussion of the constitutionality of the president's actions and illegal manipulation of elections to " bashing the party out of favor".<<
Paula, please re-read the post to which you respond. Then please direct me to the specific portion of the post where I do as you state: "translate discussion of the constitutionality of the president's actions and illegal manipulation of elections" to bashing the party out of favor. I did not make such a representation, nor would I.
You know that my post was not a response to your conversation with Esammee where you justify your political posts on the Yahoo board. You know that my response was to Chris and was directed at Chris's assertion the Yahoo board is now "useless". I specifically stated: "If the objective is to effect political change by bashing the party out of favor, then I suspect you may be correct."
I believe the fact you feel my post somehow was directed at your oft-explained position on Diebold's systems is illustrative of the problem created by OT political posts on a stock message board. If you review my posts on that board which deal with Diebold's machines you will recall that I more than once stated an opinion which agrees with yours; that the American electorate deserves a foolproof system with an audit trail. I would supplement the system with a photo ID requirement.
I take issue with your incessant assertions the (Ohio, thus national) election was in fact stolen via judicious manipulation of the machines. I have seen plenty of information which convinces me it is indeed possible, given appropriate access. I have seen zero evidence election fraud related to the machines actually occured. And I am sufficiently concerned to have investigated. This discussion, while informative and interesting, does not belong on a stock message board. You no doubt feel I have my head in the sand: If it *can* happen, it *will* happen. I feel you arrive at the worst possible conclusion (election fraud) without evidence. You will not change my mind. I will not change yours. We are all aware of the problem with the machines. The attempt to change them belongs elsewhere, and I will join you in your efforts to ban machines with no audit trail. But I will not join the crusade to crucify "republicon" election oficials, Diebold executives, candidates, or anyone else in the absence of evidence. Nor, evidently, will the democratic party leadership.
I willingly accept your assertion your political posts (and politics) are not partisan. I submit to you they are nonetheless incredibly acrimonius. And that, I believe, is the crux of the matter.