Magats Stole The Election By Disenfrancement And Purges

[Wiz Imp]

39. I'm not saying Palast made up the numbers. I'm saying he gave no evidence for me to trust they are

accurate. I think he got them from somewhere or extrapolated them based on assumptions he has made, but that's the point - I don't know if he doesn't tell me.

Some of those numbers are way higher than I would expect, so I have a hard time accepting them at face value. I mean, over 2 million mail in ballots rejected for minor clerical errors? I know some get rejected, but I've never read anything that would hint at anywhere near that level. I mean, I would think that would be news if it were true. So it should be easy to provide supporting evidence but Palast provides none. I'd like his conclusion to be proven to be true - it would be good ammunition to actually get changes made for the future, but again, I'm not going to accept his article as proof of anything until I see evidence his numbers are accurate. Unfortunately, there are numerous people on this and other threads willing to jump on any info that supports their thought that the Republicans cheated, so they immediately respond with things like: "I knew this was true" - effectively blindly accepting it without any proof.

Voter suppression is a core strategy of the Republicans, but I believe that is mostly accomplished by making people not even try to vote. His argument is that these millions of people tried to vote and their votes weren't counted. My first question when I hear an accusation like that is, how do you know that? Even some explanation of sources would be good, but he doesn't even provide that.

I would hope questions like mine would prompt Palast and others with similar theories to provide reliable clarifying info. Until that happens, I can't help but remain skeptical