Europeans To Monitor American Voters

shonagon53 writes "The United States is known as being the world's most stable democracy. But since the Florida 2000 fiasco, things have changed. Europe's famous Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will now be monitoring the U.S. elections. The institution normally monitors elections in third world countries in transition, and in crisis areas or regions where civil wars have destabilized the political process. In november, the OSCE will be monitoring local and state elections in Kazakhstan, Skopje, Eastern Congo, Ouagadougou and... the United States. As the BBC reports, for some Americans this comes as a humiliation; others see it as a necessity, since they have lost trust in the American election process."

You knew it was coming...

[Txiasaeia]

Obligatory Nelson quote: "Ha ha!"

Hey!

[Crystalmonkey]

Hey! We are perfectly capable of voting on our own thank you! The Diebold company assures me of that.

uncontrollable laughter

[zorgaliscious]

I laughed for about 2 minutes and people in the apartment are looking at me funny. This is just too funny. I wonder if and how Fox will report it "Kerry calls upon his french contributors to undermine the US of A" oh god, this news makes my day...

This is great news...

[robotoil]

As an American, I welcome oversight from a foreign country. Oh, any by all means, let it be a 3rd world nation where they take the vote seriously.

Are they bringing free sacks of wheat?

[istartedi]

No? Then what good are they? :)

Re:There's nothing unstable about it

[Stormie]

The fact that the country did not break into civil war is because we ARE a model democracy.

Absolutely! A model democracy like the USA (as everyone knows, "the world's most stable democracy") would NEVER erupt into a civil war over a dispute between different regions of the country, would it? Why, to even suggest such a thing [wikipedia.org] is absurd!

Previous offers of election assistance

[dkleinsc]

Shortly after the mess that was the 2000 election, Fidel Castro offered to send Cuban election observers to Florida. I guess he does have a sense of humor.

2000 Election Bumper Sticker

[ImaLamer]

I always wanted to make this bumper sticker for Florida Democrats:

Don't Blame Me, I Accidentally Voted For Buchanan

Re:US votes?

[lavaface]

If Bush wins both the popular and electoral votes in November then what will you find to complain about?

Diebold?

I wonder...

[sadomikeyism]

... If and of those europeans are going to be checking the Chicago wards for voter's death certificates...

"If a dead man can understand a Chicago ballot well enough to vote, it's not too complex to include 3rd party candidates..." - Mike Lorrey

Re:How humiliating

[TykeClone]

If you did that, the conservative side wouldn't need prisons - it would just deport criminals to the progressive side.

Re:US votes?

[Anonymous Coward]

You are insane.

Re:mistakes

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

Fool: One who can't negotiate the finer distinctions of a statement like "there is little guarantee".

But go ahead, play into the whole party politics bullshit, where republicans are evil and democrats are enlightened saintly men, who serve only to make the world a better place.

Personally, I think we should revoke citizenship rights of anyone that has voted for either party, and elect a president via lottery.

Re:Previous offers of election assistance

[doorbot.com]

Shortly after the mess that was the 2000 election, Fidel Castro offered to send Cuban election observers to Florida. I guess he does have a sense of humor.

Actually, Saddam Hussein isn't busy, we should have him come by and monitor elections in the US. Who better to monitor an election than a guy that was so popular he had 100% participation among his population and won 100% of the vote?

Re:US votes?

[CaptainCarrot]

was paralysed when informed of WTC attacks

You're believing Michael Moore about this, aren't you? This is one of his many lies. Witnesses on the spot have a different story.

On the other hand, Kerry said of himself that when he learned of the attacks, he sat frozen for over a half hour. (This was on the 8 July Larry King Live interview.) Even if we were to believe that Bush froze, it was for no more than 7 minutes.

Good thing it wasn't Kerry on the spot then, huh?

Re:Hey!

[oolon]

and Diebold will even do it for you! no need to get off that sofa!

James

hey, d00d... like chill...

[alizard]

Better start taking your meds again and change the foil on your tinfoil hat.

Have you noticed that you have a strange, unaccoutable desire to nuke your Linux install and put XP on your computer?

When you see a picture of Bill Gates, do you find yourself wanting to grovel?

Re:electronic voting from home

[Al Dimond]

Because people's home PCs are exactly the kind of secure platforms from which any good democracy should determine its future leaders.

Re:You've obviously never heard of "Manifest Desti

[killjoe]

Wow. I guess you get to call Kerry a douchebag but nobody else is allowed to call Bush one huh?

Typical republinazi. They can dish it out but they can't take it. Pussies.

As for me I think the days of the peaceful liberals are over. It's time we adopted the republitard tactics. Yes that means dragging them behind cars and crucifiying them alongside the highways.

Re:uncontrollable laughter

[jb.hl.com]

So? I know Fox, they'll just make a big map with all of the borders between European countries removed and label this new country "FRANCE".

Sneaky Ailes bastard.

The layout for the 2004 ballots

[quigonn]

Bush [ ]
[ ] Kerry

Let the courts decide which field belongs to which candidate

Re:deer in headlights

[MoneyT]

I would rather the CIC freeze for a couple minutes and process information rather than blindly jump scream "HOLY SHIT KIDS WE"RE GOING TO FUCKING DIE!" and run out of the room screaming "LAUNCH THE NUKES. FLATTEN THOSE BASTARDS"

Re:"It failed us four years ago"

[brokenvoice]

Really.

So what does, "We won't forget this.", mean exactly? Next you'll invade Aberdeen to get access to (what's left) of north sea oil in a bid to liberate the Scots from the yoke of Blair the dictator?

You're a funny man. Go militia boy go!

Re:The Coming Legal Challenge

[koreth]

The 2204 election will be challenged in a court of law if Bush wins. The Democrats are already planning to do this.

Yeah right, as if the Democrats could plan that far ahead.

Pretentious Bithces

[Anonymous Coward]

WOW! Only two funny-modded posts! You americans are relly pretentious..

Re:In the end, you have nothing but lies

[Anonymous Coward]

Didn't Clinton do that too, at the time some intern was complaining about a dry-cleaning bill?

Re:mistakes

[Anonymous Coward]

I think I have figured the mods out. They actually do make sense ...

Post anything that has the slightest conservative message, no matter how insightful, interesting or just plain correct, get modded troll or flamebait. Post anything that has the most ridiculous liberal hate-America-first nonsense, no matter how stupid, uneducated, flamebaity or trollish, and there you go, some free karma for your collection.

Gotta get me some of that!