More Bad News For Florida On The Election-2000, That Is

From the above post from Captain's Quarters, it seems Florida taxpayers will continue to pay for the extreme lies and dishonesty of the Democrats in the 2000 election. Not only did we pay millions for needless changes, now we have to pay millions more to correct the changes rushed through immediately after that horrendous election.

"Remember the hue and cry that ensued from the use of punch-card ballots in Florida for the 2000 election? After decades of use across the nation, we were led to believe that Florida voters suddenly became completely inept at punching ballots. New voting systems had to be bought, now, in order to save the poor incompetent dears from themselves. Anyone who balked or asked questions hated democracy, of course.

Unfortunately, millions of dollars later, those questions have not disappeared. Miami-Dade's new voting machines are heading for the scrap heap, a $25 million testament to impulse buying and a lack of proper time and effort for researching needs and requirements:
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Perhaps some lessons can be learned from this fiasco, which will cost Florida residents another $12 million to correct, for the optical-scan ballots that require voters to fill in bubbles on a paper ballot (assuming we can trust them to use a pen properly)."

The Captain then listed 5 lessons that we had already learned, but which bears repeating anyway. He finishes with the following:

"Florida can thank all the hysterics from the aftermath of the 2000 election for wasting millions of dollars on the wrong technology. In truth, they could have saved 99% of that cash by simply printing signs that stated that voters should double-check their punch cards for fully punched selections before leaving the booth, and therefore put the onus for reliable voting processes where it belongs: on the voters themselves."

I'm afraid the Captain is contributing to the myth that Florida voters are the stupidest in the nation. I must take exception to that: the truth is that Florida DEMOCRAT voters were the stupidest in the nation in 2000. They still are boobs, but in 2004, that title went to other Democrat voters. Washington and Ohio, stand up and take a bow. Thank you for relieving us of the title!