nytimes.com — The Appeal” is John Grisham’s handy primer on a timely subject: how to rig an election. Blow by blow, this not-very-fictitious-sounding novel depicts the tactics by which political candidates either can be propelled or ambushed and their campaigns can be subverted.
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PaulTheBookGuyJan 29, 2008
LOL only Americans would mostly agree that their last two elections have been rigged, mostly agree that they were conned out of billions of dollars (which were moved to a company now based in Dubai, Halburton) and...do nothing about it.
giddJan 29, 2008
Ah, John Grisham... master of the Microsoft Word Mail Merge function.
mcquittyJan 29, 2008
Now, while I agree that hacking a voting booth shouldn't be possible, you have missed a point. Demonstration of a capability doesn't mean it has been done. I can demonstrate how to create a nuclear device and target a city. Doesn't mean that I have done it. Capability does not equate to it ever being done.
bobertbertJan 29, 2008
Not a conspiracy nut, just watched Matt Lauer interview him"When Lauer asked if such a story was far-fetched, Grisham said, "it's already happened.""It happened a few years ago in West Virginia. A guy owned a coal company. He got tired of getting sued. He elected his guy to the Supreme Court. It switched 5-4 back his way and he didn't worry about getting sued.""<a class="user" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22897288/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22897288/</a>
Closed AccountJan 29, 2008
Allegations that have no obvious basis in fact and have no evidence backing them up don't merit looking at. You can say all you want, but if you can't prove it, it's worthless.
Closed AccountJan 29, 2008
Ron Paul
silvanov2002Jan 30, 2008
Dugg, because I've never read a Grisham novel I didnt enjoy.
ytsrcFeb 28, 2008
well, as usual, it was predicted. sammie produced voumes of documentation regarding the fraud that the republicans pulled off in 2004 and in spite of jay whitlow and his advertisements sammie's work was wholly ignored. now, maybe mr. grisham will get the ball rolling and something can be done before the 2004 travesty (as documented by sammie and advertised by jay whitlow) is repreated.