The head of Diebold promised to "deliver" Ohio to Bush, and he was true to his word. Manjoo, in all his ossified writings on this subject, never questions why Diebold would build into his election machine programs the options of deleting or altering votes. What possible legitimate or LEGAL consequences could such options serve? I have countless friends, many of them working for local newspapers, in Ohio who are outraged at the vote transfers, voting place lockdowns, paucity of voting machines, purposely manipulated poll delays, and all the other dirty dealing of Blackwell and the Republican Party. They jammed phones in New Hampshire to sabotage Democratic turnout; far worse crimes were committed in Ohio. Manjoo writes as if he is talking about people who follow the rules and are interested in decency and the public good. These are the same people who disrupted the vote count in Dade County Florida ion November 22, 2000. Thugs brought down from Tom DeLay's office. White House operatives. Jeb Bush writes letters thanking the so-called Swiftboaters for their contributions. They stole, not one, but two elections. RFK Jr. has tried to pry the door open onto some of the crimes involved here. And you put a reporter on the sotyr like Manjoo who has been peddling the same denials since 2004. As soon as I saw the byline of his piece, I knew it would be a hit job on Kennedy. Your "No" in the title was a nice touch. I am seriously considering canceling my longtime Salon subscription, as are members of my family. I'm sure a suitable position awaits Manjoo at FOX News, or some other "fair and balanced" enterprise, which apologizes for Bush's illegal and disastrous presidency. I expected more of Salon.