So perhaps Diebold cheated her opponent.
I realize this is about the machines, not the race, but Donzella James seems like a real prize. She apparently called her opponent's young daughter a slut during the day of the 2004 primary:
http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/2005/11/donzella-james-forms-congressional.html"Isnt this like the 100th losing effort? And didnt she once call Senator Reed's daughter a slut?"
By Anonymous, at Monday, November 14, 2005 10:32:48 PM
"No she called Congressman Scott's daughter a slut while the young girl was holding a sign on election day."
By Anonymous, at Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:19:04 PM
"No, that was Senator Reed's daughter in the 2004 primary. She went home in tears.
Shit like that is why nobody takes James seriously, but if you want to ruin your career working for that fool, go ahead Andre. Its not like this is your first fuckup candidate."
By Anonymous, at Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:51:51 PM
Here's the summary on Donzella James from her former campaign manager:
http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/2006/04/donzella-james-david-scott-their-new.html"So I was crusing through the internet this morning, when I came across the website of former state Sen. Donzella James (www.donzella4congress.com).
Now in the interest of full disclosure, I should reveal that I was Donzella's campaign manager for a decent amount of time, and while I'm not going to do any Donzella-bashing today, I should mention that I left the campaign because A) She wanted me to work for free & B) The lady doesn't like to raise money (which I should've known considering that the most she ever raised while she was in the Georgia State Senate was $50,000, which isn't enough money to say grace over...for a incumbent Senator that is).
Anyways, Donzella's website looks pretty decent, but I'm hoping that she doesn't run the same kind of campaign for Congress that she did when she tried to regain her old Senate seat from Kasim Reed, in 2004, which was to engage in a "yard-sign war"; but since I happen to live in the 13th Congressional District, I have to say that I'm already seeing "Donzella for Congress" yard-signs popping up on the side of the roads.
Moving on to Congressman David Scott, who's been touring the 13th district holding town-hall meetings, his new website is www.davidscottforcongress.com, and from what I hear, Congressman Scott already has his billboards going up across the 13th district; and more than likely, he'll be airing t.v. ads soon too. Back in February, I finally had the opportunity to meet David Scott in person, and I have to say that he's very smooth and very sharp. It's like I told Donzella, when I was running her campaign, David Scott can cough and raise $500,000...he can sneeze and raise $1 million, but she didn't listen to me so I'm not even worried about it.
However, I will issue this prediction about the Democratic primary in the 13th...I'll be surprised if Donzella James gets more than 25% of the vote."