ORIGINAL: The Toolman
Once they lose the ability to control the ballot, the only way they can control the election is by out and out election fraud. I'm not yet cynical enough to go there.
Bob, tell me why you don't think this kind of thing doesn't go on in a more or less closed enviroment, when an out in the open election like the prez it goes on almost every cycle.
Ron, I've never been an overly cynical person. Maybe I just haven't lived long enough. (And I don't mean that as an insult...either comment.
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My wife may not agree with me, but I've always been or at least think I've been an "innocent until proven guilty", "glass half full", trusting person, until given reason not to be. Granted, I've only been involved with AMA for 8 months or so, and not been through an AMA election cycle. The only story I've heard alleging AMA election fraud is from a single individual, with a dog in the hunt and an ax to grind. Given that, I take the information with a very large grain of salt. If that makes me naive in your opinion, then so be it. I can live with that. And again, I don't mean that in a particularly negative way.
Let me turn the question around. I gather that you believe the elections have been manipulated (other than by the nominating committee in the manner we've been talking about.) Why do you believe that it has happened? Is there evidence that convinces you of that? Are you taking the word of any particular individual? What? I'm not trying to put you on the spot with the question, just trying to understand why you feel the way you do.