Republican Election Fraud and the Firing of US Attorneys

[rec_report]

Republican Election Fraud and the Firing of US Attorneys --The Rec Report --By Michael Rectenwald 14 Mar 2007

The latest scandal rocking the Bush administration has its provenance in the issue of alleged "voter fraud." The original intention to fire 93 US attorneys and the eventual dismissal of seven of them was largely based on questions of political loyalty. The apparent litmus test for said loyalty was the willingness or lack thereof for prosecuting cases of so-called "voter fraud." Those who showed promise for prosecuting so-called "voter fraud" were considered "loyal" to the Bush Republican regime, and those who didn't, were not.

"Since the 2000 election ended in dispute in Florida," MSNBC reports, "Republicans at the national and local levels have repeatedly raised concerns about possible voter fraud, alleging that convicted felons and other ineligible voters have been permitted to cast ballots to the benefit of Democrats." Imagine that, the Republicans complaining about FRAUD in connection with VOTING! Now isn't that the most ironic idea you can imagine? Perhaps not as ironic as it might be, if one considers the administration's subtle shift in terminology.

One should note the White House and Justice emphasis on voter fraud, as opposed to election fraud. The distinction is not a minor one. Voter fraud places the blame for election scandals on so-called felonious and 'dead' voters whose votes are reputedly cast for Democrats. These felons and dead-men-voting are the old boogie men of Republican rhetoric regarding elections.


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[Peace Patriot]

1. Excellent article! Very clear thinking--right on!

But the one thing he leaves out is the bipartisan support for the rightwing Bushite corporate takeover of our election system, with VERY EXPENSIVE electronic voting machines run on 'TRADE SECRET,' PROPRIETARY programming code--code so secret that not even our secretaries of state are permitted to review it; code so secret that, even in the case of the FL-13 election, where 18,000 Democratic votes were 'disappeared,' in an election decided by some 300 votes (guess who "won"?), the corporation, ES&S, can successfully argue, in a lower court, that ES&S's right to PROFIT from our election system trumps the voters' right to know how their votes were counted (or not counted). Explain our Democratic Party leaders' mind-boggling silence on who owns and controls our election system. It seems to be a taboo subject. And as reward for their malfeasance, the current Democratic leadership in Congress intends to lard billions more taxpayer dollars on the very corporations that should be ridden out of town on a rail--Diebold, ES&S and brethren--to "fix" the election system that they deliberately broke--with computer "upgrades," printers, "patches," and all sorts of new doohickeys, as well as on-going and highly lucrative "maintenance."

Why don't we just COUNT THE VOTES, hm-m?

They want to keep their VERY EXPENSIVE machines, fine. Give us a 100% hand-count of paper ballots, with the results posted BEFORE any electronics are involved, and they use their VERY EXPENSIVE machines for date storage and reporting. No careers ruined. No embarrassed politicians. The lavish lobbying and the payoffs can remain quiet. Just give us transparent vote counting, please! Pretty please!

Gr-r-r.

[rec_report]

2. Thank you, Peace Patriot (for MR)

Good comments, and as to your question:

'Why don't we just COUNT THE VOTES, hm-m?' <--Because, if they actually 'count the votes,' the tallies will reveal a Democratic landslide in *every* election, including 2000. :)

[bearfan454]

3. Oh so very true

If there were really legal elections and the votes were all legally counted, the pukes would never win again, ever. That's why they see to it that never happens. Sometimes I think they are all in it together.