Press Enterprise (CA): Boxer's rebellion

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Boxer's rebellion

Friday, January 7, 2005

No matter how Sen. Barbara Boxer wants to spin it, her challenge to Ohio's electoral votes on Thursday was nothing less than an attempt to undermine the outcome of the November election and cloud the legitimacy of President Bush. Voters need to have confidence that their vote means something. But they also need to know their elected representatives will not damage the health of the republic to score cheap partisan points.

Boxer, D-Calif., this week joined 31 congressional Democrats in contesting Ohio's 20 electors. Although they claimed "the irregularities in Ohio would not have overturned the results" of the election, the challenge was necessary to show how deeply flawed our election process is. Boxer called it a "fight for electoral justice."

Some people will never accept the fact that President Bush won the election. Fine. The fact is, no election is perfect. But November's election wasn't even close. President Bush won the popular tally by more than 3 million votes. And he carried Ohio by a hefty 118,000 votes.

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Even with flaws, the United States remains the gold standard for democracy around the world. What some partisans demand is perfection, an impossible standard. If we could only have perfect judgment from elected officials like Boxer.

Online at: http://www.pe.com/localnews/opinion/editorials/stories/PE_OpEd_Opinion_op_08_ed_electoral2.58005.html

[HollyC]

1. sincerely hilarious post

You should submit it to "The Onion."

[ooglymoogly]

2. please stop drinking the koooooooooooooolaid

yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. "Inland Southern California"?

:eyes:

You can't take some FReeperfacsist from Bakersfield to tell us about DEMOCRACY!!!

[oldtime dfl_er]

4. what a joke

Barbara Boxer is a true American hero.



www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

[diddlysquat]

5. Show this to Rossi in WA State.

[Liberty Belle]

6. Educate the educator and writer, please, DUers.

Bombard them with letters and links to the evidence. Tell them we the people won't stand for media that fails to expose truth, then criticizes those who dare to shine a light on the theft of our votes!

Tell them Boxer is a hero, and whoever wrote this article believes the suppression of truth is acceptable.

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7. This way

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8. PE letter: Where's the pride?

Where's the pride?

It is sad but understandable that The Press-Enterprise chose to express partisan political bias instead of pride in and support for Sen. Barbara Boxer for her support for open and fair elections.

The vote in the so-called "battleground" states, including Ohio, was expected to be decisive in determining the outcome of the Nov. 2 election. It is just proper - even critical for Congress, the people and the press - to investigate what was wrong or criminal, and to prevent their repetition in future elections.

That is not a partisan position. It is essential to democracy.

JOHN H. COLEMAN, Riverside

From http://www.pe.com/localnews/opinion/letters/stories/PE_OpEd_Opinion_op_0115_letters.f56b.html