Democracy is very , very ill..........

[kentuck]

The signs were very obvious after the election of 2000. The media and the press chose "unity" over democracy. They did not want to count the votes in Florida. They chose to let the Republicans steal the election. And many in our own Party went along with the lies. It was best that we "get over it", they said.

And now, four years later, we see the same tactics of stonewalling in Ohio. Perhaps Mr Bush cheated fair and square but that is no reason to not count the votes. Our democracy is in a very bad condition. Those that do not recognize that are simply sticking their heads in the sand.

How many more times can we sacrifice our democratic ideals to the right-wing machine now running this country? Many Democrats know the war in Iraq and the war on terror is a sham and destructive to our nation and the entire world, yet, they go along with the premises of George Bush and Dick Cheney, when in their hearts they know it is a disaster. But they cannot speak up for lack of courage and political cowardice. They will simply fight the war "differently".
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READ THIS ABOUT HOW OHIO IS SIMPLY A REPEAT OR CONTINUATION OF FLORIDA

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2004/120404.html

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In some ways, the United States is witnessing a repeat of Election 2000 where Bush first frustrated Al Gore’s demands for recounts in Florida and then had five Republicans on the U.S. Supreme Court block a recount ordered by the state Supreme Court. Finally, the five Republican justices in Washington required that a reorganized Florida recount be conducted in two hours, a clearly impossible task that handed the presidency to George W. Bush.

Placing national unity as a priority over democracy, the U.S. news media stepped in after Election 2000 to sweep away any lingering doubts about Bush’s legitimacy. The unity message was that the United States needed to put the contentious election in the past, even though Bush was the first popular-vote loser in more than a century to move into the White House.

This protection of Bush’s fragile legitimacy gained even greater momentum after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The “united-we-stand” sentiment put the New York Times and other leading news organizations in a particular quandary in November 2001 when they completed an unofficial recount of Florida’s votes.

The recount discovered that if all legally cast votes had been counted, Al Gore would have won Florida regardless of what standard of “chad” was used. In other words, Gore was the rightfully elected President of the United States, not Bush.

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[acmavm]

1. Democracy is to ill it's barely surviving. And the fact that just before

9/11 bush*s credibility and competency were so in question that he was in deep trouble. His legitimacy as president was a major issue still. And them came the attacks on the WTC and all of a sudden everyone threw all their concerns out the window and decided to let the Connecticutt cowboy play warrior president. I mean, think about this. He was in the White House even after losing the election (thanks to the Supreme Court and their partisan ruling), the economy was sliding down the proverbial poop chute as fast as it could, and everyone forgives and forgets because of a national tragedy. And this buffoon and his cronies decide to capitalize on it. And they did, in a big way. They decided to sqelch civil rights and liberties, fuck with the economy some more, corrupt the legal system, etc.

Well, here we are four years later. Another questionable election. Another possible bush* loss which is being hidden just like 2000. And so where does that leave us? A guy claiming a 'mandate' who is probably still not the legitimate president, an economy that's shot, unbelievable incompetence in the way Afganistan was handled, Iraq looking to be a repeat of Viet Nam, record bankruptcies and home foreclosures, corrupt politicians and cronies of bush* and cheney running our government, and on and on and on.

Does anyone beside me think that since 911 worked so well to pull off the last election theft boost the ratings of the Unelected Fraud, it would not stand to reason that they'll allow something else to happen? Read all about the man and his buddies, they were just praying for an event like 911 to happen so that they could make everyone forget what an abject failure his pResidency was turning into. He needs another catastrophe to allow him to finish the destruction of democracy in our country.

[billbuckhead]

2. And now phony elections are coming to Iraq

Chimpy, Karzai and Allawi, all stooges for big OIL.

[robbedvoter]

3. Demo-..what again?

[Q]

4. Kerry's response:

Kerry: "We must stand together and succeed in Iraq and win the war on terror."

Kerry: "...we all have an "obligation. We are required now to work together for the good of the country. In the days ahead, we must find common cause, we must join in the common effort, without remorse or recrimination, without anger or rancor."