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I know this topic has been posted, but the most recent one has 144 replies so I though I should start a new one.
I read teh email that the Kerry campaign sent out and was furious. The following is my reply:
Dear Senator Kerry,
I am one of legions of people who are both dismayed and furious at your weak kneed and ineffectual performance both during and after the campaign. Despite your tough talk you did not respond in any effective way to the Republican slanders. You conceded the election before all the votes were counted, with little or no recognition of the massive irregularities in Ohio, Florida, New Mexico and other states. As more and more evidence surfaced of the outrageous actions of the Ohio Secretary of State, who has since bragged about how he "delivered" the Ohio vote to Mr. Bush, you remained silent. You were AWOL on January 6th, yet expected us to step up and "demand that Congress commit itself this year to reforming the electoral system." Tell me why, sir, you were not available to stand with Senator Boxer and, on the floor of the Senate, make that demand in person?
Your rationale that a protest of the Ohio vote count would make no difference in the outcome is, to be polite, pustulant nonsense. To use a term apparently unfamiliar to the Senate, IT'S THE PRINCIPLE THAT MATTERS. If you truly believe that all eligible citizens should be able to vote, and reasonably expect their vote will be counted accurately, you should have been in the Senate, and leading by example. Instead you chose a cautious, bureaucratic, low-risk response that has set back the cause of election reform immeasurably. The Republicans were handed a victory on a silver platter and the Democrats have demonstrated once again their utter moral and political poverty.
Senator Kerry, you of all people should realize that this is not your Father's Republican Party. It is controlled by ideologically driven thugs whose only goal is complete power. To them the Constitution is a dishrag, and the rule of law a minor impediment. If the Democrats do not realize that this in not just a political chess game, and that the very future of our Republic is at stake those of us who are not in a position to oppose it directly have no hope. I doubt very much that you will see this, or even be ware that there is outrage in the Democratic rank and file, but I hope this message gets through somehow before it is too late. I live in Alabama, and am dedicated to rousing the grassroots Democrats here. I could use someone to be an inspiration in Washington, but I don't see anyone there.
(AlabamaYankee)
First the Ohio vote, then Gonzales. If the outrages continue at the rate of one per day it's going to be a long four years
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