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So, my picks would be...
(On honesty about the rigged voting machines)
Kucinich Edwards (Clinton*)
(Previously elected president)
Gore Kerry
Interesting. I just asked myself honestly what I think, how I judge candidates. The current announced crew are mostly full of shuckin jive, in my opinion, cuz they've let the most scandalous assault on our democracy in our history go unremarked, let alone unscreamed about--the takeover of our vote counting system by RIGHTWING BUSHITE CORPORATIONS, using 'TRADE SECRET,' PROPRIETARY programming code, with virtually no audit/recount controls, in all the new electronic voting systems. In fact, Christopher Dodd helped Tom Delay and Bob Ney (biggest crooks in the Anthrax Congress) DESIGN this NON-TRANSPARENT, corporate-controlled, extremely riggable, inherently FRAUDULENT vote counting system; and Richardson abetted it, by stopping the recount in New Mexico in 2004 (--and supporting this fraudulent vote counting system in NM in the first place). Dodd and Richardson are on my shit list because of this. I think they are both frauds, who are running for president because Diebold/ES&S owe them one.
I knew of Kucinich's activism on this issue. I waited, and waited, and waited for the other Dem candidates to say something. Finally, Edwards did. That, to me, is a critically important sign of independence from the DLC-warmongering-fascist-corporatist-"Blue Dog"-traitor Dem Party establishment.
I'm neutral on Obama. Too young, too inexperienced, too bendable, is my feeling. We need toughness, wisdom, rock solid principles, and SHREWDNESS. But I would put all this aside if he blasted the rigged voting system. It is THE issue, in my opinion. It's how they kept these fuckers, Bush and Cheney in office, and extended the war.
On "previously elected president": I think the evidence is overwhelming that both Gore and Kerry were elected and were unlawfully deprived of the White House. Thus, if either of them ran now, I would feel obliged to support them because, goddammit, they were the choices of the People, and I want ORDER TO BE RESTORED. I was hoping they'd team up--a Gore/Kerry ticket for '08. I think it would have been a magical ticket--the Restoration Ticket, the ticket to redress this great grievance against the American people (stolen elections), restore the proper order of things, and put the country back on track in every way, as a progressive democracy. I think this ticket would have blown the rigged machines right out of the water. I understand mixed feelings about Kerry. But, goddammit, he was ELECTED! And I support the Draft Gore movement, although I think I understand the reasons he is not running (global warming too important--issue needs to be kept above the political fray; also, the global corporate predators have crowned Hillary (she will consolidate their enormous gains under Bush, and prevent outright revolt, with her "liberal"-seeming veneer), and he has to work with that reality to save the planet, an overriding concern--I think that's what he's thinking). (Note: I don't agree with him. I think democracy in the U.S. is essential to saving the planet--and he could help us restore democracy by running for president; he may be looking at the downside--the blow to the global warming fight if he lost to Hillary, or a Puke.)
*Speaking of Hillary, here is a fascinating fact about her. Hillary--and her NY compadre, Schumer--were the ONLY TWO Senate votes against the "Help America Vote Act" (e-voting-fascist coup). Go figure. Probably their votes were so as not to offend NY voters, who are very attached to their old, reliable and virtually unriggable lever voting machines--that is, it's not that they have a particular devotion to democracy, but that they could safely vote against rightwing global corporate predator control of our election outcomes, in the confidence that everybody else was voting for it, and it would pass. But still. While, this doesn't persuade me to support Hillary--her other policies and votes are so bad--it does give me hope that Emperor Hillary may permit us to restore our right to vote--won't block reform at the state/local level, may even be convinced to support it (since she will be locked into power already). This vital, first priority fight--to restore our right to vote--would thus be made easier. It is otherwise going to be one long, hard, complicated struggle in every jurisidiction--state/county--in the country. I don't trust Hillary, though. She could--and I think would be INCLINED TO (despite her anti-HAVA vote)--end-run this struggle by pulling control over elections further into presidential/federal (i.e., global corporate predator) hands, while falsely calling it "reform." (This was the problem with HR 811--Holt's election 'reform' bill.)
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