Tuesday, February 10, 2004
History Lesson
1976 - Jimmy Carter rides into office on a wave of public indignation over GOP corruption.
1992 - Bill Clinton rides into office on a wave of public indignation over GOP corruption.
2004 - (yet-to-be-named Dem) rides into office on a wave . . .
Oh, hell. You get the idea.
People were highly pissed over Ford's pardon of Nixon. They also weren't very happy with the antics of George "I'm a real war hero, dammit - where the FUCK is MY action figure?" H.W. Bush concerning matters like the odious Iran/Contra affair. What do those two situations have in common with the upcoming elections? Wins for the Democrats.
The only way the GOP will win this fall is to once again fix the election. All this controversy concerning touch-screen voting machines that leave no paper trail is well justified. Anyone who doubts that either side would take such an advantage if it were available hasn't been paying attention. Particularly disturbing is the networks' ending of exit polling during the 2002 elections. One has to wonder if the networks ceased exit-polling not because such polls were no longer accurate, but because they were TOO accurate and no longer agreed with the pre-determined results of our "free" elections.
Don't think we're capable of such things, that they're solely the province of third-world banana republics? Then you REALLY haven't been paying attention.
1976 - Jimmy Carter rides into office on a wave of public indignation over GOP corruption.
1992 - Bill Clinton rides into office on a wave of public indignation over GOP corruption.
2004 - (yet-to-be-named Dem) rides into office on a wave . . .
Oh, hell. You get the idea.
People were highly pissed over Ford's pardon of Nixon. They also weren't very happy with the antics of George "I'm a real war hero, dammit - where the FUCK is MY action figure?" H.W. Bush concerning matters like the odious Iran/Contra affair. What do those two situations have in common with the upcoming elections? Wins for the Democrats.
The only way the GOP will win this fall is to once again fix the election. All this controversy concerning touch-screen voting machines that leave no paper trail is well justified. Anyone who doubts that either side would take such an advantage if it were available hasn't been paying attention. Particularly disturbing is the networks' ending of exit polling during the 2002 elections. One has to wonder if the networks ceased exit-polling not because such polls were no longer accurate, but because they were TOO accurate and no longer agreed with the pre-determined results of our "free" elections.
Don't think we're capable of such things, that they're solely the province of third-world banana republics? Then you REALLY haven't been paying attention.
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