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In reply to the discussion: Anonymous did not stop Rove from stealing the election. [View all]Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)this ought to be the solution: GOTV. I do believe that today's Republican Party is a buyable political enterprise that does private service at the expense of public service. It certainly wouldn't surprise me that the Party who actively works to criminally suppress the vote, wouldn't use all the tools at their disposal. Electronic voting hacks is certainly doable and we should be pushing to make sure the code is public and bullet-proof by law - put the Republicans on the spot and make them vote against laws to keep our elections honest - I dare them..
I was truly disturbed with what went on in Ohio...Bush's fortunates seemed to miraculously change, starting at 11:15 on that awful night in 2004. The fact that a GOP server in Tennessee was 'reporting' the election totals for Ohio....that ought to have been a major red flag, IMHO. I'll never be convinced that the American voting public rewarded this administrations performance and agenda from 2000-2004. The Florida election fiasco and the SCOTUS vote to select Bush president , 9/11, and the WMD lies to war and the irresponsible taxcuts they rammed through Congress - all of these issues seriously energized all of us - yet somehow Bush won the popular vote? NFW.
The good news, I honestly think that more and more of the electorate is figuring this Party out. Their slice and dice electoral politics has been successful over the past 30 years...but the internet, their written/spoken agenda, and institutional hypocrisy is neutralizing their money advantage - combined with the sad fact that their biggest voting demographic is banging up hard against the mortality tables. Time is running out for these dinosaurs.