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Originally Posted by john70t
Who needs strategy? Election fraud is so much easier.
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I do not want to deal with the issue of Diebold...that is something that can be dealt with at a later time.
The issue of "Election Fraud" is very serious. As EVERYONE KNOWS there has NEVER BEEN an election that has been perfect, the process is flawed. No one until AL Gore in 2000 cried foul, not even Richard Nixon in 1960.
Now it is an issue, once the process of voting itself is put to the question the ugly head of DOUBT is raised. The LEGITIMACY of the Democratic process is questioned, and faith in that system of government is weakened. This is a proverbial nail in the coffin of Democracy in America.
Do not under estimate the corrosive nature of questioning the honesty of the election process. As neither Political Party will trust the other, and sooner or later one side will not concede an elction and will retain power.
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There's some truth in the above. But it's a matter of degree. Florida 2000 was some kind of high water mark in election result manipulation, making Chicago 1960 look trivial. I strongly recommend you spend a few minutes on "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" by Greg Palast. You may not be aware that the firing of the eight Federal prosecutors was a direct extension of the tactics of 2000 -- generally attributed to one K. Rove. This is all likely to eventually come out in court testimony.