Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Winning elections the old-fashioned way: by stealing them

I've written before about voter elections being stolen (here) and am encouraged that Greg Palast has Obama's ear on the matter. It's getting quite late in the game to do something about the following situations, but if nothing is done, or only small somethings, this election WILL be lost. Please note the results of Palast's investigations:


In swing-state Colorado, the Republican Secretary of State conducted the biggest purge of voters in history, dumping a fifth of all registrations. Guess their color.


In swing-state Florida, the state is refusing to accept about 85,000 new registrations from voter drives –
overwhelming Black voters.


In swing state New Mexico, HALF of the Democrats of Mora, a dirt poor and overwhelmingly Hispanic county, found their registrations disappeared this year, courtesy of a Republican voting contractor.


In swing states Ohio and Nevada, new federal law is knocking out tens of thousands of voters who lost their homes to foreclosure.




Palast needs to raise money to take advantage of a "major network prime time television newscast" opportunity along with an offer to produce a series of reports for national network radio. He needs funding. Neither the television network, nor the radio network are willing to fund the ventures.

Greg is an outstanding investigative journalist who cares about our country and our democracy. Any of you who can afford it, please contribute to his effort by linking to his website. Soon!


As I wrote early last May:

Whomever wins the Democratic nomination, a diligent ground effort will be required in all 50 states, but especially in "swing states" where the Republican party controls the voting apparatus. And that requires boots on the ground. And that means a united combined effort of all factions of the Democratic party, no matter whom their partisan candidate.


Without such an effort, IF this election can be stolen, it WILL be stolen. Right in plain sight. And with the MSM all in line (remember, their corporate owners have a vested interest Republican politicians; and failing that, they'll take the most corporate-compliant Democrat).


And if the election IS stolen, there will be sufficient finger-pointing and name-calling on the left to obscure the larger issue of theft (once again).