Reply #61: Problems inherent in the system

[Old Mouse]

I believe there were indiscretions on both sides, and have been as long as there have been elections.

Many of these scams, voter suppression, fraud, etc. were individuals and small groups doing, without authority, what they thought best for the party. Using coercion, bribery and blackmail, Rove was able to organize the Republican side of these loose separate efforts in an al Qaeda style to great benefit.

Some small town southern Republicans first noticed the lack of oversight with electronic voting, and began using it with the idea of winning office. With repeated years of use the trick became more well known and used with greater abandon. More prominent members of the party took control of the technology began using it for long term plans.

Leaders of the corporate community and owners of media pushed pro-Bush ideals for their own self interest, but most capitulation by the main stream media was because Bush put on a more interesting show, played better to the cameras. With bloody war, torture, monsters and lunatics in his cabinet, the "idiot" created ratings greater than the past two administrations combined.

Throughout the election Bush and Rove ran their campaign only to their constituents, and only through the eyes of the cameras. The hope was to keep public perception of popularity, so that any fraud would go unquestioned.

I firmly believe Rove and Bush hoped the minor, regional techniques of fraud and suppression would work, but as the polls came in and showed the Democratic youth base and Republican defection to be so overwhelming he had to resort to using electronic manipulation on a scale massive enough to risk detection.

The response from the Democrats was to let them have the election. Believing the nation and their party will eternally endure, many within the party elite crave the new interpretation of presidential powers for themselves. They also do not want a serious investigation into dirty government.