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That's how the Corporate Rulers are shoving all this fascist crap down our throats--from the war to credit card usury, from torture to multiple tax cuts for the rich, from domestic spying and "impeachment is off the table," to five billionaire CEOs controlling all news and opinion on our public airwaves, and it's going to be the same with Emperor Hillary. We have no control of our government any more, and no hope of regaining control through elections, because we have lost the right to vote--the final corporate 'coup de gras' to our democracy.
With vote counting that everyone could see and understand, we still had a chance to influence policy. We've proved that we can out-fundraise and out-organize and out-vote the fascists. We are the majority, 56% of whom opposed the Iraq War in Feb. 03, and 63% of whom opposed torture "under any circumstances" in May '04, and 70% to 90% of whom have opposed virtually every Bush policy over four years' time, and who elected John Kerry in 2004 to change the course of the nation. We are the great, peace-minded, justice-minded, progressive American majority that has been here all along. But with rightwing Bushite corporations now controlling election outcomes, with "TRADE SECRET," PROPRIETARY programming code in all the new electronic voting systems that were fast-tracked into place for the 2004 and 2006 (s) elections, we have no chance. They can tweak close elections--one insider hacker, a couple of minutes, leaving no trace, that's all it takes--or outright reverse big leftist wins with the public having no right whatsoever to review the secret code. Thus, they can shape Congress overall, as a fascist tool, and combine the filthy money around presidential elections, Time magazine nomination of our candidate, and Diebold/ES&S secret vote counting to retain fascist control of the White House.
The linchpin of fascist control is the "trade secret" vote counting. We MUST knock it out. It is still doable at the state/local level--and it may be a long hard struggle to restore the most fundamental condition of democracy--transparent vote counting--or it may snowball as a movement, because it is such a no-brainer. But we MUST do it! If we give nothing else to future generations, we must give them this: restoration of their right to vote!
Diebold/ES&S "trade secret" vote counting WAS the fascist coup. Both parties were in on it, and still are. WAKE UP!
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