Reply #22: I whole-heartedly agree with Carl Brennan

[dissenting_voter]

This is the biggest event in our lifetimes. The possibility of election fraud, as evidenced by so many inconsistencies in exit polling against "actual" vote tallies, gross inconsistencies between number of registered Democrats and votes cast, vote counting machines giving thousands more votes to Bush, and ALL of these things and more consistently giving the advantage to George Bush should make us all confidently assert that foul play has occured. Simply dismissing the issue a massive, overarching and muli-state coincidence is utter foolishness.

Getting most people to see these facts is our chief mission. This is not merely about Kerry becoming president, it is about MUCH more. If the vote count in Ohio proves in favor of Kerry or gross irregularities are brought to light in Florida as proof of tampering:

1. This could can into question the results of many other Senate and House elections, possibly turning THEM over as well. If there is vote fixing, the presidency is not the only box on the ballot. Why would the Republicans stop at fixing ONLY the presidencial vote if they could steal other races as well?

2. The media, left included (i.e. Michael Moore, The Nation, etc.) would be forced to self-examination, and possibly we could see a revolution in the media, from the Right, to the "fair and balanced" as each would question its collusion with the Bush Administration and Republicans after those entities had been thoroughly discredited...

3. The Right/Republicans/Bush Administation would be thoroughly discredited. When tampering of the election system is found the Right will inevitably be viewed as the perpetrators, not computer hackers or zealous Republican poll workers. If, let's say the Ohio vote is overturned, it will lead to other states being reevaluated as well. If that happens more fraud will be uncovered and the whole thing will crash down around the ears of the Republicans. They may not rise from the ashes for DECADES. Because of their part in the crime, the "moral" party would be viewed for what they are: a cabal of organized criminals. The Repubs righteous followers would reevaluate their support of such moral crooks and in the process reevaluate themselves, turning their backs on people who will be lumped with the Richard Nixons of the world. In place of Republican leadership, Democratic Party, whom everyone is critical of right now, would rise up as the party who condemned such crimes, the party moral party who conducted themselves with honor...

4. The Democratic Party would gain the high ground. Not only would all talk of the LOSS by the Party immediately stop with a Kerry victory, but all talk of a Democratic Party reformation would halt as well. We would have won. Our efforts to get out the vote and Kerry's campaign would be viewed as the success that it was. This moral mandate the Right is now claiming would be null and void should the mere 137,000 vote Bush margin in Ohio be closed then overtaken by Kerry. Even if uncovered results did not come out in favor of the Democrats in the House and Senate, the Dems would now hold the moral high ground. With that would come a new confidence to stand up to Republicans in government. Our party would find its voice again and boldly go forward with its most progressive policies.

5. American Democracy would be saved. If the election is turned around, WE would have saved nothing less than American Democracy itself by our efforts. If elections are allowed to be fixed in this election, they WILL be fixed in the next election and on into the future. Ask youself, why would the Neo-Conservatives allow a free election next time if they stole this one? Soon we will be controlled completely by a single party, whether the PERCEPTION of representative government is maintained by a House and Senate or not. And that, simply put, is a tyranny, a totalitarian system not unlike Stalinist Soviet Union, Hitler's Germany or Saddam's Iraq.

Therefore, indeed little else matters in these times except exposing the election fraud that occurred on November 2. Our responsibility is to keep the issue fresh and in the minds of as many people as we can right now, and try to stay focused. Already the mainstream media is acknowleding our efforts, albeit in a disparaging way. What matters about that is that we have made an impact already, and with enough gadflies buzzing the ears of enough people the story WILL rise to the surface, we WILL see results. We have been a part of the Nader recount in Hew Hampshire when we flooded his fax machine with our outrage. Our data has been used and cited by John Conyers in his GAO investigation request. We have sparked enough interest in the issue to give the Greens and Libertarians inspiration to call for a recount. Our donations are are now nearly enough to call tha recount. It is US who have helped Bev Harris, Randi Rhodes and Mike Malloy in her efforts to keep this message on the Air America Radio. It is US who have kept Keith Olberman talking about the issue on MSNBC with our positive e-mails in spite of the rest of the media refusing coverage. WE are the heart and soul of this movement, and it is up to US to stay with it, put a good portion of our energies into it and see it through to the end.