But Droid, election fraud is not even the tip of the iceberg. It's like a little molecule at the tip of the giant iceberg of disenfranchisement of minorities and the impoverished in the U.S.
There are worse things here, in my mind, believe it or not, than election fraud. Does anyone *really* think this is some kind of democracy where every average Joe has a fair shake at the presidency?
There are plenty of things that keep poor minorities from full participation in this country, the least of which is voter suppression.
I haven't forgotten - I agree completely. What I think is important (and particularly) nefarious about the fraud, is that all of these other measures - the general erosion of democracy, the ludicrous nature of the 2 party system, the barriers to entry, the apathy that the system is designed to invoke, the crazy electoral college system - which have evolved in order to ensure that the population (the bewildered herd) does not participate are nebulous, systemic factors, whereas fraud on this scale is 'outside' the system. Its not 'playing by the rules' in a game thats already been rigged, and as such it can be identified, pinned down and prevented, and its perpetrators punished. Its also an explicit reminder of how corrupt the system is. One could argue about other elements and how they disenfranchise the population, but there can be no argument about the morals of physically and 'legally' preventing people from voting or binning ballot boxes etc...
Take a look at reality--minorities are registering and voting in numbers we've never seen before. Things can change. People can see through Rove-ism at this point. It's done. Its day is over. I don't even think the republicans *want* to win this time--look at their entirely shit campaign that everyone here but the hardcore right thinks is a complete joke.
I'm not sure if the Reps could turn off their fraud machine if they wanted too. They've already thrown out hundreds of thousands (if not more) new registrations. I'm also not sure that this is any worse than Bush's 04 campaign...
Still - i think Obama has enough of a margin to offset the fraud. I think - I hope he wins by a landslide. If he doesn't there's gonna be hell to pay.
OBAMA's GRANDMA DIED. omg. I didn't see that until just now.
How long before he gets accused of 'helping her along' to win sympathy before the election? He
was there just a couple of days ago
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