In the last eight years,
insiders have discovered every form of election corruption conceivable, as if
this phenomenon were new. It isn’t.
I
was even assured that lever machines were tamperable.
What
seems the most pristine alternative toward ethical elections is the wholesome
rustic evening count of machineless paper ballots,
with the entire process visible to congenial groups.
Paper counts in the recent
But
the minute we try to expand the rustic scenario to more of this country, of
course the numbers swell and with that the integrity shrinks. The beer-drinking
congeniality is for small groups only.
And
by the way, does anyone dispute the results of caucuses, that
outdated alternative? They seem to be the closest thing to the folksy
gatherings in
Why
not divide the country into smaller precincts?
Because
other problems would evolve.
There’s
that conglomerate of money, media, and
how the votes are counted—I wrote about that yesterday, the conclusion of
the latest edition of Voice of the Voters—an
expert opinion.
That
machinery is all. Solche Machinerie ist alles.
It
seems that the minute one theft mechanism becomes too evident, another springs
up in its place. But wait, electronic nonsense is still alive and well, with
optical scanners. It seems like precincts need a nudge to worry much about whether
machine results are consistent with the paper output, the beauty of opscan voting.
But
now an outcry and some money have forced a recount, which will take two weeks.
I owe this information to last night’s Voice
of the Voters. What will happen in two weeks, even if the finding is that
Obama won, which is highly unlikely in that a lot of tampering can occur in two
weeks, more than on an election night if inconsistencies are promptly attended
to. But there are even monkey wrenches in that scenario.
There
are two strong forces that will guarantee that the January results will
prevail.
First,
Hillary needed the victory desperately after the
Second,
the Republicans want her to win, in that her excess of baggage will decimate
her if she is nominated.
So
there is an unlikely alliance between Hillary people and Neocons.
In
other words, several primaries will have occurred and distracted the public
from the
Even
though the public is becoming aware of election corruption, the conglom will wave new examples at it, like proverbial red
cloth before a bull. Perhaps they will make sure that scandalous evidence
elsewhere guarantees distraction from
Oh,
for that day.
Beyond
everything above, it’s human nature that trumps even the conglom.
As nice as people can be, well some of them, in extremis, that’s as despicably
as they usually behave.
I
hope that this blog has supplied new perspectives on this age-old issue.
It’s
not only election integrity, but everything else as well.
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