Sunday, January 22, 2006

Election fraud and treachery

Today we have a couple of things, including two sordid little stories.

The first one might surprise you, coming from an unrepentant Lefty such as myself. I am harsh but fair. Equal-opportunity flogging, if you will.

First story is out of Wisconsin, where four Democratic campaign workers pleaded no contest to charges they punctured the tires of 25 vehicles rented by the GOP to bring voters to the polls on election day.

The stupidity and criminality of this is mind-boggling. I'm not quite sure what to say. But I do wonder about this- how far up the food chain does this go? Two of them are sons of Wisconsin politicians. Were these just a bunch of stupid kids or were they put onto this by others?

Second story is out of Florida. Kathleen "Hanging Chad" Harris, the queen of election fraud, is running for the US senate seat in Florida. For a long time, her campaign had gotten a less-than-warm welcome from the GOP partymeisters. But realizing she's not going away, they've started to support her. At a GOP meeting in Florida, Jeb Bush tossed his support firmly behind Harris.

That'll be a fun election. Since she's challenging an incumbent Democrat, the Dems will no doubt send their sharks down there to savage Harris. The GOP is sadly mistaken if they think voters have forgotten how Ms Harris's little bit of election fraud has had far-reaching consequences including the war in Iraq. And if voters have forgotten, they will be reminded early and often.

Moving a bit further, onto the presidential race, Senator John McCain spoke about the need for America to become more energy self-sufficient and not as subject to the whims of countries like Iran and Venuzuela. The timing of McCain's remarks are interesting, coming at the same time as the President prepares for his State of the Union address that will address, among other things, energy policy.

Which is point final. The president has begun releasing bits and pieces of his address, which will cover health costs, energy policy, and tax cuts.

Bush is on shaky ground. Only 39% of those polled approve of his handling of the economy, long a GOP strong point. Bush is faced with a very shaky record that looks even worse compared to the boom of the Clinton 90s. Then there's the war and the domestic spying scandals. Bush is very much a president on the run and he is even being tossed under the bus by those in his own party who are concerned about their own reelection bids. Nobody believes a word out of his mouth any more and he is openly mocked. Apparently several months ago when he said the government would not spy on Americans he had his fingers crossed behind his back. Look for ads touching upon this to air in various select markets come the midterm elections. The Dems, if they are smart, will paint various GOP candidates as unindicted co-conspirators.

And with this, it's time to go pay attention to some football.

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