On Tuesday,
November 2, 2004,
Fair Elections died.
The patient has been sick for
centuries - "Jefferson is
Dead!", Voting from the Grave in Chicago, 2000
But in 2004 the Hallmark of
Democracy - Fair and free elections -
Finally succumbed.
The causes of death were
many. They include:
_ Huge discrepancies between
exit polls and final tallies.
_ Malfunctioning electronic
voting machines that produced
overcounts and undercounts, and switched votes from John Kerry to
George Bush.
_ Unlikely victories for
Bush in highly Democratic
counties.
_ Voter disenfranchisement
in the form of excessively long
lines in Democratic precincts due to a shortage of voting
machines.
_ Numerous "spoiled"
ballots that were never counted.
_ Voter intimidation.
_ Partisan election
officials.
_ Likely tampering by
election officials with vote tallying
computers.
Death was hastened by:
The lust for power and
money - unchecked by the real values
this nation once held
The shameful inattention
of the national media - once
dedicated to exposing fraud, now complicit in it.
The ignorance and apathy
of the America public - but really
who knows and who cares.
Like the Phoenix -
Freedom does not die as easily as the
instituions twisted to evil purpose
Truth, Justice and Real
Democracy will rise from these ashes
and
We will resurrect Free and
Fair elections to honor both our
ancestors and our children