Reply #32: Easy schmeazy...switch close races so the DEMS win, then "prove it." [View All]

[Atman]

Remember, the republicans OWN THE TECHNOLOGY. They OWN THE VOTING MACHINES. They OWN THE PROGRAMMERS. So all they have to do is get them to rig a few races for a few democrats, then finally scream for "investigations" into e-voting fraud, which will, of course, prove that the democrats cheated because, of course, the republicans set the machines up that way. But since it's all proprietary software and hardware, no one will ever actually be able to check the voting machines. We'll have more kangaroo hearings with people who won't be sworn under oath, and the whole charade takes an ominously dark turn.

There is a bigger part of the equation, too. Like BushCo's successful effort to undermine the credibility of the New York Times, or anyone who disagrees with them, so too are they looking to undermine, once and for all, America's trust in "the system." Specifically, our election system. This would strip the process of all last vestiges of legitimacy, and even fewer voters will turn out next time, and even fewer still will accept the results as valid. And the GOP will blame it all those fraudsters, the democrats, and they'll ignore the Diebold angle and Mark Crispin Miller and John Conyers and everyone else.

And America's fate will be sealed -- as an authoritarian/fascist state.