Celebrating Un-President's Day: Why I Will Not Vote For A President In 2008 (Carolyn Baker)

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Carolyn Baker -- Speaking Truth To Power

Four years ago, I wrote "Why I Will Not Vote In 2004" for which a number of readers thanked me profusely while another segment of readers sent scathing emails questioning how I could be so cynical and unpatriotic.

My intent in writing that article was not cynicism but honest questioning and exposure of what the voting process in this nation has become in recent years. It was authentic and sprang from genuine issues I had at the time regarding the wisdom of voting in a federal election. Since then, my skepticism of the integrity of the electronic voting machine process has deepened exponentially. And since then, Bev Harris of Black Box Voting produced an HBO documentary "Hacking Democracy" which exposes the jaw-dropping abuses of the electronic voting system and calls into question the veracity of any outcomes produced by it.

In fact, as recently as the New Hampshire primary, 2008, Black Box Voting and others have illumined spurious results in electronic voting in that state. Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis painstakingly researched the 2004 election and concluded in 2005 that, "The latest critical confirmation of key indicators that the election of 2004 was stolen comes in an extremely powerful, penetrating report from the Government Accountability Office that has gotten virtually no mainstream media coverage." In 2007, Wasserman shared his irrefutable confirmation of a stolen 2004 election in an exclusive interview on Democracy Now.

As I've frequently stated, I will never again vote in an election where I cannot use a paper ballot. For me to do otherwise, I believe, is to engage in a shell game of smoke and mirrors to which I will not sacrifice the preciousness of my right to vote in a so-called democratic republic.

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[LisaM]

1. Well, that'll show 'em.

I have a great idea. Nobody vote!

[Johnny__Motown]

2. Ever heard of .... Absentee Ballots... those are paper (omg what does this person really want)

[katsy]

3. How can not voting be characterized as speaking truth to power...

when one party - the gop - benefits when progressives/liberals and Democrats in general stay home on election day?

The gop reads this op-ed and :bounce: :party: :thumbsup: :loveya: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause:

Ms. Baker can be right from here to eternity, but not voting for the Democratic Party's candidate on the national level is in the best interest of the gop.

To concentrate your energy working on behalf of progressive candidates on a local level would seem to be a better solution than not voting for Democrats on the national level, even if you believe you're voting the lesser of 2 evils.

I was raised with the belief that you don't cut off your nose to spite your face. Ms. Baker is obviously higher minded than my humble self. Her vote is too precious to waste on the Democratic Party's nominee. We'll see how that works out for her should john mccain become president.