Nov 7, 2006- Ground Hog Day

[SoCalDem]

It's like every election cycle we wake up, and it's 2k all over again.. the "players" are the same...some have a few more gray hairs, and a few more pounds.

We have both Bushes, we still have James baker, Karl Rove, and all the other republican minions.

We are still talking about "glitches".. Now there's a cute word.

Glitch.. sounds so innocent..like a muffled burp or a toddler-fart.

Glitches are responsible for so much of the drama we have all endured for 6 years now. Ultimately they are responsible for the Supreme Court we have (Would Al Gore have chosen Roberts & Alito?)

By using the term glitch..and other innocuous euphemisms for INACCURACY and UNACCOUNTABILITY, we have provided the very method necessary for massive election fraud to occur. I said ELECTION fraud..not "voter" fraud.

Our old friend Ann Ecdotal and her beer-drinking, cigarette smoking, or dead relatives always resurface every election, but those few "voters" in a few "specially selected' locations could NEVER...EVER do harm in our electoral process like our new friend "Glitchie".

Glitchie, who just happens to reside INSIDE the equipment we vote on, or inside the machines that our votes are counted with, is a sneaky little devil. he only shows himself occasionally, and since he's just "so darned cute, and innocent-looking", people just excuse his outrageous behavior.

Media gives Glitchie a pass too, because most people do not understand how computers "work".

We all have the darned things, and we flip the switch and they let us play games, write letters, check email..even make phone calls. How COULD these benevolent machines betray us?

We have been conditioned to think of them as friends..Our banks use them..our doctors use them..our schools use them..

Why NOT vote with them?

Because little Glitchie who deletes your email to your Mom is just the simpleminded cousin of Election Glitchie.

Election Glitchie is responsible for seating the wrong people in DC, and once there, those people can (and do) do serious International damage..

Where is Bill Murray when you need him ??

[sweetheart]

1. without the happy ending

It took bill murray a lot of incarnations in whooville to get it.

Do we have as much time to wait for the spiritual discovery process to
mature in republicans that they become mature adult souls?

Bill murray is you, and that awakening is now, but the original sin is a
declining evil empire, where the slaves are forgiven, or not, and if not,
then it is the new hell; a dominion on earth for the subworlds as they
cross over.

[LeftCoast]

2. This election feels very different to me

For the first time there is clear momentum with the Democrats. Additionally, the media narrative is about how much the Democrats will win, not who will win. Finally, though there's still not nearly enough attention on the issue of electronic voting there is considerably more than ever before. KO has been talking about it and so have some of the other cable news shows.

That's how I see it anyway.

[SoCalDem]

3. I hope you are right.. I was hopeful in '02 and again in '04

I hope hope hope things are better this time..

[LeftCoast]

4. I'm far more cynical these days

I relied too much on anecdotal evidence and ignored polls showing how close things were going to be.

I know that the republicans will do anything they think they can get away with. I'm just hoping that the wave is big enough - and it looks like it is - to overwhelm their efforts. At this point I feel pretty confident about taking the House. I'm hopeful about the Senate, but it's going to be a squeaker.

[SoCalDem]

5. My hope is that it has them confused enough

that they either overreach and get caught (I would love that) or they mess up and don't pad it enough :evilgrin: