Go ahead and vote in '08, if it will make you feel better...

I have argued long and hard about the critical importance of voting. Government is by far more responsive to those who show up at the polls than those who don't. Why is there so much fuss over "religious" voters, senior citizens, gun owners, etc.? Because they show up to vote at every election. The law often skews their way because government hears their voice. So I have encouraged casting your vote even if your candidate may not win, or is third party and has virtually no hope of winning. Vote for something or against something, but throw your opinion into the mix.

I'm having trouble making that argument these days.

The election mess in Ohio isn't just an Ohio mess. It's in many states, and been there for several elections (notably Florida in 2000). There's a concerted effort to suppress, ignore, or deny legal votes from being cast or counted. It's pretty obvious that the Republican Party has learned many lessons from the Nazis, but now we see they're learning from the Soviets too.

Josef Stalin (Communist dictator) quote: "Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
Those who count the votes decide everything."

Peter King (GOP congressman, during 2004 election) quote: "It's all over but the counting. And we'll take care of the counting."

A deadly mix of fascism and communism... all wrapped up with a crucifix for a bow. As Abraham Lincoln predicted, America is being eroded from within. And its the GOP doing it.

As things stand right now, it's hard to encourage anyone to join a "democratic" process that is so brazenly tampered with. A hundred million extra voters for Kerry would have done nothing to beat Bush this year. Not when the process is rigged so that Bush would get 51% of the vote no matter how the votes were cast.

Maybe by 2008 this will be fixed. But I doubt it. The media is asleep and the Democrats silent.

We have a banana republic, and it wasn't imposed militarily. That is the worst subversion of democracy of all.