Neoliberal

Thank you Barbara Boxer

1/10/05 - Barbara Boxer can be very proud of herself for being the only senator with enough courage to stand up against certifying the electoral vote for G.W. Even knowing in advance that the effort would not succeed, at least she elevated the awareness of the issue over the voting irregularities.

This effort alone will not convince those in the Bush camp that he does not have a mandate from his victory. That can only be accomplished through the continuing efforts of those committed to preventing him from further destroying democracy. Rep. Conyers started the ball rolling by conducting his hearings on the Ohio vote, but we all need to support the on-going dissent and contribute to those investigating the irregularities discovered by Rep. Conyers.

If you are like me you are questioning how this president could have possibly won re-election. His first term “accomplishments” are more deserving of impeachment than re-election yet, Karl Rove tells us he inspired the GOP base to come out in force in support of the values championed by the Bush administration. Which may cause you to ask yourself, “Are there really that many people who feel that disregarding or defying the constitution is a good thing”?

It has become abundantly clear that the republicans managed to steal the 2000 election for Bush. Yet, most people do not feel that way about this past election. This is what I can’t understand. The republicans were not in power during the 2000 elections and they still were able to over power democratic attempts to ensure a fair and legal counting of the votes in Florida. Now that they have been in the White House for 4 years and came into the majority in both houses in 2002, no one thinks they had the ability to control the voting process? Please!

My fear is that this will continue to happen unless we are able to eliminate the privatization of the voting process. The only thing about voting that should be secret is the ballot cast by the individual voter. The counting of the votes and any and all technology used in the process must be transparent if we are to ever again trust the results. ~