So we can call Ohio and New Mexico for John Kerry — if we count all the votes.
But that won't happen. Despite the Democratic Party's pledge, the leadership this time gave in to racial disenfranchisement once again. Why? No doubt, the Democrats know darn well that counting all the spoiled and provisional ballots will require the cooperation of Ohio's Secretary of State, Blackwell. He will ultimately decide which spoiled and provisional ballots get tallied. Blackwell, hankering to step into Kate Harris' political pumps, is unlikely to permit anything close to a full count. Also, Democratic leadership knows darn well the media would punish the party for demanding a full count.
What now? Kerry won, so hold your victory party. But make sure the shades are down: it may be become illegal to demand a full vote count under PATRIOT Act III.
I used to write a column for the Guardian papers in London. Several friends have asked me if I will again leave the country. In light of the failure — a second time — to count all the votes, that won't be necessary. My country has left me.
Greg Palast's explanationBut that won't happen. Despite the Democratic Party's pledge, the leadership this time gave in to racial disenfranchisement once again. Why? No doubt, the Democrats know darn well that counting all the spoiled and provisional ballots will require the cooperation of Ohio's Secretary of State, Blackwell. He will ultimately decide which spoiled and provisional ballots get tallied. Blackwell, hankering to step into Kate Harris' political pumps, is unlikely to permit anything close to a full count. Also, Democratic leadership knows darn well the media would punish the party for demanding a full count.
What now? Kerry won, so hold your victory party. But make sure the shades are down: it may be become illegal to demand a full vote count under PATRIOT Act III.
I used to write a column for the Guardian papers in London. Several friends have asked me if I will again leave the country. In light of the failure — a second time — to count all the votes, that won't be necessary. My country has left me.
Update 1:45pm: Musical Hair added a comment to a post a couple spots down (on exit polls) - it fits here well, though, so I'll publish it:
The more you look at the results in Florida and Ohio and even New Mexico the worse it looks. Many votes were lost, the machines we all knew were meant to steal the election have all sorts of numerical glitches and entire districts in New Mexico appear to have just not voted for president this year. The problematic areas are of coarse ones expected to got to the Democrats. Youngstown Ohio had to use the "no paper trail" electronic machines and Columbus used the traditional machines. Guess which city tends to go republican and which democrat? The fix was in all along. The secretary of state in Ohio, when asked if he was concerned that he might be this years Katherine Harris replied, "Last time I looked, Katherine Harris wasn't standing in a bread line". He knows delivering votes to the bush family comes with it's rewards in this world.
It was a fix, again. We need to agitate the masses quick.
It was a fix, again. We need to agitate the masses quick.
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