Sara M. Medina-Ramos

Why McCain-Palin Are Optimistic



Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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aftherthougts

As the American people and the world look at the U.S. Presidential election, a view of American Elections with some skepticism is growing. The 2004 elections were rigged as vote fixing was rampant in Ohio, Florida and other states, enough to elect BUSH in spite of the pre election polls and the exit polls had indicated John Kerry in the lead. These serious allegations are well documented in several published articles and enough to worry many of us about this year's U.S. Presidential election results with Barack Obama leading in the polls. Did the judicial branch of our government do anything about the voter irregularities and anomalies in the 2004 elections? The answer is no. With evidence of vote fixing in the previous presidential elections, is it a wonder why McCain and Palin are optimistic in winning the White House?

The Independent published an article in their October 27 th 2008 issue titled "The Vote Grab: How the Republicans stole the 2004 election" by Peter Tatchell . Also, The New York Times analysis also found discrepancies in spoiled ballots, shortages of voting machines in the inner city districts and ballot purging and shedding in many states. The Rolling Stone magazine also featured an article in June of 2006 and written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. titled "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?", "providing evidence "that electronic voting machines are unreliable, inaccurate and vulnerable to hacking to fix the election result." Although the results of vote fixing is well document, insufficient corrective actions, judicial or legislative, have been taken to date and this is with the most historic turnout by the American people to vote in the most historic election since the beginning of "The United States of America".

Subject words like "Race" and "The Bradley Effect" take hold in some of the media headings. Negative ads where the media has to fact check to try a bring some fair reporting demonstrates the state of affairs in our election processes. Recent news media already are disclosing voter suppression, black ball lists of foreclosure owners, not enough machines, not enough ballots, etc. etc. etc.

What is democracy if the world is looking at the U.S. as hypocritical in its own government's ability to hold fair and just elections? The United States should be the example of how fair and just elections are done... the world is watching in this historic U.S. Presidential Election and so are the American people. Regardless of the subtleness of how elections are vote-fixed, it will be hard press to convince the American people and the world of a fair and just election result should McCain-Palin pull a win for the White House.

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