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The last third of this panel was an exercise in transpartisan bonding. Hertzberg tried to get Norquist and Keating to agree to a popular election for president. No agreement was reached on disbanding the Electoral College, thus allowing the United States to join the rest of the industrialized world as a true democracy. Topics not mentioned during the transpartisan fest include:
The moderators accepted questions from the audience on three by five cards. I couldn't resist. I went for a Zen agitprop moment. My question: Felon disenfranchisement, voter ID laws, and other methods to shrink the voting rolls are a direct descendant from the racist Mississippi Constitution of 1890. When will politicians who advocate this stand up and claim their heritage? I wasn't being very transpartisan and probably deserved to be ignored, which I was; outvoted, so to speak by the reuniters. Why? Because, there is no good or bad, no crimes, just people who need to sit down together and follow the axiom: "It's nice to be nice, I like everybody." I wondered how Reunite America will help those responsible for Iraq plus the evisceration of the Constitution get along with those who object to the nightmares inflicted on the country – all courtesy of two stolen presidential elections. But there I go again. The conference is clearly worth attending given the cross section of voting rights groups and the sessions offer a cross section of many important voting rights issues. I suspect that the reuniting is done for the time being. ENDS Permission to reproduce in whole or part with attribution of authorship and a link to this article in OpEdNews.
http://electionfraudnews.com Michael Collins is a writer who focuses on clean elections and voting rights. See this summary of his articles plus Election 2004: The Urban Legend and groundbreaking research and commentary in "" His web site, Election Fraud News & The Money Party, offers a collection of resources and commentary on critical issues facing the country.
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