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October 8, 2008 at 01:37:23

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Can the GOP Steal The Election Again? You Betcha!

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As election day approaches, the public clamor for change in Washington must become sufficiently intense that the media can not ignore it, and the Republicans dare not resist it. There must be an intensity of rejection of the party in power combined with uniting behind a reformer that has not been seen since FDR's election in 1932. Given the breadth and depth of corruption and lawlessness in the Bush/Cheney regime, the unpopularity of the Iraq war, and the collapse of the economy, such a time might again be upon us.

The usually pessimistic David Michael Green concedes as much:

It's been a bumpy ride, 2008 has. This election should have been an earthquake, a hurricane, a tsunami – pick your natural disaster metaphor (or combine them for exciting new variations!) – just waiting for the calendar to run out and make it official.

In the end, it looks like that's how it will be after all. One gets the sense now that the laws of physics are finally reasserting themselves, and modest measures of sanity are stubbornly reclaiming their inevitable places. This is true both in the proximate sense, as Election 2008 now appears to be coming in for a landing, but also more broadly, as the last year or two perhaps mark the end of an era in American politics.


It remains to be seen if Barack Obama can survive the smears about to be dumped on him, and emerge in the public mind as a plausible instrument of hope and renewal. If so, it is just possible that an overwhelming outpouring of public support just might overcome another Republican attempt to steal the election.

At this moment, a month away from the election, the issue is very much in doubt.


Copyright 2008 by Ernest Partridge

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Spoonamore explains why the elections WILL be stolen... by Malcolm Y on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:30:59 AM
stealing the election by jeffrey faulkner on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:24:17 AM
stealing the election by jeffrey faulkner on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:24:32 AM
Incredible Backlash by Bill Cain on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:33:51 PM
What if Obama won 80% of the vote? by Mark E. Smith on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:48:55 AM
What do we DO if they DO steal it? by Charlie L on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:29:14 PM
It is their only hope, Obi-one-kenobe by Hayesml47 on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:46:50 PM
Are the Democrats........... by larry booth on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:55:49 PM
Dem Dems? by Hayesml47 on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:25:41 PM
Sit ins in every school (secession of the plebs) by Keith Mothersson on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:27:50 PM
It's called ACORN started by the Democrats by don bybee on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:14:33 PM
NO, there really is only ONE side to it. by John Lorenz on Thursday, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:35:48 PM
You cons and your ACORN obsession. by John Lorenz on Thursday, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:34:01 PM
Acorn is run by Democrats by Don Bybee on Tuesday, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:05:36 PM

 
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