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ImpeachPAC.org endorsed US congressional candidate Jeeni Criscenzo and
AfterDowningStreet.org activist Barbara Cummings traveled to Mexico to
observe the recent election. Here are their reports. |
We have here two perfect candidates for a proper
fisking. One, a congressional candidate from god knows where, has
as her listed achievement an endorsement by an Impeach Bush
organization. The other's noteworthy accomplishment is
caterwauling for Bob Fertik's cause celeb (this article appears on Fertik's Democrats.com site) ''The Downing Street Memo.'' If you forgot what all that Downing Street
fuss was about, so did everyone else with a life. Anyway, these
two chicks somehow qualified as official Mexican Election
Observers. I'm sure they fail to see the irony in democrats
ensuring honest elections, but there you are. Maybe they're
graduates of The Jimmy Carter Nobel Prize Prep School. Here are
some quick notes from the girls, just to give you a flavor.
Things look ominous from the get-go.
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BARBARA CUMMINGS' REPORT:
July 4th. The state of the union is not good. George Bush has taken
something very precious from me. The pride in saying I am an American
and my flag stands for goodness and freedom. (That smacks of sincerity, which is really kind of scary. We are dealing with True Believers here.)
- We began by visiting several local polling places. I was impressed by
the orderliness and dedication of the volunteers. The system is a
simple one. A separate sheet for president, senator and congressperson.
Each sheet is a different color and each party is a different color.
Each party has a distinct logo and that is where you place the large X.
There is a voter ID Card with photo which is compared to the photo in
the master voting book. Finger is inked as we saw so prominently in
Iraq. (Gasp! Voter ID cards?)
- By late morning we began hearing of long lines and shortage of ballots at certain locations. (Oh crap ... the Florida Formula. Has anyone seen Karl Rove down there?)
- As I talked to the people, several things became very apparent to
me. A majority of those waiting were voting for Mr. Obrador, the
populist candidate. They were poor people and were turning out in great
numbers.
Waiting hours to vote. (OMFG.. I smell hanging chads)
- I began to think of Ohio and Florida. I began to feel the outrage and
indignity those voters must have felt. I began to feel shame. The
charade of bringing democracy to Iraq, while it is being eroded in the
United States. Yet, in spite of the searing heat and lack of
facilities, the lines were calm and orderly. How long, 5 hours, 6
hours, 7 hours? Elderly, babies, families, all waiting for a chance to
choose hope over despair. (Damn you Diebold!)
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There are things that I know. I know that our government has
interfered with the voting process in Mexico. Under the guise of
fighting terror, Choicepoint, the Florida company chosen to knock Black
voters off the rolls, was hired and tasked with providing voter lists
form Mexico and Venezuela. Why? Were any of the 9-11 hijackers from
either of these countries? Greg Palast, investigative journalist, is
hot on this story and no doubt will uncover massive fraud related to
this company. (Oh Barbara, didn't you hear? They were voting in a North Carolina primary and couldn't get back. really.).
I know, too, that for the first time in ages, the ban on alcohol was
suspended the night before the vote. Liquor lobby or voter suppression? (Damn you John Barleycorn! Or is it Jose Cactus Juice?)
- JEENI CRISCENZO'S REPORT:
- After observing the vote tally at the polling station where Silvia had
been working we went back to their home to watch the results. We'd been
hearing rumors all afternoon that Obrador was ahead by a huge margin.
The television showed something else. Blah blah blah blah blah
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Tedium sets in. The thing that struck me most
in this exercise was the apparent approbation for the voter I.D.
requirement in Mexico. (There is a voter ID Card with photo which is compared to the photo in
the master voting book). Nothing strikes more terror in the hearts of American Democrats. Here's Fertik himself explaining why voter ID is unnecessary..
In reality, there is no significant
need for any form of voter ID. It is already a felony to vote more than
once, or to vote in someone else's name. Since the cost of getting
caught (a felony conviction that will ruin your life) so greatly
outweighs the benefit of doing it (casting one extra vote that has an
infinitesimal chance of changing the outcome), no rational person would
commit this crime.
When voter fraud occurs, it is practically never done in person at
polling places. You must sign in, and your signature could betray you
(unless you are an expert at handwriting fraud). Your face could betray
you too, if the inspector knew the real voter's face. That is why it is
almost impossible to find documented cases of in-person voter fraud -
which is the only form of fraud that would theoretically be reduced by
photo IDs.
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He is right when he later on says that a lot of
cheating comes via (mail in) ballots but we know massive fraud at
the polls exists too, which is why democrats will fight to the death to
stop IDs.
The communist candidate Obrador lost, but a recount is underway (which
he is also losing). Progressives simply do not understand that
most people hate their ideas, so failure must always be due to some
contrivance. Maybe there'll be a peasant uprising in
Mexico? That 's worked pretty well after the previous 40
Revolucións, hasn't it? I wonder if Barbara
and Jeeni slept with Oscar, the guide, and are now in the hills with
him learning their way around AK's? And drunk on their
asses? That would do them some good, actually.
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