I voted in every election since 1994, and all I got was this lousy President.
Remember this, from about a year ago? (GAO to investigate election complaints - CNN)
Well, the report is out (GAO - .pdf doc). And it's confirming a lot of the problems with the new voting machines that I'd heard noises about in 2004. I find a lot of people blogging about it, but not one peep from larger news sources - am I Googling the wrong terms?
I'm not much of a consipracy theorist, but I do believe there was something wrong with our last two elections, from the serious questions about Florida practices and the whole Supreme Court partisan debacle of 2000 to the freakish anomalies reported all over Ohio and other swing states in 2004. We don't have much time to resolve these issues before 2006 rolls around, and not that much more before we're back on the Presidential campaign trail. So where is the public discussion? What do we need to do to get some action around here?
Speaking of elections, yesterday's was a total waste of time and money, out here, with everything at the state level shot down in flames. However, California aside, I was glad to see that Virginia and New Jersey gained Democratic governors, and that Maine (god bless 'em) defeated an anti-gay initiative. It gives a girl hope for the future, despite Texas.
Specifically, I keep hoping that the level of muck the GOP is wading through right now (Plamegate, Iraq, Bush's approval ratings in the wake of Katrina and Miers) will tar them with a lasting effect that will see a nationwide Democratic backlash not unlike the post-Starr Republican roar of triumph. Maybe 2006 will give the Dems enough seats to take away Republican control of Congress, wouldn't that be lovely?
Finally, I think I have a political crush on Barack Obama. So smart! So well-spoken! So charismatic! I'd pull the lever for that man any day, you bet.
Well, the report is out (GAO - .pdf doc). And it's confirming a lot of the problems with the new voting machines that I'd heard noises about in 2004. I find a lot of people blogging about it, but not one peep from larger news sources - am I Googling the wrong terms?
I'm not much of a consipracy theorist, but I do believe there was something wrong with our last two elections, from the serious questions about Florida practices and the whole Supreme Court partisan debacle of 2000 to the freakish anomalies reported all over Ohio and other swing states in 2004. We don't have much time to resolve these issues before 2006 rolls around, and not that much more before we're back on the Presidential campaign trail. So where is the public discussion? What do we need to do to get some action around here?
Speaking of elections, yesterday's was a total waste of time and money, out here, with everything at the state level shot down in flames. However, California aside, I was glad to see that Virginia and New Jersey gained Democratic governors, and that Maine (god bless 'em) defeated an anti-gay initiative. It gives a girl hope for the future, despite Texas.
Specifically, I keep hoping that the level of muck the GOP is wading through right now (Plamegate, Iraq, Bush's approval ratings in the wake of Katrina and Miers) will tar them with a lasting effect that will see a nationwide Democratic backlash not unlike the post-Starr Republican roar of triumph. Maybe 2006 will give the Dems enough seats to take away Republican control of Congress, wouldn't that be lovely?
Finally, I think I have a political crush on Barack Obama. So smart! So well-spoken! So charismatic! I'd pull the lever for that man any day, you bet.
posted by The Stute Fish at 11:12
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