Justice is bound and determined to prove racial
discrimination in new voter registration laws.
They are right of course, and that is the tip of the iceberg. Women, the elderly, the disabled and students
are all on the hit list – anyone who might be inclined to vote Democratic in
fact.
I think there are two reasons for all of this. First, the Right is working overtime to
establish the illegitimacy of Mr. Obama's elections. They couldn't beat him, so it is their hope
to insinuate and cement a shadow of doubt about his right to be president. Thus, they all stand like a choir, bellyaching
in multipart harmony about voter fraud that does not exist.
Secondly, the Republican Party has gashed both of its wrists
by allowing fanatics and extremists - first the Religious Right and then the
Tea Party - to gain control of its primaries, state houses and governor's
mansions. They are hemorrhaging
credibility and fear that they cannot stand as a national party in a fair
election process. Some of them are even
admitting it now. They are also
right.
The GOP relies on gerrymandered districts, and believes that
they are hedging their bets by preventing those who don't share their ideology
from getting to the polls unfettered.
This absolute belief, shared by the media, that gerrymandered districts
are carved in stone flies in the face of changing demographics and the fact
that pissed off women undoubtedly live in those districts. It is a fact that no
one can accuse either the Republicans or the squawking heads on the radio or TV
of having an overly firm grasp on reality.
The subtle effect of all these Republican machinations and
the media’s insistence upon believing that what is today, will be tomorrow and
always is to depress the impulse for Democrats and disenfranchised Independents
to vote at all. We have to actively work
against this in writing and by word of mouth.
We must repeatedly remind people that the only way these lunatics can
win is if we sit out the race.
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