The perception that voter registration fraud is the problem is itself a problem, and people on our side who refuse to discuss the questions about voting machines and disenfranchisement (and actual stolen elections) while treating the voter fraud and registration fraud issue seriously only make the problem worse. We have real election fraud doing serious damage to us, and we should be screaming that Republicans are distracting us with their phony voter and registration fraud stories.This is a pretty pivotal election. Make your choice known. If you could stand on line to see a movie or buy a Wii or an iPhone, you can stand on line to vote. Seriously.
"What the last eight years have taught us is that when wealthy oligarchs and corporations have too much power, they pull the strings on an increasingly authoritarian government, and thus we have neither equality nor liberty - only the Malefactors of Great Wealth have liberty, and they detest the very idea of equality with the masses. Thus we have seen decreasing economic freedom, limited upward mobility and increasing downward mobility, and the imposition of the laws of a police state overwhelming our country at the hands of the patrician and corporate elite."
"What was missing from Nixon’s populism, of course, were all the regular ordinary average American Joes and Janes who didn’t look like Nixon. It was the same thing missing from Ronald Reagan’s populism and the same thing that is missing now from Sarah Palin’s populism.
So when I write things like this, I am not saying, “Democrats, you need to talk lots more dumberer and speak to the very real and pressing needs of Joe the Plumber.” I am saying that for over fifty years now–really quite a lot longer than that, but let’s keep things manageable–conservatives have left a vacuum in their pseudopopulism, and there are times I grow impatient with the reluctance of Democrats to fill it by speaking to people who are eager, able, and committed to change–to fixing what’s broken instead of tantrumming like a Buckley. Only, whoops!–They don’t consider their lives and their work an academic aside or an elective course. They think that they matter. They are right."
Thanks for letting me know that you feel women are incapable of forming opinions about candidates based on their positions and public behavior rather than how they wear their hair. Were I to continue to read your magazine, I'd look forward to the follow-up article opining that men who vote against Obama are just jealous of his adorable ears.Because lazy journalism and/or editing at organs of the Mainstream Media? Does. Not. Help.
So I need to ask you: Can you help? Do you have an opinion lying around the house that you're not using, perhaps one that you used to believe but no longer have faith in? At this point, no one is even paying attention. The opinion should contain phrases like "potentially" or "if current trends continue." And, if possible, it should be contrarian.Only you can prevent an opinion shortage.
"I find it offensive that Alexander Bolton is equating potential voter protests with fans being upset over a lost football game. I likewise find it offensive that he dismisses that potential reaction “taking the loss badly.” We’re talking about people protesting the abrogation of their most basic political rights."Seriously.
