This says far more about the state of the media than anything. I so often in political coverage see a story in a so called legitimate news source where it’s just a repeat of one candidate’s talking points.
I’m seeing this bullshit all the time with the Senate race here in Minnesota which I’m sure you know is about to go to a recount. Basically the incumbent Republican (who has proven time and again that he has zero morals and in a just world would have never been elected the first time much less be this close the second time), took a 700 vote lead when 99% of precincts were counted and declared victory (even though 3 million had been cast and state law mandates a recount with a .5% difference which is a LOT more than 700 votes), and tried to shame his opponent into conceding, saying if the tables were turned, he would concede (my ass!).
So in the past week they’ve been doing their final check up on these numbers, and there are transposition errors, numbers written down wrong, votes change here and there…nothing all that material and some movement on both sides. But the opponent has cut the lead down to 200 votes. So this prick comes out and says it’s suspicious, tries to smear the Secretary of State and his opponent (both of whom have clearly said they just want to determine…and abide by…the will of the voters via a fair and accurate recount). So, when one set of votes that was dictated as I think 426 votes, but was actually 526 votes for his opponent, suddenly 100 votes (out of 3 million) in one direction is just statistically unfeasible. He’s got lawyers going to every precinct. He’s filed two lawsuits already (basically lost both) and the recount hasn’t started yet. He’s had operatives sit in a car all weekend long to watch the courthouse where some ballots are stored. He’s taking any news whatsoever that doesn’t help him and turning it into an accusation of cheating. And of course they’re dragging ACORN back into this because ACORN did register some voters in Minnesota (like that means anything). Here’s the guy who said he didn’t want to expose the people of Minnesota to a costly recount (it will actually cost $90,000), yet he’s going to spend $1 million in legal fees, how much is THAT going to cost Minnesota once he’s done suing?
So now I’m reading things in papers all over the country, including the fucking Wall Street Journal for Christ’s sake which talk about all the funny business going on in Minnesota. We’ve got the BEST election system in this country, we’ve had optical scan for 26 years, and in fact if anything, history shows that the vote changes are lower than in previous elections and that these types of changes have historically ALWAYS benefited the Democrat. He should be grateful he lost only 500 votes, in 2002 when he won the first time, his opponent picked up 59,000 votes and he picked up only 50,000…it’s just part of the process. But he’s smearing good people who jsut want to determine the will of the voters in order to make it seem like he’s somehow being cheated, and the media is buying it.
Why? Because as this case illustrates….THE MEDIA DOESN’T CHECK IT’S FUCKING WORK ANYMORE! It’s the same story….Al Gore and the internet, Sarah Palin and Africa…or the 2000 election which if you watched the news was all about hanging and dimpled chads and butterfly ballots, but if you read foreign press you learned that it was stolen by illegally invalidating voters and keeping them away from the polls.
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