About that political post

[jhetley]

Well, after a second cup of coffee, I've decided to post some of this anyway.  Making Light has a bit this morning about police departments preparing for Civil Unrest after the election, with a subtext that only massive fraud can prevent an Obama victory. 

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010706.html

Sorry, but I think that stinks.

See, if you question the integrity of the process, you cast doubt on an Obama victory as well as on a loss.  If the Republicans can rig an election, so can the Democrats.  I grew up in Cook County, Illinois, home of Mayor Daley (Elder or Younger).  Democratic Party fraud sort of defined the process, there.  Not sure whether it still does.  But the lesson lives on -- Democrats can be just as sleazy as Republicans.

Demonize thy enemy . . .

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[jhetley.livejournal.com]

And no discrimination on the basis of pulse, either. I recall getting mail from the Democratic Party addressed to my father. More than twenty years after he died . . .

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

The other thing that struck me about that is, this guy's premise is that an honest McCain victory is inconceivable ("That word ... you use it a lot.") because all the polls he likes show Obama 13-14 points ahead, and because one statistician/pundit says it's going to go down that way. (Though even he shows the popular vote very, very close. It's not just how many votes you've got, it's where they are.) But I've seen polls showing Obama and McCain still tied, and some showing McCain in the lead.

The truth is, a poll pretty much ends up saying what the poll-taker wanted it to say. We'll know the election results after the election, and until then, all the polls in the world are pretty much just empty rah-rah.