About that political post
Oct. 22nd, 2008 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhetleyWell, 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 . . .
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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Date: 2008-10-22 08:40 pm (UTC)It would be unkind and probably unfair to think that the arrival and departure of Election Day with nothing more than the usual celebration and kvetching would come as a disappointment to some people . . . but the temptation to unkindness is, on occasion, extreme.
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Date: 2008-10-22 08:46 pm (UTC)