TELL A LIE LONG ENOUGH
Following the primary race has forced me to listen to the lower echelon Democrats talk up their particular favorite. Besides the typical liberal claptrap and blatant contradictory nonsense, the one comment that they all feel obliged to make is that Bush didn't really win an election. Yeah, yeah, forget about the Electoral College and the Constitution and all that. And forget about the many recounts where Bush ALWAYS came out victorious. Forget about Florida Election Law. Never mind that the obvious bad actor was Gore and his instant lawyer invasion and his taking away the right to vote of those serving in the military. They,(eg. Clark's son, Kerrey's wife, Edward's wife, various Dem activists) say Bush only won the vote in the Supreme Court. Apparently it is O.K. for the Florida Supreme Court to act against the will of the people of Florida as expressed through the laws created by their representatives, but it is not O.K. for the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the rights of them. Nevermind the unfair picking of choice counties to recount for Gore. Forget about the old partisan hags divining the intentions of voters as they examine every f'ing chad. Who knows how many votes were criminally added for Gore by bending and twisting and tapping the cards. Does anyone honestly put it past that hysterical crowd we all saw on T.V.? And let's not dwell on the insipid argument that some people were just way too stupid to be able to use such complex machinery as a piece of cardboard with punchholes. What does it say about the Democrat elite, they know all those really stupid people would have voted for their guy. Let's not ask ourselves what other people are being "disenfranchised". What about the lazy? The dead? Oh yeah, they aren't necessarily disenfranchised if they are Dems.

I could go on and on. I remember thinking such silly non-cynical thoughts as "Now that Gore has finally conceded(again), the Democrats will do what is best for the Nation and accept the results." That's the last time I will underestimate the bitter pettiness of the Dems. There are two types of Democrats who continue with this charade- the ones that are lying to themselves because it keeps them going and the ones who are lying to other Democrats to piss them off enough to get out and vote. The ones I've heard in this campaign are certainly of the latter, maybe of both. It's a talking point. It may well be working, like the phone calls to old retirees in Florida telling them they may have voted for the "Nazi Pat Buchanan" because of "nasty Republican shenanigans". And don't think that Florida was the last time elections will be called into question. All the millions spent to upgrade voting booths across the country will mean nothing next time there's a close one that doesn't go the Democrats way. Ours is a very closely split nation, and the continuance of it depends on good people acting civilly when an election doesn't go their way. It is a perilous condition when an out-of-power Party that desires nothing but power will do anything to regain it.