Stealing the Midterms and the Power of Myth (Mike Whitney)

[Demeter]

http://www.worldnewstrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=458



Oct. 26, 2006 -- Karl Rove is not Harry Houdini. He can’t change the fact that the Democrats could take up to 40 seats in the House and that the Republicans may lose the Senate as well. He can’t change the national polling-data which favors the Democrats by a considerable margin, or the exit polling which is predicted to show substantial Democratic gains too. And, there’s nothing Rove can do to stop the perception that the elections are now expected to be a Democratic landslide extending from sea to shining sea. The only thing that Rove can do to win the midterms is to purge the voting roles in key states and crank up the voting machines to “full-tilt.”

But even that won’t be enough this time.

The problem with that strategy is that it will only increase the suspicion that the elections have been rigged. Given the current projections, any massive voter tampering is likely to trigger a public outcry that will inevitably result in an investigation. That’s not what Rove or any of the Bush team wants.

So what is Rove supposed to do?

One thing is certain; he won’t play by the rules. He’ll have to fabricate a story that will explain why, at the very last minute, the majority of Americans switched their vote to Republican and changed the outcome election.

What else can he do?

That proved to be quite easy in 2004 because Rove had the entire corporate media standing behind his cockamamie story that 3 or 4 million fundamentalists, who had never voted before in a general election, suddenly poured down from the mountains to cast their ballot for their champion, George Bush. This absurd narrative was spouted from every media-soapbox in the nation until it was generally accepted as fact. The media then proceeded to quash any investigation of the massive voter fraud that took place across the country (particularly in Ohio) while discrediting critics as conspiracy theorists.

It worked like a charm.

But things have changed since 2004 and there are signs that a growing number of elites now realize that Bush’s “stay the course” strategy in Iraq is bound to fail and they’re looking for different leadership. That explains the deluge of bad news pouring down on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave like a Burmese monsoon.

Most of the scandals; the National Intelligent Estimate (NIE), Woodward’s Book, the increased media focus on Iraq, and the Foley escapades, have all been timed to coincide with the upcoming elections in order to sabotage any chance of a Republican victory.

For example, on Sunday ABC ran a 12 minute segment on Iraq complete with smoldering vehicles, wailing Iraqi women, and bloody children screaming in the Baghdad hospital.

When was the last time we saw coverage like that from the corporate media?

What we are seeing is a concerted effort by disgruntled plutocrats to take back the country from the fanatics in the White House. The divisions in the American ruling class have never been greater and the rash of scandals indicates that the fighting is quickly escalating into open warfare. This combat will only get more ferocious until Nov 7.

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[ixion]

1. once the plutocrats have taken back the WH from the fanatic they installed

it's time we would take the WH back from them, IMO.

[acmejack]

2. Well, that was better than a quadruple espresso!

Sadly, I agree. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but this is the only way I can explain Rove & company's sanguinity. Their confidence in the face of apparent disaster is otherwise inexplicable to me.

They are planning to something huge to maintain their and solidify their grip on power. My unease grows daily, I hope that I just a crazed nutcase as all my ex Republican friends all consider me to be. I suppose we shall soon know.

Thanks for posting this Demeter. KnR!

[Demeter]

3. Glad to Be of Service!