Stealing the Election, A developing theme

[G_j]

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/3406

A developing theme

Stealing the Election From Obama?

By Cliff Kincaid Saturday, June 7, 2008

Minneapolis: Barack Obama supporter John Nichols brought “media reform” activists to their feet on Thursday night with wild and strident attacks on the Bush Administration. “George Bush was not elected,” said Nichols, working himself into a frenzy.

Nichols is the Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine and a member of the board of the Free Press, the official sponsor of the National Conference for Media Reform.

Bush and his vice president, Dick Cheney, “seized” power and launched an “illegal and immoral war,” Nichols continued.

“Send them to the Hague,” shouted out one conference participant, referring to the location of the International Criminal Court. “After we’re done with them,” Nichols countered.

He urged conference participants to prevent the “theft of our democracy” in this election year and said we need a “democracy cocktail,” much like the AIDS cocktail of drugs used to treat AIDS patients, in order to save our “sick” democracy. He departed the podium with a clenched fist salute.

The suggestion that the 2008 election might be stolen from Obama seems to be a developing theme of this event. One of the weekend activities is the advance screening of “Free for All!,” a documentary that “uncovers startling evidence of varied schemes to steal the national elections in 2000, 2004 and 2006 and explores what we can do to take back our election in 2008.”

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Meanwhile, Amy Goodman of the “Democracy Now” radio and TV program announced that she would soon interview former Bush White House press secretary Scott McClellan, who has turned on the President and has written a book opposing the Iraq War. “This year can be a turning point,” she told the crowd...more..

[zanne]

1. It's a developing fear for me.

I don't like that the polls we've seen have Obama and McCain too close together in popularity. In my opinion, it's easier to steal an election that looks like a "squeaker" than an election with a definite front-runner.

[TomClash]

2. This is one of my three fears

The others are:

They "off" Barack

They cancel the election.

I think the scenario you posted is by far the greatest fear.

[elleng]

3. Sounds like media

(and the PEOPLE?) will handle this threat as it did last time, that is, ridicule it or ignore it. I fully suspect that they'll do it again; they have too much to lose if/when Dems prevail.

This is a HUGE threat!

[G_j]

4. ridicule it, ignore it, & cover it up! nt