Conspicuously absent from the reports of today's election certification in Congress was much discussion of the hard evidence that Ohio's vote or the recount was anything but legitimate. I'm not sure if Conyers' 100-page report on Ohio election irregularities is publicly available, but I'm sure it will explain how bipartisan election boards certified the vote and the recount in every county despite all the problems. I can't put it any better than Power Line did: "Congressional Democrats Disgrace Themselves"
Thus the Democrats seek to perpetuate they myth that their votes somehow go uncounted, with the de facto result that all elections they lose are more or less illegitimate.
Maxine Waters appeared on Fox News this afternoon to speak for the supporters of today's "objection", and after spouting unconnected soundbite buzzphrases about provisional ballots, long lines and every vote counting, she admitted that it was simply the national news forum today that the Democrats craved. I suppose the strategy is to never pass up an opportunity to question the legitimacy of George Bush's presidency, no matter how base and incredible a lie you have to conjure up to do it.
I was a Republican Party observer in an approximately 95% black, urban precinct in Ohio, so I have an idea of how things went that day in the Buckeye State. Our precinct didn't have anyone waiting for "hours" in line, though I'm not suggesting that it didn't occur in a few places downstate. But it's the leap from "people had to wait in long lines in some precincts" to "massive election day fraud favoring Bush", which was attempted today in the absence of compelling evidence that should embarrass the grandstanders. I know it embarrasses their constituents.
Posted by dan at January 6, 2005 10:27 PM