Today's Media Focus
Almost all day today, the media is focusing on campaign dirty tricks, voting irregularities and problems at various polling precincts. This is a good thing, as it will continue to expose some of the more sordid things that various campaigns and campaign supporters will do, expose the very real need for voter reform ONCE AGAIN! and continue to get the general public more and more outraged.
This time around, however many Republicans will surely join the call for the elimination of Diebold voting machines along with other touch screen type voting at the polls and perhaps they will also insist on voter paper trails.
In addition, down in the Tucson area, Man Eegee and Daily Kos are reporting 3 men carrying out voter intimidation tactics against hispanic voters. This is disgusting, and may lead to some legislative reform down the road regarding the carrying of weapons near polling locations. This situation can only get worse, and hopefully the media will be getting some film and identification on these douchebags.
The "Internets" are playing an enormous role today, by instantly publiscizing problems with voting, via YouTube, Kos and direct media notification by bloggers and other voters. Keeping this kind of viligance up may hopefully lead to the severe depression of election day misdeeds, as well as several convictions to come.
I watched yesterday as Rahm Emmanuel declared that after this election is over, the Democratic party will no longer shrug off the robocalling, the disruption and other bad behaviour at the polls. Good for him, and I hope that sentences are handed down accordingly.
NO Party or Person should ever engage in any kind of voter intimidation in this country. We should and shall no longer tolerate this garbage.
This time around, however many Republicans will surely join the call for the elimination of Diebold voting machines along with other touch screen type voting at the polls and perhaps they will also insist on voter paper trails.
In addition, down in the Tucson area, Man Eegee and Daily Kos are reporting 3 men carrying out voter intimidation tactics against hispanic voters. This is disgusting, and may lead to some legislative reform down the road regarding the carrying of weapons near polling locations. This situation can only get worse, and hopefully the media will be getting some film and identification on these douchebags.
The "Internets" are playing an enormous role today, by instantly publiscizing problems with voting, via YouTube, Kos and direct media notification by bloggers and other voters. Keeping this kind of viligance up may hopefully lead to the severe depression of election day misdeeds, as well as several convictions to come.
I watched yesterday as Rahm Emmanuel declared that after this election is over, the Democratic party will no longer shrug off the robocalling, the disruption and other bad behaviour at the polls. Good for him, and I hope that sentences are handed down accordingly.
NO Party or Person should ever engage in any kind of voter intimidation in this country. We should and shall no longer tolerate this garbage.
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