Election Fraud
Jul. 22nd, 2008 05:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithI was darkly amused to see these two articles side by side:
A healthy democracy requires fair and reliable elections. It is everyone's responsibility to work towards this and to condemn any action that undermines it. People who have chosen other systems for their societies are excused, although we'd appreciate your help scolding obvious miscreants.
Michael Collins | Election Fraud and Tyranny: Part 1
Michael Collins, in a Scoop News column: "Mark Crispin Miller's new book, 'Loser Take All,' identifies and analyzes election fraud, the foundation of extremist power in the United States since 2000. Manipulated elections have enabled everything we've experienced from the Iraq war to the current economic meltdown. None of that would have been possible without the ongoing series of 'surprise' wins for extremists and their enablers following the outright theft of the 2000 presidential election."
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Succumbs to Pressure and Starts Secret Talks With Opposition
Chris McGreal, of The Guardian UK: "The rival claimants to victory in Zimbabwe's widely criticised presidential elections - Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai - have agreed to immediately begin intensive talks aimed at establishing a 'new government.' At their first meeting in more than a decade, Zimbabwe's president and the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change yesterday signed a five-page 'memorandum of understanding' that envisages a fortnight of secret talks by representatives dealing with an array of issues from political violence against the opposition to constitutional reform."
A healthy democracy requires fair and reliable elections. It is everyone's responsibility to work towards this and to condemn any action that undermines it. People who have chosen other systems for their societies are excused, although we'd appreciate your help scolding obvious miscreants.
