How to Steal an Election

As previously noted here and on other blogs, funny stuff is going on in the Minnesota recount. But when I read about the claims in Franken's initial lawsuit, I knew this was not about an accurate recount but instead another attempt to steal an election. Put another way and using the words liberals love to throw around to argue against anything that could possibly improve the accuracy of our election process, Al Franken is trying to disenfranchise voters in Minnesota.

According to news reports, the Franken campaign's initial lawsuit alleged that the vote of an 84-year-old woman in Beltrami County was rejected because, after suffering a stroke, her signature on her absentee ballot didn't match the signature on file.

Apparently someone decided to investigate this claim and the Franken campaign was forced to admit their story was a lie. Yes, the woman's ballot was rejected, but the reasons turned out to be completely valid.

After the Florida debacle forced many states to adopt voting machines that utilize optical scanning, Franken is calling into question the accuracy of those same machines. Apparently liberals...oops...losers...are never satisfied. The claim...the vote cannot be accurate because Franken received 12.2% fewer votes than did Barack Obama. According the the Franken camp...this is impossible because a vote for Barack is a vote for Al. Of course, this ignores years of history in which the people have send one party to Congress but the other party to the White House. The claim is specious.

I fear that focusing on using the courts to get your way has become the modus operandi in this country. It is so much easier to convince a few judges to give you want you want than badger half the Congress into compliance and then worry about the veto power of the President. I predict the Democrats claim of wanting the lead from the center and act in a bipartisan manner is all smoke. Like all things liberal, it will be their way or the highway. Compromise in not in their nature.

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