Look Closer.
Posted by David | Filed under News & Politics
Thank goodness the presidential elections are over, without the legal fiasco of 2000. With George W. Bush clearly leading both the electoral college and the popular vote, we’ve been spared another mockery of the freedoms America should have the sense to exercise respectfully.
While exciting, relieving, and hopeful, the re-election of Bush should have been considered unequivocal before the voting booths opened yesterday. This political season’s atmosphere is radically different from the past election (comparisons be hanged) for a variety of reasons, the most obvious of which is the papable fear of terrorism. Memories of September 11th didn’t win the election for Bush, however. That honor goes to the disorganization, disrespect, and disenfranchisement of the Democratic party.
From the surprisingly vicious zeal of Howard Dean to the late (and rather begrudgingly supported) appointment of John Kerry, the Democratic Party has been fighting an uphill battle that only stood a chance in the eyes of a very biased media. Even with forged documents (CBS), double-standard reporting (ABC), and potential sexual favors (VoterGasm), the left lost a race they never had a right to claim.
It was not the outcome of the election, this time, that worried me; I have been far more deeply concerned with the lengths the liberal minority has gone to in an effort to win. From voter registration fraud to plans to contest the election before it even began, there has been an underlying effort to unbalance the equation, presumably with an attitude of “the end justifies the means.”
As I said earlier, this race should have been unequivocally the President’s before it began. Considering how close it became, what will happen in 2008?
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