Wonders never cease. Fraud has been alleged in the Ukrainian presidential election, and here comes the U.S.
press galloping in on white horses with
24/7 coverage.
I have some questions for the media. Why the deathly silence concerning our own presidential election? Are 10-hour lines in our so-called democracy a news story, given that these occurred in the crucial swing states of Ohio and Florida, possibly disenfranchising tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of voters in populace-democratic-leaning counties? Is it a news story when corrupt elections supervisors willfully keep working machines in warehouses while voters had to make do with only a couple of machines in several Ohio and Florida counties? Is it a news story when Volusia County, Fla., employees are seen illegally throwing signed memory cards and poll tapes representing 100 precincts into garbage bags?
Several members of Congress and hundreds of organizations lobbied relentlessly for legislation requiring that these electronic voting machines issue paper receipts in case of needed recounts or anomalies that needed investigation. Republicans fought it tooth and nail. Why would legislators proactively resist a verifiable paper trail? Why isn’t this a news story?
Sen. Richard Lugar is right to question the illegitimacy of the Ukrainian election based on exit polling variance. Using Lugar’s logic, the presidency of George W. Bush is also illegitimate.
Gerry Rempel
Eugene