And when someone starts off an article trying to paint something with the tinfoil brush you can be sure they are trying to divert one's attention from something they prefer you don't look at too deeply.
Associating a danger to liberty with a kook (or to FReepers, with a Liberal) is a classic way to keep them from noticing the threat to themselves. Produce a piece of paper counted by both sides at the local level to ensure no fraud occurs. How hard is that to understand?
Spoken like a man who's never been to Chicago. :)