Dynamic new voting force

Washington Times ^ | 2/13/04 | R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

[kattracks]

Readers of this column will remember, as apparently political scientists and pundits have not, that in the rancorous months before the Democratic primaries got under way I identified the one dynamic new political constituency that would decide the winner.

In years gone by, the dynamic constituency was the youth vote. And there was the year of the women's vote. This year as we watched Dr. Howard Dean gain the role of front-runner, the veins in his neck bursting, his face an angry gnarl of sneers and grimaces, it became obvious the dynamic new force in the Democratic primary was the moron vote. That is to say the angry, stupid, political neurotic who has proceeded into middle age convinced the world is against him/her.

[Belisaurius]

Tyrell is a genius. Great article.

[Vision Thing]

This dynamic new voting force---namely, the moron vote---doesn't seem to be much of a force. They disappointed me when they couldn't propel Dean to the top of the Democrat Party.

[elhombrelibre]

His book, Madame Hillary: Dark Road to the White House, is a very good read. I highly recommend it to all Freepers.

[harbingr]

Here is The Next subject for patriots and muckrakers...Computer Voting Fraud...

Please review the following webSites...

Black Box Voting.com - 'Ballot-Tampering in the 21st Century'

Excerpts:...
'Cathy Cox looks at a Diebold AccuVote TS machine and sees the future of voting.
Georgia's secretary of state gushes over its high-tech features,..
'Ginny Howard looks at the same machine and sees the mechanism that will undo democracy. Greedy corporations and power-hungry politicians will conspire to steal elections by manipulating results electronically, the retired math teacher from Smyrna believes...

'The researchers concluded the system is vulnerable to attacks that use software programs designed to discreetly activate themselves and change election results.
Also, Rubin said, blank smart cards could be bought and programmed by someone able to decipher the necessary computer language to make "homebrew" voter access cards. The privacy of the voting booth would allow someone to sneak in a stack of the homebrew cards and vote multiple times, he said...

For journalists: Here are links for source documents you may find helpful....From
Black Box Voting.org - The research and activism arm