These are the requirements for free and fair elections in the USA and the things all Americans should demand of our government right now.
1. Impeachment of Cheney and Bush -- and prosecution at the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere (threatening war crimes in Iran and Syria is a crime)
2 A "truth and reconciliation" style investigation of 9/11 (similar to the commission that documented South Africa's crimes after apartheid), US foreign policies, and the plutocracy / kleptocracy that controls our country
3 Abolition of electronic ballot counting machines owned by Republicans -- the solution is paper ballots counted by hand
4 Media reform to break up giant propaganda monopolies that are the most important ways that election campaigns are tampered with
For future "selections," assuming that this ritual will be maintained to preserve the illusion of democracy, it is incumbent upon progressive Democrats, Greens, Republicans with consciences, and others to focus on the myriad ways that elections are not free and fair: electronic voting machines that are made by Republicans, the role of the secret government (CIA, etc) and other related issues in addition to campaign finance reform. Otherwise, the Presidential Elections will be farces, not worthy of being considered "democratic."
2007-11-22
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