Oh, I remember...daddy and brother Jed rigged the voting.
Democracy, my ar*se!
2006-10-31 14:56:17 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Vote rigging is only one part and needs to be explained more fully. The Republican Party systematically denied the vote to many ethnic minority and African Americans who otherwise would have been entitled to vote.
Gerrymandering is also commonplace in the US where electoral borders are redrawn in order to provide the largest number of votes for any particular party. This is done by both Democtrats and Republicans.
Thirdly The people of American simply didn't shout loud enough or simply didn't shout at all when this fiasco took place. That was what surprised me the most. This is a country that fought the British and threw them back to the sea to gain freedom and then they sit back and watch as the a peaceful coup takes place right before their eyes!!! It makes me think that the US has lost it's b*lls. Sure it is OK to go and fight a war against Johnny foreigner and watch the sanitised version on CNN but when the real fight needs to take place then the US people simply bent over and took it from their "President".
The US people were fooled by media manipulation - Fox News announced that Bush had won before the recount was even finished and that essentially forced the issue into the minds of the US people. They simply didn't see that they should question the result. After all it was on "Fox News" so it must be true.
Finally Al Gore backed down and didn't have the balls to challenge the result in court, but mind you the court was in the pocket of the Republicans and so would probably have been useless anyway.
Hopefully the US will get it right next time round, or will they go for another Ultra Right maniac - Rice, Cheney, Rumsfeld - these guys won't run but sure as hell they will be operating the strings of the puppet that does.
2006-10-31 19:26:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
How did that buffoon George W Bush become President?
thats easy:
"George W. Bush's top campaign contributors enjoy some hifalutin' perks from the Texas gubner, including appointments to state posts, sleep-overs at the governor's mansion, and lots of corporate welfare, according to a new report from TEXANS FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE.
The 212 leading fundraisers -- affectionately known as "Pioneers" -- have delivered at least 24 percent of Bush's $90 million war chest. "Thanks to this small group of business tycoons and lobbyists, Bush has raised more money than any other political candidate in history, twice as much as any presidential candidate before him," said TEXANS FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE Director Craig L. McDonald. "If you can judge a candidate by his big donors, a Bush presidency will bring more corporate welfare, more pollution, less consumer regulation, and more business lobbyists to the White House."
The leading Pioneers, according to the report, include Charles J. Wyly, Jr. (brother of Sam Wyly, founder of Green Mountain Energy), $210,273; businessman Dennis R. Berman, $175,000; investment banker Louis A. Beecherl, Jr., $154,000; and cosmetics tycoon Richard Heath, $124,449. Profiles of all 212 Pioneers are available on the TPJ site. See a summary of their findings below.
At crucial moments in the presidential campaign, George W. Bush has also benefited from millions of dollars in advertising paid for by mysterious groups and secret donors.
It's a new form of political warfare that's quickly becoming the tool of choice for people looking to influence Election 2000, made possible by a once-obscure provision in the tax code that lets anyone form a group and spend money on campaign-style ads without saying who's paying for them."
And then all those contributers had their money returned to them after the election. THINK TAX CUTS
2006-11-01 00:07:44 · answer #2 · answered by tom l 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Rigged the voting? What about the independent Judiciary who decided Bush v. Gore in favor of Bush? Rigged as well? I'm pretty sure they have life tenure, they aren't affected by politics. Give me some facts to support how the election was rigged
2006-10-31 23:00:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
Because millions of buffoons voted for him,along with plenty of lying,cheating & vote-stealing.
2006-11-01 00:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by michael k 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I recommend reading Greg Palast's book Armed Madhouse - all the gem about disenfranchising black/poor voters, Iraq, etc. As Chevy Chase said 'Bush is ****ing stupid'.
2006-10-31 23:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, blame Bush. Never consider your buddy Kerry.
2006-10-31 23:11:11 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Because the lib animal is a far sight slower than he .
2006-10-31 22:59:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Eh, he's better than Kerry... but it seems there are monkeys running the White House.
2006-10-31 23:17:35 · answer #8 · answered by High-strung Guitarist 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
(yawn) Sour grapes. Which, coming from a liberal, is never unexpected.
He became president because he was the best qualified candidate for the job and the American people were smart enough to notice. Twice.
2006-10-31 23:00:12 · answer #9 · answered by My Evil Twin 7 · 5⤊ 4⤋
Also, they put stuff in the food and over a period of time, managed to lower the national I.Q of the American people enough to be elected; twice!!!!!!
2006-10-31 22:59:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋