How the vote cheaters are able to rationalize this dishonorable practice is hard to understand.
Agreed 100% with the first statement, as any true American patriot who supports a constitutional republic would. But the sad truth is that overall ethics and morality (and intelligence) in American society have declined in the last several decades, caused by left-oriented public education and lesser intelligence of the younger generations on average. Without a substantial level of intelligence, historical knowledge, ethics, and morality within a population, that population is susceptible to frittering away its birthright as heirs to the "last best hope of mankind."
Without that moral and ethical base and historical knowledge and intelligence, cheaters value political office and power above the maintenance of the free and fair election procedures that have been the foundation of our American freedoms and system of governance since the founding.
An honest review of our history shows many eras of only a minority level of intelligence, historical knowledge, ethics, and morality within a population.
Prior to and during the Revolution only 1/3 or so valued Liberty and supported or participated to free America.
During most of the 1800’s a great percentage of Americans more resembled pirates (practicing libertarians?) than intelligent patriots. Luckily American farmers did mostly reflect “American” values of honesty and work ethic.
America’s current populous now actually seems to be more interested in intelligence, historical knowledge, ethics, and morality in greater percentage than even during the Revolution, but not yet any majority. This gives me faith that the pendulum may very well be again swinging back to the vision of the Founding Fathers and away from the anti-American “liberal progressives” and anarchists.