Posted on 02/26/2005 1:46:26 PM PST by mattnaugle
The Electric Chair for Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell By Stephen Crockett Feb 26, 2005, 09:01
I think that Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell deserve the death penalty for their actions as state election officials in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Current federal law does not permit the death penalty for their actions and Constitutional restrictions make it impossible to give them the electric chair by changing the law. However, I still believe that their actions in a morally sound legal system would see them on trial for their lives!
Katherine Harris as the Republican Secretary of State in Florida during the 2000 elections seemed to be using her office to promote the election of George W. Bush over the wishes of Florida voters. She was co-chair of the Bush campaign in Florida while serving as the top election official in the state. The conflict of interest was obvious. The potential for abuse was obvious. According to the investigative reporter and author Greg Palast, the actions of Harris and her office denied almost a 100,000 voters their right to vote or their right to have their vote counted. Almost all were Democrats! Details are available in Palast's book, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.
Instead of being prosecuted for denying Florida citizens their vote, Republicans politicians created a safe seat in Congress for Katherine Harris. It looks likely that she will be seeking higher office in Florida. Since many of the voters who were illegally kicked off the voting rolls still have not been returned to active status, Harris has a chance of winning. Winning office by denying voters their voting rights should be a death penalty crime. In my opinion, any government official who uses their power to engage in a massive campaign to deny citizens their voting rights is committing a crime worse than treason in wartime.
Ken Blackwell as Secretary of State in Ohio during the 2004 election seemed to be trying to copy the Katherine Harris model. Voting machines were distributed to make voting difficult for Democrats. Crazy regulations that made registering difficult came out of his office. He played a key role in the Bush campaign while serving as the top election official statewide. An effective statewide hand recount was largely blocked because of Blackwell. Key state records are being denied access to the citizens of Ohio by his actions. Lawyers who challenge the vote recount procedures are being persecuted by the Republican Ohio Attorney General in legal actions on behalf of Blackwell. Many of the Ohio vote problems and Blackwell's role in them are documented at "Stolen Election 2004."
Denying voting rights to American citizens attacks the whole concept of American freedom. It is disgusting and morally repugnant. Something terrible has happened to the mindset of Republican leaders at the very top levels that makes winning power more important than American traditions, American values and American freedom. Our very American Democracy is being threatened.
The average Republican voter is unaware of the abuse. Most Republican voters would not put winning power over American traditions of free and fair elections. Democratic officeholders are in denial as well in many cases. Our election system simply stinks! Anyone who does not understand the weaknesses of our current voting system should read Black Box Voting by Bev Harris.
Only now, almost 5 years after Harris started purging the voting rolls in Florida in a partisan fashion, has the Democratic leadership in the US Senate made voting reform a legislative high priority. The Boxer-Clinton Voting Reform Bill is a great first step requiring a verified voting paper-trail, equal access to voting machines, advance notice of voting roll purges, etc.
However, we need to add stiff criminal penalties for any government official who denies the voting rights of large numbers of citizens. My liberal co-host on Democratic Talk Radio, Al Lawrence and I disagree on the penalty. Al Lawrence believes that they should face life in prison without parole. As the more conservative Democrat on our program, I support the death penalty in these types of cases. We both agree that crimes against American Democracy are the most serious types of crimes in existence next to genocide.
If I had my way, I would see Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell strapped down to electric chairs and lit up like Christmas trees. The better to light the way for American Democracy and American Freedom!
Written by: Stephen Crockett (co-host of Democratic Talk Radio www.DemocraticTalkRadio.com).
Highly doubtful. You see, he will have been garroted and mosquitoes, though one of natures more vile creatures, do not feed on dead animals. At least that is my understanding.
The Wormeaters won't be fighting, although they will start it.
They will weasel their way back into power and use the goonsquads to dominate us.
Liberals will just be the Kapos with the armbands, pointing out to the Jackboots who to take away and who to shoot on the spot.
Conservatives devoted to law and order will go to the camps quietly, at least at first, since they have property and families to protect and care for and favor quiet stability and fear the anarchy that comes with resistance.
They will go because they don't believe it can happen to them, and because they will cleave to their belief that it's all a mistake and as soon as they get word to someone it will all be cleared up.
Just as so many Russians went to the Gulag convinced that if they could only get word to Uncle Joe, it would all be cleared up, when Uncle Joe ordered them there in the first place.
I doubt it. Who is going to fight on the liberal/Democratic side. Not Stephen Crockett and his ilk, who are cowards to the bottom of their souls.
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This is starting to get downright comical everytime I read this now. It is so beyond ridiculous as to be hilarious. LOL! :-)
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If there was ever a Looney Leftie, it's Stephen Crockett and his crock full of 'you know what' article!
Thanks for the ping!
Red Helicopter? LOL!
My "Red Helicopter" imagery idea is based on a comment on David Horowitz's new website about radical lefties and their nutcase claims of VRWC conspiracies :
http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/
Great site! Thanks for the link!
I've had it bookmarked.
Horowitz invites the radicals to correct their profiles on his new website
But he notes the radical sites never edit/correct their errors
The left is furious at him for exposing them in all their own words and deeds
Stephen Crockett is another infected Gay agenda pushing maggot. He spends his semi sober time writing hate articles about republicans and our president.
Here is a list of his gay agenda pushing articles/op eds.
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=Stephen%20Crockett%20Gay
He has a book that I am deep into:
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I sent an email to this idiot DemoKraut Stephen Crockett just a few minutes ago:
scrockett@democratictalkradio.com?subject=DTR for Stephen Crockett
(Dang! That ENTIRE LINE is his email addy)
Bump for a reminder to post it here after I get back from my Bally's workout this morning.
Here's the email I sent to this Knucklehead earlier:
Subject: Regarding "The Electric Chair for Katherine Harris and Ken Blackwell" .....
http://magic-city-news.com/article_3206.shtml
My goodness. Now if a Republican were to suggest the electrocution death of TWO Democrats, I can imagine the media would be all over this story. But since it's a Democrat suggesting it for TWO HIGH PROFILE Republicans, well, they just ignore it. Were it a Republican, it would be considered HATE SPEECH.
I'm so glad that the Democrats haven't learned anything the last few election cycles and have continued to move even FARTHER LEFT yet again with the crowning of Howard Deaniac for DNC chief now.
Keep up the great work, Stephen Crockett and Democrats. You are the GOP's best ASSets.
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