I have been waiting for someone to say, flat out, that the democrats are overwhelmingly behind voter fraud and intimidation. Fox has pussy-footed around with it and they should be ashamed of that. Peggy was indiganant and gave no quarter aobut the issue (like Fox has done in numerous reports of AFLCIO thugery at Republican campaign offices - Fox has actually said that they both are guilty - their proof? - One lone report of a graffiti'd sign at a democrat campaign HQ in Cleveland)
I disagree with her on one thing. She's wrong when she implies that 1996 was our last uncontested election result. That would mean both parties plan to use lawsuits to tie all future results up in court.
I don't think that will happen because I don't see any indication that the GOP would play hardball on this issue. Miss Noonan should have said we'll never again have a Republican win that goes uncontested.
Look at the record. Back in 1960 the 'Rats almost certainly stole the presidency, but Nixon refused to challenge the results because of the negative effects it would have on the nation's institutions and the people's respect for them. More recently, the 'Rats stole the 1996 senate election in Louisiana. The GOP Senate dismissed the challenge and seated Mary Landrieu. In California, it was virtually proven that illegal aliens put Loretta Sanchez in office over Bob Dornan, but the GOP refused to make an issue out of it. Tim Johnson beat John Thune in 2000 in South Dakota with phony indian reservation votes, and the GOP decided not to make an issue of it. They seated Johnson without even a challenge.
If Bush loses in two weeks, and there's widespread evidence of fraud, nothing will come of it. Republicans will huddle together, decide that it would "hurt the nation" to challenge the results. They'll fret that any challenge on their part will be declared racist (since the 'Rats conduct much of their fraud in minority precincts deliberately so they can scream "voter intimidation" in case of an investigation). The media will scream that it's racist to even think about filing a challenge.
But if Bush wins, there will be lawsuits and injunctions filed all over the country. The media will dutifully report every fanciful 'Rat claim of minority "voter suppression". The 'Rats will claim Bush stole the election for the next four years, even after they lose in court.
The 'Rat party is now a totalitarian party. It doesn't recognize the right of people to hold contrary views. Look at Fahrenheit 9/11. It showed at thousands of theaters with no violence. Conservatives often handed out flyers outside theaters to give an opposing view, but no one even hinted of censoring the movie, even though it was a pack of lies. President Bush ignored the film. In contrast, Kerry has tried to suppress books critical of him, and the few outlets willing to broadcast an anti-Kerry film are receiving threats.
We now have a totalitarian party in our midst.