Let’s not go overboard with the Stalinism thing. The old chairman of the party did not need the pretense of stuffing the ballot box to win an election.
The best example of this kind of shennanigans was the 1948 senate Democrat primary race between Lyndon Johnson and Coke Stevenson, in which Lyndon won by 87 votes. (In those days, Republicans were so marginalized in Texas that they didn’t matter. The Democrat party primary winner was essentially the election winner.) In the 1948 race, Lyndon was behind until a box of votes from a county in south Texas mysteriously appeared, all of which were votes for Lyndon Johnson (and, if my memory is correct, all the ballots were written using the same color pen). Eventually, the case went to the courts, which rejected doing anything, and then it went to the Democratic party central committee itself - and Lyndon won by one vote, 29-28.
If this had happened today to a Republican, the hue and cry about party hacks stealing the election would be loud enough to crack window panes across town.
On the other hand, it is apparently happening today with a Democrat in Minnesota, complete with the mysterious boxes of votes from rural counties, and the press shows an eerie silence. Just like the way the segregationists of old used to silence the Republicans in Texas, circa 1948.
Too bad I’m not in the media anymore. I’ve noticed how no one anywhere mentions that famous 1948 theft in relationship to the Franken-Coleman contest. *sigh*
Actually Stalin did a version of ‘ballot stuffing’ at the 29th[?] Party Congress. The rumor that never went away is that Kirov got more votes than Uncle Joe. So a little conference was held in the back room and lo and behold, Stalin won. Kirov wound up dead shortly after, and Stalin used it as an excuse to launch the Great Terror. Most of the delegates to that Congress then also wound up dead.
Thanks for the history lesson.
Oh — and this vote stealing crap has got to be stopped.
A modern, checkable voting system has to be installed, like this one: http://FreedomKeys.com/gabersystem.htm
Until then, heads have to roll before the crooks will even consider a pause.
“the case went to the courts, which rejected doing anything”
This seems to be the general attitude about voter fraud. It seems that even if someone gets caught in the act, there are no repercussions. I haven’t heard of anyone being prosecuted for voter fraud. The person with the votes in her trunk sounds like a good person to start with.
One of the reasons we weren’t treated to a President Gore were those fiesty Cuban-Americans who I recall stood in the way of Democrat functionaries trying to steal the Florida election in 2000. I’ll never forget that video footage of them talking back and taking a stand for a clean recount.
The press is part of the government now...