Election Day - Let The Games Begin!

With the upcoming mid-term elections, you can expect all of the usual shenanigans. There will be accusations of voter fraud, voter intimidation, attack ads, etc. And you know there will countless dead people who will miraculously resurrect themselves just in time to cast a vote or two.  As outrageous as these things can sometimes be, we have been conditioned to accept them as "politics as usual".

I was just reading an article about a "controversial" ad that is being exhibited around the Milwaukee area. Billboards around town have been displaying the message "Voter Fraud Is A Felony". Seems pretty obvious to me. But, of course, there are those who see this an intimidation tactic to scare minorities away from the voting booth. What??

And at least one church has come out and said that the declaration of "voter fraud being illegal" is offensive to African-Americans. Hmmm, I wonder if this church felt the same way when members of the racist Black Panther group stood outside a polling place waving batons in Philadelphia in 2008? I guess they were there just to make sure everything was kept on the up and up? Quit pissing on my leg and telling it's raining!

And where are all the critics when groups like ACORN commit voter fraud to help get their favorite Democrat elected? Yeah, they have a bit of a reputation, don't you think??

There's no doubt that our country is divided on political issues. But we should be able to have a standard set of rules that everyone plays by. When the Obama justice department dropped the charges against the Black Panther episode, in what was a blatant display of voter intimidation, it proved to America that a double standard does indeed exist. (Of course, the Panthers were Obama supporters. I wonder if the charges would have been dropped if a McCain support group had done the same thing. I think we all know the answer to this.)

The right to vote is the cornerstone of a free society. Too many people have died over the years to preserve this right. We should never let anything or anyone infringe upon it!

KW