The Crisis Papers: The Gulliberal Problem

[Wilms]

The Gulliberal Problem

Ernest Partridge, Co-Editor

The Crisis Papers

January 17, 2006

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Surely one of the most amazing aspects of the election fraud issue is how so many otherwise smart liberals and progressives fail to see what is right in front of their faces; namely that the key Congressional races in 2002 were stolen, that the 2004 Presidential election was stolen, and that, if business as usual prevails, the elections of 2006 and 2008 will be stolen. The voting machines are built by major Bush contributors, his “pioneers,” and their employees write the secret software and count the votes. When asked to provide proof that the vote totals are accurate, they can supply no proof, simply because that’s the way the machines are built and the software is written. “Trust us!” is the only “proof” that they can offer.

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Meet the “gulliberals” (pronounced GULlibruls): prominent Democrats, liberals, and progressives who have ears to hear but hear not, eyes to see but see not, and brains to understand but will not. Included among the gulliberals are Al Franken, Paul Begalla, Arianna Huffington, David Corn, Bernie Sanders, some writers for Salon.com and Mother Jones; admirable individuals all, who are laboring valiantly to overthrow the GOP in the next (alleged) election. Yet they are also unwitting allies with the Republican National Committee, as they say, with the GOP, “the elections were honest, so get over it!”

Add to the roster of the gulliberals, every Democrat in the Senate, and with the honorable exception of Rush Holt, John Conyers, the Congressional Black Caucus, and a very few others, virtually every Democrat in the House. Also such allied organizations such as People for the American Way and Move-On. All these prattle on about how we must all work together to take over the Congress "next time," as if they were preparing for and facing a fair contest.

So once again, Lucy props up the football, and says, "c'mon, Charlie Brown, let's see if you can kick it this time."

What's wrong with these people?!

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[OneBlueSky]

1. the issue that supersedes and encompasses all others . . .

because if we don't solve it soon, they'll do in 2006 what they did in 2000, 2002, and 2004 . . . this is the issue that Democrats should be SCREAMING about, holding hearings about, even filing lawsuits about . . .

it's not who votes that counts . . . it's who counts the votes . . .

and right now, the votes are counted by BushCo corporations . . .

[applegrove]

3. 2000 was stolen by vetting black felons more than latinos, and

by the supreme court. Kerry lots because he made a choice on legislation and voted against it after he voted for it. Called a sophie's choice and if you saw the documentary "the architect" Rove & the boys were waiting for Kerry to flip flop so they could have the quote they needed for the race. They also made sure they had a War handy for the 2004 election.

Really - there are multiple ways that the hearts and minds and votes have been stolen.

Why are we settleling in to just one theory? Why is it diebold and ignore everything else?

[applegrove]

2. There are so many ways the election was stolen. Forcing Kerry

to make the sofie's choice (I vote for the bill before I voted against it). Getting power away from Dems and then getting progressives to be angry at their leaders because they don't have the power to stop an alito. Or making sure there was a war "available" for the 2004 elections. How about not enough machines in some voting districts.

Now that that last one. How will that be solved if everyone is so sure diebold stole votes? I mean there is no smoking gun on that. So in a state that has not overturned diebold - if Dem leaders work to ensure enough machines so that all people in all districts can vote (let us just say the problem with the machines is more about creating apathy and instilling tunnel vision in progressives and causing bickering among moderate and progressive dems) will you be mad?

Cause we don't have a smoking gun on diebold. Yes - there is evidence of something loopy with the exit polls. But that took place in districts that had no diebold. Press didn't even run exit polls in the Nov 2005 races. Perhaps they have learnt their lesson.

And what about all the lies and parsing of words Repukes do. Would we be better off to devote some time to debunking rumour on the blogs instead of spending all the time on diebold votes being stolen by machine? Something that has not been proven.

Oh yes votes were stolen. Hearts & minds, not enough machines, exit polls giving kerry the win from 2 PM to 8PM - just long enough to keep the 35% of the voters who don't vote, and may en majority vote democratic, home.

50 ways at least that the GOP machines goes against the letter of the law to steal elections.

Have we ever heard any GOP, or President or anyone from that side come out and say "diebold is great" "votes were not stolen" "lets have a commission"? No. Why? It works for them. Why would they lift a finger to fix or assuage a fear that will cut democrats in half come time for us to get together to fight the election in the next year.

[applegrove]

4. There are 50 ways the GOP has gotten power. Don't insist on one

simple theory that makes all the other bad realities go away with flic of a wand. That is denial. The first stage of shock is to say - well it must have been this one simple way that the monsters got in power. Makes them easier to fix.

They use 50 ways to attack the vote. We should not get tunnel vision and focus on the one way, the one thing, at the expense of the 49 other possibilities of which there is proof.

[kster]

5. kick.....nt

[kster]

6. kick.nt

[MelissaB]

7. Fantastic article

:kick:

[Kurovski]

8. K&R

The horror of the implications is too much to bear for some. It's human nature. Denial.

We also have a culture of intense partisianship that has been cultivated by the loyalist Republicans (Reagan's law: never trash a fellow Repub)and has grown since at least the 70's. It's too easy to chalk up the "town-criers" on election fraud as mere partisans.