by Jonathan Simon
How does the Big Lie flourish and prosper? By being criminal beyond belief. By operating in safety behind a towering
“never happen here” wall of denial. By a foolish assumption of immunity. By being too big a story to be a story within the
bounds of journalistic decorum.
The gruesome truth is that American elections can be rigged and are being rigged because the American media treats
election rigging as something that—all evidence notwithstanding—could never happen here. Period, end of story, move
on.
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2011: There is a story in Wisconsin. It’s a miracle! 7583 votes magically found for the Republican candidate
(found by a former employee of that candidate) in another “proxy” election with seismic implications. Just
exactly enough votes to dodge the mandatory recount that would have revealed . . . who knows? Yet another
coincidence? There’s a story in Wisconsin. It has the potential to blow the lid off the Big Lie. Anyone want to
cover it?
I think that brings us up to date, though so very much has been left out in deference to time, space, and the modern
attention span. We whose work is elections forensics have gathered data, performed analyses, presented evidence,
proposed solutions, and begged for action for nearly a decade. The American media has covered its ears or, if it has
listened at all, has, with a very few brave exceptions, scoffed. We are here at this “Reform” conference against our better
judgment, trying perhaps one last time to open eyes to a reality none of us wishes to contemplate, but no less a reality for
that. A threat of such enormity demands unblinking investigation, sustained rather than desultory attention, and
individual and collective courage. Anything less and the Big Lie continues to flourish, corroding and destroying all that we
are so proud of in our history.
MORE:
http://markcrispinmiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/OpenLetter4-5-11.pdf