VALUES CLARIFICATION II
In my previous post on the values issue, I pounded the fact the the Democrats are too dishonest as a party to merit support. They're doing their best to prove me right:
There were minor voting irregularities on Election Day — long lines, voting machine breakdowns, shortages of provisional ballots — but some people are now leveling charges of voter fraud.Doug Chapin, a nonpartisan election analyst, finds the claims to be baseless. "There were no problems that would lead me to believe that there were stolen elections or widespread fraud," he said.
"There was no overwhelming reason to cast doubt on the outcome of this election," seconded Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, the campaign manager for Al Gore's 2000 campaign. "George Bush got more votes this time."
Nevertheless, many people have devised various theories, including stories of voters in largely Democratic counties in Florida whose votes were changed for Bush, phantom voters in Ohio and exit polls showing John Kerry in the lead that were truer than the final tally. Off the record, many Democratic strategists dismiss such allegations, but they also know such resentment can be channeled for political use in the future.
Note that last sentence. "Off the record, many Democratic strategists dismiss such allegations, but they also know such resentment can be channeled for political use in the future."
That is dishonest, craven and dangerous behavior. Our entire system is based on faith--faith in the electoral process and its fairness, faith in our monetary system, faith in the rule of law, etc. The lynchpin of the entire American enterprise is faith that the elections we hold to maintain the orderly transfer of power are fair and conducted above board.
The Democrat strategists blind quoted in this story, men and women who lack the courage to step before their own supporters and tell them they are fools for believing in post-election conspiracy theories, are contributing to the erosion of that faith. That undermines our system at its most basic, fundamental level.
These Democrats know the theories are false. Yet they plan to exploit them and turn them into another bloody shirt in four years, no matter the cost to our republic. A party composed of people who are capable of such dishonesty and anti-American behavior does not deserve the support of anyone who cares about truth and about this country.
It is when we see Democrat values on display like this that we see why that party is out of power and should stay out of power. They are just too dishonest to be trusted.