Does the GOP subvert democracy?
Does the GOP Subvert Democracy?
Gray Davis may be onto something.
By Timothy Noah
Posted Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 4:20 PM PT
According to Adam Nagourney of the New York Times, Bill Clinton has provided California Gov. Gray Davis with an interesting way to look at the movement to recall him from office. Here is how the Clinton-coached Davis put it in the Aug. 19 kickoff of his anti-recall campaign:
This recall is bigger than California. What's happening here is part of an ongoing national effort to steal elections Republicans cannot win.
It started with the impeachment of President Clinton, when the Republicans could not beat him in 1996. It continued in Florida, where they stopped the vote count, depriving thousands of Americans of the right to vote.
This year, they're trying to steal additional congressional seats in Colorado and Texas, overturning legal redistricting plans. Here in California, the Republicans lost the governor's race last November. Now they're trying to use this recall to seize control of California just before the next presidential election.
Al Sharpton, who is a lousy presidential candidate but an excellent phrase-maker, calls the GOP's strategy, "Let's do it again until I win."
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http://slate.msn.com/id/2087297/I know everyone here already knew this, but I was surprised that that one was on the front page at msn.com for Slate. Looks like some of the mainstream is starting to admit there is a white elephant in the room!