GOP Terrified of American Voters

[babylonsister]

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/19-1

Published on Sunday, October 19, 2008 by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
GOP Terrified of American Voters

by Jay Bookman

John McCain's statement in the debate that ACORN and the liberals are "on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history ... maybe destroying the fabric of democracy" is probably the most overwrought, ridiculous statement by a major-party nominee in living memory.

If you make a charge that serious, you better have something to back it up. McCain has nothing. Nada zero zilch.

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There's something in the psyche of the GOP base that needs to believe they are victims of some ill-defined but clearly treacherous group plotting against them and the country. How else can they explain the fact that they're losing? It can't be because they have proved themselves incompetent at governance, or that they have lost touch with the reality of life in 21st century America. There has to be some other reason, and if there isn't they'll invent one.

In the 2006 cycle, that need was fulfilled by Moveon. org. The rightwing blogs and punditocracy couldn't utter a paragraph without weaving Moveon into their narrative somehow. It was never quite clear how Moveon could possibly do all the nefarious things it was alleged to be doing, but that uncertainty made the right-wing fantasy all the more alluring.

This year, Moveon still exists - it's still doing what it was doing before, yet the group is rarely if even mentioned. That's because ACORN has now been cast to replace it in the role of designated villain.

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously against Ohio Republicans in their effort to try to challenge 200,000 voters. Two hundred thousand!! Republican officials fear the verdict of the American people. They fear the wrath of those Americans drawn into political participation by anger at the direction that the GOP has tried to take their country. And they are trying desperately, frantically, to try to prevent that verdict from being delivered.

Seventeen days to election day.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Paul Weyrich

[madaboutharry]

2. I once thought that my belief that the

republican party did not believe in democracy was extreme. I have come to believe it is true.

[bkkyosemite]

3. I know the voting machines are still scewed but with so many voters it will be in Obama's favor

but probably not a landslide like it should be as the machines are still the same ones programmed for Bush's illegal win.

When Obama becomes President one of the first things he needs to do is change our voting to paper ballots with people counting and others witnessing like the rest of the world does. This should be mandatory.

[bemildred]

4. They fear all kinds of stuff. That is why they are such lousy leaders. nt

[KharmaTrain]

5. Persecution Complex

It's been a pilar of the GOOP for 40 years...using fear and hyperbole to get their horde to toe the line. Despite having majority control for most of the past 14 years of either the legislative or executive, these goons still pretend that they're being singled out by some massive conspiracy or another. The black helicopter mantra is used early and often by these goons to frame elections and "energize" the base.

Gramps has a real dilemna here. His poll numbers consitantly show he's at least 5 points or more behind Senator Obama...even after the Palin stunt and now the Ayers slimes. He can't move his numbers higher, so he must find ways to knock down Obama's. Voter suppression and caging were always in the works and now become a key component to their end game...thus why we must kick ass on the GOTV front. They want to turn off voters with robo-calls and endless distractions...hope people get sick of this election and just stay home. Because the polls are so bad, that's why the efforts are both so strident and blatant.