Posted by
C. L. Palmer on Monday, November 03, 2008 11:36:58 AM
Al Gore may have done more damage to the Democrat party than he could possibly have imagined by the recount fiasco of 2000. You see, he opened a can of worms (or lawyers, your call) that can never be sealed again. Litigation after an election is now looking to be the norm in the American political process. Sure, ACORN put the final nails in the coffin of a civil election process, but it was Al Gore who cut the wood and laid out the frame. How can Democrats possibly complain? They started it!
Frankly, as a Republican, I'm glad we're finally going to stand up to election fraud. Kennedy would never have been president without it; the fear of a repeat of such tactics is what caused the whole Watergate mess in the first place. Sure, Nixon was wrong to cover the mess up, but his intention was to prevent criminality, not cause it. Now that Gore and ACORN have set up the groundwork for us, we can make the valid case that no final result ought to be announced until we make sure that all voters registered were legal. In addition, if George W. Bush has any testosterone left, he ought to punish illegal voters to the full extent of the law. I'm talking prison time, my friends, followed by immediate deportation where possible.
The corruption of the democratic process is intolerable if we desire to be a nation governed by and for the people. The question becomes, "Which people?" The answer ought to be obvious, but to the Liberal-minded, nothing is ever simple. Ergo, an explanation is in order. The People whom the government represents are the American citizenry. Not illegal aliens. Not legal residents who are not yet citizens. Citizens of this country, and none other. In my opinion, even a dual-citizen should not enjoy the right to vote. Sheer, undivided loyalty should be the key factor in deciding who does and does not enjoy the franchise here, or in any sovereign nation.
Indeed, sovereignty is the crux of the issue. If our electoral process is allowed to become corrupt, we have no sovereignty anymore.
I, for one, find such a proposition intolerable.