Analysts on FOX news tried to explain why the big ACORN scam was dangerous yesterday – and they missed it.  The fake names like Mickey Mouse and the roster of the Dallas Cowboys are just media fodder; it is set up to make people think, “Well, obviously Mickey’s not showing up, so this is harmless.” 

The real harm comes when thousands (literally) of well-organized people with fake ID’s, or no ID at all, show up at polling places all throughout Ohio, Florida and the many other swing states.  These people will have realistic sounding names and real addresses.  They will take advantage of the confusion and vote for Obama.  They will then pile into their cars and vans, drive to another district and stand in line again.

The Democrats have probably won many (including at least one Presidential) elections due to fraud before, and they have claimed voter fraud on Republicans, despite the lack of evidence, in the past.  They are mocking McCain for even being concerned about the issue as a way of distracting the public, and they feel justified in stealing the election due to their frustrations with the 2000 election.

No need to worry though, it’s not like Obama isn’t a well-vetted, America-loving, post-racial candidate – it’s okay if he steals the election.

Kirk Douglas kicked off the recent conversation of an American apology for slavery with comments he made in an interview.  I think John McCain should take up this issue and ask Democrats, the party directly responsible for slavery and institutionalized racism, to issue an apology.

Shouldn’t Republicans, the party that ended slavery, and never had (correct me if I am wrong) racist positions as part of its parties’ official positions, be thanked? In fact:

The Republican Party was not so badly split as the Democrats were by the civil rights issue. Only one Republican senator participated in the filibuster against the bill (Civil Rights Act of 1964). In fact, since 1933, Republicans had a more positive record on civil rights than the Democrats. In the twenty-six major civil rights votes since 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 % of the votes. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 % of the votes. *

Maybe, if John McCain demanded this apology from the Democrats, it would help change the recent argument that every Republican critique of Barack Obama is racially charged.  It is a tribute to the Democrat apparatchiks that they have been so successful at distorting their past so well, that the finger of blame for racism always seems to point at Republicans.  Wow!

This is obviously a tongue-in-cheek argument; slavery was clearly a horrible part of American history and reasonable people can argue that an apology is justified, but it seems obvious that some people were guilty of that crime and some were on the side of good.  How did history get so confused?

*http://www.congresslink.org/print_basics_histmats_civilrights64text.htm

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008180644_webkirkdouglas.html

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jSCVIw0tYG8GIpYdhbb2Ej17vUPgD93JCDG80