Will the Neocons Get Thrown Out?
by Jeff Davis
Over the past twenty years or so, it has become almost impossible to make any sense out of election night television coverage. Instead of simply reporting the vote totals in the various races, the networks and the cable channels now inflict hour after hour of babbling “pundits” on their viewers, trying to explain it all away. These talking heads contribute nothing except adding to the confusion. This is probably deliberate on the media’s part. The Establishment doesn’t want Americans thinking about the actual results they see on TV, but wants viewers distracted and bewildered and amused and amazed by all the hoopla, so they don’t catch the magician’s distraction which makes their votes disappear. In many cases nowadays voters never see any actual election results on TV on election night except for small little bands across the bottom of the screen that zip by too fast.
The Republicans are trying several new tricks to restrict Democrat votes and steal the election, aside from any tricks they may be pulling with the voting machines themselves. A number of states which have high percentages of Democrats are closing their polls early this year, at 6 PM. Two examples of this are Indiana and Kentucky, states where the Democrat challenge to the Republican House of Representatives is strong. By closing early, the GOP-controlled Election Boards insure that many people who have jobs and who were unable to take off during the day to vote, will not be able to do so. There are three key House seats at stake in Indiana, and if Republicans win any of them it’s probably a good sign that the early poll closing and maybe some voting-machine diddling tactics have triumphed. (more…)