Well, there have been whistle-blowers -- Clint Curtis, Sherole Eaton, Stephen Heller and, of course, Stephen Spoonamore, just to name a few -- but since the press has tuned them out, their whistle-blasts have gone unheard by almost everyone.
Furthermore, although it does take many hands to sabotage elections, it really doesn't take as many as you'd think. Indeed, it is the beauty of computerized systems that a single rogue programmer can do far more damage than a whole wardful of party hacks could manage in the bad old days of manual election theft; and he can do it in mere seconds -- and undetectably.
Still, it does take a small army to deliver an election to the candidate who really didn't win it. But if that army is a force of true believers, it is not likely that a few, or any, of them will come clean. Those willing to speak out -- as Mike Connell was, before Rove threatened him -- are the extraordinary few, as speaking out can pose a major hazard to your health, as Connell's death may indicate. For centuries, pre-Joe Valachi, no mafiosi sang.
And those who helped Bush/Cheney rig elections are, in their own way, "made men," and therefore not the type to sing like birds. To grasp the sort of zealotry that helped Bush/Cheney et al. "win" their various races, read this hair-raising article from the LA Times, about Bradley Schlozman, the regime's point-man at the DoJ -- specifically, the pit bull sent to purge the Voting Rights and Civil Rights Divisions there.
This man was (and is) a true believer with a vengeance -- literally, since he was bent not just driving out but also punishing the "commies," "crazy libs" and (my personal favorite) "mold spores" who, he imagined, had betrayed this once-God-fearing nation out of rank "disloyalty." All of his malignant vigor was devoted to the goal of shattering those two divisions of the DoJ, so that the government, instead of helping to protect our right to vote, would serve the party's drive to take that vote away from the majority.
Clearly, this Brad Schlozman is sadistic and fanatical--a kindred spirit to the soldiers of the Inquisition, or of any brutal modern revolution. If you want a good example from the Nixon Era, there's G. Gordon Liddy, another rightist stalwart who would never crack, no matter what.
These new details about Schlozman's mission, and his attitude, re-emphasize the urgent need for Eric Holder, and the Congress, to investigate Bush/Cheney's systematic drive to ravage our election system. Otherwise, we'll let that regime get away with murder--and leave them free to fight another day (i.e., the next Election Day).
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There is good evidence for Bush crimes that scream out for probes - Cheney admitted signing off on waterboarding and spoke of his part in the Plame leak. Bush admitted to thousands of warrantless wiretaps. Rove's caging lists have been intercepted and turned over to Conyers. The dots have been connected 2004 Ohio tampering to Connell and Blackwell. Colin Powell's chief of staff admitted the march to war with Iraq was all a "hoax" years ago.
The proof suggesting wrongdoing is massive. One need look no further then the articles of impeachment filed by Kucinich. What's missing is the public interest and activism that forces the hand for investigation - and forces the press to report these stories.
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