Why-O, Why-O, Why-O ?

Why They Won't Be Votin' in Ohio,
to paraphrase the lyric from a famous musical the name of which escapes me at the moment.

You may also recognize the above graphic of the ballot box being abused which we have now chosen to illustrate any story about abuse of voting rights abuse, unless a picture of the abuser is more compelling. In this case, its a toss-up so here is a picture of the abuser, Ohio Secretary of State and Gubernatorial Candidate, J. Kenneth Blackwell, reminding us once again of Mark Twain's admonition to never trust a man who parts his name in the front



The New York Times, staunch guardian of our liberties, via truthout, has opined that Mr. Blackwell's latest hijinks are designed to favor his, that's the Republican, party's declining chances in the November elections. Apparently a catastrophic war coupled with domestic spying, unprecedented expansions of executive power, a gaping and widening division between rich and poor have resulted in such abysmal poll numbers that the Republicans have to consider other strategies. Like cheating.

Well, it apparently worked in '04 when Mr. Blackwell used the power of his office to throw the Ohio race to George W. with few except blackboxvoting around to complain.

Check it out. It may only be an off-year election or it may be our last off-year election.

Wait ! I remembered. "Wonderful Town". So there. I remembered, you

Stay Naked
jd