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The Rhetoric of Quietism: A Call for Journalistic Investigations of Voter Irregularities, Need For Recounts, and Election Reform for the 2004 US Presidential Elections
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Is "conspiracy theory," with all its connotations of misguided obsessional thinking, a fair and balanced assessment of the concerns being voiced on the internet over the voting process of the US Presidential Election? When the CEO of Diebold, Wally O"Dell, was quoted saying his company is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President next year," suspicions that his company may have done just that do not seem out of line. Given that Diebold produced a large portion of the tabulating machines used for counting the votes on November 2nd, not calling for an investigation would be very naive, to say the least.
Serious voting irregularities did indeed occur in the state of Ohio on November 2nd. Therefore, calls for an investigation of the outcome, as well as suspicions about its legitimacy, do not constitute "paranoia" or "conspiracy theorizing," but every day common sense bolstered by researched concerns. Yet "conspiracy theory" is just the term the first wave of media coverage has used to describe these calls for voting accountability raised by many concerned citizens who are primarily expressing their questions, views, fears, evidence, and calls to action on the internet. These issues need to be aired and they need to be brought to the attention of the American public, whether John Kerry jumps fully into the fray or not.
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ie., Single World Superpower ISO Free Press for Committed Relationship
Is "conspiracy theory," with all its connotations of misguided obsessional thinking, a fair and balanced assessment of the concerns being voiced on the internet over the voting process of the US Presidential Election? When the CEO of Diebold, Wally O"Dell, was quoted saying his company is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President next year," suspicions that his company may have done just that do not seem out of line. Given that Diebold produced a large portion of the tabulating machines used for counting the votes on November 2nd, not calling for an investigation would be very naive, to say the least.
Serious voting irregularities did indeed occur in the state of Ohio on November 2nd. Therefore, calls for an investigation of the outcome, as well as suspicions about its legitimacy, do not constitute "paranoia" or "conspiracy theorizing," but every day common sense bolstered by researched concerns. Yet "conspiracy theory" is just the term the first wave of media coverage has used to describe these calls for voting accountability raised by many concerned citizens who are primarily expressing their questions, views, fears, evidence, and calls to action on the internet. These issues need to be aired and they need to be brought to the attention of the American public, whether John Kerry jumps fully into the fray or not.
( Read more here . . . )