Vote Fraud: A Matter of Perspective

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Nearly everything in our country seems to have taken on a partisan bent. Gas prices? Conservatives say, "drill here, drill now!" even though refining is at near capacity. Liberals say, let's conserve, and change our ways. Never the twain shall meet.

But when it comes to voter fraud, the two sides are even further apart. Liberals (like me) are concerned about vote caging (confirmed by Greg Palast, BradBlog and others), voter intimidation, electronic voting machines without paper trails, and many other kinds of fraud. Conservatives? They're interested in votes by illegal aliens and dead people. Offenses which number far, far less than those stated before.

FOX "News", ever mindful of their conservative masters, are of course more concerned with the last--and least problematic--example.

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On FOX voter registration fraud most newsworthy of election rigging techniques

FOX News is breaking out the quadrennial scare topic of "voter fraud," bundling isolated incidents and turning it into a coordinated election-theft meme. They do this without ever mentioning election fraud and voter suppression tactics perfected by Republicans like vote caging and voter roll purges that disenfranchise tens of thousands, mostly African-Americans, or manipulation of electronic touch screen tallies. Unlike FOX News, BradBlog follows election tampering year-round and is a treasure trove of articles and facts. . .

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