Saturday Soapbox

Marin Independent journal                    December 4, 2004

Dig for answers

America’s President still has the power to do the world’s most good or harm.  Honest voting is democracy’s foundation that elects and supports this powerful builder or destroyer.  Fraudulent voting, or suspicions of it, decays America’s democratic foundation. 

Why then isn’t there more media coverage of suspicions incidents that eat away at America’s once trusted foundation?  Why isn’t there more reporting over non-partisan Black Box Voting organization’s finding official voting tapes in back alley trash cans that differed from what Volusia, Florida election officials presented to them?

Where is the investigation of Wayne Madsen’s Online Journal Report that the Bush Campaign funneled $29 million into technical operatives to rig the election’s results?

Why was it that only predominantly Black and Kerry leaning Ohio counties were undersupplied with voting machines, leaving many waiting ten hours?  Why did the college town of Gamber, Ohio have 1 voting station per 1000 voters while the adjoining rural, solidly republican precinct had 1 per 184 voters?

Where are today’s Woodward and Bernsteins when we need them to rebuild trust in America’s foundations?

Dwayne Hunn, Mill Valley