Thursday, January 06, 2005

Protest against the certification of the Bush election

Once again Sen. John Kerry stuck his finger up in the air, checked which way the wind was blowing and completely missed the point of the challenge to the Bush electoral vote.

Sen Barbara Boxer and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones said their purpose in objecting to the certification of the Bush election was to "draw attention to the need for aggressive election reform in the wake of ...widespread voter problems."

"This is my opening shot to be able to focus the light of truth on these terrible problems in the electoral system," Boxer told the joint press conference with Tubbs Jones.
"While we have men and women dying to bring democracy abroad, we've got to make it the best it can be here at home, and that's why I'm doing this."

Kerry, thinking only in the most short-sighted terms and ignoring the possibility that there may be a greater principle at sake,
released a letter Wednesday saying he would not take part in the protest.
"Our legal teams on the ground have found no evidence that would change the outcome of the election," Kerry said.

Well, anyway, thanks to Boxer, Tubbs Jones and their 30-odd colleagues who stood up for democracy at a time when courage is in short supply in the nation's capitol.

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