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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOne of Krugman's best columns ever, IMHO: "How to Rig an Election"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/opinion/how-to-rig-an-election.html"Its almost over. Will we heave a sigh of relief, or shriek in horror? Nobody knows for sure, although early indications clearly lean Clinton. Whatever happens, however, lets be clear: this was, in fact, a rigged election.
The election was rigged by state governments that did all they could to prevent nonwhite Americans from voting: The spirit of Jim Crow is very much alive or maybe translate that to Diego Cuervo, now that Latinos have joined African-Americans as targets. Voter ID laws, rationalized by demonstrably fake concerns about election fraud, were used to disenfranchise thousands; others were discouraged by a systematic effort to make voting hard, by closing polling places in areas with large minority populations.
The election was rigged by Russian intelligence, which was almost surely behind the hacking of Democratic emails, which WikiLeaks then released with great fanfare. Nothing truly scandalous emerged, but the Russians judged, correctly, that the news media would hype the revelation that major party figures are human beings, and that politicians engage in politics, as somehow damning.
The election was rigged by James Comey, the director of the F.B.I. His job is to police crime but instead he used his position to spread innuendo and influence the election. Was he deliberately putting a thumb on the electoral scales, or was he simply bullied by Republican operatives? It doesnt matter: He abused his office, shamefully...(snip)"
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One of Krugman's best columns ever, IMHO: "How to Rig an Election" (Original Post)
spooky3
Nov 2016
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madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)1. Beautifully written
Hillary has conducted herself with grace and dignity in the face of horrific unfairness, lies, and vulgarity. I was proud to vote for her.
Cha
(297,323 posts)3. Thank you, Spooky!
spooky3
(34,460 posts)4. You're welcome, Cha. And did you catch some deadpan snark by
Brian Williams just now? He was showing a clip of Ted Nugent, wearing camouflage while performing at a Trump rally. He commented that while Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Beyoncé, etc had been performing for Clinton, well, Trump has Ted Nugent. "But then, it's hard to see him, because he is wearing camouflage."
Cha
(297,323 posts)7. No, I don't have a tv.. so thanks for telling me!
Beartracks
(12,816 posts)8. Spot on as usual, Paul K! n/t
Democat
(11,617 posts)10. The media tried to rig the election for Trump
The only stories they promote about Clinton are negative and they run Trump's speeches non stop.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)11. yeap, fuck Comey... damage was done at the right time for the GOP too; 11 days before an election
brer cat
(24,578 posts)13. Excellent column.
Thanks for posting, spooky.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)14. Also rigged by denying WE in our many millions exist.
if she wins it will be thanks to Americans who stood up for our nations principles who waited for hours on voting lines contrived to discourage them, who paid attention to the true stakes in this election rather than letting themselves be distracted by fake scandals and media noise.
Those citizens deserve to be honored, not disparaged, for doing their best to save the nation from the effects of badly broken institutions. Many people have behaved shamefully this year but tens of millions of voters kept their faith in the values that truly make America great.
Those citizens deserve to be honored, not disparaged, for doing their best to save the nation from the effects of badly broken institutions. Many people have behaved shamefully this year but tens of millions of voters kept their faith in the values that truly make America great.
ProfessorPlum
(11,257 posts)17. "election fraud" in that 2nd paragraph should be "voter fraud"
Voter fraud is rare and used to justify taking people off the rolls. ELection fraud is taking people off the rolls, among other nefarious tactics.