US Election

[dalekboy]

These days I'm lucky if I get to skim LJ, and so may have missed other people who have the same concern I do. I think many of my friends want Obama to win, for all sorts of good reasons. Things are looking good, with many big Republicans even publically supporting him.

But while everyone seems to be hoping for an Obama victory, I have yet to hear anyone express the niggling fear I've had since day one - the bastards stole one election and got clean away with it, who is to say they won't do it again?

Comments

[mireille21.livejournal.com]

I had a similar fear. What I am most surprised by however is that each time they seem to have problems with insufficient pollings stations and/or staff meaning that people who have queued for hours may still not get to cast their vote. I've been watching some of it on TV today, and whilst I haven't seen any reports of that happening, the queues in some places have been astounding. They will never have a truly fair election until the system is set up in such a way that everyone who wants to (and is eligible to) vote, is able to do so. People getting turned away from polling places here is unheard of, it's just unthinkable that it could happen in the US.
Very happy with the result though :)

[magnapops.livejournal.com]

hey, don't pick on them. They are the 'World leaders of democracy'. Obviously they have it all worked out correctly. You need to spend huge quantities of money, in the Billions, in an effort to get elected, this causes you to be beholden to all the people who gave you the Billions of dollars and they will expect some thing in return, but, they are the 'World leaders of democracy'.