Randi Rhodes and the Election

Yesterday, I listeneded to the Randi Rhodes show and was stunned by what she was saying (I know, I know, I should stop...but she provides me with so much material).

Mere hours after Kerry, the candidate she supported, made a formal concession speech to the American people in which he told us that he would not be challenging the vote because it was clear that we had spoken, Ms. Rhodes was speculating that massive voter fraud in Ohio was the reason Kerry came out second best. This voter fraud, according to her, took place when the votes were electronically transfered to the counting centers or else were part of a massive conspiracy in which the electronic voting machines were designed to tally higher votes for Bush than he had actually received (never mind that 70% of the voters in Ohio used old-fashioned punch card ballots).

I would tend to imagine that the candidate for president would have the most concern with the possibility of voter fraud and, if for no other reason, the fact that Kerry conceeded was a significant reason to believe that no one 'in the know' has indications that there was any sort of significant voter fraud.

After this, Randi took the time to mention that she did not believe that the American people would vote for the same party in both legislative houses and the presidency because "there'll be no checks and balances", a statement that seems to reveal a confused idea of what actual checks and balances are.

Besides, I seem to recall that, when Bill Clinton had to deal with a Republican legislature, there were loud cries that this could never work, that the government would be too divided, that nothing would get done.

Hey Randi...partisan much?