Today on The BradCast, the Republican Party remains a mess, some Democrats remain in denial, Cleveland remains a tinder box in advance of next week’s RNC convention, and if only the concerns about electoral fraud and the need for citizen oversight were taken as seriously in this country as they are in other nations.
While the Democratic platform becomes vastly more progressive this, thanks to the leverage retained by Bernie Sanders and his supporters, the GOP platform stays dumb or dumber. Speaking of dumb, clueless rightwingers (from Bill O’Reilly to Donald Trump to a Canadian singer at the MLB All-Star Game) still don’t understand, or want to understand, what ‘Black Lives Matter’ means. And speaking of jackassery, the Republican National Convention is set to take place next week amidst angst over the party’s presumptive nominee and the possibility of protests and racial tensions, even while state law will allow the open carry of loaded guns on the street outside of the convention center. What could possibly go wrong?
Meanwhile, as some Democrats laugh among themselves about who the GOP is likely to nominate for President, several major new polls find Hillary Clinton plummeting against Donald Trump both nationally and in several of the most key swing-states (including OH, PA and FL.)
But with so much talk of electoral fraud during this year’s Presidential Primary cycle, some may be pleased to know that a court has finally ordered a new Presidential Election! In Austria! That, not due to fraud necessarily, but to the mere possibility of it. Attorney Ernest A. Canning, long time legal contributor at The BRAD BLOG, joins us to explain what happened, how the nation’s Constitutional Court ruling will benefit a far-right candidate, but is a victory for the Election Integrity movement nonetheless, and to discuss why concerns of election security and oversight aren’t taken as seriously in the U.S. as they seem to be elsewhere.
“People have a tendency to be blind to this issue so long as their side wins. And that’s not what election integrity is supposed to be all about,” Canning explains. “The Austria constitution has a constitutional requirement for complete transparency of the count. If it was applied in the United States, most of our elections would have to be re-done. As far as the Austria Constitutional Court was concerned, it’s irrelevant whether or not there was actual manipulation [of vote counting]. The fact is, if you had enough ballots that could have been manipulated because it wasn’t a completely transparent count, then they’re going to set it aside. The mere possibility that the count could have been manipulated is enough in Austria to overturn the results.”
Imagine that.
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Nice assfucking you got today at the daily kos, “Brad,” looks like they have tired of
Used to it, of course. That’s what the Kos Kiddies do.
I spend all primary cycle long actually debunking most cries of “FRAUD!” this year and, when I actually point that out, the Kos Kids call me “the man who never met a conspiracy theory he didn’t like.”
Sigh. Impressive stuff. They don’t look silly at all. 🙂
BTW, nice scare quotes around “Brad”, “marsanges”.
“And speaking of jackassery, the Republican National Convention is set to take place next week….”
Brad, can we please refrain from speaking in such derogatory terms? Animals deserve to be treated with respect.
“Clowns to the lefta me, elephants to the right”…
P.T. Barnum ain’t got nuthin’ on Drumpf.
I went to the Daily Kos the other day, and holy Jesus H. Mofo, there sure are a lot of nasty establishment Democrats over there.
Marsanges says:
…looks like they have tired of the man who never met a conspiracy theory he didn’t like.
I went over there today, and all I saw were some people who were able to see things for what they are, and then there were a few others who had knee-jerk reactions to contrary information (what they didn’t want to hear), making accusations of bias and hyperbole, and who didn’t listen to the show.
Unless I went to the wrong place, I found Marsanges’ statement to be biased and hyperbolic.
How did I happen to stumble onto this obscure liberal shit-wallow posing as a “blog”? Don’t stop your dickless meanderings and puke-regurgitation -fest on my account — I’ll be out of your hair expeditiously.
Hate to tell you Zeke, you aren’t important enough to be caught in my hair. Most people have a first and last name.
You only have a digital identity, which counts for shit.
Umm so what fraud happened here in the US if allegedly Clinton won fair and square?
And how is voter suppression, changing registrations, disregarding all rules and flat out not counting valid ballots not considered fraud?
I feel like I am in bizarro world.