Election Fraud –

There were charges, counter-charges and the withdrawal of charges of election fraud, all within what seem like a matter of hours. What to make of all of it? Well, there probably is as much chance of election fraud overturning the Presidential election as there was Nixon being impeached after his landslide victory. Oh, right. I wonder what Woodward and Bernstein are doing these days.

Out of all this has come a feud between fledgling media celebrities Ann Coulter and Keith Olberman, both Cornell Alums according to Mr. Olberman and Ms. Coulter’s resume. I guess they must know.

Mr. Olberman has been following the story of alleged voting irregularities in Ohio and Florida and Ms. Coulter has been following Mr. Olberman. I guess Mr. Olberman has some good ratings.

So, here is the controversy: Ms. Coulter claimed that Mr. Olberman reported the Bush win in Florida and in turn the national election was due to largely Democratic districts “suddenly” voting for Bush. Off and running, Ms. Coulter then points out that the so-called Democratic districts have been voting for Republicans for president for many years, according to The Almanac of American Politics (no, I didn’t bother to check the reference). See the Coulter opinion at http://www.uexpress.com/anncoulter/.

Mr. Olberman, stating that he had been slimed and misquoted, pointed out that he merely suggested that Bush might have legitimately won majorities in some Florida counties due to a sudden change by the Democrats to Bush and never stated that the entire election turned on the point http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/).

OK, Keith, point well taken. But, was that the whole deal, Keith? It seems to me that you may have implied that while the “sudden” change of Democratic voters might have explained those majorities, another reason might have been the kind of voting equipment used in those counties (the kind they play games with) (take a look for yourselves at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6442857/). Also, were you right that Democratic voters “suddenly” changed allegiances, or was Ann right that they have been voting Republican for some time now? (I have emailed most of this question to Mr. Olberman, and if he gets back to me, I will certainly get back to you.)

Is this the kind of stuff they produce at Cornell? Sorry, but I was not smart enough to get into an Ivy League school and am still bitter about it.

Why is any of this important? I simply can’t imagine.