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Find out more about John F.: John Kirch worked as a newspaper reporter and magazine editor for 16 years before receiving his doctorate in journalism and public affairs. He teaches college journalism and writes about the news media, politics, and third-party movements. |
Many on the political left (actually, many Americans) believe that George W. Bush was never actually elected president.
Stories appearing in such publications as the New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine have found evidence that (1) Al Gore may very well have defeated Bush in Florida during the 2000 election if the Democrat had pushed for and the courts had allowed a statewide recount and (2) massive fraud may have occurred in Ohio during the 2004 election to deny Democrat John Kerry the White House.
In addition to these claims, investigative journalist Greg Palast has painstakingly documented how the state of Florida removed thousands of citizens from the voting list in the lead up to the 2000 election, many of whom were African Americans and others who were likely to vote Democratic.
Now, New York University professor Mark Crispin Miller is warning that elements within the Republican Party may attempt to steal the 2008 presidential election from Barack Obama.
Speaking on Robert McChesney’s radio program Media Matters on Sept. 7, Miller said the following:
There is copious, specific evidence … that the Bush regime has been engaging in massive election fraud systematically since 2000; that the last two presidential elections were stolen; that the 2004 election wasn’t even as close as we were thinking; and that they (theRepublicans) have also clearly rigged a number of congressional and gubernatorial electionsnationwide, including Don Siegelman’s contest for re-election in 2002 in Alabama [and] Max Cleland’s senatorial re-election race in Georgia that same year… Crucially, what all this means, is that the next election is by no means a sure thing and will not perhaps be decided on the basis of what people actually want or how they actually vote.
Miller, who documents these findings in a new book called Loser Take All, also told McChesney that the voter fraud story has not been thoroughly examined over the past eight years because the Democratic Party’s leadership and editors at top media organizations are uninterested in pursuing it.
In addition to appearing on McChesney’s show, Miller has spoken out on this issue in other public forums (see video below).
For For more info: PBS Frontline interview with Mark Crispin Miller; Miller's blog.
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