A TALE OF TWO ELECTIONS – AT 9:48 A.M. ET:  From The New York Times:

KABUL, Afghanistan — Evidence is mounting that fraud in last weekend’s parliamentary election was so widespread that it could affect the results in a third of provinces, calling into question the credibility of a vote that was an important test of the American and Afghan effort to build a stable and legitimate government.

The complaints to provincial election commissions have so far included video clips showing ballot stuffing; the strong-arming of election officials by candidates’ agents; and even the handcuffing and detention of election workers.

And from Fox News:

When Catherine Engelbrecht and her friends sat down and started talking politics several years ago, they soon agreed that talking wasn’t enough. They wanted to do more. So when the 2008 election came around, “about 50” of her friends volunteered to work at Houston’s polling places.

“What we saw shocked us,” she said. “There was no one checking IDs, judges would vote for people that asked for help. It was fraud, and we watched like deer in the headlights.”...

...“Vacant lots had several voters registered on them. An eight-bed halfway house had more than 40 voters registered at its address,” Engelbrecht said. “We then decided to look at who was registering the voters."

COMMENT:  If I may be permitted a question:  Why is it that The New York Times, and the bulk of the mainstream media, only show an interest in election fraud if it takes place in a foreign country, but show no interest at all in the massive fraud committed in American cities? 

It is likely that fraud will be substantial this November...in the United States.  Disturbing signals coming from the Justice Department suggest that corruption and intimidation will not be investigated if it's committed by favored groups.  And yet, only Fox seems interested.

I think it's quite possible that several close races could be decided by corrupt practices.  Indeed, it's quite possible that Al Franken is in the Senate today because of voter fraud in Minnesota in 2008.  Where is the outrage from the institutions that claim to be "the eyes and ears of the public"?  I don't see it.

September 25, 2010