BCT Editorial – 11/13/06

This page was last updated on November 13, 2006.

A good start; Editorial; Beaver County Times; November 13, 2006.

Below is a detailed critique of the subject editorial.

“In most voting precincts around the nation, this year’s elections went off without a hitch or glitch.

“Prior to the Nov. 7 general election, a number of people were concerned that the electronic voting machines that were being used for the first time in many polling places would lead to major problems.

“Some machine-related problems did occur.

“However, they were scattered and were dealt with quickly and efficiently. No election meltdowns took place.

“It was the best non-story of the night and a good start for elections to come.”

[RWC] Call me a cynic, but I don’t think we’d have seen this editorial had Democrats not won.

I assume you too have noticed the difference between how losing Republicans behaved in 2006 vs. how losing Democrats behaved in 2000, 2002, and 2004. Democrats forced seemingly endless recounts and to this day claim they were cheated. Even this year, Democrats claim Rep. Harold Ford, Jr., (D-TN) lost because of racism. Strangely, neither Democrats nor Republicans made that claim when Republicans Ken Blackwell (candidate for Ohio governor), Lynn Swann (candidate for PA governor), and Michael Steele (candidate for U.S. senator from Maryland) did not win.

Isn’t it amazing how all election problems disappear when Democrats win?