About the Election and the Optical Scan Votes

I, for one, would feel more re-assured about the outcome of the presidential election and its integrity if there were a recount of the optical scan votes, since there is such a discrepancy between the polling projections and the results on those machines. There can be no meaningful recount of the touch-screen votes, but we have a paper trail for the optically scanned ones. Also, the number of votes counted and the number of people who voted don't seem to match in most cases - in Florida counties at least - with more votes counted than voters; which calls for a recount in and of itself. There is no real mandate for the Bush-Cheney agenda if the election was rigged. And, we all need to have confidence in the voting process for democracy to work. Electronic computer counting of votes is open to hacking and glitches, and needs verification.

Bush wins Re-election

Unfortunately, with electronic voting and no paper trail for almost half the votes, we can never really know for sure if it was a legitimate victory. And more war is definitely coming, but I can't say exactly when. Henry Kissinger recently said in an article in Newsweek that no matter who became president, pre-emptive war is the new world order's assignment for America.