Ohio Dems Bubbling, Disenfranchised

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The bias of mainstream media is right out in the open, in this MSNBC/WaPo piece on the Ohio balloting that repeats the Olbermann-esque anecdotal conspiracy claims (with no real evidence), smears Republican election officials, and comes to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter what the reality is, we feel disenfranchised, damn it, and we’re bubbling with anger! Ohio offers lessons for 2008.

Most senior state officials, Republican and Democratic alike, tend to play down the anger. National Democrats — including the chief counsel for Kerry’s campaign in Ohio — say they expect the recount to confirm Bush’s victory.

But that official view contrasts sharply with the bubbling anger heard among rank-and-file Democrats. While some promote conspiratorial theories, most have a straightforward bottom line. “A lot of people left in the four hours I waited,” recalled Thivener, the mortgage broker from Columbus. “A lot of them were young black men who were saying over and over: ‘We knew this would happen.’

”How,“ she asked, ”is that good for democracy?”

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