Flashback to 2004
Here’s James Bovard’s attack on the “We can’t be bothered with this” attitude expressed by so many Republicans in the Congress when the 2004 election was challenged over Ohio’s returns.
The best lines:
The “debate” in Congress illustrated how elections are now about consecration, rather than representation. Elections have become something for rulers to shroud themselves in, rather than leashes used by the people. Politicians are obsessed with maintaining the imagined dignity of their class, not in resolving doubts about honest vote counting.