THE DIRTY CAMPAIGN

It was interesting listening to news reports, today saying that even the Republicans do not approve of this campaign. However, more amusing was when McCain, after being told how many in his party were deserting him and how far behind he was in all the polls said, "My friends, we've got them (referring to the Obama campaign)just where we want them." It was beyond my Obama-besotted brain to understand just what McCain meant by that.

A Sheriff in SW Ohio who was shadowing newly registered student voters was told to stop the illegal action since he had no reason to think anything had been done illegally other than accusations by some callers. He was told: "Your investigation instead appears to be based merely on unsubstantiated 'concerns' expressed in telephone calls by members of the public who appear to object to registration and voting by students in the community, unaccompanied by any specific allegation of actual fraud or other illegal conduct committed by any specific voter." It was considered voter intimidation.

In Montana the GOP backed off voter registration challenges. It seems that the dirty tricks are not just what lies are spoken, but go deeper into illegal action. In Pennsylvania felons are being told they have no right to vote. This is erroneous but making many of them fear to try to register.

"If the November vote is close, key swing states that have been illegally rejecting voters could become recount battlegrounds like Florida was. According to a New York Times report on Oct. 9, key swing states -- including Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Missouri -- have been using Federal Social Security data to verify voter registration information from established and potential voters. The Social Security data, which is used to authenticate voters' identity but is known to be error-prone, has been used to purge "tens of thousands" of voters already on voter rolls, the Times reported, as well as to reject numerous new voter registration applications."

Nov 4 cannot come too soon for the millions of people who are sick of the less than fair voting registration practices in many of the key swing states. If luck holds out, the McCain/Palin candidates will self-destruct since they seem on their way to that end and doing well towards that end at the moment. If the current climate further holds out, people will be exposed to the truth with their own observations directly of the candidates.