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In this abstruse article, Manjoo often says "there is no credible evidence" that Blackwell and his crew did this or that; therefore, the election was not stolen. Please! I am not inclined to give these hooligans any benefit of the doubt; therefore that there "may" be no credible evidence does not absolve anybody of anything. Even Manjoo admits that there were long lines in a disproportionate number of blue precincts but he claims that this would not have made up the difference. The fact that the long lines occurred disproportionately should raise anybody's eyebrows. Yes, we may need proof to say that Kerry won the state but the proof already exists that Ohio's entrenched Republicans did not do right by all its voters. Was it incompetence or was there some other factor, perhaps corruptible Democratic poll watchers bought off in key areas or a few fixed voting machines. And who knows how many voters stayed away because of negative voting factors. For the writer to say "no" so emphatically implies that he has made up is mind or has an ax to grind and will not listen to any other point of view, period, end of argument.
It is unfortunate that this writer chooses to attack RFK Jr. when there are so many distortions being perpetrated by the other side on numerous issues that he could address. Why attack our own?
