Well, that was interesting.
On this week’s “day after” KPFK/Pacifica Radio BradCast I was joined by old friend Matthew Segal, co-founder of OurTime.org, to discuss whether the failure of young voters to turn out was really to blame for the results of Tuesday’s red tide mid-term elections, or whether it was something else entirely. (Yes, we’re looking at you, Democrats.)
Segal, by the way, became activated to help young voters while trying to vote as a student at Ohio’s Kenyon College in 2004. He was one of 1,300 students who waited 10 hours or so on line, some until 4am on Wednesday morning, to try and cast a vote in the Presidential Election on one of two available voting machines at the polling place that year.
Speaking of voting machines, and voter suppression, and voter disenfranchisement, and election fraud, and unverified results, we also take a broad, early look at all of the other issues and failures — beyond the horse race — that may have played a part in Tuesday’s surprising outcome, even as we’re still trying to make sense of data and curious reports that are still coming in.
We hear from a bunch of callers on all of the above, and Desi Doyen joins us as well to discuss some of the implications of the GOP U.S. Senate takeover on the environment and climate change…
I miss hearing this kind of talk on the radio, where I can hear it anytime, anywhere.
Yes, GMO labeling really did lose in Oregon. TV was blanketed with slickly produced, authoritatively fearful ads, complete with corporate talking-heads posing as nutritionists and others. They spread dire warnings, causing a predictably close ballot. No such ads for the pot measure.
There is no question in my mind that this last election was rigged in nearly all states with red governors, where Americans needed to send a strong message. Smallish wins were not good enough; the illusion needed to be fiercely clear.
As I see it, the primary goal of this cheating relates to 2016. Governors and senators who take powerful jobs, knowing they didn’t obtain them honestly, have no qualms about returning the favor. They’ll be busy for the next two years.
Jesus and patriotism will be goose-stepping with us, right up to November 2016. Count on it.