On today’s BradCast [full audio linked below], Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz defied ‘conventional wisdom’ to win more delegates than front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in their respective parties over “Super Saturday” weekend; Louisiana’s Primary reveals another serious and troubling long-term failure of the U.S. Electoral System; and two Michiganders join us for analysis of Sunday’s unprecedented Democratic Debate in Flint, MI, amidst that city’s ongoing toxic water crisis caused by the state’s Republican Governor.
First up: Did you know that both Sanders and Cruz won more delegates than their opponents in the four different nominating contests held over the weekend? If you watch or read little more than the corporate mainstream media, that might now have been apparent. Did you also know that one of those contests, Louisiana’s Primary, forced Election Day voters across the state to vote on 100% unverifiable touch-screen systems that The BRAD BLOG revealed a full ten years ago, each have a little yellow button on the back that allow voters to vote as many times as they wish until physically restrained from doing so?
Though we broke that story exclusively here back in 2006, and they were decertified for use out here in California shortly thereafter, the same flawed and hackable voting machines (Oh, hello, Pac-Man!) are still, shamefully, in use elsewhere around the country. They are being used on Election Day across states like Louisiana and swingstate Nevada, and will be used once again next week in the City of Chicago for the big and crucial Illinois primary on March 15 — and, of course, in the general election this November.
Then, we’re joined by Michiganders Connor Coyne, novelist and father from Flint, and Marcy Wheeler, journalist from Grand Rapids, to discuss the extraordinary debate on Sunday between Sanders and Clinton held by CNN from Flint, MI, as that city continues to battle the lead water crisis caused by Gov. Rick Snyder’s implementation of the state’s tyrannical ‘Emergency Manager’ law.
As Coyne, who joined us earlier this year to discuss the national media’s failure to adequately focus on the scourge of that law, explains in his reaction to Sunday’s Flint debate: “The problems that this city is facing, including the water crisis — and the water crisis is the most urgent example — but certainly not limited to it, are beyond the capacity of local leadership to address. We need federal aid in order to stabilize the city.”
Says Wheeler: “Even within the state there are increasing numbers of Republicans who admit that, ultimately, this is [Snyder’s] screwup. He promised competence, and delivered poison.”
Did the debate adequately address the concerns of Flint voters specifically and Michiganders, more broadly, in advance of Tuesday’s big Presidential Primary there? Who better addressed the Flint crisis from the perspective of our two Michigan guests? Did Bernie Sanders really “oppose the auto-industry bailout” as Hillary Clinton charged during the debate? And, should voters be concerned about the federal investigation into Clinton’s private email servers as both Trump and Sanders’ supporters have been charging?
All of those questions and many others are addressed on today’s enlightening edition of The BradCast! Enjoy!
The Sanders campaign has recently opened up an office in my beloved home town, (Salt Lake City). I understand they showed up to what I consider to be a very important meeting here which I “taped” and put on the YouTubes.
I always like to pimp Utah when I can, because I don’t think we’re as stupid as people think. We’ve had unverifiable punch-card voting for as long as anybody else and couldn’t seem to get any worthwhile democrats in office for about that long.
I was proud of the people who showed up to support our wilderness against our congressional “leaders”, so I filmed it.
Keep it in the ground!
You’re going to have to scroll up above the comments section to get to the video.
This shit only happens to democrats. 🙂
What Larry said !
The polls were so far off for Bernie for the Michigan election. Should I be concerned about possible voting machine tampering?
Yes, of course. Always! As I discuss on today’s BradCast.
Dredd:
Actually, I can’t say that no good democrats have been elected in Utah since the machines. Salt Lake county has had an honest election official for many years. Rocky Anderson, John Kerry and Barack Obama won here, but I guess the cattle ranchers won out across the state. No way of knowing.