It is common to hear people tell those who are still questioning the election to "Get over it". It was also common for people to tell those greiving after 9/11 to just "Get over it". There will be people that will tell parents whose child is killed in Iraq to "Get over it". Yes just "Get over it" dammit. Well hell No!!!!
This an excert from
WHY WE MUST NOT "GET OVER IT"
by Ernest Partridge
Reflect for a moment: who would have imagined, four years ago, that the Bush administration would dare to implement the following:
- For the first time in our history, an American president launched
an aggressive war against a sovereign nation that posed no threat
to the United States. Moreover, the justifications for this war
have all proven to be without foundation. The war is illegal according
to international law.
- In retaliation for the Joseph Wilson's offense of truth-telling,
Wilson's wife, CIA operative Valerie Plame, was "outed"
by a still-unidentified and unindicted official in Bush Administration.
Plame was coordinating counter-terrorist activities.
- American citizens Yassir Hamdi and Jose Padilla were incarcerated
indefinitely, without charge, without access to legal counsel,
without trial, all this in violation of four articles of the Bill
of Rights.
- Torture of prisoners took place at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo
in violation of the Geneva Conventions, which have the force of
United States law. Attorney-General designate Alberto Gonzales
drew up a memo sanctioning torture, and describing the Geneva
Conventions against torture as "quaint."
- "Tax reforms" benefited the wealthiest two percent of
the population at the expense of the middle class and the poor,
while support of public institutions such as research, education,
infrastructure and health care was severely curtailed. The federal
deficit has put severe financial burdens upon future generations.
In addition, the public has learned of numerous instances of GOP ballot manipulation and voter suppression, including "lost" absentee and provisional ballots, purge lists that disenfranchised tens of thousands of qualified voters (Florida 2000), the closing and unannounced relocation of polling precincts, insufficient numbers of voting machines in heavily Democratic districts (Ohio, 2004). Why then is it such a "stretch" to suspect that, given the opportunity and little chance of discovery, the same political operatives might not engage in direct alteration of voting totals via software in the voting machines and the vote compiling centers?
Yes Mr. Partridge I can't listen to you anymore. I have to "Get over it".
The Bush family has "beaten my dog and raped my wife". But they are still telling me to "Get over it". Let's not report this to the authorities. This might cause a scene. Please, let s's all move on.
Sorry, I have to get a new dog and a new wife. Boy that was easy. I am ready to "Get over it".
Not only might the GOP "fix" an election with paperless e-voting machines, there is compelling statistical evidence that e-voting manipulation and fraud were at work in the 2002 mid-term elections. Within days of the 2002 election, the New Zealand website Scoop published a comparison of the final polls with the actual results of 19 contests (five Governor, four House, ten Senate). The results:
- 14 races showed a post opinion poll swing towards the Republican
Party (by between 3 and 16 points)
- 2 races showed a post opinion poll swing towards the Democratic
Party (by 2 and 4 points)
- In three races the pollsters were close to correct
- The largest post opinion poll vote swings occurred in Minnesota
and Georgia...
- All the post polling swings in favour of the Democratic party
were within the margin of error.
- Several of the post polling swings in favour of the republican
party were well outside the margin of error.
If you wish to read the full article.
http://www.crisispapers.org/essays/get-over-it.htm
I don't have time, everyone is telling me to "Get over it".
Shit they beat my new dog and killed my new wife. I know "Get over it"