A Conflict of Interest revisited
When I was reading the NYTimes today, I came across yet another article about voting irregularities in Ohio, but it was this paragraph that really hit home to me.
But there is one clear way that Ohio’s election system is corrupt. Decisions about who can vote are being made by a candidate for governor. Mr. Blackwell should hand over responsibility for elections to a decision maker whose only loyalty is to the voters and the law.
Exactly what I have been saying for MONTHS about Mr. Blackwell and his candidacy for governor while he is the sitting Secretary of State. If this man does not see the conflict of him overseeing an election where his name appears on the ballot for another office, what kind of judgment could we expect him to use if he should become governor of Ohio?. Aside: I shuddered as I wrote those last words. This article picks up on the impropriety of this whole mess as well and it is a mess, and mess leads to confusion, and confusion leads to voter reluctance and voter reluctance leads to people staying home on election day, and staying home on election day eases ballot spoilage. Kind of like The House That Jack Built, only The State that Ken Demolished. And if he would sit down with Meet The Bloggers, I would ask him questions based on this very topic.
June 7th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
Politicians are the new gentry, they can do anything they feel like.
February 14th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Watch subject. Bush is forever saying that democracies do not invade other countries and start wars. Well, he did just that. He invaded Iraq, started a war, and killed people. What do you think? What is he doing to us, and what is he doing to the world?
Our country is in debt until forever, we don’t have jobs, and we live in fear. We have invaded a country and been responsible for thousands of deaths.
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!