In 2000, voter suppression in Florida gave the White House to George W. Bush. Even though investigations proved the election was stolen, Democrats accepted the results for the good of the country.
But after Barack Obamas landslide victory in 2008, Republicans claimed that ACORN had stolen the election for Democrats. Lengthy investigations found absolutely no evidence of voter fraud. Nevertheless, Republicans refused to accept President Obamas legitimacy. They questioned his citizenship. They blocked and obstructed every presidential decision and appointment setting a record for the number of filibusters and holds on appointments.
For the past four years, Republican legislatures and governors have passed new voter ID laws in order to prevent many Democrats from voting. They have instituted voter purges in heavily populated Democratic voting districts.
Now they claim the polls have been rigged to show President Obama with a lead over Mitt Romney. And they claim that the Obama administration has rigged the job numbers to show that the economy is better than it really is. Of course, if the polls are rigged, then theyre being rigged by both liberal and conservative media. And the administration has absolutely no influence over the reporting of jobs data. Indeed, the data actually lags behind independent payroll data from ADP.
Why are Teapublicans so determined to find fraud by Democrats when there is none? Id suggest its the result of a guilty conscience. Since Teapublicans so readily steal, cheat and lie, they assume everyone does.
Truth is, Teapublican ideas are not popular with most working Americans. To compensate, Teapublicans pour money into commercials filled with patently false charges against their opponents. They steal opposing candidates signs. They vandalize cars sporting opponents bumper stickers. And they cry foul whenever something goes against them.
If Teapublicans really want to find cheaters and bullies, all they have to do is look in a mirror.