I watched some video yesterday on democraticunderground.com posted by reprehensor that I thought was worth passing along to others. The video is from youtube of Mark Crispin Miller warning of election fraud and martial law.
While the concerns he raises are shared by many progressives already, his desire to prepare people for what to do when they see it happening seemed worth a re-post here to get as broad covereage as possible. Some of the details and links to the videos are contained below.
He makes an argument that the republicans are well-poised to steal the next presidential election. The tactics are similar to what we saw in 2004 and 2000: voter suppression through voter ID laws, purging voter rolls, manipulated voting machines, not counting provisional ballots, etc. ad nauseum. Such revelations or warnings are not new of course, and have been widely written about here on KOS as well as many other progressive blogs and media.
He argues further that the current administration might resort to some pretext for imposing martial law to stay in power, particularly if the election doesn't appear to be close enough (within 10 pertenage points)to steal. Many have argued for some time that the current regime has too much to lose to let a democratic president they can't control take office.
They have committed far too many crimes that they don't want investigated. The list of their crimes is probably far longer, and far more reprehensible than the public is even aware. So, having someone take office that may want to prosecute them for those crimes is something they will avoid at all costs.
Well, so if this isn't really new, why report it again here? For a brief answer, follow me below. Miller makes a number of fine points in his argument. McCain can't possibly win on his own. He's old, hot-headed, and doesn't know what he's talking about most of the time. And he has a history of questionable ethics together with the fact he surrounds himself with corrupt lobbyists. The attacks on Obama are not so much geared towards getting people to switch their votes from him to McCain as they are to make a McCain win seem plausible. And if they are within a few percentage points one way or another that argument might be believable.
I think the point of his warning, which I agree with by the way, is to prepare people. Real preparation. It is to get us thinking now what we will do when we see the signs the election is being stolen. Or when it appears martial law is being imposed. As a community, as a people, as a nation, how will we respond? Start thinking about it. Join with others to make some concrete plans. Get involved. Get out the vote. Help at the polling places. Document what you see and hear.
Miller's two videos can be seen at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvOjjvtMHGc and www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX9IvrFYVfI or if their still posted at: www.democraticunderground.com