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In the past, I may have suggested that Republicans either condone or ignore instances of voter suppression as long as they serve them politically. This is because of trumped up charges of "voter fraud" that have no merit, the use of private detectives to intimidate voters, trying to prevent college students from voting, and attempts to disenfranchise voters based on typos and data entry errors, not to mention the outright glum that met Charlie Crist's decision to keep the early voting stations open in Florida.
But I was mistaken to suggest Republicans don't take voter suppression seriously. This front paged post at RedState from Dan Perrin makes clear that Republicans are themselves fighting a most vicious nationwide voter suppression campaign, and that, paradoxically, the suppression is so fierce that it makes McCain a lock for winning the presidency.
The first and foremost reason McCain-Palin will win is the absolute arrogance, elitism, condescending, patronizing and in-your-face voter suppression campaign -- don’t vote for McCain, he can not win -- being conducted by the national media on Senator Obama’s behalf.
Hiring private detectives to eliminate voters, trying to purge voters from the rolls over typos, or using flawed no-match lists to challenge voters at the polls, this isn't voter suppression. Voter suppression is reporting bad news about the Republican candidate.
Clearly, this flagrant violation of the Voting Rights Act should be prosecuted. In order to defend freedom, I'm sorry to say that it may be necessary to throw reporters who engage in voter suppression by reporting bad news about the Republican candidate in jail.
--A. Serwer
