WHY VOTE OR WORK TO ELECT RON PAUL WHEN
RIGGED MACHINES STEAL OUR VOTES ANYWAY?
© 2008 by G. Edward Griffin
I would like to address the issue of election fraud and the Ron Paul campaign. In 2004, I produced the first documentary DVD on this topic, called Invisible Ballots. As President of Freedom Force International and Founder of The Coalition for Visible Ballots, I have been a vocal opponent of electronic voting machines and a champion of 100% paper ballots as the only realistic means to insure honest elections; so I come to this topic with a fair amount of familiarity and momentum.
The electronic voting machines being used in America today, not only are capable of being hacked, but are designed to be hacked. The elitists who now dominate the media and the two major political parties have a highly practical strategy for building what they fondly describe as the New World Order. It is to encourage the masses to believe that, through the process of elections, they are, somehow, determining their own political destiny. This is, however, a grand illusion carefully enhanced by reality-TV debates, massive advertising campaigns, and TV talking-heads “explaining” what is supposedly different about the candidates. It makes no difference that all of them (with the current exception of Ron Paul) are in basic agreement on foreign policy, fiscal policy, sovereignty issues, and anything else that materially affects the elimination of the United States and the building of a New World Order. These similarities are seldom mentioned, leaving the impression that candidates, somehow, offer a meaningful choice. People never vote on principle because principles are not discussed; and they seldom vote for the candidate they like but against the candidate they hate, supposedly voting for the lesser of two evils. They are putty in the hands of political spin masters.
This much is obvious to anyone who steps back from the fireworks and circus music and observes the show in its entirety – and especially to those who look at its long history in which elections have swung from one Party to the other over many years without missing a step in the long march toward the New World Order. To such an observer, it becomes clear that the use of electronic voting machines, designed to alter vote counts on command, and without any paper trail to confirm their accuracy, is merely the final step in controlling the masses while, at the same time, keeping them content with the illusion that they are determining their own political destiny. Until electronic vote machines are smashed with sledge hammers and thrown onto the junk pile where they belong, Americans will never determine their own political destiny; and the upcoming election is no exception.
Why, then, would anyone want to vote or, more to the point, why would anyone want to join in a campaign to elect their favorite candidate or support their favorite issue? This is a hard question that I had to face a long time ago. I came to the conclusion that participating in political campaigns was still a good idea for two reasons:
1. Winning an election, as important as that may be, is merely part of a larger strategy to recapture our freedom and restore national sovereignty. This cannot be done by putting one man into office, even the White House. A man like Ron Paul, if elected, would be surrounded by collectivist enemies in Congress, in the bureaucracy, in the Pentagon, in the CIA, in the Judiciary, and in the corporate media (to name just a few power centers) who would throw every conceivable roadblock in his way. Ultimate victory will come only after inroads have been made into all of these sectors, and that cannot happen in a four-year election cycle. It will take, not a campaign, but a movement that looks beyond politics and far beyond the next election. With that longer strategic view, the problem of rigged voting machines in the coming election, as important as it is, is secondary to being able to build a movement to bridge into the future.
2. Most people cannot sustain a high interest in political or ideological issues for very long. They do not have the stamina for long-term volunteer work and ongoing monetary sacrifice. They can sustain these things for a few months or even a year so long as there is a known end date, such as Election Day, but they are not up to the long haul that requires commitment year in and year out. However, election seasons are excellent times to identify newly awakened activists, some of whom will remain with us even after the polls close. In other words, participating in the election process is the best way to build a long-term freedom movement, a process that would be impossible if we dropped out and stayed home, grumbling and glowering over vote fraud.
None of this means that we should ignore vote fraud or pretend it doesn’t exist. We have come to the point where everyone, from candidates to precinct captains to lone supporters should proclaim to the rooftops that the voting system is broken and needs fixing now. Not only is this an urgent practical issue, the public now has been sufficiently sensitized to it by news reports and video documentaries (such as Hacking Democracy. and Invisible Ballots.) that this finally has become a mainstream issue. Now is the time to make vote fraud a major – if not the major – campaign issue. We can be sure that none of the controlled candidates will be talking about it, so here is a clear shot for Ron Paul and other candidates of like mind to grab the spotlight and win wide support that completely cuts across partisan lines. It is a hot issue, and it would be shame not to run with it.
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