But the socialist are very unhappy

Election 2004 was historic: Its the closest U.S. voters have ever come to electing a socialist to the White House. Had a few thousand votes in Ohio gone the other way, socialist AROUND THE WORLD would have poured into the streets to celebrate.

How did it happen? How could Americans, of all people, suddenly decide that they want a socialist president. — The answer is, they didn't. The fact is that the "main stream" media (MSM) pooled big city newspapers with tax-payer airwaves into a formidable consortium. Then, with stealth socialist (SS) politicians and activist they formed a synergistic team that attempted to take advantage of voter apathy and public ignorance to elect a socialist president. There are two reasons it didn't work:

1) It wasn't overtly planned, such things never are. It was a matter of socialist publishers, socialist editors, socialist general managers, et al, following instincts. Because there was no master plan and no per se project manager, eager beavers like CBS screwed up.
2) The public has instincts too, and voters like Zell Miller could tell that there was something wrong.

Nevertheless, it was a very close call and unless American voters begin to exercise due delligence in evaluating candidates for federal office, the U.S. will soon have governments like Canada, France, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela, et al.

In the closing weeks of the 2004 election cycle, victory seemed so near at hand that the MSM and stealth socialist (SS) (who usually are able to hide their ideological bent) nearly lost it. Bruce Springsteen, Michael Moore and other Hollywood SS storm troopers let it all hang out and revealed that they were fighting for much more than just a single presidental choice. Some claimed that they were after our "hearts and minds" but the reality is they wanted only our hearts… They absolutely believe that THEIR "minds" are more than enough.

The MSM, a large number of Senators, and many in Hollywood are convinced that the only problem with the old U.S.S.R., Russia, China, and Cuba is that THEY were not in charge. — If only THEY had called the shots, all of those places would have been Utopia.

Flying Under the Radar

Democracy Imperiled: The Wall Street Journal is one of the few publications that will report (or print) about voter registration fraud perpetrated by some on the left.

John Fund, an editorial writer for the WSJ, has published a book (Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy) on what has been taking place in the name of "voter fairness." Under the guise of assuring that every American citizen is provided simple, understandable, easy access to a ballot box, the left (NOTE 1) has coerced every voter registration precinct in the U.S. into a process that requires no proof of citizenship. In fact, ID requirements for voter registration is lower than requirements for a library card.

As a consequence, voter registration rolls are crammed with felons, illegal aliens, non-citizens, temporary workers, terrorist, and any others who want to influence the outcome of U.S. elections.

Socialism
What is socialism? Ans: Some common definitions are: 1) A political theory advocating state ownership of industry. 2) An economic system based on state ownership of capital. 3) A political and economic theory of social organization based on collective or government ownership and management of the essential means for the production and distribution of goods and services; also a policy or practice based on this theory.
[Cf. COLLECTIVISM, FABIANISM, MARXISM, BOLSHEVISM, COMMUNISM.]

Democracy
Let's contrast Socialism to Democracy, although the word Democracy does not accurately describe the U.S. political system. Our federal system is actually a Representative Republic. Some common definitions of a Democracy: 1) The political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives. 2) A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. 3) The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group.

We are not a pure Democracy. We are a cooperative of 50 states, making a Republic. We select representatives from the states and those Reps form our government.

Text book definitions of Democracy are correct but notice what IS NOT defined by the word 'Democracy'… INDIVIDUAL and STATE RIGHTS. — RIGHTS are NOT guaranteed by a Democracy. Under the U.S. system, INDIVIDUAL and STATE RIGHTS are RETAINED, i.e., certain rights have NEVER been surrendered by the people. THOSE RIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN SURRENDERED ARE EACH SPELLED OUT EXPLICITLY IN THE CONSTITUTION. For example, we surrendered the RIGHT to negotiate treaties with foreign governments. We assigned that right to the federal government.

One RETAINED RIGHT, among many, is the right to own homes and land. However, without giving it a second thought, almost every American has surrendered that right to municipal, county, and/or state governments. — Think you haven't done that? Try going one year without paying property tax on your home and see how long you would be allowed to live there! Try going one year without paying taxes on unimproved land and see how long you would be allowed to keep it!

If local government can take your right to own land and a home, what's to stop them from taking your right to free speech, or gun ownership, or freedom of religion, or the right to secure your neighborhood ballot box?

So look at what's happened. The federal governemnt exercised a perogative and passed laws to assure that all citizens are treated fairly and not denied access to ballot boxes. Those laws are the voting rights act, elimination of poll taxes, elimination of unreasonable voter qualification tests, etc. Then, while most Americans looked away, the sleaze-bags oozed in under the radar and began to corrupt the voter registration process.

That's what John Fund's book is all about.

What Shoud Be Done
Heavy participation by volunteers in the election process would do wonders to correct the illegal registration problem.

The scope of what is happening and what the Founders intended was covered extensively in a three-part essay first published in 2000-2001 about the Florida debacle and its aftermath.