Dear Mr Smith,
As you would expect, Mr Blough, the Editor, has pointed out to me your comments on my article entitled "Why you should vote in 2008", and I suspect that you have started from the wrong place.
First of all, it is worth examining where you and I are in agreement, usually far more helpful than any points on which we might disagree. We have both drawn the conclusion that the election system in the USA in general (with peaks in certain states) is so corrupt that it makes voting in many third world one-party dictatorships look clean in comparison.
The question then arises of what should, and can, be done to remedy this. Axis Editorial Board on 12th July 2008 came to the conclusion that abstinence was the best answer. My view was that this represented a failure to face up to the evil, and could be counterproductive. I have had this friendly disagreement with Mr Blough since before the previous fraudulent election in 2004. In one of my earlier articles, dated 25th June 2008 entitled "Political Correctness, or caveat elector", I complained about the general ignorance on the part of the public in the USA deliberately induced by the media on behalf of the establishment dictatorship.
In my article to which you object, I suggested that much closer monitoring was required at all stages of the election system which can only benefit the single criminal element which appears to us outside your country to control both your main parties, the Republicans and the Democrats. I also suggested that it was useful to vote for candidates who are not promoted by the two main parties. I understand from something written by Mr Ralph Nader that any voter has the right (at least is some states) to state on his or her ballot slip that he or she does not approve of any of those registered as candidates, and, if that is so, this seems a useful move. Quite frankly, I would like to see evidence gathered in such a great volume that it broke the corrupt systems used in different states.
Broadly speaking, I suspect that you and I agree that something must be done, but I go further than you by recommending positive action against the fraudsters. However dishonest the propaganda of the media might be, it unfortunately has a massive effect on the less well educated portion of the population. Although it would be a great advance if newspapers and television companies could be pursued where they tell outright lies, I understand that the popular affection for the constitutional provisions in favour of what is misnamed "freedom of speech" makes it difficult to do anything about even the most obvious untruths.
It must be possible to elucidate and expose even the most sophisticated machine-rigged fraud, and of course the simpler and cruder methods committed in Florida. It is also probable that even the most corrupt judges are likely at some stage to have to answer for their indecent decisions. The important thing is to record all fraudulent acts as and when they occur, since like water on granite this persistence can eventually wear through the most ferocious determination of criminals to hold on to power by all and any means.
It would still seem to me possible to catch the swindlers out, and it also seems possible to prove how the machines can be adapted to give advantages to any person who so wishes. Even though the Supreme Court is appointed by criminals, its members do manage every so often to reach just decisions, and this may well also be so in each individual state.
Whatever else I may have done wrong in my life, I am certainly not "a supporter and patron of the U.S. election fraud industry", since I consider it totally indecent. In other words I support your use of the expression "election fraud pornographers" for many who make their living from stolen elections, but I do not include in my condemnation those who reveal criminal conspiracies to effect such seizures of power.
As a foreigner, I obviously cannot do anything about this election which will bring either Tweedledum or Tweedledee to the White House, but you and your fellow citizens of the USA can, but only if you fight the basic corruption in your whole political system. We here in France, and those in other supposedly democratic countries, have always to remain vigilant, and I never stop saying so. Your system is a lesson to us in what could happen if we lowered our guard and ceased to keep a close watch on our politicians. We also have had nasty experiences and it is up to us to keep a close watch on those who wish to rule us.
With every good wish to you, your nearest and dearest and all the honest people of the USA
Robert Thompson
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