I strongly urge you to go here and watch a preview of an important new documentary titled We Will not be Silenced. The video is lengthy but riveting -- in fact, it will leave you shaking with rage.

Bottom line: Yes, Obama did rig the vote in the caucus states.

The situation is even worse than you may have suspected. You will hear persuasive first-person accounts of fraud, death threats and disgusting intimidation tactics -- all perpetrated by the most conscience-free band of cultists in the history of the Democratic party.

I'll catch some flack for what I'm about to say, but I don't care.

Brad Friedman deserves unending applause for his efforts to publicize the menace of voting machines. He has made himself the "go-to" guy when the topic turns to election fraud in America. He is one of the heroes of the internet.

Sadly, we must now take him to task for ignoring the evidence of Barack Obama's electoral fraud. One glance at his current home page tells you that Brad Friedman still is trying to sell the delusion that only Republicans cheat.

Why does he refuse to discuss the vile tactics of the O-zealots? He is not an Obama partisan. In personal discussion -- and occasionally in his public writings -- he has made clear that that he has never held a high opinion of any of the leading Democratic candidates. While I don't share that damn-'em-all stance, I can't consider a captious attitude unreasonable.

If Brad has never been an acolyte of the Lightbringer, why does he still insist upon taking a "left eye blind" approach? Why won't he acknowledge the evidence that Team Obama gamed the caucuses? I've been ribbing him on this very point -- calling him "Thor" (after the notorious Thor Hearne) in public and in private. But I could never provoke an explanation.

When I turned against Obama, this site's daily readership made a dramatic plunge. For a while, the stats dipped below 1000 hits a day. Over time, as the PUMA movement developed muscles, a new audience found the site. Brad, however, may not be in a position to weather a readership decline and a search for new eyes. He depends on the progressives -- and when the progs turn against you, they turn against you.

Bradblog, unlike Cannonfire, makes money. Not a lot of money, but enough to help pay the rent on a small hillside apartment. Brad lives in Hollywood, where purses are pinched and times are tough -- due, in part, to strikes and rumors of strikes. Believe me, a lot of people in and around the industry are fearful right now.

Thus, while I am in a position to tell my readers to go to hell (and have often done just that), Brad depends on the goodwill of his audience. He has cultivated a position of respect within the progressive community, and he must maintain that position. He cannot afford to be hated by the Air America listeners and the Kos Krowd -- even though (to phrase the matter delicately) I have reason to suspect that he does not hold Markos Moulitsas in high esteem.

In short and in sum: He can't afford to piss off the progs.

I understand that. I sympathize. Nobody wants to see a three-day notice nailed to the front door of one's cute hillside apartment.

But...

...well, watch the video. You'll agree: Something monstrous has commandeered the Democratic Party. You'll agree: Election fraud is no longer just a Republican thing. You'll agree: 2008 ain't 2004.

The time has come to take a stand, and damn the risks.