No less august a personage than Jimmy Carter makes the point, although his language is rather more temperate than mine: "...some basic international requirements for a fair election are missing in Florida."
Dig it: Venezuela can manage a fair election. Jeb Bush's Florida cannot.
Alas, Carter's solution is so mushy it reminds us of why he lost in 1980: "With reforms unlikely at this late stage of the election, perhaps the only recourse will be to focus maximum public scrutiny on the suspicious process in Florida."
There's another recourse, and I've suggested it before. If a questionable "vote" in Florida costs Kerry the election, then we must demand a revote -- a fair revote with international observers, and without a blind reliance on machines. If we don't get such a revote, all Democracts -- and all lovers of small-d democracy -- should stop paying taxes.
No taxation without representation. The winner of a rigged vote does not represent you.
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