Eat it

Here. Have some pie.

Now before you bite in, perhaps we should talk about those troubling rumors you've heard. It seems someone tested a very thin slice of this pie and...er...um...found a small amount of cyanide in it.

Well, let me put your mind at rest. The amount of cyanide was not enough to kill anyone. And just because cyanide was found in that one tiny piece does not mean that it exists in the rest of the pie.

Why, anyone who thinks that way must be crazy!

So go ahead. Eat your pie. If you show any hesitation, if you ask for me to cook up a whole new pie using untainted ingredients -- well, you simply must be one of those loony conspiracy theorists.

And that, in essence, is the argument offered by the Los Angeles Times and other mainstream forums when they discuss our troubling vote. They've stopped saying that all is well. Instead, they admit that, yes, there was a certain amount of fraud in the election -- but not enough to change the results. So don't worry.

True, Bev Harris found original poll tapes in Florida which proved that the copies handed to her by election officials were fraudulent. But look at it this way: She didn't collect original poll tapes for the entire state, now, did she? Just a few precincts. So you can hardly argue that the whole Florida vote was tainted.

What's that, you say? The other poll tapes were no doubt destroyed before Bev could get to them?

See? Just as I said: No hard proof of vote tampering.

Now shut up and eat your pie. Every bite. You don't want anyone calling you a loopy conspiracy theorist, do you?