Friday, January 23, 2004

Democracy at Risk (NYTimes)
The disputed election of 2000 left a lasting scar on the nation's psyche. A recent Zogby poll found that even in red states, which voted for George W. Bush, 32 percent of the public believes that the election was stolen. In blue states, the fraction is 44 percent.

The operative word here is "stolen". Not stolen, as in "The Eagles had the playoffs stolen from them", but maliciously, criminally stolen by a fake.