How Certain Are You?

Let’s call it a nervous optimism, shall we?
I don’t pretend to be non-partisan; for the love of God, I’m Canadian; just a simple Quebecer reporter raised on the simple, homespun values of the Gaspe Peninsula: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. No Quarter.

So, yeah, Sacre’Poutine, I’m for Obama! And, damn you all, I’ve learned what this country is capable of and there is still time to run afoul! Ready the Long Knives! This is the final stretch!

Certainly, the Curmudgeon from the Dungeon is piss poor in the polls, his running mate decreed to have abused her power as governor of the *&$%&^$%# State of Alaska, the economy is in the shit can and we all know who’s to blame and who can’t fix it, their rallies have denigrated into casserole pot-lucks for crack pots, and the best of the conservative pundits are reeling like drunkards telephoning ex-girlfriends in the deep night, offering inchoate explanations for how things could work out between us, but I’ve seen this country robbed of its vote more than once, watched it wring its hands, and wet its pants as cowboys and corporate raiders howled like goddamned gorillas all over the trampoline of Decency and I know what’s still possible. Disaster Awaits!

Hysterical? Have you seen Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections? Ask yourself what makes you confident Obama’s lead is enough to gain victory? Polls? Remember Kerry in ’04? Exit polls showed him leading by margins mathematically impossible, according to the ‘recorded results’. What’s that mean? Lie, Scandal, Calumny! That’s what! Obama is going to take advantage of record numbers streaming to the ballot box? Who? Black Americans? The same African-Americans purged, disenfranchised, locked out of urban, black communities in Ohio, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and California? All of this and more happened in 2000, 2004, and you may be surprised to hear that even in the Democrats overtaking congress in 2006, vote-flipping occurred through the use of un-auditable electronic voting.

Nothing is Assured. If the numbers slip, even within five points, there are Sinister Forces well oiled and Ready to steal this one from you as well. Be Vigilant! And, nom dieu, don’t take it this time!

See the movie, sharpen your knives, watch the debate!