Powerline’s John Hinderaker, who was guest-hosting on the Dan Proft show on Salem Radio Network, and I had a lively chat yesterday on pandemic follies and on the proliferating fraud allegations from the 2020 election. John has 40+ years experience as a litigator, had excellent insights into how the election played out in Minnesota and […]
American Institute for Economic Research, November 11, 2020 Elections and Legitimacy James Bovard This year’s presidential election is the fourth since 2000 to be marred by either widespread allegations of voter fraud or of foreign interference. Politicians and pundits have long counted on elections to wave a magic wand of legitimacy over the reign of […]
This year’s election is the fourth presidential election since 2000 that was followed by a tidal wave of allegations of fraud or foreign interference. The only exceptions: the 2008 blowout when Republicans nominated a braindead warmonger and the 2012 election when Obama appeared to cleanly beat Romney. Otherwise, every presidential election has been clouded. System […]
Best quote for this week? Lily Tomlin said, “No matter how cynical you get, it is not enough to keep up.” Deceiving citizens violates voting rights as much as barring people from polling places. https://t.co/yY2kPoOfXt — James Bovard (@JimBovard) November 6, 2020 This post-election vote counting is like extra innings of a baseball playoff game […]
American Institute for Economic Research, November 3, 2020 Covid and Constitutional RoadKill James Bovard Is the U.S. Constitution the biggest roadkill on the 2020 campaign trail? Is faith in “American exceptionalism” blinding people to a death spiral of American democracy? According to much of the media, this is a single-issue election: “It’s the pandemic, stupid,” […]
Here’s an audio version of my favorite epigrams from yesterday’s piece at the Mises Institute – A Collection of Bovardian Epigrams Thanks to Millian Quinteros for recording my epigrams.
American Spectator Online / Knight Ridder syndicate @ November 4, 2000 Voting is Overrated by James Bovard Voting is dangerously overrated as a surefire safeguard to preserve liberty. Vice President Al Gore is clearly the most dangerous candidate running for the Presidency. If Gore wins, the pernicious trends of the Clinton era will continue full […]
