{"id":15225,"date":"2020-11-03T10:18:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T15:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=15225"},"modified":"2020-11-03T16:14:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T21:14:16","slug":"election-day-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/03\/election-day-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is never too late for positive thinking.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m old enough to recall when the media was less dishonest than the political candidates.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323639034363760643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How many votes has the Deep State swayed in this election? Will any Deep State chieftain ever be prosecuted for their lies &amp; other crimes? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mu6QviIvp4\">https:\/\/t.co\/mu6QviIvp4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323669109435965445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323733396087066626<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden ran a brazen fear-based presidential campaign, routinely exaggerating Covid deaths by a hundred fold. The more fears that politicians fan, the easier it becomes to seize boundless power. Or to impose a national lockdown.   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vTSEmOsKYW\">https:\/\/t.co\/vTSEmOsKYW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323671607412477955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The more power that voting levers confer, the more unstable democracy becomes. Elections turn into political death matches where both sides fear that losing means certain destruction. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p1ub9S0MV5\">https:\/\/t.co\/p1ub9S0MV5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323665801061273600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rather than \u201cconsent of the governed,\u201d we have \u201cDamned Rascal Democracy.\u201d The system is rigged so presidents capture far more power than the Constitution allows. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vTSEmOsKYW\">https:\/\/t.co\/vTSEmOsKYW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323652588059971584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Voting isn&#39;t what it used to be.  This year, Krispy Kreme is offering a free donut to people who voted.  In 2016, Madonna offered [redacted] for Hillary voters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9dSQk47LoK\">https:\/\/t.co\/9dSQk47LoK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323645622885457921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is faith in \u201cAmerican exceptionalism\u201d blinding people to a death spiral of American democracy? There&#39;s no reason to expect either Trump or Biden to &quot;make America constitutional again.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vTSEmOsKYW\">https:\/\/t.co\/vTSEmOsKYW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323728670930907142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;It is naive to expect governments to descend step-by-step into barbarism\u2014as if there is a train schedule to political hell with easy exits along the way.&quot;  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9TK94CIkn4\">https:\/\/t.co\/9TK94CIkn4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1321860246781022211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even if the wisest, most virtuous citizen was elected president, our Leviathan would still be a nightmare for freedom. There is no magic wand that even a good president can wave over the entire federal government. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ugQ6QeTP7\">https:\/\/t.co\/7ugQ6QeTP7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1322260939673083905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives.&quot; thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibQ_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LibQ_Official<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9TK94CIkn4\">https:\/\/t.co\/9TK94CIkn4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4AwKIR8ouE\">pic.twitter.com\/4AwKIR8ouE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323015234362216449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;A democratic government that respects no limits on its own power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect.&quot;  thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LibQ_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LibQ_Official<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gu0ZrQ3glc\">https:\/\/t.co\/gu0ZrQ3glc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NS3zGEIBrc\">pic.twitter.com\/NS3zGEIBrc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323014666981904386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe my piece on the value of political cynicism will be outdated if the polling and ballot counting on Election Day proceeds without any glitches <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0aitOpHGmI\">https:\/\/t.co\/0aitOpHGmI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1322600528841478144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Custers&#39; Last Stand&quot; in super-liberal Montgomery County, Maryland? At the polls &#8211; Friendly folks who understand &amp; hate gerrymandering. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e8nCwVc4rl\">pic.twitter.com\/e8nCwVc4rl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1323711558724321280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer\u2019s patients, telling them anything to keep them subdued. It doesn\u2019t matter what untruths people are fed because they&#39;ll quickly forget. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9TK94CIkn4\">https:\/\/t.co\/9TK94CIkn4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1322239440589389826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Having a vote does nothing to prevent a person from being molested by the TSA, spied on by the NSA, or harassed by the IRS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gu0ZrQ3glc\">https:\/\/t.co\/gu0ZrQ3glc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1322239617958072320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is never too late for positive thinking. 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The Wall Street Journal called Bovard \"the roving inspector general of the modern state\" and Washington Post columnist George Will called him a \"one-man truth squad.\" His 1994 book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, received the Free Press Association\u2019s Mencken Award as Book of the Year. His Terrorism &amp; Tyranny won the Lysander Spooner \"Best Book on Liberty in 2003\" award. He received the Thomas Szasz Award for Civil Liberties work, awarded by the Center for Independent Thought and the Freedom Fund Award from the Firearms Civil Rights Defense Fund of the National Rifle Association. 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