Democracy in Action

Last week, it was revealed that the New Mexico GOP was forcing prospective attendees to Bush-Cheney campaign events to sign loyalty oaths pledging to support Bush for President. Now that's one way to get swing voters... make 'em put it in writing! Apparently, the author of the loyalty oath is fresh off an ESL course, by the way:

"I ... herby (sic) endorse George W. Bush for reelection of the United States."

Come to think of it, maybe Bush wrote it himself.

While NM Republican Party spokesman Yier Shi promised to fix the spelling and grammatical errors, he promised to continue the practice in the future:

"If we feel our event will get disrupted again, we will use the same method to make sure it's a positive event," Republican Party spokesman Yier Shi said Thursday, defining positive as "without interruption, without debate — just (without) disruption, period."

George Bush's America... without debate, without disruption, period.

Meanwhile, Salon reports that the GOP is simultaneously SENDING Bush supporters over to Kerry rallies. Now that's pre-emption, folks.

I don't think sending protesters over to Kerry campaign events is just confined to New Mexico, it seems there are isolated pockets at almost every stop, and even if there are three yahoos with Bush signs, the SCLM never fails to report "Kerry spoke in front of supporters and a few protesters..." This is why Democrats have to be vigilant. These guys on the other side will stop at nothing.