Alaska Senate Race: Lisa Murkowski Slams Delay Of Game Tactics In Write-In Ballot Count Saga

#2 - I don't think I used the word 'civil', but in fact, there was a period of time during the hand-counting where not only was there civility between Democratic and Republican volunteers who were hand-counting ballots, there was a sense of agreement, cooperation and bon amie.  Where they felt as if they were on the same side (Americans first), and working together for the good of the country, no matter what the result.

You wouldn't have seen that on CNN or Fox, or any other mainstream media outlet.  You certainly wouldn't have seen it on any program where Mary Matalin appeared.  She's a partisan operative and it's her job to sow division and conflict.

I don't think people realize how much of what they believe or think is true is actually the result of the editorial direction and production values on news programs.  Just think back to the days leading up to the war in Iraq, and the original music themes that the cable channels commissioned.  The driving beat, purely to instill anxiety.  The same was true for the post-election days of Florida.  

In chaos, you can't think.  You certainly can't get accurate vote counts.  And that's what Republicans wanted people to believe.  That there couldn't be accuracy in recounting the ballots because of the chaos -- Chaos that they were creating.  


Here's a transcript of Larry King Live from 11/23/2000, and they're going nvtz over how long it's taking to find out the winner of this election.  They're furthering the Republican meme, planting it in viewers minds that they should be impatient!:

http://edi­tion.cnn.c­om/TRANSCR­IPTS/0011/­23/lkl.00.­html

What I'm telling you is that where CNN's cameras weren't, where Fox's cameras weren't, also what "weren't" were Republican operatives creating chaos.  And where they weren't (hand-counting in Broward counting, for example) would have made you proud to be an American, and patient for the CORRECT and ACCURATE outcome.    

C-Span did some great and straight coverage of it - No music, no editorial commenting, just cameras rolling, volunteers and observers talking about their experience, with heads nodding in agreement.  To paraphrase Michelle Obama, in my entire very long, civic-active adult life, the hand-counting in Broward county on the days around and including Thanksgiving day 2000 were the proudest I've ever been of America,  And I think that everyone there, D's, R's and I's, felt the same way.  

Here's Rachel Maddow talking about what I'm talking about, about the Republican strategy for creating chaos for the cameras for the purpose influencing public perception, undermining trust in the process:
http://www­.msnbc.msn­.com/id/22­425001/vp/­32292235#32292235
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