Informed Speculation

Over at the Huffington Post, Lyn Davis Lear, wife of ultra-liberal Norman, drops a bombshell – the GAO has confirmed the 2004 election was stolen! (Hilariously, the post is partially titled Paging Frank Rich – indeed!).

Of course, if the Huff’n'Puff is known for anything at all beyond its echo-chamber nature, it’s known for completely inaccurate information of the willfully deceptive sort, and this is no exception. What did the GAO say that got Mrs. Lear in such a tizzy?

The non-partisan GAO report has now found that, “some of [the] concerns about electronic voting machines have been realized and have caused problems with recent elections, resulting in the loss and miscount of votes.”

Wow – back up a minute (I know you’ve probably fallen over from the excitement) and read that again.

Only in the land of the incurable Bush hater could such a harmless statement be taken to be ‘proof’ that the 2004 election was stolen. But then, Mrs. Lear’s whole piece was lifted verbatim from Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman, two gentlemen who have made a career off of paranoid conspiracy theories regarding the two Bush victories. Here’s all you need to know about Mrs. Lear:

I had a chance to talk to my hero, Frank Rich, a few months ago about election fraud and he claimed he didn’t know much about it.

Lyn, what Frank doesn’t know could fill the Library of Congress – but thanks for letting us know he’s your hero, I think that’s proof enough of something right there – but I leave it to you to determine just what that something is…