Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Lies of Omission, or Just Plain Ignorance?

The Right is all up in arms, because supposedly Republican poll watchers are being ejected from Philadelphia polling stations:

Both campaign finance fraud and voter fraud have become significant elements of the Democrats' electoral strategy. Reform is urgently needed, but the Democrats won't let it happen.

However, and with most breathless pronouncements from the likes of Powerline, redstate.com, and the like, there is more, much more than they want you to know.

Namely, not just Republican poll watchers, but, all poll watchers are being asked to leave, because of overcrowding:
Leventhal spoke to a Republican poll watcher who said he'd only be allowed "intermittent" access to watching people vote; a Democratic poll watcher said the same thing. That's because it's the law -- observers can check in and make sure everything's running as it should, but watchers can't just take up space in a crowded precinct and watch every voter pick up a ballot.

The level of paranoia is outstanding to watch.