Perhaps the most powerful moment in Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit
9-11" was the stony silence in the hall of the joint session of
Congress as a line of African- American and other non-white
representatives stood up and pleaded for just one senator to issue an
official challenge to the Florida electoral college delegation and its
vote in favor of candidate George Bush. This Thursday, we are destined
to have a repeat of that dramatic event. Congressman John Conyers has
vowed to challenge the state's delegation to the Electoral College.
Under the Constitution, it requires only one representative and one
senator to initiate a challenge, which would then mandate an official
inquiry into the state's election, and delay certification of the
national presidential election results. With
so many leading Democrats in Congress and the Democratic National
Committee falling over each other calling for a cave-in to Republicans
on issues from abortion rights and prayer in schools to social security
"reform" and foreign policy, it will be fascinating to see if this time
around, somebody on the senate side has the guts to join Conyers in his
call for a challenge to the Ohio delegation. [more] and [more]
Will John Kerry Report for
Duty? John Kerry may have one more chance to "report for duty." On Jan.
6, after the new Congress convenes, he could join with Reps. John
Conyers, Maxine Waters and other members of the House of
Representatives in supporting their expected motion for a full-scale
investigation of Election 2004, particularly the widespread allegations
of voting fraud in the pivotal state of Ohio. One
Kerry adviser said the senator may be traveling outside the country on
Jan. 6. [more]
Pictured above: U.S.
Senator Barak Obama ( D-Ill.). Making history on 1/4/2005 he was
sworn in as only the third African American U.S. Senator since
reconstruction. Will he stand up and challenge the election results on
Thursday?
