The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
In November 2000, the Republicans stole from America our most precious right of all: the right to free and fair elections... Now President Bush occupies the White House, but with questionable legitimacy.
We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.
Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has been hollowed out, and it has been returned to us as a vehicle for the free market, of the corporations. For the corporations, by the corporations.
Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money - especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran this place. We were guilty. And that's why we lost.
I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.
What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy.
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government.
We lost everything. We even won our own constituency.