GOP = Gross Overabundance of Power

In a Rolling Stone article, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. basically alleges Pres. G. W. Bush stole the 2004 election from John Kerry, then Kennedy backs his charge up with four pages of research.
A couple of things struck me before I even read the story: Bobby Jr. is a Democrat (he's a Kennedy, after all) and his report was published in a magazine that targets the liberal 18- to 34-year-old demographic.
With that said, I don't think the report should be dismissed out of hand. I think RFK Jr. is attempting to connect with America's grass-roots crowd, albeit through pop culture.
The article blasts Ohio's Republican leaders' handling of the 2004 presidential election, as well as exit polling. Both arguments make pretty convincing cases.
But even as Bobby Jr. points out himself, our nation's election system is far from consistent and riddles with flaws. Still, I'm inclined to believe Gee Dub and his cronies had their hands in the electoral process rather than believing there were so many mistakes in so many different places that all favored Bush.
It's not beyond our infamous Commander in Chief to lie to us. There weren't any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Saddam Hussein didn't have anything to do with the 9/11 attacks. The list goes on and on.
As a reporter and a member of the "mass media," I am a little disappointed in how the information was ignored or swept aside without proper scrutiny. Perhaps if enough reporters in enough cities had reached enough people with the facts...
Oh, well. Here's to wishing.
I guess this teaches us all a valuable lesson. The government has only as much power as we give them, and the intelligent people haven't been paying close enough attention to the power our government has usurped from us.
We have a chance to make a difference in November. Maybe we should start taking our right to vote a little more seriously.