Wish I had Been in DC
To The Editor: Last Saturday night, I attended an event in Bellville where the main speaker was a convicted Federal felon, Dinesh D’Souza. During a political donation, D’Souza made a process mistake, leading to charges by Federal prosecutors in Manhattan. The Obama administration applied weighty and exceptional charges of a category normally reserved for defendants engaged organized crime. I wonder if my visit to this meeting, joined by over 350 others from our own region of central Texas, will lead people in my county to be offended? About a decade ago, during that same Obama administration, Americans of every affilation assembled into a grass-roots effort to collectively voice concerns about the directions taken by national leaders. My wife and attended a local tea-party gathering in Flatonia, and we were bouyed in hope that God had provided us a chance to join with our neighbors in thinking about a better future. I wonder if my part in that outdoor event was noticed by those around here, and created offense? I admit that I was relieved that Lois Lerner, Obama’s IRS Director of Tax Exempt Organizations, did not persecute me for Tea Party donations as she did organizations the president wished to hamper by the threat of government force. I have dear friends nearby whose judgment I trust implicitly. During the months immediately following Mr. Biden’s election, they, like many, many other Americans voiced deep concern about the integrity of the November 2000 election. As is well known, an outdoor rally was called on Jan. 6, 2021 for the area around the capitol building in Washington, DC, and these friends decided to attend that rally in Washington, much as we did with the Tea-Party event here in Flatonia. My friends were not alone; many others were present. Some of those at this event were people whose character has proven flawed, but I know my friends, their character, their convictions and their personal history.
I do not now re-evaluate my friends’ decision to participate, rather I presume their motives were sound and only wish I had been able to join them, because I share that same deep concern about the soundness of the American voting system and the proper handling ballots within key, high-population urban precincts.
True the Vote conducted research on the November 2000 vote. True theVote is an energetic and non-partisan group with one mission: ensuring America maintains a voting quality befitting our name as the harbor of freedom for the world. True the Vote was founded by a Texas lady who lives in Houston. A documentary on this research, referred to on this editorial page, is called “2000 Mules,” for any citizen who wishes to be informed of True the Vote’s findings, it can be accessed, without charge, at https://node-3.2000mules.com. Any person who carefully considers the facts outlined in “2000 Mules,” sees a fraction of the 4 million minutes of video and the voluminous geo-tracking (the same tool used by the FBI on the Jan. 6 crowd), will be motivated to take my concern seriously and perhaps join me in contributions to TruetheVote.org.
Scott Rodibaugh Praha