He mea kēia aʻu i kākau ai i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, akā ua hōʻano hou au i nehinei, i kēia manawa ʻo ke koho balota 2008 i hala ma mua o ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ka Hui Kalaiaina Kuikahi
Loaʻa i ka manaʻo e hoʻopiʻi ana kou aupuni iā ʻoe? Ma ke kānāwai, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mea ia ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ke hana ke ʻole ʻoe e ʻae. Me ka ʻole o kou ʻae ʻana, ʻaʻole ia he pilina kuʻikahi a lilo i mea hoʻokamakama. No laila, ʻo kaʻu nīnau, ua hāʻawi ʻoe i kou ʻae a ʻaʻole paha?
"ʻAʻole loa," wahi a koʻu mau hoaaloha me ka huhū. "No ke aha mākou e ʻae ai i ka loaʻa ʻana o kā mākou mau hana ponoʻī, hoʻihoʻi ʻia ko mākou mau home, ka moraki o kā mākou mau keiki e uku no nā kaua ma muli o ka wahaheʻe, a me ka ʻae ʻana i nā hui nui e ʻona i kā mākou meaʻai a me ka wai?"
"ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ke kumu o kou ʻae ʻana i nā mea like me ia," wahi aʻu iā lākou, "akā, ʻaʻole wau i hopohopo nui i ko ʻoukou manaʻo—makemake wale wau e ʻike inā ua ʻae ʻoe a ʻaʻole paha."
"ʻAʻole!" wahi a lakou me ka huhu. "ʻAʻole mākou i ʻae!"
A lohe au i ko lākou mau leo ma nā wahi a pau aʻu e hele ai.
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"ʻAʻole mākou i ʻae!" holler i ka mea i emi iho a i hoihoi hou ia, opiopio a me na elemakule.
Lohe au iā lākou, akā ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu ke kūʻai nei au. Inā ʻaʻole lākou i ʻae, pehea lā i hiki mai ai nā mea like? He aha inā inā ua ʻae maoli lākou akā ua hilahila lākou i kēia manawa a ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻokumu i ke aupuni hala ʻole no ka hoʻokamakama?
I kēia manawa ʻaʻole wau e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka ʻae implied, ke ʻōlelo nei wau e pili ana i ka ʻae affirmative. ʻAʻole wale ʻo ka hiki ʻole ke kūʻē a ʻōlelo ʻole ʻole, akā ʻo ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "ʻAe! Makemake wau!
ʻIke ʻoe, ʻo kā mākou aupuni ke ʻano ʻino ma waho, akā ma ʻaneʻi ma ka home ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻomake. Nīnau mau ʻo ia iā ʻoe me ka maopopo a me ka ʻoluʻolu inā makemake ʻoe e wili ʻia. A ʻo ke kaʻina hana e nīnau ai, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ka ʻōnaehana koho. I kēlā me kēia ʻehā makahiki, nīnau mai ko mākou aupuni iā mākou inā makemake mākou e hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a i kēlā me kēia ʻehā makahiki ʻōlelo mākou ʻae. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā koho balota i kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki, a ma ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina e noi ʻia e hāʻawi i ko lākou ʻae ʻana, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa e hoʻopiʻi ʻia e ka mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni kūloko, i kēlā me kēia makahiki a i ʻole mau manawa i ka makahiki.
"Akā ʻaʻole mākou i ʻōlelo ʻae," haʻi mai ka poʻe iaʻu. "Ua koho mākou ʻaʻole!"
ʻAe, akā, he helu malū kā mākou ma kēia ʻāina, no laila pehea ʻoe e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai ua ʻōlelo ʻoe ʻaʻole? Ke helu malu ia na balota, ua like ia me ka pili ana ma na puka pani. ʻO kāu ʻōlelo kūʻē iā lākou a ʻōlelo lākou ua ʻae ʻoe.
"ʻAʻole," haʻi mai lākou iaʻu, "ʻoiai ua paʻa nā mea āpau i ka wikiō a hiki iā mākou ke hōʻoia i kā mākou ʻōlelo ʻole." A ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia nā CD ROM me nā lipine koho, nā puke kākau inoa, a me nā balota maoli, e hōʻike ana ʻaʻole i ʻae nā kamaʻāina. Akā naʻe, ua pau ke kānāwai o nā palena a ua lōʻihi loa ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i kēia manawa. "No ke aha ʻoe i lawe ʻole mai ai i kēia hōʻike i mua i kēlā manawa?" Ke ninau nei au.
"No ka mea, ua ʻauʻa ʻia mai iā mākou," ʻōhumu lākou. "ʻAʻole e ʻae ke aupuni iā mākou i ka hōʻoia a hiki i ko mākou hoʻopau ʻana i nā makahiki i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo e koi ana iā lākou e hoʻokuʻu i nā moʻolelo."
"Ke haʻi mai nei ʻoe iaʻu," wahi aʻu, "ua inu pū ʻoe me lākou, ua piʻi i ko lākou lumi, nīnau lākou iā ʻoe me ka ʻoluʻolu inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a ʻōlelo ʻoe ʻaʻole me ka maopopo a me ka maopopo, Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻoe iā ʻoe, a i kou hoʻāʻo ʻana e kiʻi i nā lipine e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai, ʻaʻole lākou e hāʻawi iā ʻoe a hiki i ka lōʻihi o kou hoʻopiʻi ʻana?"
"ʻAe," wahi a lākou, "ua manaʻo mākou inā loaʻa kahi moʻolelo hōʻoia o ka mea i hana ʻia, e palekana loa ia."
Inā ʻaʻole au i ʻike me koʻu mau maka ponoʻī, ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo e manaʻoʻiʻo ua loaʻa kekahi kolohe. He maʻalahi ka hoʻowalewale ʻia ʻana o ka poʻe aa ʻaʻole pono e hoʻokamakama iā lākou. Aka, ua ike au i na hoike a ua hoopalau ia.
I ka makahiki 2000, ua ʻōlelo maopopo ka poʻe ʻaʻole, akā ʻaʻole i noʻonoʻo ka ʻAha Kiekie i nā hōʻike (ka helu balota, ka holoi ʻana i nā koho balota, ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā koho balota, a me nā koho balota a me nā mīkini koho balota) i ʻae ʻia, no laila ua kau ʻia kahi Pelekikena koho ʻole. kue i ka makemake o ka lehulehu. ʻO ka hoʻokamakama kēlā. Akā i ka manawa i hoʻokuʻu ai ke aupuni i nā hōʻike, ua lohi loa ka hana ʻana i kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia.
I ka makahiki 2004, ua ʻōlelo hou ka poʻe ʻaʻole, akā i kēia manawa ua mākaukau ke aupuni i ka ʻauʻa ʻana i nā hōʻike ʻaʻole pono ke komo ʻana o ka ʻAha Kiekie. Ua hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia nā hōʻike a ua kau ʻia ka Pelekikena koho ʻole ʻia no ke kau ʻelua. A i ka manawa i hiki ai i ka poʻe ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou, ua pau ke kānāwai o nā palena a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ka pōʻino.
Ma ke koho balota 2008, ʻaʻohe pono e komo i ke koho balota. No ka mea, ʻo nā moho ʻelua wale nō me ka manawa e lanakila ai, ua like like nā moho koho a me nā papa hana, hiki i nā kānaka ke koho i ko lākou makemake a ʻo ia ka hopena. No laila, nīnau hou ke aupuni iā ʻoe me ka ʻoluʻolu inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a ua hui hou ʻoe me lākou, inu pū kekahi, a laila komo i loko o ko lākou hale koho a ʻōlelo ʻole. A ke ʻōlelo hou nei ʻoe ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻoe a ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike a hiki i ka lōʻihi o ka hana ʻana i kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia.
Akā, hoʻomāinoino mai ka poʻe iaʻu i koʻu ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole lākou e hele i ke koho balota i kēia manawa.
"Inā ʻaʻole mākou e koho balota, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopiʻi," wahi a lākou.
He aha ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana?
"Inā ʻaʻole mākou e koho balota, e lanakila ka poʻe ʻino," haʻi mai lākou iaʻu.
Lanakila ka poe maikai ke koho balota?
"ʻO kā mākou kuleana civic a me ke kuleana e koho balota," wahi a lākou.
I nā koho pāloka hoʻopunipuni me nā helu koho huna no nā moho hiki ʻole ke kuleana? E hoʻomaha iaʻu!
"He ʻokoʻa paha kēia manawa," wahi a lākou.
ʻOiaʻiʻo? Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi Kumukānāwai hou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana iā mākou ke kuleana e helu a helu pololei i kā mākou mau balota? Ua hoopau anei makou i ke Kula Koho Balota? Ua hoololi anei makou i ke Kumukanawai no ka olelo ana he pono ke helu ia na balota a pau mamua o ka hoohikiia ana o na moho ma ka oihana a aole hiki i ka Aha Kiekie ke hoole i ke kuleana o kekahi e helu ia ko lakou balota? Ua pāpā anei mākou i nā mea ʻimi ʻimi, nā mīkini koho balota, a me nā papa helu kikowaena e like me kā ka ʻAha Kiekie o Kelemania i hana ai no ka mea ua hūnā lākou i nā kaʻina koho mai ka lehulehu a no laila ʻaʻole kūpono i ke aupuni demokala? Ua hoʻokumu anei mākou i nā koho pāloka i kākoʻo ʻia e ka lehulehu a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā koho balota i loaʻa i nā moho ʻaoʻao ʻekolu ke kahua pāʻani? Ua loaʻa iā mākou ka hōʻike kūlike? He aha ka mea ʻokoʻa i kēia manawa?
ʻAe, ʻo ka manawa mua e haʻi mai kekahi iaʻu ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou, makemake wau e hāʻawi iā lākou i ka pōmaikaʻi o ka kānalua. Akā, e nīnau au i ka hopena o ia mea a inā i koʻu manaʻo ke hana nei lākou i nā ʻano pilikia, manaʻo wau e akahele lākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka lua o ka haʻi ʻana mai o kekahi iaʻu ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou, a wehewehe lākou ua hana ʻia ma ke ʻano like no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i mālama i kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻo, hoʻomaka wau e manaʻo ua hewa lākou iā lākou iho.
Akā, i ke kolu o ka manawa, ʻaʻohe oʻu aloha. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hauʻoli i ka manawa mua ʻelua, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻae ia hana i ke kolu o ka manawa. ʻAʻole ia he hoʻopaʻapaʻa--ʻo ia ka ʻae politika, no laila, mai hele mai e uē mai iaʻu.
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ʻO ka hōʻike:
ʻO ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi hewa: He Hoʻopono Makaʻāinana o kahi Koho ʻAmelika na Richard Hayes Phillips (Hardcover me CD ROM, Canterbury Press, Malaki 2008)
Pehea ka ʻaihue ʻana o ka GOP i ke koho balota ʻana o ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2004 a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka makahiki 2008 na Bob Fitrakis lāua ʻo Harvey Wasserman (Paperback – Sep 21, 2005)
He aha ka mea i hana ʻia ma Ohio: He moʻolelo moʻolelo o ka ʻaihue a me ka hoʻopunipuni i ke koho balota 2004 na Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld, a me Harvey Wasserman
Ua ʻaihue anei ʻo George W. Bush i ke koho balota ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2004? na Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld, a me Harvey Wasserman (Paperback – Mei 30, 2005)
Ua ʻaihue ʻia ke koho balota Pelekikena 2004?: Exit Polls, Fraud Election, a me ka helu Official na Steve Freeman lāua ʻo Joel Bleifuss (Paperback - Jun 19, 2006)
HACKED! ʻAhue koho koho kiʻekiʻe ma ʻAmelika - 11 mau loea e hōʻike i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo na Abbe Waldman Delozier lāua ʻo Vickie Karp (Paperback - Sep 5, 2006)
Ka Pono ʻole Kiʻekiʻe: Pehea i kāʻili ai ka ʻAha Kiʻekiʻe i ke koho balota 2000 na Alan M. Dershowitz (Hardcover – 2001)
ʻO kahi koho balota hewa ʻole: hoʻopaʻapaʻa iā Bush V. Gore, ka ʻAha Kiʻekiʻe, a me ka Democracy ʻAmelika na Ronald Dworkin (Hardcover – Sep 2002)
ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia: ʻO ka ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Kiʻekiʻe o ʻAmelika a me ka hoʻoholo i hana ai ʻo George W. Bush i Pelekikena na Renata Adler (Paperback - Jul 2004)
Hoʻopunipuni Hou: ʻO ka hihia maoli no ka hoʻoponopono koho balota na Mark Crispin Miller (Paperback - Jun 2007)
ʻO ka Loser Take All: Ka hoʻopunipuni koho a me ka Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008 na Mark Crispin Miller (Paperback - ʻApelila 1, 2008)
ʻO Armed Madhouse: ʻO wai ka mea makaʻu iā Osama Wolf?, ʻO ka hale hoʻokamakama kānāwai maikaʻi loa ma Texas, ʻO ke kumumanaʻo e ʻaihue i ke koho balota '08, ʻaʻohe keiki ma hope hema, a me nā noiʻi ʻē aʻe na Greg Palast (Paperback - Apr, 2007)
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