Tom McCabe’s recent op/ed piece alleging that Democrats “stole” the 2004 gubernatorial election, the 2000 U.S. Senate election, and the 2002 Supreme Court election is slanderously ludicrous. My response to his ranting paranoia is to “get over it.”

If that catch phrase sounds familiar, it was the mantra of the McCabe types in 2000 when Bush pulled off the all-time heist in Amercian electoral history. That caper occurred in Florida, the bastion of filthy elections, by a disputed margin of 537 votes. What happened to the nationwide 1.6 million uncounted votes, including more than 200,000 in predominantly Democratic Cook County? A significant number of ballots were excluded based upon racial profiling. But win at any cost, right Tom?

Under his theme of “without prosecutions, election fraud will continue” he goes on to whine that “Democratic Party operatives may have forged some voter’s signatures” in the election of Governor Gregoire. Which begs the question: What law school did McCabe attend? Prosecutions (at least successful ones) require probable cause, not “mays.” McCabe and his minions have every right in the world to try to uncover election fraud. But prove it and quit relying on “mays” and wild-eyed conjecture. These demagogues are using the word Mays more often than a San Francisco Giants baseball announcer out of the 60’s.

As for his assertion that “then Attorney General Gregoire” opened a massive investigation against him and fellow fat cat Republican financier Tom Stewart “without one shred of evidence”, he readily admits that Stewart was sent off to prison for six months. Now THAT’s what we commonly refer to as probable cause, Mr. McCabe.

Alan Martin
Olympia