A terrifying reality

Most people think that although the political system is at the least partially corrupt, when we vote, it still matters.  We all accepted that the issues with hanging chads in Florida during the 2000 Presidential Election pushed us into using more electronic machines ever since because we thought it’d be more efficient. But after watching “Stealing America,” it’s legitimately difficult to believe that anymore.

“Stealing America” chronicles the controversies surrounding the major elections since 1996, whether it is corrupt election officials or a major technological scheme to change votes from John Kerry to George Bush in 2004.

The documentary features in-depth interviews with individuals from wide-ranging backgrounds that all help add to the film’s main thesis: that some voter’s votes aren’t actually being tabulated due to electronic manipulation, screwy locations, and straight-up fraud, among others.

This documentary is truly sobering.  And although it does slant to the left by claiming that the republican’s used technological thievery to switch votes from Kerry to Bush and skewed the exit polls to make them seem wrong instead, the film acknowledges that this is a major issue for American people, no matter what party they’re affiliated with.

Unlike other high-profile documentaries like those made by Michael Moore, “Stealing America” uses loads of legitimate articles from the news media and expert testimony. There aren’t any interviews here that seem manipulated or bent just to fit the point of view of the movie’s major point of view.

Obviously, with any documentary with a major slant in one way, there are going to be issues with the lack of attention to the other side of the coin. Here, they could have interviewed a few more republicans or people supposedly involved too, but maybe those people didn’t want to be involved

“Stealing America” should seriously be watched by every American. It’s scary to think this stuff is happening and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Maybe the election next week isn’t as much of a done deal as we all think.