As if we needed it, still more proof is revealed that all Conservatives care about is their own power. And they are perfectly happy to lie and cheat in order to keep it, the Star Tribune reports:

In his recent book, "Steal This Vote" -- a very judicious work, despite its title -- Andrew Gumbel, a U.S. correspondent for the British newspaper the Independent, provides the best overview I've seen of the 2000 Florida vote. And he documents the simple truth: "Al Gore won the 2000 presidential election."

Two different news media consortiums reviewed Florida's ballots; both found that a full manual recount would have given the election to Gore. This was true despite a host of efforts by state and local officials to suppress likely Gore votes, most notably Harris' "felon purge," which disenfranchised large numbers of valid voters.

Let's face it, the reason Democrats continue to lose elections is that they love Democracy too much and, as a result, they abide by the rules and play fair during elections.

Conservatives hate Democracy and they demonstrate this hatred by saying and doing absolutely anything to maintain their iron grip on power. And it's only going to get worse because, as the paper reports:

Our current political leaders would suffer greatly if either house of Congress changed hands in 2006, or if the presidency changed hands in 2008. The lids would come off all the simmering scandals, from the selling of the Iraq war to profiteering by politically connected companies. The Republicans will be strongly tempted to make sure that they win those elections by any means necessary. And everything we've seen suggests that they will give in to that temptation.