Personal political views disclaimer: I voted for John Kerry, and am of
the mind that the possibility of voter fraud in the just-completed
election cannot be altogether discounted.
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That said, I find the fact that people keep adding
[[en:2004_U.S._Election_controversies_and_irregularities]] to the main
page odd. It's a poorly-written article that mostly cites amateurish
statistical correlations (with lots of graphs) and draws unwarranted
causations from them, and generally reads like it was written by the
tinfoil-hat crowd. Furthermore, this issue isn't really "in the news"
by any stretch of the imagination, and even on left-leaning sites such
as
dailykos.com, it's controversial and not agreed upon. In short, this
article presents a viewpoint that:
1) Shouldn't be on the front page, based on newsworthiness and
neutrality; and
2) Is controversial *even* by the standards of a left-wing community
that agrees John Kerry would make a much better president than George W.
Bush.
As such, it would be nice if someone would remove it from the front
page. I've already reverted three times today, so will not do so again,
but I feel it makes us look like we're both amateurish and biased.
-Mark