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How Prevalent is Voter Fraud?; Will Dems Made Good Mideast Policy?

Aired November 07, 2006 - 19:00   ET

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GLENN BECK, HOST: Well, the good news is it`s election night, so the bickering is over and the arguing is about to begin. We`ll tell you about all the legal hassles coming up.
Also, I`ll introduce you to the new Congress, because I know who has won tonight. I`ll tell you who they are and how I know tonight.

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ANNOUNCER: On tonight`s episode is brought to you by "Decision 2006: The Race to See Who Sucks Less".

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BECK: Here it is, election day. You know, no matter where you stand politically, the sight of our democracy in action is majestic. It is a beautiful thing.

You know, going behind that curtain, having your voice heard, being bombarded by 10,000 lawyers looking over your shoulder to make sure everything`s done exactly right, brings a tear to your eye, doesn`t it? Makes me want to hear that song from Kate Smith.

Here`s the point tonight: like most Americans who don`t live, eat, and breathe politics, I am thrilled the elections are finally over today. But our national nightmare may just be beginning.

Here is how I got there. Now, I am no Amazing Kreskin, but what you`re about to see, if my predictions are correct, is a Democratic Party celebrating for the very first time in years. And then it`s going to be spun by the media as a referendum on George Bush, the war in Iraq, and conservative values.

But the truth is, like I told you last night, it is the conservative Blue Dog Democrats, the party of our old -- our grandparents and JFK, who are leading the Democrats to victory. And soon, I think they`re going to be turned into hamburger meat by the Nancy Pelosis and the Howard Deans of the party.

But Americans are sick and tired of the lies, the games, the dirty tricks from people on both sides of the aisle. One clear-cut example of that is what we`re seeing around voting booths all across the country today. Did you vote? Did you see the observers and the attorneys?

More than 10,000 lawyers representing Democrats and Republicans and special interest groups have been dispersed all across America in an attempt to monitor the elections. There are already complaints of widespread voter fraud and glitches.

In Kansas City today, an extreme left-wing group called acorn, the association of community organizations for reform now, is facing dimes after four members were accused of giving false voter registrations to the Kansas City election board.

Apparently, as many as 15,000 recently submitted voter registrations could be questionable.

In Ohio, glitches delayed balloting in dozens of presents. Illinois, officials were swamped with calls from voters complaining that poll workers didn`t know how to operate the new electronic equipment.

In Delaware County, Indiana, lawyers plan to seek a court order from - - extending the voting after an apparent computer error prevented voters from casting ballots in 75 precincts.

In Florida, officials fielded extra voting machines, poll workers were called up. But in Jacksonville, the suburb of Orange Park, voters were forced to use paper ballots after an electronic machine broke.

By the way, all of this happened before you had lunch today. Is this what our Founding Fathers really intended?

You know, I remember when my oldest daughter was I think maybe about 5, and I took her in to vote with me, and I was so proud to take her in and close the curtain and show her how we pick our president, how our system works, how our country works.

This year, my son, Rafe, is too young to come with me, and there`s part of me that couldn`t be happier. You know, it`s hard to feel pride in a system which has become overrun with incompetence and ambulance chasers and sore losers.

Here`s what I know on election night. Americans are sick of politics, politicians, and political parties doing whatever it takes to win. And by anything, I mean lawsuits and yelling fraud and being -- participating in fraud, the threats, the sleazy attack ads.

If there is a clear case of fraud, great, let`s investigate it together. But unless it`s a clear-cut case, like Dick Cheney setting voting booths on fire or something like that, I don`t want to hear about it. Take your lumps and let`s move on. Americans need to unite and trust the system.

Now, here`s what I don`t know -- will any of us in the news media actually be able to go to sleep tonight, or is everybody going to be up all night recounting the votes and then counting the lawsuits?

John Fund, author of "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy".

How late are we going to be up, John?

JOHN FUND, AUTHOR, "STEALING ELECTIONS": Actually, I think you can probably go to bed fairly early, because we won`t know a lot of results for a couple of days, maybe even weeks.

BECK: Oh, no. No, don`t say that. Actually, you know, and I have -- I have a system, and I have pretty much the results of the election now early on. We`ll tell you about that in a little while.

But you say the counting is going to take that long. Why?

FUND: Some states don`t begin to count the absentee ballots until this Thursday of this week. Maryland is an example. Twenty-five percent of Americans this year, Glenn, are voting early or absentee.

BECK: Yes.

FUND: An absentee ballot is a paper ballot.

BECK: Yes.

FUND: A lot of them come in by the mail in the last couple of days. That takes time to compare the signatures with the registration cards. I think we`re going to see, unless -- a lot of these close races not decided.

Oregon has only all-mail balloting. Washington state has been about 75 percent absentee.

BECK: Yes, I voted absentee in Connecticut.

Let me talk specifically about the way we do this. You know, I hate to bring us back to the Stone Age in the 12th Century, but I saw the most creative, most ingenious voting system of all time on television -- what was it, a couple years ago. The purple ink from the people in Iraq. And I saw that and I thought why don`t we do that?

FUND: A lot of countries do a much better job of monitoring their election integrity. Mexico, you get a hologram on a voter card. You have to show the voter card. It`s all computerized. They have many limits on absentee voting. Absentee voting does create a potential fraud problem.

A former Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania was convicted of voter fraud. He went into a nursing home a few years ago and he`d gotten Alzheimer`s patients to vote a certain way.

So, I think we are the sloppiest election system of any industrialized democracy. We try to improve a little bit after Florida, 2000. We haven`t done nearly enough. That`s why we may have election day tonight turn into election month, Glenn.

BECK: OK. To put this into perspective on how bad and out of control our system is -- and I don`t think the Republicans or the Democrats really want to fix it -- explain how many of the 9/11 hijackers were registered to vote.

FUND: Eight out of the 19 9/11 hijackers were registered to vote in either Virginia or Florida. They could have easily voted if they`d wanted to.

BECK: And how did they do that?

FUND: Well, we have something called the motor voter law. You can go into any government office building, any transaction you conduct with them, driver`s license, unemployment, whatever you get the check off, do you also want to register to vote?

All the registrations are on a postcard. There`s no question as to whether you`re a citizen. There`s not question as to whether or not you`re a real, live human being. You`re automatically registered.

Our registration rules have a lot of people on there who are dead, don`t exist or registered many times over.

BECK: I`m hearing in St. Louis that there is actually a dog that is registered?

FUND: Yes, the dog, Ricky, a schnauzer, by the way. And very strong political views I hear.

BECK: Sure. How did that even happen?

FUND: This is the problem. You mentioned ACORN. ACORN submitted 5,000 voter registration forms in St. Louis. The election officials saw a lot of them seemed suspect, so they mailed out letters to these people, these 5,000 supposed people and said if you`re a real person, please contact us. Glenn, only 40 out of 5,000 reported back and responded.

BECK: Why won`t we -- I heard Bill Clinton over the weekend say, you know, the Republicans want you to have, you know, 18 forms of identification and a doctorate to be able to vote. I just want a voter I.D. card. Why can`t we make that?

FUND: Well, 81 percent of Americans agree with you, including two- thirds of minorities, two-thirds of Democrats, two-thirds of liberals. It makes perfect sense.

Andrew Young says if anyone in America doesn`t have a photo I.D., they`re poor or they`re elderly of they`re shut in, let`s get them one, because you can`t really participate in American life without it. And he was a civil rights leader.

Voter I.D. makes sense. We need it to travel. We need it to go into a federal building. We need it to rent a video at Blockbuster. Why is it the only thing we don`t use photo I.D. for is to vote?

BECK: Because politicians want to keep the corruption going.

FUND: Remember, the current system, every politician in office was elected under the current system. That proves your point. They don`t want to change the system, because after all, they`re in office because of it.

BECK: John, thanks a lot.

Well, it looks like the new electronic voting system is a complete success. OK, not so much. But it gets worse from here.

Apparently, voters today were also having a heck of a time trying to make out any kind of sense on those complicated ballot propositions. Did you hit one of these? Personally, I don`t know what they were complaining about.

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ANNOUNCER: You`ve probably heard a lot about why you should vote for Proposition 91. Now, here are the real facts.

Proposition 91 will actually decriminalize laws that make it a felony not to enforce legislation that imposes restrictions on policies an standards requiring federal grant recipients of stem-cell research not to do business with advocacy groups that willingly receive public funding unwillingly.

The answer is crystal clear. On election day, vote no on Proposition 91. Wait. That`s not right. Vote yes on Proposition 91. Oh, (expletive deleted). Now I`m confused. OK. Just vote maybe.

Message paid for by special interests united to confuse the living (expletive deleted) out of you.

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ANNOUNCER: This is Glenn Beck.

BECK: Coming up, our final installment of "Vote American". How will the changing of the political guard affect you?

Also, forget the exit polls. You want accuracy? Let`s say before midnight tonight? You`ll need to go a more nontraditional and, well, slightly illegal route. I`ll explain later.

But will your vote even count? A recent documentary of our nation`s voting system shows how easy it is to hack the vote. Perfect. You`re not going to want to miss this. Coming up.

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BECK: Well, here it is. Finally, election day, and it couldn`t have come any sooner. I don`t know about you, but with the attack ads and the name-calling and the pure, undiluted venom that has been spewed by both sides, sometimes it is hard to believe that our political process is the envy of the world. I don`t know about you, but I don`t want my kids seeing this stuff, you know? How -- you want your kids seeing these horrible commercials that are on television?

Now, as the sun sets on our "Vote American" series -- this is it -- I ask you this: what if tomorrow morning you wake up and we find ourselves with the Democrats in a majority in Congress? Will that newfound clout mean anything different for a war in Iraq?

If the Democrats keep their promise to get us out of Iraq, whether or not it`s mission accomplished, will we find ourselves worse off than ever? Insurgents on the loose, the job half done?

Joining me now is James Carafano, senior fellow for the Heritage Foundation.

Jim, I have to tell you, from the -- from the extreme left of the Democratic Party, the Murthas and the Nancy Pelosis, I`m terrified at the prospects of the Democrats calling the shots in the Middle East. Am I overreacting to that?

JAMES CARAFANO, SENIOR FELLOW, HERITAGE FOUNDATION: Well, again, I think the politics are going to change dramatically. I`m not so sure the policies in Iraq will change that much.

I mean, I think the Democrats will want to make trouble. They`ll want to put a lot of markers out there to try to force the president to do something or look bad or change course.

But I don`t think the Democrats really want to take control, because if they take control and they set the Iraq policy, well, then it`s their policy. And things aren`t going to be any easier for them than it is for us.

BECK: So isn`t that -- isn`t that worse, really? Because now -- that`s the other thing I`ve been afraid of, is they have not vocalized plans on things, and if they have control, then they really -- the only thing that unites the Democratic Party right now is, besides, you know, minimum wage is the politics of destruction.

CARAFANO: Well, I think it`s the last thing they would want really is to be responsible for that policy because then they`d own it.

I think what you`re going to see Democrats do, there`s a thing called the Baker-Hamilton Commission. It`s a bipartisan commission...

BECK: Right.

CARAFANO: ... set up by the Congress. They`re going to come out with recommendations after election day, and I think what the Democrats will do is they`ll sit there and watch. And if the administration embraces these findings of the commission, the Democrats won`t say anything.

If the administration distances itself in any way, then what the Democrats will do is they`ll slap a bumper sticker on that and they`ll say, "By God, if you don`t do this, you`re wrong."

And I think basically what they`re going to want to do is try to distinguish themselves on a policy of the president. But if they actually try to take control of a policy, A, it will be very difficult, and B, if they did, in a sense they`d be buying this problem, and the problem is there`s not a simple solution to solve Iraq or make things easy.

BECK: So, then, let me take you to this nightmare. Conyers has said, "Hey, everybody`s got me wrong. I don`t want to call for impeachment of the president. I want hearings. I want investigations on the lies, et cetera, et cetera." Are we in for two years of just nonstop political nonsense?

CARAFANO: Well, you know, people say that, and I`m sure we will be, but people forget, this stuff has been investigated to death. I mean, what do you want to pick? You want to pick contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Well, people have been investigating and laying claims of that for years, and people always say investigation, claims, but nobody`s ever been convicted of anything. And there hasn`t been much "there" there yet. So they can do more of that.

You want to do Katrina? Well, the House has done a report. The Senate has done a report. The White House has done a report. So they`re going to go -- they can go back over and plow over a lot of ground. And they can do that. And I`m sure they`re going to do some of that, but I`m not sure they`re going to come up with a lot of smoking guns.

BECK: OK. Let`s just say it`s a big win for the Democrats. Let`s say they take control of the House and the Senate. It has been spun in the media that this is a referendum on Iraq and Bush`s policy in the Middle East, which I really don`t think it is.

You`ve got -- you`ve got about a blue as a state as you can get with Connecticut and Lieberman, who voted for the war and stands by the president on the war, you know, to some extent. It`s not a referendum.

What happens in the Middle East with this message that the media and the Democrats are going to send right to the Middle East? What does it mean to us?

CARAFANO: Well, I think there will be some concern that people in the Middle East, both the bad people and the people who are sitting on the sidelines and are our friends, may interpret this as a weakening of resolve to the United States.

But I think the president is going to -- he is going to be forceful in foreign policy. Congress can`t really stop him doing that. They can try to put things and cut off money, but they`re not going to cut off funding. And what they really want is a political -- I`ll tell you which area in which they will really make us less safe that really does concern me.

We all talk about Iran just being a problem for Iraq because Iranians are instigating problems in Iraq, but also with their nuclear program. The one thing the administration really has done right was really push regional defense forward, regional missile defenses, missile defense. Democrats hate this. It`s in their DNA.

BECK: I know. It`s the `80s.

CARAFANO: And they`re going to kill this thing and they`re going to kill the funding on missile defense, and it`s the one thing that`s really keeping the North Koreans and the Iranians, it has them scared. And that`s what bothers me.

BECK: Jim, thank you very much.

Now listen, don`t miss my live election coverage. It starts tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern at GlennBeck.com, and catch me on CNN`s Pipeline at CNN.com/Pipeline. We`ll give you all the latest results and analysis right up until I lose my mind. And that could be, you know, 15 minutes into the broadcast. Check it out at GlennBeck.com. Back in a minute.

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BECK: The last few days, they`re really not good for much at all, except entertainment. Republican candidate Fred agrees with George Bush. And he`d still go into Iraq. And he`s against the women`s right to choose.

And then the Republicans come on and they say, Democratic candidate Sally has a liberal past a mile long. Here, she`s pictured standing next to John Kerry. And don`t let that crazy liberal get elected, because she`ll hang out with other liberals, and they`ll vote for crazy liberal things. Do you want your children governed by a liberal?

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BECK: Every day you can hear my radio program on stations all across the country like 1170 KFAQ in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And if you can`t find an affiliate in your area, just listen online at my web site at GlennBeck.com.

Dave Glover in St. Louis on our affiliate 97.1 FM.

Dave, I don`t know if you missed earlier on the program, but you`ve got dogs voting in St. Louis. You guys are not only the most violent city in America, right, the most crime ridden, but you`re also the most politically corrupt city in America.

DAVE GLOVER, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: You know, you say that as if there`s something wrong with that.

BECK: No, no. I mean, look at you.

GLOVER: What?

BECK: You`re an upstanding citizen in St. Louis. You look like a criminal. I put numbers underneath your face, and it`s a mug shot.

GLOVER: Why is it it`s always something embarrassing about St. Louis?

BECK: I don`t know. I don`t know.

GLOVER: Isn`t it glorious -- a glorious day, though, with no more political ads?

BECK: I can`t take them. You know, I was driving in today, and I thought I -- you know, I`m embarrassed for my kids to see these political ads. How do I tell my kids that this is a great country and we respect each other and our politicians are people that, you know, you can trust and count on when the political ads say the things they do?

GLOVER: You know, can I -- if you`ll indulge me and give me just one minute to address all candidates.

BECK: Yes.

GLOVER: I think I speak for everyone on this. It`s not so much that you`re mean to each other, that you get down and you roll in the mud. It`s that you insult us.

You insult our intelligence with things like showing your opponent in the grainy film with the theme from "The Exorcist" playing in the background. And here you are by yourself, sitting beneath a tree, petting a puppy yourself and playing the pan flute with your butt or going to eat pie with nursing home residents. Please, just stop.

BECK: Really, it`s amazing. Once they slow you down and then they make you grainy, you know, oh, I`m against that guy, whoever it is. And it is. It`s always the politician like flipping flapjacks with, you know, with old people. It`s just -- he must be a nice guy.

GLOVER: Crazy. That`s what it is. It just makes me angry. It`s as if the entire voting public has been collectively kicked in the head by a mule or something. It`s like talking to some...

BECK: I don`t know if you heard my radio show today, Dave, but I talked about this very thing. But those ads, they used to hack me off until I realized those ads are -- are really only aimed at the dumbest among us, because if you`re watching this show or you`re listening to talk radio, whatever, you`re informed on the issue. And you look at these ads and think to yourself, come on.

GLOVER: You know who makes their political decisions based on those ads in St. Louis? Dogs. That`s exactly who it is.

BECK: That`s exactly right.

GLOVER: When dogs vote, they get their information -- you know what we also have going on here?

BECK: Yes.

GLOVER: Is now we have computers, computerized voices calling us five, six times a day telling us which candidate to vote for. It happened to me twice last night.

BECK: May I tell you how lucky you are? Because...

GLOVER: You have the same thing?

BECK: In New Jersey, Joe Piscopo calls. A recording...

GLOVER: He doesn`t.

BECK: Yes, he does. And he even says, "Hi, friend, I`m Joe Piscopo. No, really, I am," like somebody is going to fake Joe Piscopo calling.

GLOVER: It was like getting a dirty call from Steven Hawking last night, you know?

BECK: Really bad. Thanks a lot, Dave.

GLOVER: See you, buddy.

BECK: All right. Bye-bye.

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BECK: All right. Welcome to "The Real Story," where today we`re cutting through all of the surveys and the exit polls to give you the winners, the winners of the election, right here, right now. Even though I am taping this show well before the polls close anywhere in the country, the real story is I can tell you who already has won some of the most tightly contested Senate races.

How can I do that? It`s a system called TradeSports. Now, technically, this would be considered an Internet gambling site, so it`s probably illegal, but let`s put that aside for just a second. Basically, TradeSports is a polling site, but instead of people just answering questions from some anonymous person on the phone, people actually have to put their money on it. That creates an unbelievably efficient market system. In fact, in the 2004 election, TradeSports accurately predicted every single state in the Electoral College, along with all but one Senate race.

So what are they saying tonight? Well, here it is. Overall, there`s a 72 percent chance that the GOP retains control of the Senate and just a 17 percent chance of the House. It also looks like we`re going to split that Congress, and so that`ll be -- really, it will be a couple of really fun years for us. In terms of specific races, let`s get right to them.

TradeSports pretty decisive about a few of the races that traditional polls say are close. In Virginia, one of the tightest Senate races in the country, polls show a virtual dead heat between Republican George Allen and Democrat Jim Webb, but TradeSports gives Webb a 66 percent chance of winning. In Missouri, Republican Jim Talent is virtually tied with Claire McCaskill, but TradeSports gives McCaskill a 60-40 edge. I`ve been told by the TradeSports people that, once it gets over 70 percent, 75 percent, it`s a lock. And in Montana, where Republican Conrad Burns and Democrat Jon Tester are both basically tied, TradeSports gives Tester a 75-25 advantage.

If they are as accurate as they were last time around, it could unfortunately be a very, very long night for the Republicans.

So if TradeSports is right about the House -- and by some reverse miracle the Democrats take control of the Senate, as well -- what does that really mean? Well, the real story is that the next Congress would look unlike anything you`ve ever seen before.

Ladies and gentlemen, please meet your 2007 United States Congress. There they are. First, let me introduce them to you one at a time.

Your new speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi. Now, aside from ruling with an iron fist and demanding -- her words -- demanding partisan politics, Pelosi has called Republicans immoral and corrupt, says the president is incompetent, oh, and if you say, "Show me your friends and I`ll show you your future," well, if that phrase is true, then our future is Cindy Sheehan.

Next, here`s the new chairman of the House and Ways Means -- House Ways and Means Committee. It`s Charles Rangel. You know Mr. Rangel. He`ll get the honor of leading the charge, not to only make sure that the Bush tax cuts never get renewed, but also raise your taxes on all of us.

Now, you might say, "Oh, please, you Republican blow-hard." Well, if you don`t believe that to be true, when he was asked if across-the-board tax increases would be on the agenda, he replied, quote, "No question about it," end quote.

But don`t worry; things only get worse from here. Put your hands together now for the next chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank. Mr. Frank`s political views fall I believe somewhere just to the left of the ACLU. After all, he was just one of three House members to vote against the Fallen Heroes Act; that makes it illegal for idiots to protest within 500 feet of a soldier`s funeral. Nothing says common sense in America like a vote against that. So it`s great he`ll be charge of overseeing our banking system, as well.

If the respect for the dead isn`t your thing, then maybe the minimum wage is. Great, because Democrats have said their priority for the fist 100 hours is to raise it. Meet David Obey. He could be the new leader of the House Committee on Appropriations and a guy who tried to get the minimum wage raised this year by shuttling it through his committee, even though they had no jurisdiction over it.

Or how about Ted Kennedy? He`s the new chairman of the Senate Health, Education, and Labor and Pensions Committee. That`s kind of a lot of stuff for Ted to oversee, but lucky for us, it includes really important things like dealing with labor unions, because, I mean, Ted Kennedy, he`s a guy who just screams pro-business, doesn`t he? I`m sure this economy will just keep humming along once Ted`s in charge and in bed with the unions.

Now, if you`re sick about all of the talk about tax and wages, maybe you care about the war in Iraq. Well, hopefully you don`t care about winning it so much, because Carl Levin will be heading the Senate Armed Services Committee, and that would be kind of a hard thing to do. Levin voted against the war originally, so when he recently said that we should, quote, "notify the Iraqi leaders that we`re going to begin a phased withdrawal by the end of the year," it shouldn`t come as much of a surprise.

And finally, if you`re concerned that too much might get done next year, don`t worry about that. Your new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, John Conyers, has specifically said that we`ll spend lots of times doing -- time in doing investigations on the administration, on the war, and they will probably end in an impeachment hearing. Great.

Cliff May, president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, are we looking at two years of paralysis?

CLIFF MAY, FOUNDATION FOR THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES: That`s certainly one of the possibilities. When you have divided government, you can end up with that. And...

BECK: No, but wait a minute. Hang on. It`s not divided government. It seems to be a government that is -- will be, if that was the picture, that just wants to stop everything down.

MAY: Well, if John Conyers, as you say, has Judiciary and pursues impeachment, there`s no question that`ll shut a lot of things down in terms of Democrats or Republicans getting anything done. I think it will also have a major impact on Democrats` chances to regain the White House in 2008.

Whether Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House would try to stop John Conyers from doing that -- she sort of indicated that she would -- or whether she would not remains to be seen. If the Democrats are thinking about the good of their country or the good of their party, they will want to show that, when they have power, they can also take responsibility, they can also be a governing party.

If they don`t do that, it is bad for the country. But as I say, it will also negatively impact their chances to keep control of the House, maybe the Senate in 2008, or to win back the presidency, which is a difficult thing for Democrats to do traditionally in times of national security crisis.

BECK: So it really is -- because that`s the hope here, is that the -- two years down the road is a presidential election, and that really puts the heat to their feet. And you also hopefully will have pressure from somebody like Lieberman. Do you think he could cobble together the Blue Dogs and re-conquer the soul of the Democratic Party?

MAY: I think he could at least give Bush some Democrats with whom he can work on vital issues of national security. Lieberman, who is, as you know, running as an independent, looks to me like he`s going to win. Ned Lamont running against him as a left-wing Democrat favored by the blogs and the base, looks like he`s going to lose big.

Lieberman has said he wants to put together a bipartisan working commission on Iraq. I would think that commission would look at ways to, for example, avoid American humiliation and defeat in Iraq, which is something that some Democrats, I`m afraid, and some Republicans think is perfectly OK. They think, if the ship goes down, it`s only Captain Bush and his crew that are going to drown. That`s not the case.

BECK: Right. And correct me if I`m wrong. I`ve felt for a while that both the Democrats -- because I don`t want to make this sound like a bash just on the Democrats, because I`m just as disgusted with the Republicans. I believe both of them have lost their souls. Do you believe that we`re at a place to where both parties could, going back to the roots of the Democrats being that party of JFK and the Republicans being the party of Reagan? Do you think that`s a chance that those happen?

MAY: I think that`s what we should hope for, but I wouldn`t go to TradeSports and put too much money on it.

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But that`s what we`d like to see. We`d like to see Bush and moderate Democrats coming together around policies that are actually good for the country and then pushing those through, despite the fact that there are people on the far left and people on the far right who are going to be very much opposed.

The only way you govern and not have paralysis and gridlock is to look for common ground between people more or less in the center. And I think that`s important, if it can happen. I`m hopeful, but I`m not entirely confident.

BECK: Yes. I`ve only got 30 seconds, so this has to be a yes or no. We`ve got a socialist being elected to the Senate tonight from Vermont. Have you ever seen in history a collection of such strident leftists with so much power in this country?

MAY: No.

BECK: Thanks, Cliff.

MAY: Thank you.

BECK: All right.

Let`s go "Straight to Hill" now with Erica Hill.

Hello, Erica.

ERICA HILL, CNN HEADLINE NEWS ANCHOR: Hi, Glenn. Happy Election Day.

BECK: Oh, Happy Election Day to you, too.

HILL: Isn`t it a fun day?

BECK: No, not really. You know what`s strange, is I`ve been thinking about the sore losers that are going to, you know, file petitions, et cetera, et cetera. I get up. I click on the Drudge Report, and I see a YouTube of Faith Hill and her reaction to losing yesterday or last night. Did you see this?

HILL: I didn`t see it live, no, but I kind of feel like the whole thing is being blown out of proportion.

BECK: Really?

HILL: Yes, I do.

BECK: Oh, that was no -- play that again. Can we play that again? She looks mad.

HILL: But she seems like such a lovely person, and we`re not related, despite the same last name, so it`s not a nepotism thing here. I just want to clear that up. But she seems like such a lovely person.

BECK: She does.

HILL: She doesn`t seem like she would be like that.

BECK: It`s just amazing. They announced, and she was looking right into the camera, and then she mouthed, "What?"

HILL: And she says, you know, it was all a joke, and she was kidding, and she didn`t mean it, and she...

BECK: I hope so.

HILL: ... called Carrie Underwood afterward, and they didn`t have an issue with it.

BECK: Good, good, good. All right, Erica, thank you very much.

HILL: Have a good night.

BECK: Bye.

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BECK: Just two more days. I can`t wait! Two more days until we can stop talking about politics. You know, there is nothing I like more than hearing all the candidates tell me about their earth-shattering core beliefs, like, "I believe that kids who aren`t feeling well should be able to go to hospitals. I believe that old people have the right to live, as well. I believe that policemen, firemen, different ethnic groups, women, all are good people who deserve to vote." Wow. What a platform that is.

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BECK: HBO is one of those networks that always seems to be ahead of the curve, from "Fraggle Rock" in the `80s, to "Sex in the City," to "Entourage." It`s a great show. HBO`s programming always one step ahead. So when I saw that HBO recently aired a documentary called "Hacking Democracy," exposing possible fraud with electronic voting machines, I kind of paid attention to that. Well, it turns out HBO right again.

Did you vote today with a machine? Already today major issues with the voting machines have been reported all across the country. With a third of the country now using that new equipment, it could spell trouble in the days ahead.

Bev Harris`s investigation into these machines is the feature of the documentary, and she`s also the director of "Black Box Voting." Bev, you actually started looking into this on a lunch break, right?

BEV HARRIS, "HACKING DEMOCRACY": Yes, thought I`d spend 20 minutes on it. Four years later, here I am.

BECK: OK. So what did you find out?

HARRIS: Well, basically, the voting machines that we`re voting on don`t always count accurately and are fairly open to tampering. And that was not -- and there`s a lot of covering up going on at this point, because we`ve run out and spent $4 billion worth of taxpayer money on them.

BECK: That is absolutely incredible. Who is -- if you have this answer -- responsible? We all have -- you know what it is? It is like when we get hit by another terrorist attack, we`re all going to point fingers and say, "What are you talking about? We all knew." We have been hearing this forever. How come nobody`s doing anything about it? Who`s responsible?

HARRIS: Well, there was a lot of money at stake, and there was a gold rush. And guess what? The citizens weren`t really paying too much attention, because we figured the government would get it right, which is not the wisest course of action.

BECK: I don`t think they`ve ever gotten it right, have they?

HARRIS: Right, and so there was a lot of cronyism, and lobbying, and all kinds of things going on there. That being said, I think there are people who should be called in front of a committee with a subpoena under oath, because there are situations where these machines really have been foisted on the public when they were not ready for prime time. And even after we discovered the problems, there was a lot of covering up going on.

BECK: OK, so, Bev, is it that they weren`t ready? Is it just too advanced technology or whatever? Or are these glitches or are these intentional? Is there something more nefarious?

HARRIS: Well, I`m very concerned, because we now know that the flaws have been exposed for some years, and they have not been corrected. Now, it`s kind of like if you have a car that has an exploding gas tank and you keep driving it down the freeway hoping it won`t explode if someone rear ends it.

These voting machines we know have problems. They`re open for tampering, and they don`t always count correctly. And we`re kind of hoping the election doesn`t melt down. And sooner or later, there will be a real problem.

BECK: Oh, sooner rather than later, don`t you think?

HARRIS: Yes.

BECK: I saw a report -- I think it was out of California, we played it here on the program. There was a guy on TV who said, "Look, all you have to do if you`re in California, you`ll find a button in the back. You just hold that for so many seconds, and then it will" -- I mean, what is this?

HARRIS: The yellow button.

BECK: That`s what it was.

HARRIS: I mean, anybody, all these scientists that look at this, nobody thought to ask what the yellow button was for?

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BECK: So, now, you in your documentary actually hired a hacker to hack into the system. What were you able to do?

HARRIS: We were able to hack it several different ways, each time in less than 60 seconds without leaving a trace. And what`s so disturbing...

BECK: So, wait, wait, wait. How many votes could you take?

HARRIS: As many as we wanted; we had our way with it.

BECK: Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.

HARRIS: Yes.

BECK: Do you have any reports on -- I got to imagine you`re keeping track of what`s happening today. Are you hearing any reports of the things that you talked about in this documentary happening?

HARRIS: Well, we`re really concerned, because, for example, there`s a police report in Franklin County, Ohio, some people broke into the building where the voting machines were kept overnight. And, of course, the officials rush out and say, "But nothing happened to the voting machines," as if there would be some giant footprint if someone had actually hacked the system. There`s not going to be any trace, and that`s what we`ve found with the tests we did. It doesn`t leave any telltale evidence.

BECK: OK. You have a Web site where people can get involved and look into this. What is the Web site?

HARRIS: Blackboxvoting.org, and we do have things people can do. And we really advocate going out and cleaning things up locally, because there`s no such thing as a federal election. It`s a collection of thousands of local elections.

BECK: Yes. Bev, thank you very much.

HARRIS: Thank you.

BECK: Thanks for all your hard work that started on a lunch break.

All right. Time to check in now with Nancy Grace, see what she has coming up on her show tonight -- Nancy?

NANCY GRACE, HOST: A South Carolina community in shock, as a father faces murder one charges after his four pit bulls maul a 1-year-old baby to death. And tonight, a missing firefighter mom of three seemingly vanishes into thin air. Her 6-month-old baby left alone. Could she still be alive? We are live in Ohio to follow the trail.

BECK: Don`t forget, you can check out Nancy tonight, 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. Eastern.

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BECK: All right, let`s get to some Election Day e-mail. First up, Mary Jo. "The new electronic voting machines were down throughout our county, Glenn. By the time I had to leave for work, they still weren`t running. I`m furious. This is a violation of our constitutional rights and something has to be done about it. However much I dislike lawyers, I think it`s about time to take this issue to the courts."

Thanks, Mary Jo. Hopefully, you were able to vote. There have been other problems reported in Utah, including in Daggett County, where 947 voters were registered. Unfortunately, that`s four more than the county`s entire population last year.

There are always going to be issues, especially when you`re involving computers. I can barely get Minesweeper to work. But remember, many of the same people who are complaining now were complaining about the old system last time. The bottom line is that, whatever happens tonight, you can guarantee that it won`t really be over until the gavel comes down in a courtroom somewhere. I hope I`m wrong on that; I just can`t wait.

Mardelle in California writes in, "Let`s start a drive to not vote in the next election. It seems that, in Washington, they`re more worried about fighting each other or running for re-election than really care about our issues. Let`s send a clear message and fire all of them."

Look, I understand this sentiment completely. I do. But the most important thing to remember is that, when you hear the accusations of fraud and the constant political brawling before the election, is to keep faith in the system. Believe it or not -- and this is saying something -- it is still the best in the world. This isn`t a country that ends in "stan."

I don`t know about your situation, but in general, if you go to the polls and you`re registered properly, you`re almost definitely able to vote. If we could get anything else the government does to work as well as our elections do, we`d probably be off in far better shape than we are right now. So let the system work, and then work to make the system better.

Tomorrow on the radio show, we`re going to take a day for you to join in on the gloat-fest or sink into that depression with a pity party. And then we move on with our lives and leave the political nonsense behind until the 2008 presidential election, which, you know, shouldn`t be in full swing until at least -- what do you say, this time Thursday?

I`m spending the rest of the night hopping back and forth between television and live coverage for our insiders at GlennBeck.com. You can check it out on the Internet right now, and I`ll be appearing on CNN Pipeline, as well, which should always be interesting. We`ll see you there tonight online, you sick freaks.

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