Election Scheming, From Joseph Stalin To The Democrats

There’s a very important lesson to be gleaned here, with history as our teacher.

D. Padgett Blakley, Richard Blakley | November 7, 2026

Boris Bazhanov, Joseph Stalin’s former secretary, in his book, “The Memoirs of Stalin’s Former Secretary”, claimed that in 1923 Stalin said, “I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how: but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how.”

While some historians believe that Stalin betrayed Marxist ideals by focusing on “socialism in one country,” others say he followed Marxist ideology well, pointing to a time in 1936 where the Communist Party gave three more votes to a Stalin opponent only to have within three years, two-thirds of the party members murdered.  After all, Stalin is also quoted as saying, “death solves all problems,” and “a problem can be represented as a person: get rid of the person and you get rid of the problem.”  In 1989 the Soviet historian Roy Medvedev estimated that about 20 million people died because of Stalin’s labor camps, forced collectivization, famine, and executions.  Another 20 million people were victims of imprisonment, exile, and forced relocation.  Again, Stalin is quoted as saying, “A single death is a tragedy.  A million deaths is a statistic.”  So, Stalin voiced and acted in accordance with that of a murderous demonic monster following Marxist doctrine.

So, why talk about Joseph Stalin, who became a murderous communist dictator?  It is because where he ended up is not where he began.  He began with cheating in elections—until he could consolidate his power, and only then did he reveal his insatiable desire to hold that power, at all costs.

Isn’t it interesting that there seems to be a group in the U.S.A. today that has a playbook titled, “101 Ways to Cheat on Elections”?  Now what group could this be?  Let’s see if we can find any point of congruence, any common word, as we act as detectives investigating election fraud cases.

Let’s turn the dial........

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