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Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
Sun Oct 7, 2012, 06:21 PM Oct 2012

The Theft of the 2004 Election, Did You Ever Read Robert Kennedy's Jr's Article on the Subject?

GOTV. Get Out The Vote, Duers! We need large numbers. Election theft can only go so high without becoming painfully obvious and eminantly provable. ELECTION fraud is all too real. Do not confuse it with Voter fraud. They are two completely different critters.

Here is a snippet of the Rolling Stone article as reprinted at Common Dreams:


"How might this fraud have been carried out? One way to steal votes is to tamper with individual ballots -- and there is evidence that Republicans did just that. In Clermont County, where optical scanners were used to tabulate votes, sworn affidavits by election observers given to the House Judiciary Committee describe ballots on which marks for Kerry were covered up with white stickers, while marks for Bush were filled in to replace them. Rep. Conyers, in a letter to the FBI, described the testimony as ''strong evidence of vote tampering if not outright fraud.'' (184) In Miami County, where Connally outpaced Kerry, one precinct registered a turnout of 98.55 percent (185) -- meaning that all but ten eligible voters went to the polls on Election Day. An investigation by the Columbus Free Press, however, collected affidavits from twenty-five people who swear they didn't vote. (186)

In addition to altering individual ballots, evidence suggests that Republicans tampered with the software used to tabulate votes. In Auglaize County, where Kerry lost not only to Connally but to two other defeated Democratic judicial candidates, voters cast their ballots on touch-screen machines. (187) Two weeks before the election, an employee of ES&S, the company that manufactures the machines, was observed by a local election official making an unauthorized log-in to the central computer used to compile election results. (188) In Miami County, after 100 percent of precincts had already reported their official results, an additional 18,615 votes were inexplicably added to the final tally. The last-minute alteration awarded 12,000 of the votes to Bush, boosting his margin of victory in the county by nearly 6,000. (189)"



http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0601-34.htm

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The Theft of the 2004 Election, Did You Ever Read Robert Kennedy's Jr's Article on the Subject? (Original Post) Kurovski Oct 2012 OP
anyone with a brain cell knew it happened madrchsod Oct 2012 #1
Yeah, I still remember that psychic kick to the gut. Kurovski Oct 2012 #3
is this true? robinlynne Oct 2012 #6
It was in Bob Woodward's book. (he who broke the Watergate story) Kurovski Oct 2012 #7
seesm to me, whne you pull a lieberman like that, you should not be allowed back into the party, robinlynne Oct 2012 #8
I think we mostly seem him only on CNN. Kurovski Oct 2012 #9
Here in NM, there was a 17,000 vote discrepancy between Warpy Oct 2012 #2
You really should address a president by the full title... Kurovski Oct 2012 #4
They soooooo stole it. nt valerief Oct 2012 #5

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
3. Yeah, I still remember that psychic kick to the gut.
Sun Oct 7, 2012, 07:02 PM
Oct 2012

Kerry had decided not to concede. There were 250,000 outstanding ballots in Ohio.

So Kerry decides to fight. In fact, he considers going to Ohio to camp out with his voters until there is a recount. This is the last thing the White House needs, especially after Florida 2000.

So what happened?

James Carville gets on the phone with his wife, Mary Matalin, who is at the White House with Bush.

"Carville told her he had some inside news. The Kerry campaign was going to challenge the provisional ballots in Ohio -- perhaps up to 250,000 of them. 'I don't agree with it, Carville said. I'm just telling you that's what they're talking about.'

"Matalin went to Cheney to report...You better tell the President, Cheney told her."

Matalin does, advising Bush that "somebody in authority needed to get in touch with J. Kenneth Blackwell, the Republican Secretary of State in Ohio who would be in charge of any challenge to the provisional votes." An SOS goes out to Blackwell. And the corrupt Blackwell took care of it.

The rest is history.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Carville-is-a-Spy-for-Bush-by-M-J-Rosenberg-080828-906.html

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
7. It was in Bob Woodward's book. (he who broke the Watergate story)
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 02:11 PM
Oct 2012

And the "Flopsey Twins," Mary Matalin and James Carville never denied it as far as I know.

So yes, sure, it's true.

At least as far as anything is "true" in this stupid-ass world.

robinlynne

(15,481 posts)
8. seesm to me, whne you pull a lieberman like that, you should not be allowed back into the party,
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 07:26 PM
Oct 2012

ever. That's even worse than a lieberman.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
9. I think we mostly seem him only on CNN.
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 09:37 PM
Oct 2012

Maybe...FOX, too? I dunno.

He'll never be on Olbermann, I'm given to understand. Unless he plans on denouncing his wife and revealing any juicy (Or indictable) news about Cheney or Bush.

Warpy

(111,271 posts)
2. Here in NM, there was a 17,000 vote discrepancy between
Sun Oct 7, 2012, 06:35 PM
Oct 2012

the national races and votes for local judges. Democrat overwhelmingly won the judgeship races. Stupid "won" by 3000 votes statewide if you're gullible enough to believe 17,000 people dragged themselves out of their warm houses to go vote for a county judge but ignore the national race. NM was stolen and we all know it.

We got 100% paper ballots in 2005. While the Opti Scan machines can be hacked, the ballots can also be counted visually.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
4. You really should address a president by the full title...
Sun Oct 7, 2012, 07:06 PM
Oct 2012

"Stupid Fucksack". I almost didn't know to whom you were referring, Warpy.

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