2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Dem Primary Anomalies Must Be Thoroughly Investigated Before Choosing a Nominee [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)The Clintons' good buddy James Carville was utilized by the Clintons to influence John Kerry in the hours after Andy Card, Presidential Chief of Staff, called the election for George W.
That influence convinced Kerry that there were not enough ballot s outstanding in Ohio, and that Kerry should concede. So he did. But in truth, there were enough ballots, some 238,000 ballots, most from precincts favorable to Kerry.
And BTW, not a single Big Timer at the DNC helped with the after-election vote count in Ohio. It was Ralph Nader and David Cobb who put together the $ 200,000 of financing for the recount in Ohio. Because the top brass at the DNC didn't really care if Kerry won or not.
Certainly HRC didn't want him to win, beaus e if he got in, he would probably be in for two terms. It was not her intention to have to wait til 2016 to go for the Presidency!
The info about Carville influencing Kerry cam about at Consortium News, and the info about Nader/Cobb getting the funding for the Ohio recount came from Andy Stephenson.
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