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tbuddha Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:12 PM
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SOME BAD NEWS AND SOME GOOD NEWS
I've spent the morning talking to Ida Briggs and Bev and they see things quite differently. I can't bridge the gap.

On Bev's side. She says that the polling tape evidence in Volusia County is relevant only in Volusia, as in the way the fraud was carried out there ONLY happened in Volusia and no where else. Not nearly enough to tip the election. You have to be able to prove that you can extrapolate the evidence out to other counties to prove fraud at the state level based on what they have with the polling tapes. Those tapes ARE being used in a criminal case against Teresa LaWhore and her coworkers. It's a victory, but a smaller one than you think.

Ida Briggs thinks she can use the tape copies to convince the Kerry camp to throw more money into recount efforts. I appreciate Ida, and what she has done. I really do, but I agree with Bev on this one.

THE GOOD NEWS: Bev did say she had another lead that she thought COULD tip the election, though because we were on record she couldn't tell me on the phone.
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bmoney07 Donating Member (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:14 PM
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1. I'll guess we will wait
and see what happens next out of the Bushana Republic
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Darknyte7 Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:16 PM
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7. I appreciate your efforts to bridge this gap...
I wouldn't expect a resolution to this impasse today, but I'd encourage you to keep at it...
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:15 PM
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2. On record? Who are you reporting for?
And where can we read it?
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tbuddha Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:17 PM
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8. Sorry..I mean her phone is tapped.
We were being listened to
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:23 PM
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20. Did you say hi to the boys?
:-)

I mean somebody has to get those boys some cookies and milk.

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breadbox Donating Member (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:15 PM
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3. Now this sounds like good news....
I like the sound of the good news.... do we have an idea which state it refers to?

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tbuddha Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:16 PM
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5. Florida
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tbuddha Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:16 PM
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4. Also, You can like Keith O, but I wouldn't trust MSNBC
I don't think they want her on the show.
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soup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:16 PM
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6. What does Volusia County have to do with LePore?
Isn't she in Palm Beach County?
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tbuddha Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:18 PM
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10. I think so
I'm not sure of all the details, but there is a network of some people there. All I know is, that the polling tapes in Volusia are relevant only in Volusia, and that kind of fraud was not conducted in other counties.
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:18 PM
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12. Yes, Madam Butterfly is in Palm Beach.
So WTF possible FRAUD in Volusia has to do with LePore?
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SueZhope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:17 PM
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9. Thanks for the info
but it feels like the part were Bev says:

"Bev did say she had another lead that she thought COULD tip the election, though because we were on record she couldn't tell me on the phone."

sounds like some kind of tease......I hope she is telling the Kerry people this
it just feels kind of strange to say that....I am just wondering because others times she came across sounding like she had the GOODS

What did it seem like to you when she said that?
Were you sold she really had "the big one" that could do it?
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tbuddha Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:19 PM
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13. It's hard to reach the Kerry people
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SueZhope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:22 PM
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17. Do you mean
that Bev is trying to give them info on such a big break
as turning over the election and they cant be reached to here that.
I am totally lost & confused
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:18 PM
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11. If these things are so secret, why do you make them public?
Here we go again. Of course we will not be able to see this evidence either I suppose.

BTW, what "criminal case"? That would mean the tapes were turned over to Prosecutors and are not in BBV's possession anymore? When did that happen?

Hopefully there is really some criminal charge against LePore or you have just opened yourself up for a libel charge.
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:20 PM
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14. LePore is not even in Volusia county. She is in Palm Beach.
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tbuddha Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:20 PM
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15. As a matter of fact....
Bev ISN'T in possesion of the tapes right now.
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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:24 PM
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21. How convenient - sorry keith, no tapes after all
and this mysterious "criminal case" against LePore that only you seem to know about that has nothing to do with Volusia County is somehow connected to tapes that you stress are only relevant in Volusia?

Sorry, but you better either give a better explanation than this or don't bother explaining at all. All you seem to do is make it more convoluted and doubtful.
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Shopaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:21 PM
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16. Here's what I don't get--if you've got PROOF--then why the hell
Edited on Thu Dec-02-04 03:22 PM by Shopaholic
not turn it over to the Kerry Lawyers or anyone and everyone else you thought could get it out there and do something with it? Am I so wrong to ask that question or to wonder why that apparently isn't being done? I mean is it an astrology thing where she's waiting for the timing of the right conjunct of the moon to mercury or something?

And before anyone flames me, I've given $$$ to Bev to carry on this fight, so I'm far from being anti-Bev on this issue so don't even go there with me. And I'm not un-Democratic for asking the question--that's what we're supposed to do, right? Ask the tough questions?
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SueZhope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:25 PM
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You make 100% logical sense
Im asking the same darn question.
I also gave to BBV....
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tbuddha Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:27 PM
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24. Ida is asking a lawyer close to the matter right now
If what they have in Volusia would actually help nationwide. Bev was pretty adamant that it wouldn't. That it is only pertinent in Volusia and couldn't be used for recounts anywhere else. In fact, if we make too big a deal out of Volusia, the GOP will fire back with what some Dems did in King County. The whole "it's a wash thing."

She did find fraud in one county, which is good. I was pretty disappointed, but Bev sounded hopeful about this other lead she has.
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tbuddha Donating Member (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:23 PM
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19. What is the purpose? What are you trying to achieve?
No, you won't be able to see this evidence. Sorry to burst your bubble. If you to bash Bev cause she won't show it to you, that's your problem, not hers. BTW...my mistake, the charges will come against Deanie Lowe. LaWhore was served for not releasing records.
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jsascj Donating Member (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:22 PM
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18. Think she might be able to
Edited on Thu Dec-02-04 03:23 PM by jsascj
TIP the election before January 20TH?
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theboss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:25 PM
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22. Out of curiosity, who the hell are you?
You have 300 posts and it seems most of them are from today.

And you are speaking for people who have the ability to post here anytime they want.

Who are you? And why should I take your word as gospel?
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goldengreek Donating Member (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:26 PM
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23. Well, they don't really contradict each other.
Ida just thinks the stuff could have broader implications, from what you're reporting, while Bev is just saying they don't make a hard case for fraud on a broader level. I'd actually assumed her Volusia County evidence only applied to that area and nowhere else. The application for a case against Theresa LaPore is just bonus meat for me.

I knew, however, that she was looking at other areas and was waiting on whatever it was she could come up with.
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Skinner ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 03:27 PM
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25. Continue discussion here
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