beinlicht
Dec 9 2004, 05:51 PM
Sorry if this was already posted but I didn't see it.
How The Bush Gang Stole Its Third National Election in a Row
by Willian Hare
The 2004 election theft marks the third in a row for the Bush Gang. While much has been written about 2000, unfortunately the pivotal 2002 `mid-term` elections came and went in a torrent, which was the way that Republican strategists wanted it. The one thing they fear is sober reflection followed by solid investigation. Fortunately they have the complaisant mainstream corporate media looking the other way.
http://www.politicalstrategy.org/archives/000869.php
ncMindy
Dec 9 2004, 07:27 PM
[quote]Nader’s comment prompted me to think back to Election Night, when I observed that John Zogby was reporting that the presidential race in Virginia was too close to call. In Zogby’s subsequent Electoral College forecasts he ceded the Old Dominion to Bush, but the fact that the pollster found the race that competitive at the end indicated that perhaps Kerry would receive more southern votes than anticipated. A thorough analysis of polling figures near the end of the race indicated that in such states as Arkansas and North Carolina, the home state of Kerry running mate Senator John Edwards, the Democrats were running respectably.
The fact that Bush not only swept the south, but did so in such devastating fashion, is contrary to many poll findings, including normally reliable state polling organizations. Adding votes to the Bush total from his strongest region, where such figures were not as likely to be challenged as in other regions, would be a way of padding the Republican candidate’s total.
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IMO, JRE and Kerry did win NC, SC and Virginia. I could have seen a win for Bush of about 3 percentage points, but 15% - NOT. Being convinced nobody would notice in an already Red 'Bible Belt' state, was a good plan. The size of the victory did get to me, we had too many new voters and they didn't intend to vote for Bush. Even though NC had a problem that could equal Florida, not a peep from most of the state. We already had a bad NC ballot for the Presidential vote - Bowles and Burr had a knock out fight. That's what made no sense at all and gave people cause to think and question.