White House 'Convinced' of Bush Victory - Sends Legal Team To Ohio (11/3/04)

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[weegee]

At 7pm, I tried to roll videotape on the election coverage (my VCR heads died and it is not even a year old).

The talking points from the anchors was all "this is a referendum on the economy".

Nope. Nuh uh.

It was a response to the media, to the homosexual agenda, to Michael Moore, to Rathergate, to Kerry's post-service Vietnam War activity, to the UN, to France, to a WHOLE lot of things.

Now that the election is over, I wish that the media would go back to their "pre-Abu Ghraib" coverage (which was necessary to spin audiences to Howard Dean). No point in further hurting the US troops in Iraq (and giving ammo to the terrorists). Heck, maybe we can even decimate some of their strongholds now.

[bvw]

Wisconsin should get some forces legal too. That's also just too close to have been called.

[Check6]

Yeah, right, a three and a half million vote cliffhanger. MSM and other commies, could you give it a break for a few days??

[Happy2BMe]

. . Franklin County - the county with more registered voters than demographically possible.

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Ya think mebbe the U.N. observers are 'sampling' a few ballots here and there?

Global Monitors Find Faults (Global Socialists Attempt to Interfere with US Elections!!!)

[DaveMSmith]

The Ohio SOS was on Fox last night with Brit. Very interesting that he's convinced a majority of those provisional ballots are ours. OH had 1 million voters over 2000 with 25% evangelical (wasn't sure what this was - I broke down when I heard that).

They do have punch card ballots in OH. The margin is larger than a possible recount.

I agree - declare victory without a concession.

[GeronL]

When will they finally drop the facade of this being deadlocked?? Kerry cannot win, the numbers say so

[GeronL]

DARN Chet Edwards pulled it out and won...

[greasepaint]

What is the situation with
'absentee' ballots in Ohio (NOT provisional)?

[Stateline]

Lots of sad faces in Kerrytown this morning....

[Stateline]

Can't we just keep Teresa Heinz Ketchup bottle around to laugh at???

[ozdragon]

Quality versus Quantity!

[mabelkitty]

Right.
The country club that brought you Oil for Food wants to run Wall Street, as well.

[looney tune]

What is not being said is that the bushies have had lawyers in ohio since the weekend.

[Happy2BMe]

Republicans also gained at least two seats in the Senate while the Democrats lost four.

The Democrats also lost SIX in the House.

ping.

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National, Electoral college votes: 538

PRESIDENTIAL RESULT

Bush leads close race

The final result appears to hinge on the swing state of Ohio, but results there have been delayed.

	CANDIDATE	PARTY	ELECTORAL VOTES	VOTES	%
	George W Bush	Republican	254	57,896,800	51.0
	John Kerry	Democrat	252	54,289,017	48.0
	Ralph Nader	Independent	0	388,045	0

Results after 48 of 51 states called, inc DC*   

CONGRESSIONAL RESULTS: SENATE

	PARTY	2000	2002	2004
	Republican	50	51	53
	Democrat	50	48	44
	Other	0	1	1

CONGRESSIONAL RESULTS: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

	PARTY	2000	2002	2004
	Republican	221	229	227
	Democrat	212	205	199
	Other	2	1	1

*The US has 50 states but the District of Columbia is included in our tally because it also takes part in presidential elections

Results based on AP projections. For more details:

Q&A: US election sources

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National Results

Projection Methodology

Candidate	Electoral	States Won	Vote %	Votes
Bush	254	28	51%	58,073,612
Kerry	252	20	48%	54,523,310

98% Precincts Reporting - Wed Nov 3, 6:58 AM ET
270 Electoral Votes Needed

[mabelkitty]

Rush said that losing Daschle would be the equivalent of 3 seats for us alone because of his power, etc.

[nmh]

Thank GOD they have a black REPUBLICAN Secretary of State too!!!

[GatorGirl]

Calm down.

There was plenty of help on the ground already. Everyone knew that Ohio would be close and shenanigans were planned.

This is the big guns.

It is IMPOSSIBLE for Kerry to steal Ohio!

[Husker24]

How long before Jessie and the gang make it to Ohio and start lieing about disenfranchising?

[grobdriver]

It is IMPOSSIBLE for Kerry to steal Ohio!

Hope so. The Rats are pretty good at stealing, though...

[HiTech RedNeck]

Maybe go to Cincy and stir up a riot? (heaven forbid)