Posted on 12/30/2004 1:12:48 PM PST by AmericanMade1776
NEWSWEEK:What’s the matter with Ohio? Rev. Jesse Jackson: In Columbus, Cincinnati, Akron, Youngstown, Cleveland, where I was, you had blacks standing in line for six hours in the rain. That’s a form of voter suppression.
Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell says that machines were allotted based on turnout in past years, and that he didn’t realize they’d need more machines until it was too late. He had to know it because registration was up. Blackwell may have had to deliver for Bush and [Vice President Dick] Cheney and he got a lighter rap than [former Florida Secretary of State Katherine] Harris got. But Ohio may have been more stacked than Florida was.
So you think Blackwell stole the election for Bush? It was under his domain to have enough machines; the machine calibration, tabulation issue. You could rig the machines. We have reason to believe it was rigged.
What is your evidence? Based on distrusting the system, lack of paper trails, the anomaly of the exit polls. In Ukraine, there’s an exit poll gap, they say, “Let’s have another election.”
Have you been in touch with John Kerry about the issue? Does he share your concerns? His lawyers are now involved in a minimal way. We are appealing to him to get involved. We think it should be certified provisionally, until there can be a forensic investigation of these machines, and until there’s a random recount. In only two of the counties did they do any hand recounting.
What can be done now? Thursday is when Congress is scheduled to certify the vote. Kerry should take the floor and ask for a debate on the subject. Kerry pulled out too early. The scrutiny pulled out with him.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Is it possible that election will be overturned? I don’t know. All we want is a fair count and a transparent election. We can live with the result. We’re fighting the odds but we will not faint in the face of the odds.
The Democratic candidate and Jackson at Sunday services before the November vote
Is this the claim Jackson is making? The same cannot be said of Jackson...
Dead people vote very slowly.
"Rev." Jackass strikes again
For sure Jackson did not pull out early..... he should spend his time and energy with his "Love Child" here in California..
The real reason jackson thinks kerry won the election:
he practices new math. When a democrat dies, that's not one less democrat voter, because they continue to vote. When a Republican voter dies, that's one less Republican voter and one more democrat voter. When the Republican votes are higher than the democrat votes, you invert the numbers to achieve the true results.
Lurch and Reverend Downs meet again!
They didn't have a limo to sit in like Jesse.
Slick, and all democrats should have too. Too much breeding for too long by the liberals.
Oh, please, God, let Kerry object to certification. Please, please, please.
I'll ask again... where's his church? Anyone know?
Kerry Lawyer: No Conspiracy, No Fraud in Ohio- Bush Won
MSNBC ^ | 12/28/04
"There are many conspiracy theorists opining these days. There are many allegations of fraud. But this presidential election is over.
"The Bush-Cheney ticket has won. The Kerry-Edwards campaign has found no conspiracy and no fraud in Ohio, though there have been many irregularities that cry out to be fixed for future elections. Senator Kerry and we in Ohio intend to fix them.
"When all of the problems in Ohio are added together, however bad they are, they do not add up to a victory for Kerry-Edwards.
"Senator Kerry's fully-informed and extremely careful assessment the day after the election and before he conceded remains accurate today, notwithstanding all the details we have since learned."
Kerry's lead attorney in Ohio, Daniel J. Hoffheimer
http://www.freerepublic.com/^http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240
Someone should tell Jesse to just say NO to Denial!
The title should read Jesse Jackson smokes dope, just for the sake of clarity.
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