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Was the 2004 Election Stolen? (by RFKjr)
Rolling Stone ^ | 6/1/06 | ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.

Posted on 06/01/2006 12:06:42 PM PDT by finnman69

Like many Americans, I spent the evening of the 2004 election watching the returns on television and wondering how the exit polls, which predicted an overwhelming victory for John Kerry, had gotten it so wrong. By midnight, the official tallies showed a decisive lead for George Bush -- and the next day, lacking enough legal evidence to contest the results, Kerry conceded. Republicans derided anyone who expressed doubts about Bush's victory as nut cases in ''tinfoil hats,'' while the national media, with few exceptions, did little to question the validity of the election. The Washington Post immediately dismissed allegations of fraud as ''conspiracy theories,''(1) and The New York Times declared that ''there is no evidence of vote theft or errors on a large scale.''(2)

But despite the media blackout, indications continued to emerge that something deeply troubling had taken place in 2004. Nearly half of the 6 million American voters living abroad(3) never received their ballots -- or received them too late to vote(4) -- after the Pentagon unaccountably shut down a state-of-the-art Web site used to file overseas registrations.(5) A consulting firm called Sproul & Associates, which was hired by the Republican National Committee to register voters in six battleground states,(6) was discovered shredding Democratic registrations.(7) In New Mexico, which was decided by 5,988 votes,(8) malfunctioning machines mysteriously failed to properly register a presidential vote on more than 20,000 ballots.(9) Nationwide, according to the federal commission charged with implementing election reforms, as many as 1 million ballots were spoiled by faulty voting equipment -- roughly one for every 100 cast.(10)

(Excerpt) Read more at rollingstone.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2004; chutzpah; clutchingatstraws; conspiracy; conspiracytheory; floridarecount; gwb2004; kennedy; kerrydefeat; ohio; paranoid; rfkjr; robertislosingit; smokethebongrobert
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To: The Electrician
"Was the 1960 Election Stolen?"

Not by Kennedy. It was a 'gift' from the boys in Chicago. Well, sort of a gift. There were strings attached and JFK tried to cut them. Bad idea, according to Sam and Chuck Giancana. ("Doublecross" -- 1992. Warner Books).

101 posted on 06/01/2006 1:39:55 PM PDT by Eastbound
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To: finnman69
Are the Kennedys all brain-damaged boozers?
102 posted on 06/01/2006 1:41:07 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: Christian4Bush

Of course. I was only pointing out the worthlessness of their propaganda.


103 posted on 06/01/2006 1:51:06 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Steve_Seattle

If they are in line at 1:45, they aint working.


104 posted on 06/01/2006 1:51:51 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: newcthem

And here in the Peoples Republic of Wisconsin, we had a few THOUSAND cases of voter fraud.........fortunately they were all in Kerry's favor to it didn't count.



Was it not also in your State that they cut the tires on (R) vans to bring voters to the polls???


105 posted on 06/01/2006 1:52:06 PM PDT by danamco
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To: Common Tator

Fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Ohio. Thanks for sharing 'Tator.


106 posted on 06/01/2006 1:57:18 PM PDT by RobFromGa (The FairTax cult is like Scientology, but without the movie stars)
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To: areafiftyone
MY GOD WHY ARE THE DEMOCRATS CONTANTLY LIVING IN THE PAST???? Vietnam, 2000 election stolen, 2004 election stolen! No wonder they can't win a presidential election! LOL



Conveniently they forgot to mention alGore's attempt to steal the 2000 election and his scams to disqualify all the armed forces votes because of postal stamps!??!
107 posted on 06/01/2006 1:58:15 PM PDT by danamco
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To: danamco

but... but.... he invented the internet!!!


108 posted on 06/01/2006 2:00:54 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicans Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For the Same Reason!)
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To: Bikers4Bush

recovering and occasional coke head combined with ETOH abuse and the genetics of the Kennedy curse, until they all die off natually or from drugs,alcohol,auto accidents,sking mishaps and maybe untreated STD"s they will present kook theories in an attempt to justify their losses or gain sympathy for their corrupt ideas


109 posted on 06/01/2006 2:01:40 PM PDT by dubyawhoiluv
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To: xp38
Of course. I was only pointing out the worthlessness of their propaganda.

I know. It's all good. I know we're on the same team.

110 posted on 06/01/2006 2:03:55 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (FreeRepublic and Rush Limbaugh: kevlar protection from the Drive-By Media.)
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To: finnman69

And, all these Bolshecrat voters. Go figure.


111 posted on 06/01/2006 2:07:41 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (The only thing worse than high gas prices is walking.)
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To: finnman69
I thought I remembered that RFK,Jr. had been convicted of heroin possession, and while trying to find proof, I found an interesting biography at this site:

http://www.activistcash.com/biography.cfm/bid/2765

In the article, an attorney who had worked with him, said of him, "he separates himself from good science at times in order to aggressively pursue an issue and win.” The following two paragraphs also offer an insight into RFK,Jr. lack of character:

Kennedy’s harshest public thrashing to date, however, came from one of his closest colleagues, Riverkeeper founder Robert Boyle. Along with seven other Riverkeeper board members, Boyle resigned in 2000 after Kennedy insisted upon hiring a convicted environmental felon as the group’s chief scientist. At the time, Boyle told the New York Post that Kennedy “is very reckless,” and added that “[h]e’s assumed an arrogance above his intellectual stature.”

Reflecting on the episode later, Boyle gave the New York Times an apt summary of Kennedy’s attitude regarding his environmental crusades: “I thought he was thinking of himself and not the cause of the river,” Boyle said. “It all became his own greater glory.”

More than likely, Kennedy is still being reckless with the truth when he accuses Republicans of stealing the election in 2004. I suspect he has definitely "assumed an arrogance above his intellectual stature"!

112 posted on 06/01/2006 2:11:16 PM PDT by PeskyOne
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To: finnman69

ROFL! This is news? I'm FROM Ohio, and western Ohio is, in general, quite conservative outside of heavily urbanized areas. It's like some sort of conspiracy that Kerry didn't clean up there! DUH! And whose ass did they pick that "long line - didn't vote" number from. If you're not willing to wait in line to vote or do not plan ahead to vote absentee, tough cookies. Your vote is as important as you want it to be. I was in Toledo on election day 2004 - and it was just a horribly cold, rainy day - my roommate at the time (a Naderite in 2000) didn't go and vote. I'm surprised THAT didn't get brought up too. But I guess you can't blame Republicans for the weather (unless it's a hurricane).

Crybabies through and through.


113 posted on 06/01/2006 2:15:47 PM PDT by mjwise
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To: Arrowhead1952
Considering those two sentences, the average time they should have taken is about 15 seconds ------ to hit the "Vote straight ticket" for the RAT party.

I've never seen straight ticket voting in Ohio. Until recently all my elections were on punch cards. The last couple were on computer screens with a backup copy printed on a strip of paper retained in the machine.

114 posted on 06/01/2006 2:21:43 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Never ask a Kennedy if he'll have another drink. It's nobody's business how much he's had already.)
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To: Flightdeck

"...knowing they get a substantial percentage of their votes from the dead or illegals."

Don't forget the 10% (or was it 12%?) that the DeadStreamMedia delivers via their blatant Leftist propaganda.


115 posted on 06/01/2006 2:42:15 PM PDT by Harrius Magnus (Enemy #1 = The Leftist holy trinity of multiculturalism, moral equivalence and relativism.)
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To: mjwise
Re: But I guess you can't blame Republicans for the weather (unless it's a hurricane).

This should be a bumper sticker:

democrats...
Because bitching about the weather is a lifestyle choice.

116 posted on 06/01/2006 2:50:02 PM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: finnman69

was the 2004 election stolen?

No we caught dan rather lying and prevented it....


117 posted on 06/01/2006 2:53:25 PM PDT by edzo4
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To: Common Tator

Excellent post. Can you point me to information that documents the 250,000 mostly bogus Democratic registrations and the efforts of the Republicans in Ohio to prevent them to be used for fraudulent votes?


118 posted on 06/01/2006 2:53:36 PM PDT by Interesting Times (ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
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To: finnman69

Get ready for desperate dim efforts at fraud in 2006 & 2008. This propaganda is just to fire up their base and salve guilty consciences.


119 posted on 06/01/2006 3:04:08 PM PDT by darth
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To: finnman69

One interview I saw of RFK junior on tv a few years back convinced me that he was fanatic nut. I guess I have been proved right.


120 posted on 06/01/2006 3:13:20 PM PDT by driftless ( For life-long happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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