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Was the 2004 Election Stolen?
Rolling Stone ^ | June 11, 2006 | BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.

Posted on 06/11/2006 6:50:07 AM PDT by Military family member

Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.

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)

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To: Mr. Buzzcut

I don't think so. I think this guy is from the 40's or 50's. Gauthier was more 60's.


41 posted on 06/11/2006 7:08:21 AM PDT by garyhope
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To: bmwcyle
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR who?

Robert F Kennedy Jr:

Brother of Joseph P Kennedy III who was the driver of a Jeep that overturned,paralyzing (for life) a young woman who was a passenger.

Brother of David Kennedy,who died of a heroin OD in a Palm Beach hotel room.

Brother of Michael Kennedy who,at the time of his accidental death (the result of breathtaking stupidity on his part),was under active,intense investigation by police for statutory rape and molestation.

Brother of Rory Kennedy,who married an IRA terrorist.

Cousin of Michael Skakil who just couldn't resist the temptation to thrust the shaft of his father's golf club into the neck of a young girl living nearby.

42 posted on 06/11/2006 7:08:32 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: meyer
Good morning.
"but Gore and a team of seasoned trial lawyers couldn't pull it off."

You would need to change the name to kerry, but the reality would be the same.

Or, you could leave the name but change the year and the rest of the sentence would still be correct. They tried to steal both elections and failed.

This is the cause of the insane hatred that is burning up the Left.

Michael Frazier
43 posted on 06/11/2006 7:09:33 AM PDT by brazzaville (no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
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To: Military family member

The reason they want to keep the focus on Ohio (Democrats (kerry) lost by ? 175000 ?) is because of the states that were stolen - by them. My intimate knowledge is of Wisconsin (Kerry one by about TWELVE THOUSAND). It was on the news last week, they finished purging the Milwaukee voter registration rolls of dead and moved etc. They had ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND bad voting records.

Never forget Philadelphia where there were more votes than living residents

and here was a report in Colorado.


44 posted on 06/11/2006 7:10:34 AM PDT by sgtyork (Prove to us that you can enforce the borders first.)
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To: Military family member

Look who is back on drugs again.


45 posted on 06/11/2006 7:12:51 AM PDT by bilhosty
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To: Popman
O.K. Just how does "evil" Republicans prevent 350,000 people from voting???

The GOP used the Rove Mind Control Device, or the RMCD. It only works on democrats by broadcasting subliminal waves that keep repeating on election day, "It's still Monday, it's still Monday....."

46 posted on 06/11/2006 7:14:19 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Military family member

The IRONY of this articles premise based on the author is unbearable.


47 posted on 06/11/2006 7:14:28 AM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: YaYa123

is there anyway to get that article wiothout paying salon? I can't seem to join for free as adverstised..


48 posted on 06/11/2006 7:14:37 AM PDT by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: Military family member

I think it was stolen in a few midwestern states but not the way the democrats want to talk about.


http://www.nationalreview.com/battleground/2004/battleground200411040640.asp

"Craziest thing I've ever seen," said one poll watcher. "They had 100 tables and just five poll watchers trying to monitor them. Every table had a pile of empty ballots. If the machine rejected a ballot, the workers would just take a fresh ballot, fill it in the way they thought the voter wanted (Detroit voted heavily for Kerry), and then put THAT ballot through the machine." The poll watcher also reported unsigned ballots being counted in the machines, a violation of absentee procedures.


49 posted on 06/11/2006 7:18:16 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: Military family member

Yep - revisionist history.

When I went to vote in the primary here in Arkansas a few weeks back - my name was on the roll, but the lady in front of me and the man behind me did not appear on the roll - both were wanting a Republican ballot, and both are REGULAR voters (have voted in every election in the last 20 years +) and have not moved in many years.

I found that highly suspicious - but not unusual in a state that the voter rolls are kept and maintained by a hard core democrat.

But this article is one of the biggest pieces of trash reporting I have EVERY seen.

Anyone check out the references in the article ---- amazing pattern to them.... check for yourself.


50 posted on 06/11/2006 7:18:49 AM PDT by TheBattman (Islam (and liberalism)- the cult of a Cancer on Society)
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To: Military family member

I'm sorry, I missed Mr. Kennedy's detailed analysis of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania - two states that went for Kerry, were much closer, and have a LOT of questions regarding how the voting was done.

Until I see a Dem include at least one of these states when looking at Ohio, I won't waste my time listening to them.


51 posted on 06/11/2006 7:19:46 AM PDT by BobL
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To: Military family member

"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."

And people think Coulter is sinking into the gutter by demonstrating such contempt for these jackasses.

This was written by a guy who has no excuse for his ludicrous delusions. He ISN'T crazy. He ISN'T retarded. He ISN'T a doped-up alcoholic....Ahhh, I ALWAYS go too far...


52 posted on 06/11/2006 7:20:45 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: badpacifist

Yeah, but that started with the older generation (Teddy).


53 posted on 06/11/2006 7:21:21 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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To: Publius6961
If we take a step back and look at this, it a very positive story. It shows that the dems are still distracted with past elections. To me this means they are not fully paying attention to future ones. Their energy is dispersed and weakened. In addition, only the far left loonies still care. The fence sitters will eventually get tired of their party looking like spoiled losers and start voting more centrist or they will start sitting out elections.
54 posted on 06/11/2006 7:21:35 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: JRios1968

NONE of this was ever proven to be true, how these people like to try to rewrite history again and again, so ridiculous, we shouldn't even respond.


55 posted on 06/11/2006 7:21:37 AM PDT by Amanda75 (Amanda75)
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To: Military family member
Oh, it gets better. This November the Democrats will accuse the GOP of stealing yet another election!

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

56 posted on 06/11/2006 7:21:58 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Military family member
A Kennedy huh? His uncle stole an election from Richard Nixon in 1960 but Nixon was a gracious loser. Unlike today's Democrats, who consider power an entitlement.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

57 posted on 06/11/2006 7:23:36 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

ALSO, GW took Florida big, and I mean big, if Florida why not Ohio, as I said stupid and I mean stupid.


58 posted on 06/11/2006 7:24:53 AM PDT by Amanda75 (Amanda75)
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To: JRios1968
this was my first reaction. Glad it was no later than the second post.
59 posted on 06/11/2006 7:28:21 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (screw the media.)
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To: Military family member
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Robert Kennedy Jr. Another Dem crybaby.
60 posted on 06/11/2006 7:31:16 AM PDT by Old Seadog (Inside every old person is a young person saying "WTF happened?".)
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