A Chaotic Kenya Vote and a Secret U.S. Exit Poll

NY Times ^ | January 30, 2009 | MIKE McINTIRE and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

[Jet Jaguar]

For three days in December 2007, Kenya slid into chaos as ballot counters steadily took what appeared to be a presidential election victory for the challenger and delivered it to the incumbent. As tensions mounted, Kenneth Flottman sat in Nairobi and grew increasingly frustrated. He had in his hands the results of an exit poll, paid for by the United States government, that supported the initial returns favoring the challenger, Raila Odinga.

Mr. Flottman, East Africa director for the International Republican Institute, the pro-democracy group that administered the poll, said he had believed that the results would promptly be made public, as a check against election fraud by either side. But then his supervisors said the poll numbers would be kept secret. (snip)

An examination by The New York Times found that the official explanation for withholding the poll — that it was technically flawed — had been disputed by at least four people involved in the institute’s Kenya operations. The examination, including interviews and a review of e-mail messages and internal memorandums, raises questions about the intentions and priorities of American observers as Kenyans desperately sought credible information about the vote.

[rdl6989]

There’s a Kenyan in the Whitehouse.

[OneWingedShark]

In an unfair election, no-one’s vote counts.
Why should we expect Kenya to have a fairer election than we do here? {ACORN, recounts, 103% of the voting population...}

[the_Watchman]

The New York Times will cover this palaver in order to provide “cover” for Odinga. Will they mention the people who were hacked to death by Odinga supporters or those Christians who were burned alive in the church?

[Just A Nobody]

International Republican Institute, led by John McCain for at least 15 years.

[danamco]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEnaAZrYqQI

[FARS]

Raila Odinga is Obama’s Moslem/Communist cousin and the one who burned Christians alive in their churches. I wondered why the US government would bother with an exit poll.

read/view more

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/10/llke-ayers-another-obama-just-in.html

AND

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-with-communist-cousin-odinga.html

AND these graphic photos of Odinga’s rioting

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-family-political-methods-warning.html

[FARS]

Raila Odinga is Obama’s Moslem/Communist cousin and the one who burned Christians alive in their churches. I wondered why the US government would bother with an exit poll.

read/view more

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/10/llke-ayers-another-obama-just-in.html

AND

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-with-communist-cousin-odinga.html

AND these graphic photos of Odinga’s rioting

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-family-political-methods-warning.html

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[Prole]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHfYxMXvkPo&feature=related

[livius]

Exit polls are very often wrong because people don’t tell the truth, for one reason or another. In this case, people would have been afraid to say they had not voted for Odinga, whose “campaign” was nothing but a string of violent acts and whose followers were everywhere, intimidating the voters.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks FARS.