Poll: Don't blame Bush for difficulty in voting (Fla.)

The Miami Herald ^ | Sun, Sep. 29, 2002 | TYLER BRIDGES

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Good news ping.

Let me know if you want on or off the "'til election" Fla. ping list. (^:

[terilyn]

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[PogySailor]

Add me to your list please.

Except for the most partisan Democrats, people understand the elections are run by county level government, not the state. That's why each county has a Supervisor of Elections, either elected or appointed by the county.

And, it's pretty hard to blame the Governor for local poll workers not showing up or closing the polls early.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

You've been pinged, Pogy. (^:

[Goldwater Girl]

This is good news, Ragtime- just wish we could convince 2/3 of the media and Democrat candidates of this fact!

[Political Junkie Too]

They know. They're just using it as a politically expedient charge to hurt the Governor. Don't make the mistake of thinking that they're ignorant. You don't get to the level of influencing media reporting by being ignorant. They're not ignorant, they're calculatingly opportunistic, as in saying and doing anything to win.

-PJ

[windchime]

I would like to remain on the list, Ragtime Cowgirl.

[katherineisgreat]

Thats good to see in the Herald of all places. BUMP!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Even the Democrats didn't buy the extensive DNC-press spin campaign. McAuliffe's spouting off today about manning the polls with his people at election time to prevent trouble (we do have state laws and local authority, Mr. DNC)...and here's a poll that says the vast majority will trust the results on election day and don't blame the Governor for past problems. Too good.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Of course. (^:

[windchime]

Thanks!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thats good to see in the Herald of all places..

Maybe they are listening to the people of Miami. Could it be?

[Political Junkie Too]

Where does McAuliffe think this election is taking place, Haiti?

And, what about the appearance (let alone the actuality) of conflict of interest when McBride's chief fundraiser is McAuliffe's father-in-law? So, McAuliffe wants his people as poll watchers to watch over a campaign that his father-in-law has a direct interest in?

-PJ

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Yep. He clearly doesn't expect the press to hold him or the DNC accountable. After the union pension fund fiasco, Terry making (and pensioners losing) millions in Terry's Fla. real estate scam, the courts let him off. AP wrote a glowing piece about McBride's money-man (McAuliffe's father-in-law) just today...as fine a piece of propaganda posing as news as you're likely to see.

FL GOV BUSH SAYS McBRIDE'S IDEAS TOO COSTLY (McAuliffe Alert!), see Elkiejg's #1.

McBride's chief fund-raiser reinvents himself again [McAuliffe's father-in-law]

[summer]

bttt

[JulieRNR21]

Three out of four Florida voters put the blame for the Sept. 10 election problems on local election officials, poll workers or voters themselves, according to a new Herald/St. Petersburg Times survey of 800 voters statewide.

Only 16 percent pointed the finger at Bush, while 36 percent blamed local election officials, 23 percent named voters and 14 percent said poll workers.

''The problem was with the local training,'' said Sandra Glinn, a Reno supporter and one of those surveyed. ``I'm not sure why the governor should be blamed.''

BRAVO BUMP....how delicious to see that the Reno/McLawyer/McAwful attempts to smear Jeb didn't work!!!!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Big smile here, too....and what does the DNC head say today?:

McAuliffe also announced that his party would work to prevent a repeat of the problems experienced during the Sept. 10 primary, when Reno and McBride waited a week to see who won the Democratic nomination.

McAuliffe said his party would sponsor increased poll monitoring, a toll-free assistance line, multilingual public-service announcements and sample ballots, and placing lawyers and voting experts at the polls.

Out of touch with the voters? (^:

[Fracas]

My friends who live in FL are Republicans. They were tired of their Dem neighbors blaming Jeb for the primary fiasco. I suggested they take a page out of the Dem playbook and turn the question back on them: 'Why did that same system work in all the OTHER counties in Florida?'.

To a person, they said after a few times of direct confrontation, the Dems shut up.

Dems find a phrase and repeat it until it's the accepted thought; i.e., 'tax cuts for the rich' and 'saving Social Security'.

Republicans are very reluctant to confront Dems, and every time we allow them to skate they are encouraged to do it again. Well, I say enough of that. Call them on it. In this case, make them SAY how Jeb could have prevented it. New equipment? Done. Training? Done. (Quality of training is not his responsibility). Multi-lingual ballots? Done. Polls open late? Done.

The three out of four FL voters are obviously the ones in those OTHER counties! LOL.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Agree. Calling them on it, ping!

We might have to take over AP first. The pile of positive Jeb endorsements, factual accomplishments and campaign stories sent to the newsmedia never make it to the voters. Mainstream newsmedia is DNC-occupied territory. We're building our own news territory. Voters welcome. Swamp Rats.