http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/election2004/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:50:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070192/posts The Observer finds that Teresa Heinz Kerry appears to believe that the results in Ohio in 2004 are illegitimate: This convention, Ms. Heinz Kerry said, is “full of meaning and full of opportunity, and if you, as I, believe, and I know a lot of you do, we did not lose the last election, nor did Al Gore lose his last election. We won it.” While many Democrats remain angry about conflicts over voter registration and the provision of voting machines, in particular, fewer believe that those provided the margin of victory, or that Kerry was robbed of victory the... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070192/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:50:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1261833/posts WASHINGTON — The Arab television station Al-Jazeera is broadcasting a new tape from Al Qaeda (search) leader Usama bin Laden (search). Multiple sources told FOX News that the 18-minute videotape is authentic and said its release was timed to coincide with Tuesday's presidential elections. Bin Laden makes reference to recent conflicts in Iraq and addresses the American people directly, sources said. U.S. officials said the tape appears to have been made recently. Bin Laden is speaking from a lectern and he talks about threats to the United States and he says that President Bush will not protect the American people... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1261833/posts#comment Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:27:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043877/posts HARRISBURG -- Grand jurors here and in Pittsburgh cataloged what they described as a culture of corruption that allowed former state Rep. Michael Veon, current Rep. Sean Ramaley and 10 current and former Democratic staffers to divert millions of dollars in state resources, including more than $1 million in illegal pay bonuses. The jurors said Mr. Veon and the staff members conspired to arrange hefty year-end pay bonuses to House employees who worked on political campaigns over a three-year period, while Mr. Ramaley is accused of working full-time on his 2004 House campaign in Beaver County while drawing a taxpayer... Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043877/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:35:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983083/posts I'm dancing on the top deck with a 71-year-old feminist and psychotherapist whom I've come to think of as the Twirler. We've spent two days attending seminars on The Nation magazine's Alaska cruise; we've talked about the Bush presidency and prison reform and single-payer health care. Now, at almost midnight, my fiercely intelligent and opinionated new friend is putting all the heady political talk behind her by bodily twirling. "If I start to get dizzy, then I twirl in the opposite direction," Charlotte tells me as the live band revs up its throbbing Motown beat. "I won't fall." "Good, please... South Florida Sun-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983083/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:58:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1930016/posts Senator John F. Kerry already has a Democratic opponent for his U.S. Senate seat. He is not from the party's right since there is barely anyone sitting in those seats in blue Massachusetts. Kerry's antagonist is Ed O'Reilly, a Gloucester lawyer who, according to the Wednesday Boston Globe, is targeting Kerry from the anti-Iraq war left. And, lo and behold, he wants to know the truth about Kerry's military record and has questions himself about the Swift Boat record and the Swift Boat ads. Besides, like a lot of the senator's tormentors, he is suspicious about whether Kerry is really... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1930016/posts#comment Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:05:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926398/posts Less than three months after he left his post as the White House’s deputy chief of staff, Karl Rove has agreed to become a Newsweek contributor and will pen opinion pieces for the magazine and its Web site. Rove will turn out several columns on the 2008 campaign up until inauguration day, according to the Washington Post. In a statement, Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham said: “Newsweek has a long tradition of asking practitioners and opinion-makers to offer our readers the benefits of their experience in occasional opinion essays. “Whether one agrees or disagrees with Karl, there is no arguing that... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926398/posts#comment Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:15:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912209/posts Here’s a burning question no one is asking: Whither John F. Kerry? He is his party’s most recent presidential nominee. He came tantalizingly close to winning. And yet no one is looking for him to put his stamp on the 2008 Democratic primary or wondering aloud who he’ll endorse — even though Al Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile says that in the early-state contests, “most of the voters would be thrilled to know who Kerry would back and why.” But the lack of an audible clamor for an endorsement by Kerry is more than a bit deceiving, as is the... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912209/posts#comment Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:54:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901261/posts I have obtained new documentary evidence regarding Dan Rather's relationship with his former bosses at CBS News. Obviously, I cannot identify my source. But he told me during a collect call from Sofia, Bulgaria, that he has access to Rather's "personal files" and that his typewriter was built after 1966. To authenticate the document, I showed it to some of my kids' friends, and they said it was awesome. Here, then, the letter -- written by Dan Rather and dated Nov. 31, 2006: "Dear CBS News: "My new career at HDNet is keeping me busier than a bordello at Mardis... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901261/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:01:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901237/posts In 2004, at the height of the Dan Rather Memogate story, I wrote in National Review: “Across the media universe the questions pour out: Why is Dan Rather doing this to himself? Why does he drag this out? Why won’t he just come clean? Why would he let this happen in the first place? Why is CBS standing by him? Why ... why ... why? “There is only one plausible answer: Ours is a just and decent God.” Well, God has not forsaken us. Dan Rather seems divinely inspired to crash more times than a Kennedy driving home from an... The National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901237/posts#comment Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:01:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1895132/posts Some Democrats have decided to try to transform the military draft into what the Social Security issue was 25 years ago. Time and time again since the late 1970s, Democratic candidates and campaign committees sought to win the votes of seniors by raising questions about whether Republicans would dismantle Social Security if they ever won control of Congress. The Democrats’ scare tactics on Social Security were not without basis. Republicans opposed the creation of Social Security, and for more than a decade, many conservative GOP candidates and high-profile officeholders, including former Rep. Newt Gingrich (Ga.), bashed the system and berated... The Rothenberg Political Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1895132/posts#comment Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:31:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880818/posts Democrats have to be worried that when Karl Rive exits the White House in August, he'll take a month off and end up at the virtual elbow of Mayor Giuliani, Governor Romney, or Senator Thompson. They should be worried. Of course that's what he (and Ken Mehlman) will be doing. All-stars whose franchise can't play for the title often show up in the heat of the hunt. Politics is like sports in many ways. And Rove is the Tiger Woods of politics. (That would almost make Bob Shrum Greg Norman, but Norman won two majors. I need a better analogy... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880818/posts#comment Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:37:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880365/posts Karl Rove, a political adviser to President George W. Bush and a lightning rod for anger among Democrats, will leave the White House at the end of this month, Rove told the Wall Street Journal. "I just think it's time," Rove said in an interview with the newspaper published on Monday. "There's always something that can keep you here, and as much as I'd like to be here, I've got to do this for the sake of my family." Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880365/posts#comment Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:08:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867054/posts Why does the elegant senator from North Carolina continue his run for the presidency? Washington correspondent Geoff Elliott reports: POOR John Edwards. He follows Barack Obama on the podium at a conference of mostly anti-war Democrats and it's like watching air whistle out of a balloon. Obama, a charismatic candidate for change in the mould of Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy, has just worked the crowd brilliantly. Then Edwards walks in, a little later than scheduled at the Take Back America conference, thanks to an impromptu grab-and-grip show from Obama. Cameras are being pocketed again and seats resumed for... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867054/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:28:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861950/posts Dashed White House ambitions, John Kerry has learned, can be humbling. The Massachusetts Democrat is the first failed presidential nominee since George McGovern in 1972 to return to his day job in the Senate, surrounded by White House wannabes. Kerry insists it hasn't bothered him to watch from the sidelines as current and former colleagues - including his 2004 running mate, John Edwards - gallop past in pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination that was his four years ago. "Life goes on and people get too fixated on those kinds of things," Kerry, 63, told The Associated Press in an... My Way News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861950/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:13:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842163/posts He was comfortable after his conversations with Gephardt, but even queasier about Edwards after they met. Edwards had told Kerry he was going to share a story with him that he'd never told anyone else—that after his son Wade had been killed, he climbed onto the slab at the funeral home, laid there and hugged his body, and promised that he'd do all he could to make life better for people, to live up to Wade's ideals of service. Kerry was stunned, not moved, because, as he told me later, Edwards had recounted the same exact story to him, almost... TIME Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1842163/posts#comment Wed, 30 May 2007 22:53:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1808926/posts Four people were indicted Thursday in an alleged kickback scheme that?s at the core of the debate over the firing of U.S. Attorney David Iglesias. Former state Senate President Pro Tem Manny Aragon, Toby Martinez, Raul Parra and Sandra Mata Martinez all face charges. The U.S. attorney?s office in Albuquerque says Marc Schiff, Ken Schultz and Manuel Guara had already entered guilty pleas in the case. Investigators say the kickbacks were related to the construction of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Courthouse in Albuquerque. Iglesias believes he was fired as the federal prosecutor for New Mexico for resisting pressure from Senator... Albuquerque KOB-TV Channel 4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1808926/posts#comment Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:41:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763463/posts MONICA MADNESS BUBBA'S DEM CHIEF BARES HILL TENSION By MAGGIE HABERMAN     (snip)Bill Clinton described that time period as "absolute living hell," McAuliffe said. He uses the book to claim that Kerry, who lost his 2004 challenge to President Bush, had a bumbling and wavering campaign team that was tripped up by a smoother machine. "I thought the decision of the Kerry campaign to back off any real criticism of Bush was one of the biggest acts of political malpractice in the history of American politics," McAuliffe wrote. (snip)McAuliffe says Kerry's aides wanted to oust him as party... The New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763463/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jan 2007 19:54:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733563/posts DEMOCRATS SEND CEASE-AND-DESIST LETTER TO REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE OVER AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS TO VOTERS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733563/posts#comment Mon, 6 Nov 2006 22:44:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730762/posts Senator Kerry's comments about uneducated people being "stuck" in Iraq — essentially calling the men and women of the American military stupid — is one of the political blunders of the age. Seldom does a candidate single-handedly sink his party once, let alone twice, though William Jennings Bryan came close. Mr. Kerry may have done so. Worse, it's simply not right to promote the idea that soldiers are dumb or even undereducated. New York Times reporter Chris Hedges asserted, "poor kids from Mississippi … who could not get a decent job … joined the Army because it was all we... New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730762/posts#comment Thu, 2 Nov 2006 15:49:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706342/posts A couple of days before the 2004 presidential election, an Episcopal clergyman named George Regas delivered a sermon to congregants in Pasadena in the form of a mock debate among Jesus, President Bush and Democratic candidate John Kerry over the Iraq war. Regas left no doubt about his anti-war sentiments, saying that Jesus would have told Bush that the war "has led to disaster," but did not specifically endorse anyone in the election. Eight months later, however, All Saints Episcopal Church received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service declaring "a reasonable belief ... that you may not be a... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1706342/posts#comment Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:16:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703546/posts NEWSWEEK “Isikoffed” the Gonzales Memo Since Christopher Hitchens is correcting old Dowdified quotes, I thought IÂ’d correct one myself. This one, from a 2004 NEWSWEEK article, is a major Dowdification — in my view, every bit as egregious as DowdÂ’s original. WhatÂ’s more, itÂ’s still influencing lefties even today. Worse, unlike DowdÂ’s alteration of a Bush quote, the NEWSWEEK story didnÂ’t even use an ellipsis to indicate what was missing. By altering an Alberto Gonzales quote in this way, NEWSWEEK managed to make Gonzales and the Bush Administration appear unreasonably dismissive of the Geneva Convention. The story was co-authored by... http://patterico.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703546/posts#comment Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:13:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697077/posts BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The owner of DataUSA Inc., a company that conducted political polls for the campaigns of President Bush, Sen. Joe Lieberman and other candidates, pleaded guilty to fraud for making up survey and poll results. Tracy Costin pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Costin, 46, faces a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when she is sentenced Nov. 30. As part of her plea agreement, Costin agreed to repay $82,732 to the unidentified clients for 11 jobs between June 2002 and May 2004. DataUSA is... Wash Post - AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697077/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:03:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697107/posts BRIDGEPORT — A polling company owner admitted participating in a conspiracy to falsify data in order to meet deadlines for clients, which included the campaigns of President Bush, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Mayor John M. Fabrizi. Tracy Costin, 46, of Madison, admitted to U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall that she participated in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Costin, who owned and operated DataUSA, a survey and polling firm with offices in West Haven and Guilford, faces up to five years in prison when she is sentenced Nov. 30. However a preliminary calculation of... Connecticut Post Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697107/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697211/posts The owner of DataUSA Inc., a company that conducted political polls for the campaigns of President Bush, Sen. Joe Lieberman and other candidates, pleaded guilty to fraud for making up survey and poll results. Tracy Costin pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Costin, 46, faces a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when she is sentenced Nov. 30. As part of her plea agreement, Costin agreed to repay $82,732 to the unidentified clients for 11 jobs between June 2002 and May 2004. DataUSA is now known as... breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697211/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:06:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671063/posts Sen. John Kerry’s 2004 presidential hopes were sunk when he buckled under to “authoritarian” conservatives hellbent on smearing his military record as part of a larger “proto-facist” movement, says a former top White House aide whose testimony helped sink Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. John Dean, a Republican who served as Nixon’s top counsel, said Kerry slipped up during the 2004 campaign against President Bush by not suing the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth when they published a book calling into question the Bay State senator’s Vietnam service. “What most surprised me is that Kerry never did anything with... The Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1671063/posts#comment Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:50:04 GMT