Congressman Billybob
Preserving Democracy – What Went Wrong in Ohio?
Please Join us in a Forum on Ohio Voting Irregularities
December 3, 2004
Dear Colleague:
Please join us in holding a forum on election irregularities in Ohio, the pivotal state in the 2004 presidential election. The forum will include leading advocates, election experts and investigators who have reviewed the myriad of election day and recount problems in Ohio, as well as numerous individuals who experienced problems and outright disenfranchisement on election day.
The forum will be held on Wednesday, December 8, at 10:00 am in 2237 Rayburn House Office Building. Participants will include the following:
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Founder Rainbow Push Coalition
Ralph Neas, President, People For the American Way
Jon Greenbaum, Director, Voting Rights Project, Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Ellie Smeal, Executive Director, The Feminist Majority
Prof. Robert Fitrakis, Editor, The Free Press
Cliff Arnebeck, Arnebeck Associates
John Bonifaz, General Counsel, National Voting Institute
Steve Rosenfeld, Senior Producer, Air America Radio
Shawnta Walcott, Communications Director, Zogby International
In addition, we have invited Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Secretary of State, and Warren Mitofsky of Mitofsky International, the Coordinator of the National Exit Poll to participate in the forum.
This will be an important event that will help the Members and public understand the continuing controversies surrounding the Ohio vote and recount process and consider remedies for addressing these issues in the future.
If you would like to participate, or if you have any questions concerning the forum, please contact Michone Johnson (x56906) of the House Judiciary Democratic Staff. Staff is welcome to attend the forum as well.
Sincerely,
John Conyers, Jr. Robert C. Scott Melvin L. Watt
Rranking Member Judiciary Committee Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Shelia Jackson Lee! 'It is not a question of who won or lost...' really?
When will Greg Palast show up?
Some of their followers are certainly idiots, but the leaders and organizers are not. Conyers may be a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, but he's also a member of the Congressional Progressive (socialist) Caucus. I would not be surprised if most of the others mentioned are as well.
They know exactly what they're doing. Whether or not the particular "issue of the day" is logically defensible or even remotely credible is irrelevant. Their goal is simply to take advantage of whatever opportunity presents itself to weaken Americans' faith and loyalty to the various institutions or components of our society. In this case the target is our electoral system itself, but there are plenty of other examples everywhere you look, except that we simply refuse to see. What Gramsci called "the institutions of civil society" are under continuous assault and the "long march" continues.
This is called a Kanagaroo court. Go to China, Vietnam, or N. Korea or Cuba to see more like this.