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November 12, 2004
Democrats Join MoveOn Whackos in Nutjob Theories
MoveOn, a handful of democratic congressmen, and nutjob conspiracy theorists over the internet are claiming the election was stolen...demanding an investigation into voting problems in Ohio and Florida. You know they care nothing about making sure all votes count, because they are ONLY worried about 2 states- tho, the margin in Florida was millions, and even a nutjob could find a theory where millions of votes were miscounted, Ohio is closer, so they're concentrating on this state. Of course, the 10, 000 democratic lawyers found no case that Kerry could win, even when counting imaginary ballots or ballots cast by Elvis and Batman...yet, the nutjobs continue their crusade.
These same whackos claim the election was stolen 4 years ago, yet they neglect to look at any of the evidence for this idea. First- we know the media called Florida for Gore an hour before the polls in the panhandle (a republican stronghold) closed, and numerous election officials said there turnout in those areas were down by thousands...they estimate possibly 10, 000 votes for Bush were lost due to people not voting, knowing Gore had won the state. Plus, we know that when media announces a winner, people usually vote FOR the winner. The thousands of votes we know had to be lost here with the premature media screwup would have left Gore with no chance of endless recounts...
Next, we know that Bush wasn't the one who refused to let this process end. Bush was planning his administration...and knew he had won fair and square. Gore, as you will recall, was the one who demanded a recount...then a hand recount, then a hand recount in just a handful of predominantly democratic counties...then, Florida law states that the election results MUST be in 7 days after the election, and any counties not certified by that day would be left out of the overall count (which means Bush would have surely won with this ruling), and then the state would be certified by the sec of state. BUT...The Florida Supreme Court, in a move of judicial activism, rules that the state constitution didn't matter, and that it was okay to ignore the law...they said they would give a 19 day extension. BUT, even after all of the recounts were finished, Gore STILL lost Florida. Also, the US Supreme Court took the case and sent the ruling back to the SCOFL, telling them they did NOT follow the law and that they could not ignore the Fl Constitution as they had. We all know the SCOTUS is not in it for Bush (try claiming that Ginsberg, appointed by Clinton, and as liberal as you can possibly be wanted to help Bush! that's absurd..) So, the SCOTUS put an end to endless recounts and demanded that the state of Florida and the SCOFL abide by the rule of law and certify the results that STILL showed Bush on top, which gave Bush Florida and the election.
Then, there are the claims that the butterfly ballot were illegal, but we need to see that democratic officials approved the ballots, PLUS- the illegality of this ballot was based on false reporting. I have seen the statute, and the legal notes regarding ballots were speaking of CHECK MARK (with a pencil) ballots, not butterfly punchcard ballots, which were fine in Florida.
In a nation of 300 million people, with over 100 million voting, problems are going to occur. In general, it's a smooth system with some flaws that will eventually be worked on and resolved, but the election was fair, and Bush won...just as he did the last time.
These theories of stealing an election (something Al Gore tried to do with his refusal to live with Florida election law, and his endless demands for selective recounts) are bunk, and all sane people know it. Such is the case this time as well, but whackos will endlessly contend that it wasn't fair.
Posted by Josh at November 12, 2004 04:52 PM