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The Myth of a Stolen Election
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page ^
| REPOST - Tuesday, July 17, 2001
| Bob Zelnick
Posted on 01/09/2004 12:46:02 PM PST by yoe
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:06:20 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Readers of the New York Times were treated on Sunday to a massive report claiming that hundreds of overseas Florida ballots cast in violation of state law were nonetheless counted by election officials under pressure from representatives of George W. Bush. While even the Times stops short of claiming that inclusion of the "flawed" votes spelled the difference between victory and defeat for Mr. Bush, the report is clearly meant to provide ammunition for those who question the legitimacy of his victory and presidency.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2000; bobzelnick; corruption; democrats; florida; fraud; myth; votefraud
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The mainstream press and media did much to cover up such stories at the time. This is a reminder of how corrupt the democratic machine can be and will be in 2004. Chicago set up some rules in time for the election so prisoners could vote! Some 15,000 did - but our Military absentee votes were denied. Democrats are ruthless and those corrupting the process have ruined their party.Do not forget!
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posted on
01/09/2004 12:46:03 PM PST
by
yoe
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posted on
01/09/2004 12:47:40 PM PST
by
Support Free Republic
(I'd rather be sleeping. Let's get this over with so I can go back to sleep!)
To: yoe
Geeeeezzzzz, not this chit again....
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posted on
01/09/2004 12:48:41 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2003, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: yoe
I bet the Bush administration will be sure the military votes are counted this time.
Bump.
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posted on
01/09/2004 12:51:09 PM PST
by
BlueAngel
To: yoe
You can only get a dimpled or pregnant chad if you place more than one voting card in the voting machine.
To: Cyber Liberty
I tell you, I'm shocked this story would run, especially in an election year. Certainly no ulterior motive could be assigned to bringing up this issue again, in an election year.
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posted on
01/09/2004 12:53:16 PM PST
by
stylin_geek
(Koffi: 0, G.W. Bush: (I lost count))
To: yoe
bump
To: stylin_geek
I am shocked as well. Shocked that there is gambling going on up there.
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posted on
01/09/2004 12:57:07 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2003, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: yoe
The writers and editors at the Times obviously feel this story will be a good way to encourage people to vote Democratic. But I'm not so sure.
Outside of Manhattan (and a few other kook enclaves) the U. S. military is actually held in very high esteem. It's the biggest and best force for good in the whole world. The more voters get reminded that the Democrats are anti-military, the better for Republicans.
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posted on
01/09/2004 1:10:28 PM PST
by
68skylark
To: yoe
"What the story fails to report"
So what's new .. it's called selective memory.
I do know that after a year had gone by, and the Miami Herald and a couple of other left-leaning papers pooled their money and did their own recount (Recount #7 I think) .. they STILL COULD NOT COME UP WITH A GORE WIN. However .. this story was either hidden in the back pages of most papers, or not reported at all.
This is nothing new. CBS was only too happy to say that Cheney's Halliburton had overcharged the govt .. but when Halliburton was cleared of the charge .. CBS has not even reported on the story. Again .. what they didn't report tells more about who they are than what they did report.
And .. as FOX has done for 2 days .. they have pointed out that many of the members of the media always say "Cheney's Halliburton" when it's something bad .. and just "Halliburton" when it's something good .. and in the case of CBS .. they don't even mention it at all.
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posted on
01/09/2004 1:18:55 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
("America is the GREATEST NATION on the face of the earth")
To: MrsEmmaPeel
You can only get a dimpled or pregnant chad if you place more than one voting card in the voting machineWellllll, what could they do? Someone had to help all the deceased registered voters with their ballots!
To: 68skylark
The writers and editors at the Times obviously feel this story will be a good way to encourage people to vote Democratic. But I'm not so sure. I agree with you. Geez, the last thing the Dems want revisited is how they treated the military in the 2000 election. But hey, I'll be glad to dredge it up.
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posted on
01/09/2004 1:23:09 PM PST
by
TomB
To: Cyber Liberty
Geeeeezzzzz, not this chit again....You meant...Geeeeezzzzz, not this Clark again...didn't you?
That is the second repost from those dark days lest you or anyone else forget just how determined at all costs the Democrats were/are. If you havent, please read this......
(corruption in FL.)
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posted on
01/09/2004 1:23:17 PM PST
by
yoe
(Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest............the Clark mantra)
To: CyberAnt
They also fail to ever report the fact that the networks all announcing that the Florida election was over one hour before the polls closed in the heavily Republican Florida panhandle easily cost Bush thousands of votes.
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posted on
01/09/2004 1:28:28 PM PST
by
kennedy
To: yoe
Zelnick was a reporter for one of the broadcast network's (NBC?) TV evening news programs for many years.
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posted on
01/09/2004 1:29:29 PM PST
by
expatpat
To: kennedy
Yeah .. I think only conservative groups have kept that information alive. I think they finally came up with a total of 10,000-15,000 votes were lost. The information came from votes counted in other elections.
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posted on
01/09/2004 1:32:19 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
("America is the GREATEST NATION on the face of the earth")
To: yoe
Does anyone havea final total on the election results? Including some of the settled lawsuites for voter fraud? I've already got the "official" numbers from the Sec. of State, but what about more current numbers? It seems not a week has gone by without some other legal case being decided in Bush's favor. Does he actually have the majority vote by now?
This would go a long way towards shutting up those detractors of the electoral college.
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posted on
01/09/2004 1:41:19 PM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
To: yoe
What the Kerry is up with all this foul language?
To: yoe
The NYT and the liberal establishment have clearly decided to try to take down Bush by harping on Florida and the myth of the stolen election. It's guaranteed to fail, because most normal people have long since "moved on".
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posted on
01/09/2004 2:03:03 PM PST
by
jpl
To: yoe
Excellent article by the WSJ. Surely their staff must hold the inept Gray Lady in humorous contempt.
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