Kerry, Edwards: Fla. votes to be counted

AP | 7/08/04 | LIZ SIDOTI

[BigSkyFreeper]

I can't wait to see what they (Democrats) try to invent when Bush wins Florida by a wide margin. I'm sure it will be just as funny as "Bush stole the election".

[kattracks]

if there were it would be a Dim.

[IYAAYAS]

As a political junkie/freeper who lives in Broward county and who also reads the local leftist rag everyday, let me tell you all something: The local rats are up to something down here.
I'm not sure exactly what it is yet. There's been a lot of funny business in the election supervisors office, insisting upon buying these paperless touchscreen voting machines and then complaining about how the manufacturer supports bush and it also wouldn't' be fair to have a paper trail etc., they're up to something.

[freeperfromnj]

All votes in Florida will be counted.......including felons

Florida to let former felons vote

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-27/108930600238520.xml&storylist=national

[NavyCaptain]

Over and over again, if necessary!

[savedbygrace]

Glad I looked through all the posts here first, because I was going to post that same thing, almost verbatim.

[mc5cents]

Here is how the democrats operate:

I take a nobody, see? Teach him what to say. Get his name in the papers and pay for his campaign expenses. Dish out a lotta groceries and coal. Get my boys to bring the voters out. And then count the votes over and over again till they added up right and he was elected. Yeah...
Johnny Rocco, Key Largo

[ken5050]

Very perceptive. If this election is close, and if the Dems lose Florida again, they will attempt to discredit, disallow, overturn the results..They're laying the precedent for the idea that the election was stolen..

[ntnychik]

"Why the administration didn't have the RNC on all the talk shows touting this information repeatedly and taking the lies away from the DNC is beyond me."

Two words: NEW TONE

[dokmad]

"We're sending Jack and Emma Claire down there to help those Republicans in West Palm Beach count those vote"

Subtly suggesting that a 6 and 4 year old are smarter than the average Florida voter... (This one will go right over their heads)....

[aloneinsanfran]

Did Mohammed Atta and crew vote in Florida?

[Peach]

Using Kerry's own words against him isn't getting dirty, it's getting smart.

And the new tone isn't working particularly well, I would remind the administration.

[My2Cents]

Any discussion of the Florida vote requires an obligatory photo of Katherine Harris --

[COEXERJ145]

Any discussion of the Florida vote requires an obligatory photo of Katherine Harris --

[T Minus Four]

Oh good! That means with the military vote being counted this election,President Bush will win by an even larger margin this time around.

WHAT YOU SAID!

[My2Cents]

Thanks. I was looking for that one. ;-)

[OldFriend]

Let's ask Kerry to assure the military votes are counted too.

[dvwjr]

"Hey Kat, don't forget the FL panhandle voters too. They got robbed when NBC called the race for Gore, and then switched it back to Bush after 5 minutes, but the damage was done because discouraged panhandle voters went home."

Can't be like liberals, folks. Have to get our fact straight. You are correct that NBC made the call 10 minutes and 20 seconds before the Florida panhandle polls were closed, but they (or any other network) did not switch back "after 5 minutes". Here are the on-air times for the network calls for Gore; Retraction of Gore; Bush; Retraction of Bush; for Florida on that election night/morning.

CLOSING    STATE           CBS          ABC        NBC/MSNBC      FOX        VNS       WINNER
======================================================================================================
7:00 PM   Florida:       7:50:11 PM    8:02 PM,   7:49:40 PM*    7:52 PM,   7:52 PM    Gore
           Retraction   10:00:00 PM                                        10:16 PM    Retraction
           Bush          2:17:52 AM    2:20 AM    2:17:30 AM     2:16 AM*              Bush
           Retraction    3:57:49 AM*   4:00 AM    4:02:00 AM     4:05 AM               Retraction

Note: The '*' indicates which network was first to make a call.

Source: ON-AIR NETWORK AND VNS CALLS, PRESIDENTIAL RACE, NOV. 7/8, 2000

dvwjr

[EQAndyBuzz]

"As the crowd erupted, Kerry boomed: "I've got news for you. In 2004, not only does every vote in Florida count but every vote is going to be counted."

"Unless, of course, they're military absentee ballots."

Or votes by people that were told to go home because Gore already won Florida.

[pepsionice]

Yes, lets count them absentee ballots too. There ought to be a simple federal law. Failure by any state or county official to count a military absentee ballot...equals four months in the local jail for each vote they fail to count. That would quickly fix the problem. And I wouldn't allow any judge to subsitute the punishment and lessen it. One crime equals one punishment...period. Let them get used to doing their duty just like a guy does his duty onboard a sub in the Atlantic or on guard duty along the DMZ.