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International group to monitor U.S. presidential election for first time
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE via San Diego Union ^ | 10/10/04 | Thomas Crampton

Posted on 10/10/2004 7:43:06 AM PDT by RS

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Haering said. "In the United States, we can also find out much of what we need to know from the media and off the Internet."

Monitoring of the American news media has begun, Haering said, adding that procedures followed guidelines in the organization's handbook.

(Excerpt) Read more at signonsandiego.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; foreigninterference; msm
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They are going to monitor the elections by getting their info from MSM ???

No doubt Dan Rather and cBS will be faking up some anti-Bush news in preparation for this.

1 posted on 10/10/2004 7:43:06 AM PDT by RS
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To: RS

If Kerry wins, the right must treat his presidency with the same courtesy and civility as the left did President Bush.


2 posted on 10/10/2004 7:47:16 AM PDT by OpusatFR (Let me repeat this: the web means never having to swill leftist garbage again. Got it?)
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To: RS

If Kerry wins, the right must treat his presidency with the same courtesy and civility as the left did President Bush.

If you get my meaning...


3 posted on 10/10/2004 7:47:41 AM PDT by OpusatFR (Let me repeat this: the web means never having to swill leftist garbage again. Got it?)
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To: RS

The Bush administration should not have granted visas to these "observers". They shame our country and I resent it. Some times I just can't figure out this administration. Do they think this grants legitimacy to our election? If it does, then we're no better off politically than any third world rat hole.


4 posted on 10/10/2004 7:53:00 AM PDT by Batrachian
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Maybe they can start by finding out how some minority counties in Florida have over 100% turnout?

Nawww...they couldn't do that.

5 posted on 10/10/2004 7:53:22 AM PDT by LowOiL (Christian and proud of it !)
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To: RS

Had they said that they would be monitoring MSM for COMMITING election fraud, I may have been a little more optimistic. Not much mind you. It is after the UN doing the "monitoring", and they are Bush haters as well because Bush exposed their little get rich oil for weapons scam.


6 posted on 10/10/2004 7:53:38 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: RS
Must read:

A VERY REAL CONSPIRACY

7 posted on 10/10/2004 7:57:27 AM PDT by hobson
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exactly WHO AUTHORIZED foreigners to be involved in our election process??????????? This is not a study to bring fair elections to foreign soils. This is a study to find fault with our election process so as to impose foreign sanctions if the election is not deemed "fair" by some entity in America, which is bound to happen.

Indeed there are faults with our election process, but they are internal and only can be decided by the American people. There is too much international influence and interference in American politics already.


8 posted on 10/10/2004 7:58:18 AM PDT by o_zarkman44
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To: Nathan Zachary

The UN doing the monitoring? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

I f**t in their direction!


9 posted on 10/10/2004 7:58:27 AM PDT by vrwcagent0498 (Mark Levin and Ann Coulter are my patron saints.)
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exactly WHO AUTHORIZED foreigners to be involved in our election process

Colin Powell among others.

10 posted on 10/10/2004 8:01:32 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: RS

BTW - Heres the handboo" they will be using -

http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/1999/04/1558_en.htm#p92c

According to what I read, it seems like they are supposed to be covering the meda as far as how it can effect the election - not to use it as a source of information...

"However, editorial coverage is also important to an election campaign, and consideration should be given as to whether editors cover the campaign from an independent perspective covering all issues and events."


11 posted on 10/10/2004 8:02:53 AM PDT by RS (Just because they are out to get him doesn't mean he's not guilty)
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OSCE Election Monitoring Handbook. Blueprint for election monitoring including the media (see chapter 8).

http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2003/10/1927_en.pdf


12 posted on 10/10/2004 8:03:02 AM PDT by Lobbyist (Monitoring the Monitors)
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Wasn't there a similar post on this subject on Sept 19th that stated who requested the monitoring and that Colin Powell agreed to it?
13 posted on 10/10/2004 8:03:50 AM PDT by NY Attitude
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"The Bush administration should not have granted visas to these "observers".

We are a member of the organization, not that I think we should be, but we are and are stuck with them.
14 posted on 10/10/2004 8:04:47 AM PDT by RS (Just because they are out to get him doesn't mean he's not guilty)
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This is a disgrace. Just wait and see what kind of foreign meddling will take place after Bush wins. The RATS and their foreign friends are going to contest the outcome fighting tooth and nail...


15 posted on 10/10/2004 8:09:11 AM PDT by ConservativeConvert
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It's a done deal. Here is the only known report of meetings between the State Department and others regarding our elections. This document is nowhere else and notices of these meetings were not made public. Notice the names of the groups on second to the last page.

http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2004/09/3655_en.pdf



16 posted on 10/10/2004 8:11:51 AM PDT by Lobbyist (Monitoring the Monitors)
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To: Graybeard58

"exactly WHO AUTHORIZED foreigners to be involved in our election process
Colin Powell among others."

Actually it was Daddy Bush who got us into it in Helsinki in 1992.


17 posted on 10/10/2004 8:13:41 AM PDT by RS (Just because they are out to get him doesn't mean he's not guilty)
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Artilcle omits this fact.

The president of the OSCE is none other that Alcee Hastings.

Alcee Hastings, now representative for the 23rd district of Florida was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, August 3, 1988, on charges of perjury and conspiring to solicit a bribe; Trial in the U.S. Senate, October 18, 1989, to October 20, 1989; Convicted and removed from office, October 20, 1989.


Alcee Hasting is the president of the OSCE election monitoring arm.


Welcome to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
http://www.oscepa.org/


International Election Monitoring Group Headed By Impeached U.S. Judge;
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2004/deweese082604.htm
18 posted on 10/10/2004 8:14:26 AM PDT by blogblogginaway
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“When I attended a POVAGWB meeting recently, I heard testimony from Campaign Operative Veterans that they had:

• Cut off the locks and bashed in doors of regional Republic Campaign Headquarters
• Raped and defiled various Republican office machines
• Randomly shot weapons into Republican Campaign Headquarters
• Defiled US Mail delivered to the Republican Regional Campaign Headquarters
• Razed Republican campaign offices across the country in the manner reminiscent of Genghis Kahn
• Destroyed foodstuffs found in campaign office refrigerators
• Kicked their dogs
• Used large union thugs to destroy GWB campaign signs held by three-year-old girls
• Told story after story of falsely accusing Republicans the gruesome act of denying minorities the right to vote
• Committed other violent campaign atrocities under the tacit control and support of the DNC commanders”

Mr. Kerry denies being at a DNC meeting where these tactics were discussed and planned, but witness say he was there. Others are accusing him of meeting with Carl Rove in an attempt to end the campaign early and declare GWB the winner.

Paid for by a Swift-Thinking Freeper in America


19 posted on 10/10/2004 8:16:51 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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H. CONFLICT PREVENTION AND MONITORING ELECTION VIOLENCE

Gee, I wonder if they will fine the Democrats?

20 posted on 10/10/2004 8:17:32 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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