Posted on 11/08/2004 9:27:36 AM PST by bduet
NEW YORK— Here’s an interesting little sidebar of our system of government confirmed recently by the crack Countdown research staff: no Presidential candidate’s concession speech is legally binding. The only determinants of the outcome of election are the reports of the state returns boards and the vote of the Electoral College.
That’s right. Richard Nixon may have phoned John Kennedy in November, 1960, and congratulated him through clenched teeth. But if the FBI had burst into Kennedy headquarters in Chicago a week later and walked out with all the file cabinets and a bunch of employees with their raincoats drawn up over their heads, nothing Nixon had said would’ve prevented him, and not JFK, from taking the oath of office the following January.
This is mentioned because there is a small but blood-curdling set of news stories that right now exists somewhere between the world of investigative journalism, and the world of the Reynolds Wrap Hat. And while the group’s ultimate home remains unclear - so might our election of just a week ago.
Stories like these have filled the web since the tide turned against John Kerry late Tuesday night. But not until Friday did they begin to spill into the more conventional news media. That’s when the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that officials in Warren County, Ohio, had “locked down” its administration building to prevent anybody from observing the vote count there. (snip)
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Hey Keith, I'm still tap dancing on the charred remains of the DNC....WE WON...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I cancelled my cable TV over sh** like this.
The Dems are going to float this crap for a few months to try and undermine the signficance of Bush's victory. And in the process they will continue to annoy regular folks one voter at a time. They just don't get it, do they? We're at war, and at least two-thirds of the populace just don't want to hear this whiny crap after an election with a clear winner.
I'm just waiting for W to flip one more Blue State, maybe Wisconsin?
Pansy-Ass Indeed! As I heard, Little Keith left ESPN because he liked to "shower" a little too much with the other male 'casters!
So if it was Bush that lost should'nt it be Bush complaining about the burglaries and not the other way around?
HAHAHAHA!!
He's been promoted way beyond his aptitude
This election is NOT over. Look at what's happening in NM--who's to say that they're not manufacturing 200,000 provisional ballots in the Dem precincts as we speak?
I'm going to don my tinfoil and say that Kerry conceded so early so he would lull the Bush legal team into a false sense of security.
Real men don't link their website to Playgirl so that they would be voted the sexiest. This guy is a real wimp. I wonder if he has actually played any sport other than pocket pool.
Olbermann is ALMOST right. The election was ALMOST stolen in Ohio and Florida.
what a nutjob.
***IN OVER YOUR HEAD ALERT***
olberman and aaron brown have got to be the worse news "personalities" on cable. They are awful. Whenever, I see them on ... I think to myself ... look at this @ssclown ... laugh ... and change the channel.
Olberman = Leftwing nutbag.
Referring to Keith, I hope.
Olberman is a moron. If a Democrat is present at the "Second Coming", they'll miss it.
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