Posted on 12/03/2004 12:39:26 PM PST by ambrose
Bush's Ohio Win Was Closer Than Thought
Bush's Win Over Kerry in Ohio Was a Little Closer Than Originally Thought, Won't Trigger Recount
The Associated Press
Dec. 3, 2004 - President Bush's victory over John Kerry in Ohio was closer than the unofficial election night totals showed, but the change is not enough to trigger an automatic recount, according to county-by-county results provided to The Associated Press on Friday.
Bush's margin of victory in the state that put him over the top in his re-election bid will be about 119,000 votes smaller than the unofficial margin of 136,000, the county election board figures showed. That means Kerry drew closer by about 17,000 votes.
The margin shrank primarily because of the addition of provisional ballots that were not counted on Election Day and were not included in the unofficial tally. Overseas ballots also were added to the count in all 88 counties.
Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell will certify the results Monday.
The president's margin of victory was about 2 percent, not close enough to require an automatic recount. That is done only when the difference is 0.25 percent or less.
However, the Kerry campaign and two third-party candidates are seeking a recount. The Green and Libertarian parties said they have raised enough money they need to cover the costs.
The Kerry campaign said it is not disputing the outcome of the presidential race, but wants to make sure any recount is "done accurately and completely."
It is worthy to include as an example of shoddy journalism and sentence construction.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrng. The sentence is inaccurate. Bush still won big. He has a final margin of 119,000 votes. Close? Only if you believe like our friends over at DU do, that Kerry somehow can pull a rabbit out of the hat in time to be inaugurated come Jan. 20th. Not going to happen.
Looks like they forgot some punctuation ("--"):
"Bush's margin of victory in the state that put him over the top in his re-election bid will be about 119,000 votes--smaller than the unofficial margin of 136,000, the county election board figures showed. That means Kerry drew closer by about 17,000 votes."
You mean "write" the story, of course.
Bush's margin of victory in the state that put him over the top in his re-election bid will be about 119,000 votes - smaller than the unofficial margin of 136,000, the county election board figures showed. That means Kerry drew closer by about 17,000 votes.
Looks like ABC (the source of the article at the top of this thread) is the culprit who screwed it up.
Uh, that means Bush WON by 17,000 votes??? This writer is awful.
Someone needs to tell him that commas are our friends.
Jesse Jackson must be so disappointed. Kerry couldn't win by one measly, f*ckin' vote? No way mama! I don't feel his pahn! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
By reading that sentence it looks as if Kerry only lost by 17,000 votes.
Ridiculous.
And liberals lie even if they don't have to. Trust me, DU will spin a new urban legend from this: the election was stolen from Kerry by 17,000 votes! ;-)
Yup - and the neurotics at DU are being fed lies by the left-wing radio mock-show hosts like Randi Rhodes of Err America. (They are up to 40 radio stations so far, so watch out!)
See post #49. The tinfoil hat moonbat DU Dummies will go stark raving mad.
What did we used to say? Close only worked in horseshoes and hand grenades.
119,000 is still substantially more than the 10,000 vote difference in Wisconsin - where's the Green Party there to make sure that Kerry actually won that state? Or how about in New Hampshire?
This recount business, under the auspice of "counting every vote," is a bunch of crap.
Bush's margin of victory in the state that put him over the top in his re-election bid will be about 119,000 votes, smaller than the unofficial margin of 136,000, the county election board figures showed. That means Kerry drew closer by about 17,000 votes.
The smaller the win the bigger the SALT SHAKER I say!~}
I find myself doing that a lot lately. I mess up there and their. Stupid stuff. I think I just don't pay close enough attention.
If the sKerry Campaign is so very concerned about the vote count being "done accurately and completely," why aren't they paying for recounts in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin?
Good post. Thanks.
Note to Dems:
Ohio is NOT a swing state!!
Not only that, they will probably, over time, call the election invalid, being that it's in some sort of margin of error.
Just as Florida 2000 was.
To anyone taking a look, those raw numbers indicate massive democrat fraud. This is still an @$$ kicking, even with the fraud in Cleveland.
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