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Kerry Charges Disenfranchisement in '04 Election (Barf Alert)
AP ^ | Monday, January 17, 2005

Posted on 01/17/2005 6:55:50 PM PST by imskylark

BOSTON — Sen. John Kerry (search), in some of his most pointed public comments yet about the presidential election, invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on Monday as he criticized President Bush and decried reports of voter disenfranchisement (search). The Massachusetts Democrat, Bush's challenger in November, spoke at Boston's annual Martin Luther King Day Breakfast. He reiterated that he decided not to challenge the election results, but "thousands of people were suppressed in the effort to vote." "Voting machines were distributed in uneven ways. In Democratic districts, it took people four, five, eleven hours to vote, while Republicans (went) through in 10 minutes - same voting machines, same process, our America," he said. In his comments, Kerry also compared the democracy-building efforts in Iraq with voting in the U.S., saying that Americans had their names purged from voting lists and were kept from casting ballots. "In a nation which is willing to spend several hundred million dollars in Iraq to bring them democracy, we cannot tolerate that too many people here in America were denied that democracy," Kerry said. Voting irregularities in Ohio drove primarily Democratic challenges to the Nov. 2 election, but Congress eventually affirmed President Bush the winner by a slim electoral vote count of 286-251 - plus a single vote cast by a Minnesota elector for Kerry's running mate, former Sen. John Edwards (search).

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deocratscheat; disenfranchisement; johnkerry
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To: i_dont_chat
He checks carefully to see if he needs another shot of Botox!
41 posted on 01/17/2005 9:01:24 PM PST by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: imskylark

Hey, he cares! Most of Terry Kerry's household servants who aren't illegal aliens are black!


42 posted on 01/17/2005 9:01:45 PM PST by Tacis (Democrats! - When You Need America Blamed Or A Pool Peed In!!)
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To: NY Attitude

Didn't TahrayZa say that 'men are all like little boys!"...
Hmmmm. Guess she got that idea from hubby.


43 posted on 01/17/2005 9:02:47 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: NY Attitude

I wish Teresa would put him in Time Out.


44 posted on 01/17/2005 9:02:57 PM PST by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: farmfriend
I have finally gotten a dialog going with my democrat state legislator, not that it has achieved anything yet. Rossi carried the district and she knows she could be vulnerable in two years.
45 posted on 01/17/2005 9:04:36 PM PST by Libertarianize the GOP (Make all taxes truly voluntary)
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To: speed_addiction
"Integrity! Integrity! Integrity!"
46 posted on 01/17/2005 9:05:13 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: uncbob

You noticed that Clinton is looking bad, too, huh? I thought that was supposed to have been a piece of cake surgery. He seems to look worse and worse all the time. I wonder what is wrong?


47 posted on 01/17/2005 9:05:40 PM PST by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: Goodgirlinred

Either that or cut off his allowance, shorten his playtime increase in nap time and instill in him the age old adage that children should be seen and not heard.


48 posted on 01/17/2005 9:06:56 PM PST by NY Attitude
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To: the_daug
Nixon had class. Even if he was rough around the edges. He did what was best for the country. I am still proud that the first time I was old enough to vote I got to vote for his second term.
49 posted on 01/17/2005 9:10:12 PM PST by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: jimfree

I hope that you said that tongue-in-cheek. White people are not oppressing the African Americans. That is just another lie the Democrats are spreading.


50 posted on 01/17/2005 9:13:01 PM PST by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: imskylark
"In a nation which is willing to spend several hundred million dollars in Iraq to bring them democracy, we cannot tolerate that too many people here in America were denied that democracy," Kerry said.

He isn't even effective fanning the fire of discontentment and rejection. What a loser.

51 posted on 01/17/2005 9:15:02 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: NY Attitude

LOL! Sounds good to me! I don't know what she sees in him. Yuck. I couldn't look at that across the breakfast table every morning for anything.


52 posted on 01/17/2005 9:15:52 PM PST by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: Goodgirlinred

Maybe it is the French Connection.


53 posted on 01/17/2005 9:23:12 PM PST by NY Attitude
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To: imskylark
Sen. John Kerry (search), in some of his most pointed public comments yet about the presidential election, invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on Monday as he criticized President Bush and decried reports of voter disenfranchisement (search). The Massachusetts Democrat, Bush's challenger in November, spoke at Boston's annual Martin Luther King Day Breakfast. He reiterated that he decided not to challenge the election results, but "thousands of people were suppressed in the effort to vote."

Ok. I'm confused here.

de·cry (d-krî') tr.v., -cried, -cry·ing, -cries.
1) To condemn openly.
2) To depreciate (currency, for example) by official proclamation or by rumor.

"...he criticized President Bush and decried reports of voter disenfranchisement."

Or to state it differently using the above definition...

"...he criticized President Bush and openly condemned reports of voter disenfranchisement."

Then we have...

He reiterated that he decided not to challenge the election results, but "thousands of people were suppressed in the effort to vote."

First Kerry and now the AP. Apparently flip-flopping is communicable.

54 posted on 01/17/2005 9:27:04 PM PST by ItsForTheChildren
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To: NY Attitude

That is even worse. Of course, she looks the type who would go for that. I guess it takes all kinds.


55 posted on 01/17/2005 9:46:43 PM PST by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: Goodgirlinred
I hope that you said that tongue-in-cheek. White people are not oppressing the African Americans. That is just another lie the Democrats are spreading.

My point precisely girl. Any big lie when frequently repeated is believed by many including the idiots in the media.

56 posted on 01/18/2005 4:51:36 AM PST by jimfree (Freep and Ye Shall Find)
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To: imskylark
"Disenfranchisement" = Democrat euphemism for "We got stomped in the elections again".

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

57 posted on 01/18/2005 5:29:39 AM PST by Joe Brower (The Constitution defines Conservatism.)
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To: sport
clinton's health wanning?

At the super market line the other day I tried to read the cover story in THE GLOBE . Didn't get to read ir all before my turn came at the register but gist of it seemed to say his friends were aghast at his current looks and state of health. He was supposedly depressed and not eating well . The cover shot of him looked pretty bad
58 posted on 01/18/2005 5:34:12 AM PST by uncbob
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To: Goodgirlinred

See my post 58


59 posted on 01/18/2005 5:35:35 AM PST by uncbob
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To: uncbob
Rats! I wish you had read it. Of course you can't believe anything in those rags anyway. I wonder why he is depressed? Well, I guess anyone who has been through major surgery like that is prone to depression. After all, you do get a feeling of your own mortality at that point.
60 posted on 01/18/2005 7:21:59 AM PST by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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