"Ohio had been stolen"
I live here. I felt Ohio would go Bush for a long time; it was only 2 months before the election when I started to be a little concerned. Kerry ads were running every other whipstitch, and every dam! day, I would see out of state plates everywhere, any time of the day and night. Registration people were out in force. We received several phone calls out of the blue from obvious Moveon types, looking to poll us, which we hung up on.
When we went to vote at a little setup in a church, we got there before 6 am, and within 15 minutes, the line had had to be redone 2 times, and was almost out the door. The woman directly in front of me tried to vote in the wrong precinct, and acted like she was innocent of the whole thing, not knowing where to go.
High school seniors in the inner city essentially had the day off, 'escorting' people to the polling place. For weeks, people had been going into schools to advocate for 'Rock the Vote' and other such organizations, and offering to pay people to volunteer for the Kerry cause. Note: there was no alternative group of Bushies in schools that I knew about. Rumors abounded among those who accept handouts that Bush had the WTC disaster planned, and Michael Moore's film was shown as gospel.
So, I became concerned that Ohio would be stolen, especially with the frenzy of out of staters so obviously here for the purpose of rigging the vote. Fortunately, people like Hannity and other speakers came here to speak, and to get people out to register. Otherwise, I thought Ohio would be stolen--by the Dems.
But, as it turned out, we Ohioans really do not cotton to outsiders much, even if they do want to act all friendly for the moment. I would say that the nonsense Kerry caused here helped get out massive support that worked against him. Then again, those $500 shoes or whatever they were didn't do much for the good ole' boy look he tried to foster, and that dog just didn't hunt.
I had to wait over an hour at the little township precinct in South Eastern Ohio where I lived at the time. I'd been voting there for almost 30 years, and had NEVER had to wait more than a few minutes. Our little community turned out in droves for President Bush.
Then again, those $500 shoes or whatever they were didn't do much for the good ole' boy look he tried to foster, and that dog just didn't hunt.
Very well said! Kerry couldn't even win Pike Country which has gone gone Democrat for years (where he registered for a hunting licence, and then had some fake photo ops acting like he was actually a hunter).
To me, Ohio is the epitomy of the Red States. At the end of the day, we can see a fraud from a mile away.