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Bush lacks the credibility to criticize Ukraine's election

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Saturday, December 04, 2004

My jaw dropped when I read that the Bush administration was upset
about the election in the Ukraine because of alleged fraud ("Bush
speaks out on Iran's nuclear program, Ukrainian election," Nov. 28).
Isn't this the same Bush team that encouraged intimidation and
exclusion of voters to win the 2004 election (to say nothing of the
2000 election)?

The same Republican team, during this election, reacted to every
situation in a partisan way. It threatened to challenge primarily
Democratic voters on grounds known to be frivolous. It used a felon
list that it had reason to know did not include voters who would be
presumed to be Republican, while it included presumably Democratic
voters, and, when that did not work, it waved the list around just
before the election to try to intimidate those same minority voters.
It opposed efforts to permit people to vote whose registrations were
excluded on a technicality (e.g., failing to check the "citizenship
box," even though the voter swore she was a citizen and public records
confirmed it). International observers of our elections also found
many problems here. Many were surprised (and appalled) at the partisan
nature of our election administration process. Somehow, this
Republican administration has no credibility with me when it comes to
protecting the rights of voters. As it says in the Bible, "Physician,
heal thyself."

Maybe there was election fraud in the Ukraine. I certainly would trust
a report from Jackie Winchester, who, The Post reported, was one of
the international monitors there, before I would trust the Republican
administration.

JILL HANSON

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