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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 10:55 PM
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Was the 2004 Election Stolen? (Article from 'In These Times')
Was the 2004 Election Stolen?
By Joel Bleifuss

Did the Bush-Cheney campaign engage in electronic vote fraud to ensure that George W. Bush would be president for another four years? That is a question every small-d democrat should be asking.

Much has been written on the Internet alleging that the election was stolen. Some writers are members of the tin-foil hat brigade, but others provide sober analysis of the election results that raise disturbing questions.

Unfortunately, thanks to the herd instinct in our current media culture, anyone who publicly raises this question is immediately labeled a conspiracy theorist.

In the December 6 Nation, Alexander Cockburn dismissed such speculation, writing, “As usual, the conspiracy nuts think plans of inconceivable complexity worked at 100 percent efficiency.” Dan Thanh Dang of the Baltimore Sun put it this way: “John F. Kerry barely had time to concede the presidential race before the conspiracy theory began circulating.” The headline: “Election paranoia surfaces; Conspiracy theorists call results rigged.”

A lot more here:
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/1742/

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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 11:09 PM
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1. It Was So Easy The First Time -
so they did it again in Ohio.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 11:18 PM
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2. across the nation and it wasnt 100% effecient
by any means. that is why we are seeing over 100% votes in counties ect..... problems everywhere in the numbers. so the basis to this persons analysis is wrong
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tandem5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 11:29 PM
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3. wow diebold responds in the comments section at the bottom...
Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 11:39 PM by tandem5
just like at another newspaper noted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=133895&mesg_id=133895

I think the whole thing about that response is odd.
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Griffy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 11:35 PM
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4. great article... Worth printing and passing out, I think.. nt
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Griffy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 11:43 PM
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5. kick
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Griffy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-11-04 12:38 AM
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6. well.. I liked it nt
:P
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