North County News- "Kerry clutches to hopes of recount victory..."

Has anyone seen this yet? It's pretty long and very detailed and it is the first piece I've seen that actually has Kerry in the headline (and even a photo!) and a response from the White House. Sorry if it's a duplicate but it was new to me...

Kerry clutches to hopes of recount victory
White House calls on nation to 'come together'


Some supporters of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and running mate John Edwards cling to the hope that an Ohio recount can swing the election
by Adam Stone
A White House spokeswoman told North County News last Friday that citizens should embrace the Election Day results and dismiss recount efforts in Ohio that could hand Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts the presidency.

"The election has ended, and now is the time for the country to come together to address the challenges our nation faces," the spokeswoman, Suzy DeFrancis, remarked.

Bush won Ohio by a vote of 2,796,147 to John Kerry's 2,659,664, according to the official tally.

In a series of e-mail interviews with North County News two weeks ago, Kerry spokesman David Wade spoke about recount efforts led by a team of 17,000 lawyers that could trigger the removal of President George W. Bush from office.

Since then, under mounting pressure from alternative media outlets as well as progressive voices outside the Democratic Party, Kerry issued a statement to his supporters that left open the possibility that he could obtain--through a recount--the requisite electoral votes to seize the White House.

"Regardless of the outcome of this election, once all the votes are counted--and they will be counted--we will continue to challenge this administration," Kerry said through a web-exclusive statement and video Friday, which, curiously, was not distributed to the press.

The usage of the word 'regardless' in the carefully parsed statement was the first indication Kerry has offered that, in his mind, the official election results might be inaccurate enough to tilt the election in his favor.

Wade was e-mailed the remarks from the White House spokeswoman.

"Any president of the United States should make it a priority to count every vote in our country because every citizen's full faith in the democratic process is critical," Wade responded yesterday (Tuesday). "That's why John Kerry and John Edwards built a voter protection team of lawyers around the country, lawyers who are today monitoring recounts and the counting of provisional ballots including Ohio and New Mexico. Every vote will be counted, and we Democrats aren't afraid to fight to protect voters' rights."









http://www.northcountynews.com/view.asp?s=11-24-04/news5.htm

If the link doesn't work, go to the www.northcountynews.com site and the article link is on the first page.

I guess one more prayer can't hurt.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x87972

-Laelth

I don't read articles that start that way.

Which was uncalled for.

"Dear Mr. Stone:

Your headline is a sanitized version of "Drowning men grasp at straws." In the interest of presenting the same story from a different perspective, try this: "Kerry maintains a fighting chance as legal eagles investigate election aftermath."

See, it's not so hard to look on the bright side, is it?

Thank you for your kind consideration."


I refrained from ending the letter with "bite me."

astone@northcountynews.com

Notice how the media use dismissive/negative words when speaking of Kerry?? I'm glad you emailed the person who wrote it.

Just sent the author an email myself-- a nice note but a little chiding as well. I'm so sick of the media constantly demeaning him-- even when Dubya "wins," they still give Kerry a hard time.

article, DON'T COUNT THE VOTES

By the by you did hear Sean Hannity ask if we should I think a day after the election... I heard it at the bank... don't ask... I went, well so typical of the fascists

dork headed, non committal, guaranteed to discourage the electorate, non answer... I may be a little fed up and disenchanted.