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BradBlog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:39 PM
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Far Right Radio Host & Brad AGREE ON BUSBY/BILBRAY ELECTION IN DOUBT!
Wow. See below. But, just wow. ... Additionally, the Commonweal Institute has now joined in by declaring "No Confidence" in the Busby/Bilbray election results, and details are still to come re: next week's "Emergency Townhalls" on Tuesday in LA and Wednesday in San Diego. Plus much more to be announced soon. -- Brad

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Far Right San Diego Radio Host Agrees with Brad on Busby/Bilbray Mess During On-Air Appearance!
Rightwing Roger Hedgecock (occasional fill-in for Rush Limbaugh!) in 'Complete Agreement' About Concerns over Diebold Voting Machines Used in the Special Election!


Wow…Given what I know about San Diego's KOGO radio host, Roger Hedgecock — a frequent fill-in for Rush Limbaugh, by the way — I would have predicted a firefight between him and I concerning my arguments questioning the validity of the Busby/Bilbray U.S. House special election in California's 50th congressional district on June 6th.

You know, the one were the highly-hackable Diebold voting machines were sent home with poll workers for days prior to the election in defiance of both state and federal rules and laws, rendering them illegal and uncertified for use in the election.

Well, slap my bottom and call me Spanky!…Guess what? I just got off the air with him, and Hedgecock and I were in complete agreement! He may even turn out to next week's "Emergency Townhall" meeting on this currently being organized (details soon).

The full afternoon drive-time appearance, about 15 minutes, is linked below if you'd like to listen. But to give you a flavor, here's how it ended…

Visit Brad Friedman at BradBlog.com…and, again, a very liberal leftwing guy, but I think he's on to something in this case. In fact I know he is. And that is, that we now have allowed a system of counting our votes to be presented to us as a system that does it accurately, when it has manifestly been proven that it can be monkeyed with…and the results tampered!

It seems to me if we have any bedrock notion in this country it ought to be that the votes ought to be fully and fairly counted.

I just think that's…wow…if we can't agree on that one, this country's farther down the division the road then I think we are....


COMPLETE INTERVIEW, AUDIO:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=2988

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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:44 PM
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1. Hey Spanky!
You are doing OTAY BY ME!!

:applause: :applause: :applause:
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:45 PM
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2. Rog agrees, amazing
how the hell does he expect to get into bigger times by getting off the reservation? Or maybe his doubts go back to the good ol days when HE ran against bilbray
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:46 PM
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3. Love the quote

"I just think that's…wow…if we can't agree on that one, this country's farther down the division the road then I think we are."

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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:48 PM
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4. You go, Brad...um.....Spanky!!!!! n/t
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:48 PM
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5. Roger Hedgecock?
I'm stunned, literally stunned. That bastard has been the biggest Rush surrogate for YEARS.

Use as much of this as you can, Brad, if you're listening.

This may be the crack into "popular consciousness".
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:21 PM
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6. K&R
Nice to see the Republicans are getting it, too.

I wonder how much of this may have to do with Lou Dobbs' questioning of elections on his show lately?
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:22 PM
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7. hot damn spanky!
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 07:08 PM
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8. WOW is right!
Every rightie who thinks that crooked machines are a bad idea is worth about 300 of us. (being currently out of power and all)
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Stevepol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 07:12 PM
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9. Always remember: this is the most non-partisan issue there is!!
Just a few days ago, the AZ legislature voted for a verified vote and an audit for every election, and they did it UNANIMOUSLY. This is AZ remember, not a hotbed of liberal thinking.

Wherever this is publicized and people can see what the politicians are doing, these votes are nearly always unanimous or nearly so.

If you can't see this principle, you can't see anything about politics or this country.

When the vote is counted in secret by partisans of one side or the other without any check or verification to make sure the vote count is fair, by definition YOU DO NOT HAVE A DEMOCRACY.

If this happened in Kazakistan or in some other country, we would not hesitate a moment in saying, The results of any election conducted that way cannot be trusted. It's not a real democracy.

Well that country is us. WE DON'T HAVE A DEMOCRACY.
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