Reply #33: Hot Stuff...Krugman on electiions and their theft:

[rasputin1952]

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Two different news media consortiums reviewed Florida's ballots; both found that a full manual recount would have given the election to Gore. This was true despite a host of efforts by state and local officials to suppress likely Gore votes, most notably Harris's "felon purge," which disenfranchised large numbers of valid voters.

But few Americans have heard these facts. Perhaps journalists have felt that it would be divisive to cast doubt on the Bush administration's legitimacy. If so, their tender concern for the nation's feelings has gone for naught: Cindy Sheehan's supporters are camped in Crawford, Texas, and America is more bitterly divided than ever.

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The Conyers report goes further, highlighting the blatant partisanship of election officials. In particular, the behavior of Ohio's secretary of state, Kenneth Blackwell - who supervised the election while serving as co-chairman of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Ohio - makes Harris' actions in 2000 seem mild by comparison.

And then there are the election night stories. Warren County locked down its administration building and barred public observers from the vote-counting, citing an FBI warning of a terrorist threat. But the FBI later denied issuing any such warning. Miami County reported that voter turnout was an improbable 98.55 percent of registered voters. And so on.

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More:



http://iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/protected/articles/2005/08/19/opinion/edkrug.php

This is a pretty good rundown of just how desperate the GOP is, and how it will stop at nothing to keep the lid on what has been going on.