No flaw is found in Bush's state win (Florida)

[tritsofme]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/10286349.htm

LAKE BUTLER - Since George W. Bush captured Florida and the White House again, critics have fixed their sights on northern pockets of the Sunshine State and asked: How did the Republicans win so heavily in counties stocked with Democrats?

Some wondered whether Florida's tally was corrupt, with one Internet site writing: ``George W. Bush's vote tallies, especially in the key state of Florida, are so statistically stunning that they border on the unbelievable.''

Last week, The Herald went to see for itself whether Bush's steamroll through North Florida was legitimate. Picking three counties that fit the conspiracy theory profile -- staunchly Democratic by registration, whoppingly GOP by voting -- two reporters counted more than 17,000 ballots over three days.

The conclusion: No conspiracy
<SNIP>

[4morewars]

1. Glad we cleared that up

</sarcasm>

[i_got_2_get_away]

2. It's...

It's like saying the sky is blue and cigarettes can harm your health...it's standard. Like Florida was really going be takin by Kerry.

[mrdmk]

3. Reporters counting the ballots before the vote was over, really?

:wtf:

This report does not pass the smell test!

[bj2110]

4. My e-mail that I sent to the authors of the piece:

In two recent Miami Herald articles, "Independent vote
count confirms Bush win in northern Florida" & another
concerning the checks of voter logs in Broward, I seem
to have stumbled across blatant and irresponsible
partisan journalism in a major newspaper. To report
that your recount "confirms" the Bush win, or that it
proves there was nothing out of the ordinary occurring
is first of all factually incorrect, but most
importantly, opinionated and clearly is conveying a
biased conclusion. I am disgusted.

Put this in your pipe and smoke it:
From the two totals printed in the first article,
Kerry picked up 37 votes over the "official" count on
7,952 total votes. The rest of the votes you counted
"nearly matched" the county's totals. (I'd like to see
how nearly matched they really were) Multiply this
discrepancy over the 7.5 million Florida voters, and
you have Kerry gaining 35,000 votes. What if this
happened in Ohio? Would Kerry have conceded? And if
you're thinking the "discrepancies" should be evenly
distributed to favor both sides, you're right. But,
they don't. Show me one "irregularity" or "unexplained
discrepancy" that favors Kerry, and I'll show you 100
that favor Bush. I challenge you just to find one. Now
that is the real story here, not what you've printed.

[juajen]

5. Please change that thread title to reflect what was in the article

This was strictly about the counties that most of us already know about, and this was not stated in the thread title. It is misleading.

[RaulVB]

6. I agree

The title of the tread does not reflect the content of the article!

[Stand and Fight]

7. I second that.

eom

[tritsofme]

9. Its the paper's title

nt

[Carolab]

8. This is a bullshit smoke screen

Can't you see they were directed to certain counties with a limited number of votes?

For God's sake, DON'T EVEN GIVE IT CREDIT.

IT'S DISINFORMATION AND DESIGNED TO STOP US.