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Number one:
John Kerry and John Edwards waited until all the votes were originally tallied. They didn't even show signs of quitting until the last possible moment. Even then, concessions are non-binding. Hell, a candidate can concede after the first precinct is tallied, but if he or she gets the most votes, that candidate can still win. So that "he conceded right away" crap is a non-starter. Just because you concede doesn't mean you're really finished. If, on the other hand, the "early" concession is all that bothers you, you're missing the point; valuing style over substance. That makes you no better than the people who say "I don't agree with Bush's policies, but I like him because he's a strong leader".
Number two:
How can we prove we were robbed? This isn't a case of dimpled chads like the 2000 election. Do we have access to the central tabulators? Can we prove they were or weren't changed? No, we can't. Do we have control of the legal apparatus in Ohio? Nope, the entire state is Republican controlled. How are we going to prove this with no evidence? Should we (the Democratic party or the K/E campaign) pay for an expensive lawsuit with no evidence? That's up to you donors. And, perhaps most importantly, do you think that two passionate men, who risked their reputations, millions of their own dollars and nearly 18 months of their lives would just quit without investigating all the options? If the only answer you haters have to that is some Skull and Bones conspiracy theory, don't waste your time with that shit.
Number three:
Now, let's not forget the intimidation factor. How can we prove that in court? Is the photographic evidence? Don't sit there in your basement, haters, and tell me "they must be somewhere". If they were there somewhere, you can bet that Kerry's lawyers would have found them. Do we have credible witnesses, such as non-partisan poll monitors or law enforcement agents, who will swear on a stack of Bibles that they saw people being intimidated into not voting? Can we prove that this tipped the balance of the election? Yes, Blackwell moved voting machines out of Democratic leaning districts in an effort to thwart voters. Unless there's some sort of law against that, I don't see what we can do about it. Yeah, it was a cheap shot, but what could we do after the fact?
So, Kerry haters, unless you're able to overcome all of that, quit your whining. Kerry sacrificed for the campaign, and he wasn't just going to roll over and die. I almost forgot to mention that the big attack on Fallujah started what, the day after the election? So imagine, some "sore loserman" daring to challenge the legitimacy of the "War President's (tm)" reelection while our troops are putting their lives on the line? We would have been laughed/shamed out of the media court of public opinion.
Maybe there was cheating, maybe there wasn't. You'll have to make up your own minds. But remember, the burden of proof for your average Democrat is a lot lower than it is in a court of law in a Republican state, especially when all the "evidence" never really existed in the first place.
There, I had to say that. Sorry it was so long.
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