Election 2004
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2005John Kerry on Meet The Press on Sunday:
MR. RUSSERT: Do you believe that Iraq is less a terrorist threat to the United States now than it was two years ago?
SEN. KERRY: No, it’s more. And, in fact, I believe the world is less safe today than it was two and a half years ago.
and moments later…
MR. RUSSERT: Is the United States safer with the newly elected Iraqi government than we would have been with Saddam Hussein?
SEN. KERRY: Sure. And I’m glad Saddam Hussein is gone, and I’ve said that a hundred times.
He actually did say we were less safe… before he said we weren’t.
Vote Fraud in Wisconsin
Monday, January 17th, 2005Mark Noonan has the scoop over at Blogs For Bush.
Where In The World Is John Kerry?
Tuesday, January 4th, 2005He’s kicking off his first campaign tour for the 2008 presidential election in the Middle East. First stop, Jordan.
Former US presidential candidate John Kerry met Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the start of a tour of the region expected to include a trip to Iraq.
King Abdullah and Kerry discussed “efforts being exerted to move the peace process forward and achieve peace and security in Iraq,” the official Petra news agency reported.
The worst is yet to come. John Kerry, who voted for the war in Iraq and then voted against funding to support our troops is giong to visit our troops on the frontlines of the war on terror:
The Democratic Party senator from the state of Massachusetts who lost to US President George W. Bush in last year’s election is expected to visit Iraq to thank US troops for their service.
“He’s going because he wants to thank the troops from Massachusetts for their service, as well as other troops, his spokeswoman April Boyd said in December.
Of course, John Kerry had two opportunities in the past year and a half to offer thanks and support in the form of needed funds, but chose to vote against the $87 billion supplemental, and he didn’t even show up to vote for or against the $25 billion supplemental that was later brought before Congress.
Fight Another Day
Thursday, December 30th, 2004The battle appears to be over. Christine Gregoire has been declared the winner in the Washington state gubernatorial race. Secretary of State Sam Reed, a Republican, admits there were mistakes, but says there is nothing that appears fraudulent.
Sure, it is possible that there was no fraud behind the mysterious bounty of ballots that were discovered in King County. But it is definitely harder to accept selective re-canvassing of the Democrat-stronghold as kosher. You don’t have to convince me that there were questionable things happening in this race.
Left-wing bloggers have declared victory, and sneered at Rossi’s contesting of this lemon election. They’ve been doing their victory dance after the second recount conveniently gave Gregoire a 129 vote victory.
Of course, a majority of these left-wing bloggers—and a number of fringe lefties nationwide—refuse to wave the white flag and concede Ohio (even though Kerry already has) where the margin of victory was 920 times larger than Gregoire’s “victory” in Washington. Similarly, state officials have claimed on numerous occasions that no evidence of fraud, suppression, or tampering were found in Ohio.
Hell, even Wonkette concedes that Kerry lost Ohio…
I spoken about this race with Stephanie Sandlin, a radio talk show host in Spokane, Washington at KSBN Radio. We both believe that Gregoire’s victory is illegitimate. She told me that she thinks that Rossi should stop fighting for this election—but that he should not concede. At this point, I have to agree. It’s time to move on, and fight another day. Bigger and better things await Dino Rossi. Don’t believe me? Look at John Thune.
The guys over at Sound Politics have done an incredible job monitoring this particular election battle. Keep an eye on them.
Rossi should take back his call for a revote. He needs to quit while he still has the high ground. Yes, it sucks when Democrats don’t play by the rules, but the longer this drags out, Rossi is the one who risks coming out of this with mud stains. Don’t get me wrong, Gregoire does not come out of this clean. She’ll have a harder time governing effectively as a governor with a questionable victory than Rossi will have coming back in four years to challenge her again or to perhaps aim higher, perhaps putting his name in for a congressional race.
So, Dino Rossi, let’s move on, but don’t concede. Just fight another day.
The Book That Won’t Be On Your Summer Reading Lists
Tuesday, December 28th, 2004Browsing Amazon.com last night brought to me to discover a book that was set for release on January 1, 2005 titled John Kerry: Our Forty-fourth President from the Our Presidents series by The Child’s World Publishers.
I thought this to be very odd. Was this a joke? According to Amazon the book was still set to be released on January 1, 2005. According to Barnes & Noble the book is set to be released in March of 2005. No signs of publication being cancelled.
A search on isbn.nu revealed that the ISBN is actually valid… but the book’s publication has in fact been cancelled.
That’s too bad… how funny would it have been if the book did get printed and released?
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin is amused by this discovery as well…
UPDATE: And if you’re easily amused…
Blackwell Calls Ohio Election Challenges Frivolous
Tuesday, December 28th, 2004And you know something? He’s right.
The secretary of state, who declared President Bush the official winner in Ohio, is seeking a court order to keep himself from being interviewed as part of a court challenge of the Nov. 2 vote.
Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell claims his deposition is not required, and accused 37 voters challenging the election of “frivolous conduct.”
The court challenge cites irregularities including long lines, a shortage of voting machines in minority precincts and problems with computer equipment.
Bush defeated Sen. John Kerry by 119,000 votes, according to Blackwell’s official count; Ohio’s 20 electoral votes gave Bush the 270 he needed for victory.
Attorney General Jim Petro, representing Blackwell, said the voters “are not trying to actually contest the presidential election but are merely using this litigation to cast public doubt on the voting system of the State of Ohio without a shred of evidence.”
Apparently the lawyers for the voters were planning to issue subpoenas to a number of high-ranking officials, including Blackwell, Karl Rove, and even President Bush.
It seems to me the only reason any fuss is being made about Ohio now is because Ohio is the state that ultimate gave the election to Bush. States won by margins similar to or small than Ohio have been left unchallenged despite numerous irregularities and potential fraud, such as Pennsylvania, where governor Rendell was behind a number of schemes which could have disenfranchised the military, and had given convicted felons the right to vote. And there were all those machines that had hundreds of ballots cast before voting had even begun. Blogs For Bush contributor Jason Smith was on the ground in Pennsylvania, and witnessed some of the shenanigans firsthand.
Perhaps should be looking at Pennsylvania, where the real funny business happened. Polls suggested a very close race in Pennsylvania. Would the Democrats like that?
John Kerry had plenty of lawyers on the ground in Ohio, that he was reported to have consulted before conceding the race. Had there been legitimate instances of fraud, suppression, or tampering Kerry would have been advised not to concede the race—and he probably wouldn’t have.
My honest opinion is that Blackwell is right, these efforts are meant solely to cast doubt on the voting system, and in effect cast doubt on the legitimacy of Bush’s presidency. Kerry will no doubt use this and his big e-mail list to his advantage in 2008.
Kerry, From Two Positions On Every Issue To None
Saturday, December 25th, 2004Some of you might remember my senator, John Kerry. He ran for President this year and lost. He was repeatedly caught taking as little as two different positions on vital issues of the campaign.
Well, now that he’s no longer running for President, he’s not taking any positions on issues:
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), who championed renewable energy in his presidential bid, yesterday said he won’t take a stand on the proposed Cape Cod wind farm until the Army Corps of Engineers completes its environmental impact report next year.
“After this process is complete and the environmental impact statement is final, Sen. Kerry will make a decision based on the best interest of our state and our energy future,” said Kerry spokesman David Wade.
Kerry had been expected by some observers to weigh in on the controversial wind farm after the Army publicly released its voluminous draft environmental report last month. The failed Democratic presidential nominee, who has helped lead the fight against drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as many other environmental causes, has refused to take sides on the controversial Cape wind farm, even as he touted wind power and other forms of renewable energy during the 2004 race.
Perhaps he’s waiting for the results of the global test to come back?
Eight Vote “Victory” Within The Margin of Fraud
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004The latest suggests that Democrat Christine Gregoire has now won the gubernatorial race in Washington over Dino Rossi by a mere eight votes.
The head of the state Democratic Party said late Tuesday that recount results from King County give Democrat Christine Gregoire an eight-vote victory in the closest governor’s race in state history.
Neither King County nor the Republican party could confirm the hand recount results on Tuesday night. But if the Democrats’ analysis is correct, it’s a stunning reversal in the gubernatorial race, which has been hotly contested ever since election day.
Republican Dino won the first count by 261 votes and won a machine recount by 42 votes.
“We’re confident Christine Gregoire has been elected the governor of the state of Washington,” Democratic Chairman Paul Berendt said. “I believe Dino Rossi should concede.”
Something seems strange about this. I wouldn’t throw in the towel yet. Mr. Berendt thinks Rossi should concede so quickly after an unconfirmed 8 vote margin, but a 42 vote lead was something that enough money being put into recounts could beat?
A Rossi spokesperson said “It’s just too close to call,” and that Republicans are looking at the data also.
It’s just a coincidence that Democrats somehow managed to count a Democrat victory right? Eight votes? In a manual recount, I think that’s within the margin of fraud.
Berendt and Democratic party officials reached their conclusion after crunching numbers supplied by King County. The county has finished tallying its 900,000 ballots, but election officials said they still need to reconcile differences in the precinct totals.
See, this is where this whole thing gets fuzzy. Democrats “crunched numbers.”
That’s not enough to convince me. Why on earth would Berendt want Rossi to concede when the results haven’t been truly finalized? Does Berendt and the Democratic party not want these results to scrutinized? Did they toss in just enough ballots to skim a victory?
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