Reply #9: But that is the same thing as what we knew before [View All]

[TayTay]

The allegations that someone put stickers over Kerry ovals in certain Ohio counties is very old. This seems to be the basis for a legal action to not destroy that ballot in favor of an investigation into how the Ohio race was done. But it doesn't have any new 'smoking guns' in it that I can see.

The statistical stuff is interesting, but it is also very, very hard to decipher. This is circumstantial and not definitive evidence and it is of almost no value in bringing this issue to public attention. (It's too complicated for the media to report on and too complicated for the kind of 'word of mouth' spreading of information that grassroots people can do.)

We should preserve those ballots. But preserving ballots is not proof of fraud. I am very glad that this gentlemanhas brought his expertise to the fore to say we should investigate this. However, until Ohio changes hands politically, that is all it can be and no one, including Sen. Kerry, can change that. The climate in Ohio must change. Right now, the entire political structure of the state is against any detailed examination of the '04 race. And, if and when Ohio changes hands this fall, it is unlikely that the first priority of a new government will be examination of old races. That is just a political truth. There will be a push to make registration easier and erase some of the really terrible things that Blackwell tried to do, but don't get your hopes up about a detailed examination into the '04 vote. I sincerely doubt it will happen. (It will be about 'new business,' not examining an old and very settled vote.)