Uh OH!

[ProSense]

Kerry revives 2004 election allegations

By DAVID HAMMER, Associated Press Writer 48 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Sen.John Kerry didn't contest the results at the time, but now that he's considering another run for the White House, he's alleging election improprieties by the Ohio Republican who oversaw the deciding vote in 2004.

An e-mail will be sent to 100,000 Democratic donors Tuesday asking them to support U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland (news, bio, voting record) for governor of Ohio. The bulk of the e-mail criticizes Strickland's opponent, GOP Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, for his dual role in 2004 as President Bush's honorary Ohio campaign co-chairman and the state's top election official.

"He used the power of his state office to try to intimidate Ohioans and suppress the Democratic vote," said Kerry's e-mail.

Kerry, D-Mass., conceded the election when he lost Ohio and its 20 electoral votes. A recount requested by minor-party candidates showed Bush won by about 118,000 votes out of 5.5 million cast. But Kerry's e-mail says Blackwell "used his office to abuse our democracy and threaten basic voting rights."

Multiple lawsuits by outside groups were unsuccessful in challenging Ohio's 2004 election. One case filed by the League of Women Voters is still in U.S. District Court in Toledo. It claims Ohio's election system discriminates against minority voters.

more...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060828/ap_on_el_ge/ohio_kerry

Expose the fraud!

Yes!

[karynnj]

1. So, Kerry didn't say this a long time ago. Look at the title and date

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/01/18/kerry_alleges_voters_were_suppressed?mode=PF

"his first high-profile address since conceding the presidential election, Senator John F. Kerry used Boston's annual Martin Luther King Jr. memorial breakfast yesterday to decry what he called the suppression of thousands of would-be voters last November.

"Thousands of people were suppressed in their efforts to vote. Voting machines were distributed in uneven ways," the former Democratic nominee told an enthusiastic audience of 1,200 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in South Boston.

"In Democratic districts, it took people four, five, 11 hours to vote, while Republicans through in 10 minutes. Same voting machines, same process, our America," Kerry said."

[ProSense]

2. LOL!

I like the title, clearly crafted to stir controversy! The entire piece is written around one snip from the e-mail. Wish I had the e-mail!

Still, let them stir up controversy. Ohio stinks, Rove can't even go there and take question from the press. Noe and Ney are in deep shit. Blackwell is so far behind in the polls that it's a good time to focus attention on that election. Stir up controversy!

[MH1]

3. I noticed that about the headline, too

I didn't like it at first - but OTOH, like you said, let them stir controversy. Maybe it will get more attention that way.

[MH1]

4. Thanks - I borrowed that!

To add to the thread in LBN:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2480979&mesg_id=2480979

[blm]

5. post that in the GD thread, please

before I serve up a conniption ala WildEyedLiberal. ;)

[WildEyedLiberal]

7. HA

Glad my reputation has spread. :D

[wisteria]

6. Blackwell says "some people will do anything for money",

what a hypocrite, how about one person who care so little for a long fought right, like voting, won amid fear and death, that he thinks nothing of disenfranchising his own race and robbing them of their vote for power and money.