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Votergate 2004; Karl Rove on the Dis-Information Trail

By Anthony Wade

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Votergate 2004; Karl Rove on the Dis-Information Trail

By Anthony Wade

What this election confirmed is that there was gross manipulation of
the vote counts in at least 23 Florida counties.

You see, when you look at small, traditional democratic counties in
Florida, we actually now see a near reversal of the votes.

For example, in Baker County, where Bush received around 7,700 votes
there is no conceivable way that total could be reached.

In order for that to have happened, all 3,000 registered
republicans,
all 800 non-affiliated voters, and 4,000 registered democrats would
have had to have voted for Bush.

That is 4,000 democrats out of less than 10,000, nearly 50%.

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Votergate 2004; Karl Rove on the Dis-Information Trail

By Anthony Wade


Faced with mounting drumbeats from the Internet about voter fraud and
the probability that Bush has stolen another election, the man behind
the curtain stepped outside today to do a victory lap for his boss.

The purposes for Rove's talk show circuit appearance was not so much
to talk about anything factual, as much as it was designed to lend
credibility to a faltering electoral result by pretending nothing is
wrong.

Our media, ever absent from protecting us, was more than happy to
capitulate.

Since election night, Rove has been at his dis-informational best.

Faced with the accurate exit-polling that showed a Kerry landslide was
imminent, it was Rove and the Bush cabal that came out to denounce the
polling as "skewed'"" and "under-representing the Bush voters."

He offered no proof of course but it was wholly necessary to have a
point of rebuttal before the Diebold machines kicked in and gave the
election to his boy.

The notion that somehow only people who voted for Kerry wanted to talk
with exit pollsters is patently absurd.

Millions of people had voted by the time the pollsters had made their
initial findings known.

Are we really to believe that time after time, in multiple states, at
different polling sites, all Bush voters did not want to answer exit
polls???

Why then were the exit polls correct in the two states with paper
trails for their voting machines Karl?

I guess the roving lunatic would have us believe that Bush-backers in
those two states had no problem talking to the pollsters, but in those
crucial states, such as Florida and Ohio , they got all nervous.

Sure Karl.

Attempting to legitimize the results today Rove said, "The country is
still close, but it has moved in a Republican direction. This election
confirmed that".

Well, not exactly Mr. Rove.

What this election confirmed is that there was gross manipulation of
the vote counts in at least 23 Florida counties.

You see, when you look at small, traditional democratic counties in
Florida, we actually now see a near reversal of the votes.

For example, in Baker County, where Bush received around 7,700 votes
there is no conceivable way that total could be reached.

In order for that to have happened, all 3,000 registered republicans,
all 800 non-affiliated voters, and 4,000 registered democrats would
have had to have voted for Bush.

That is 4,000 democrats out of less than 10,000, nearly 50%.

C'mon Karl, what did you guys do with the computers?

If Baker County was an anomaly then maybe we could say it was no big
deal. Baker County is the rule however, not the exception.

In over 20 counties, the results show that the reverse of what the
voters' registrations should have born out.

Twenty counties Karl.

How long do you think you can continue to pimp this lie?

In discussing the exit polls Rove said today, "I mean, it had us 19
points down in Pennsylvania . It had us 17 points down in New
Hampshire . It had us 1 point up in Virginia . I mean, you looked at
these numbers, and you realize, this is just insane."

Insane Karl?

People come out from voting and tell the pollsters who they voted for.

Those results are compiled.

There is nothing insane about this process.

It has worked flawlessly for a long time now, at least until Bush came
around.

I can understand why it drove Rove insane, because it would be
difficult to explain how so many registered democrats ALL seemed to
reverse course on Election Day.

You see, Karl Rove knew that the exit polls wouldn't match the
tampered results.

Faced with this dilemma, he had no choice but to question the veracity
of the exit polls.

He started early on election eve, planting the seed.

Then, when the "votes" came in, he allowed the seed to grow, until it
was the polls, not the votes that were questioned.

Unfortunately for Karl, the truth would remain hidden within the
numbers.

Maybe it would be Baker County or Lafayette County, but eventually
someone would simply lay out the numbers in a spreadsheet and realize
that there is no conceivable way that in so many counties, the exact
opposite of the expected results turned out.

Now, the plan is simple.

Make the rounds on the talk shows, make everything seem legitimate.

Ignore the fact that there are now 3,000 Freedom of Information Act
inquiries pending regarding the computer records from this election.

Ignore the fact that citizens in Ohio stormed the state building a few
days ago protesting their disenfranchisement.

Ignore the drumbeats from the real people who know that their will has
been circumvented.

Hope that eventually the American people will just get lazy again.

They did in 2000, so why not expect the same this time around?

Hope that you can just ignore the elephant in the room until the
election is certified and your boy has his inauguration.

Have him speak about "spending his capital".

Keep repeating the lies that Bush has a mandate.

Ignore, delay, and hope that we all just go away and don't see you for
what you are and what you represent.

You are nothing more than the man behind the curtain, representing
lies, a failed president, and a stolen election.

Sorry Karl, we are not going anywhere this time.

Would you accept a balance sheet that can't be audited? Would you buy
a house that can't be inspected? Of course you wouldn't. But now the
Republicans want us to buy the Brooklyn Bridge. They're cute, ain't
they.

Harry