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Dan Rather implies Ohio GOP could steal the election

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by MojoMan, Oct 22, 2012.

  1. MojoMan

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    I really don't believe any nefarious deeds will be necessary for the GOP to win in Ohio. However, as it has long appeared to many that JFK won in 1960 election against Richard Nixon by stealing Illinois, with the assistance of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, this would not be the first time this has likely happened.

    In any case, this is just the liberal finger-pointing and excuse making getting warmed up in advance. If Obama gets his ass kicked in this election, it will not automatically follow that he was cheated, although it is highly likely that he and his supporters insist that he was, regardless of the circumstances.

     
  2. Major

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    :confused: If JFK lost Illinois, he would still have won the election.
     
  3. MoonDogg

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    Gene Simmons?
     
  5. ROXTXIA

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    They stole the election in 2004. Why should 2012 be any different?

    Please actually read this:

    http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2007/2920

    Please actually read this:

    http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=J._Kenneth_Blackwell

    Here, I'll help a little (part of the article only):

    2004 election controversyOhio voters sued Blackwell on August 31, 2006 in a case called King Lincoln Bronzeville Neighborhood Association v. Blackwell in which individual voters and three voters' rights groups alleged that, in his capacity as Secretary of State, Blackwell "allocated [2004] election resources in a racially discriminatory manner and instituted racially discriminatory procedures for provisional voting, purging voters from the statewide voter registration database, and maintaining the chain of custody of ballots. The complaint alleged that these actions led to the dilution and/or cancellation of plaintiffs' vote due to ballot cancellation and tampering, long poll lines, mechanical difficulties with voting machines, and unclear precinct boundaries." The complaint claims that plaintiffs reasonably feared these problems would recur in the November, 2006, election, and asked the court to appoint a special master to perform Blackwell's election administration duties in that election.[5]

    A Canton, New York resident named Richard Hayes Phillips who worked with the Ohio Honest Elections Campaign said he examined thousands of punch-card ballots cast in Ohio's heavily Democratic inner-city precincts that were tossed out because of over- or under-voting in the 2004 presidential race. Phillips said he found that on more than 1,900 ballots in six urban counties, there was a vote for President Bush or Senator John Kerry, and a second vote for one of the two independent candidates. In cases such as these, no presidential vote is counted. Philips noted that the problem was unusually prevalent, and appeared to be concentrated in every fifth precinct, and concluded the ballots in the urban areas must have been pre-punched, disproportionately affecting Kerry votes. [6]

    Blackwell is the focus of many allegations regarding the U.S. presidential election, 2004, vote count controversy while serving as Ohio Secretary of State.
     
  6. Rashmon

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    The next thing you know we'll be hearing about a Romney company owning or investing in questionable ballot boxes in Ohio...
     
  7. Nook

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    Romney feels entitled to the White House, I would not be surprised if the Republican steal Ohio.
     
  8. Ubiquitin

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    Romney is fulfilling a prophecy.
     
  9. esteban

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    Rather needs to brush his tongue, that tongue is ripe for halitosis!
     
  10. Refman

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    We are talking about a nut job who made his name by standing out in a hurricane and left CBS in shame after he got caught with his hands in the Microsoft Word font tool forging documents.

    Are we really taking him seriously?
     
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