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pan6467 · 11-03-2004, 07:04 AM

Here's what I saw living in Ohio and you people judge.

NBC sends it to the local stations.... WKYC channel 3 is in Cuyhoga County BOE (Cleveland) saying that only 1/2 of Cleveland's votes had been counted and that at the rate it was going Kerry had nearly a 2-1 margin. They said that if that were to keep up it was going to be very close. That the votes still needing to be counted in Ohio were basicly North east Ohio counties and that it looked very favorably to Kerry, but it was way to early to say......... WKYC goes back to NBC..... within 3 minutes Brokaw calls OHIO as Bush even though Cleveland and Kerry's stronghold NE Ohio is maybe 50-75% counted.

An hour before that....... WEWS (ABC) reports that Kerry had taken the lead in Ohio and that the numbers had come straight from the Sec. of STate's office with NE Ohio being the only large uncounted area.

Yes, I wanted Kerry, but I do not want OHIO to be the next Florida.

Everyone in the state of Ohio that had anything to do with this election made sure that they made this a farce of an election. From throwing out registrations, to "challengers" to disobeying a federal judge telling Franklin and Knox counties to use paper ballots and yet forcing people to wait upto 6 hours after the polls close to use touchscreens made by Diebold who's president guaranteed a Bush win of Ohio.

Look I said it yesterday and have said it, best thing the Dems. could do is lose this election because in 4 years Bush will have us all truly fucked. But I have never seen a state that has set itself up to be a laughingstock for the elections. I can live with a Bush win may not like it, may be fearful of it but.... What I cannot fathom is the way Ohio has handled this election in the months before and the night of. To me they left themselves open to be questioned as to the legitimacy of the elections here.

Take it for what it is worth but I do wonder why from the very beginning Ohio has set itself up to be so scandal ridden and frought with such controversy.

11-03-2004, 07:04 AM	#17 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Here's what I saw living in Ohio and you people judge. NBC sends it to the local stations.... WKYC channel 3 is in Cuyhoga County BOE (Cleveland) saying that only 1/2 of Cleveland's votes had been counted and that at the rate it was going Kerry had nearly a 2-1 margin. They said that if that were to keep up it was going to be very close. That the votes still needing to be counted in Ohio were basicly North east Ohio counties and that it looked very favorably to Kerry, but it was way to early to say......... WKYC goes back to NBC..... within 3 minutes Brokaw calls OHIO as Bush even though Cleveland and Kerry's stronghold NE Ohio is maybe 50-75% counted. An hour before that....... WEWS (ABC) reports that Kerry had taken the lead in Ohio and that the numbers had come straight from the Sec. of STate's office with NE Ohio being the only large uncounted area. Yes, I wanted Kerry, but I do not want OHIO to be the next Florida. Everyone in the state of Ohio that had anything to do with this election made sure that they made this a farce of an election. From throwing out registrations, to "challengers" to disobeying a federal judge telling Franklin and Knox counties to use paper ballots and yet forcing people to wait upto 6 hours after the polls close to use touchscreens made by Diebold who's president guaranteed a Bush win of Ohio. Look I said it yesterday and have said it, best thing the Dems. could do is lose this election because in 4 years Bush will have us all truly fucked. But I have never seen a state that has set itself up to be a laughingstock for the elections. I can live with a Bush win may not like it, may be fearful of it but.... What I cannot fathom is the way Ohio has handled this election in the months before and the night of. To me they left themselves open to be questioned as to the legitimacy of the elections here. Take it for what it is worth but I do wonder why from the very beginning Ohio has set itself up to be so scandal ridden and frought with such controversy. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"