Monday, November 15, 2004

To believe that Bush won the election, you must also believe:.

1- That the exit polls were WRONG...(remember - they have been used for over a decade and considered reliable)2- That Zogby's 5pm election day calls for Kerry winning OH, FL were WRONG. He was within a less than 1/2 % point margin of error in his 2000 final poll and previous polls for other elections.3- That Harris Poll last minute polling for Kerry was WRONG. They were also within a 1/2% point margin of error in their 2000 final poll. 4- The Incumbent Rule #I (that undecideds primarily break at the end for the challenger)was WRONG.5- The 50% Rule was WRONG (that an incumbent doesn't do better than his final polling)6- The Approval Rating Rule was WRONG (that an incumbent with less than 50% approval will most likely lose the election)7- That Journalist Greg Palast was WRONG when he said that even before the election, 1 million votes were stolen from Kerry. He was the ONLY reporter to break the fact that 90,000 Florida blacks were disnfranchised in 2000.8- That it was just a COINCIDENCE that the exit polls were CORRECT where there WAS a PAPER TRAIL and INCORRECT (+5% for Bush) where there was NO PAPER TRAIL.9- That the surge in new young voters had NO positive effect for Kerry, even though it was the largest number of youth voters 18-29 ever and a huge jump from 2000 and they were over 55% in favor of Kerry.10- That Bush BEAT 99-1 mathematical odds in winning the election.11- That Kerry did WORSE than Gore against an opponent who LOST the support of SCORES of Republican newspapers who were for Bush in 2000.12- That Bush did better than an 18 national poll average which showed him tied with Kerry at 47. In other words, Bush got 80% of the undecided vote to end up with a 51-48 majority - when ALL professional pollsters agree that the undecided vote ALWAYS goes to the challenger.13- That Voting machines made by Republicans with no paper trail and with no software publication, which have been proven by thousands of computer scientists to be vulnerable in scores of ways, were NOT tampered with in this election.Some Examples: (There are many more, but I won't list them all here - this is to give you an idea)* The City of Gahanna in Ohio discovered a discrepancy that gave 4,000 votes to George Bush. After media scrutiny, city officials have admitted to an electronic "glitch" that caused the problem.In Broward County, FL, errors in software code caused a referendum on gambling to be completely overturned. The error caused totals to count backwards after reaching a ceiling of 32,500 votes. The problem existed in the 2002 election as well. However, the issue was never resolved by the manufacturer of the electronic voting machine.In North Carolina, a Craven County district logged 11,283 more votes than voters and actually overturned the results of a regional race. For more info, go to:http://www.blackboxvoting.org www.commondreams.org/views04/1106-30.htm

1 comment:

Laura said...

It mskes me crazy tht more people are not discussing this. Well ther has been some mention at tompaine.com and smirkingchimp... you might enjot these sites!

That said, your poetry is lovely.

from one artist to another :)