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no wonder the blue team wont let it rest
now I know where
err.. who they get it from. Talk about follow the leader!
Kerry criticizes election outcome
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 Posted: 9:24 AM EST (1424 GMT)
BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. John Kerry, in some of his most pointed public comments yet about the presidential election, invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on Monday as he criticized President Bush and decried reports of voter disenfranchisement.
The Massachusetts Democrat, Bush's challenger in the November presidential election, spoke at Boston's annual Martin Luther King Day Breakfast. He reiterated that he decided not to challenge the election results, but "thousands of people were suppressed in the effort to vote."
"Voting machines were distributed in uneven ways. In Democratic districts, it took people four, five, eleven hours to vote, while Republicans (went) through in 10 minutes -- same voting machines, same process, our America," he said.
In his comments, Kerry also compared the democracy-building efforts in Iraq with voting in the United States, saying that Americans had their names purged from voting lists and were kept from casting ballots.
"In a nation which is willing to spend several hundred million dollars in Iraq to bring them democracy, we cannot tolerate that here in America too many people were denied that democracy," Kerry said.
Voting irregularities in Ohio drove primarily Democratic challenges to the November 2 election, but Congress affirmed President Bush the winner. The Ohio Supreme Court last week dismissed a lawsuit that cited Election Day problems including long lines, and a shortage of voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods.
Massachusetts' Republican Gov. Mitt Romney cautioned that there are also Republican concerns about voter fraud on the Democratic side.
"I think it's helpful if elected officials and leaders look at both sides of the issues, and that we take action to make sure that citizens qualified to vote do vote, and that people do not defraud the system," Romney said after the breakfast.
Outside the hall, Kerry discussed his recent two-week trip to the Middle East and Europe.
"All of the Arab world is deeply disturbed by the absence of sufficient political diplomacy -- the reconciliation necessary between Shia and Sunni," he said of the war in Iraq and the Jan. 30 election there.
Kerry said the Bush administration has failed to properly train Iraqi forces to handle uprisings.
He said he found similar concerns in Europe.
"Throughout Europe, as I met with European leaders, it's clear that they're prepared to do more, but the [Bush] administration has not put the structure together for people to be able to do it," he said.
Kerry declined to specify which leaders expressed a desire to help more with Iraq, or how. He met separately last week with French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Both leaders have been critical of the U.S.-led invasion.
cnn piece
John Kerry tours old Damascus on January 8
following his talks in the Syrian capital.
.
Kerry criticizes election outcome
Tuesday, January 18, 2005 Posted: 9:24 AM EST (1424 GMT)
BOSTON (AP) -- Sen. John Kerry, in some of his most pointed public comments yet about the presidential election, invoked Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on Monday as he criticized President Bush and decried reports of voter disenfranchisement.
The Massachusetts Democrat, Bush's challenger in the November presidential election, spoke at Boston's annual Martin Luther King Day Breakfast. He reiterated that he decided not to challenge the election results, but "thousands of people were suppressed in the effort to vote."
"Voting machines were distributed in uneven ways. In Democratic districts, it took people four, five, eleven hours to vote, while Republicans (went) through in 10 minutes -- same voting machines, same process, our America," he said.
In his comments, Kerry also compared the democracy-building efforts in Iraq with voting in the United States, saying that Americans had their names purged from voting lists and were kept from casting ballots.
"In a nation which is willing to spend several hundred million dollars in Iraq to bring them democracy, we cannot tolerate that here in America too many people were denied that democracy," Kerry said.
Voting irregularities in Ohio drove primarily Democratic challenges to the November 2 election, but Congress affirmed President Bush the winner. The Ohio Supreme Court last week dismissed a lawsuit that cited Election Day problems including long lines, and a shortage of voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods.
Massachusetts' Republican Gov. Mitt Romney cautioned that there are also Republican concerns about voter fraud on the Democratic side.
"I think it's helpful if elected officials and leaders look at both sides of the issues, and that we take action to make sure that citizens qualified to vote do vote, and that people do not defraud the system," Romney said after the breakfast.
Outside the hall, Kerry discussed his recent two-week trip to the Middle East and Europe.
"All of the Arab world is deeply disturbed by the absence of sufficient political diplomacy -- the reconciliation necessary between Shia and Sunni," he said of the war in Iraq and the Jan. 30 election there.
Kerry said the Bush administration has failed to properly train Iraqi forces to handle uprisings.
He said he found similar concerns in Europe.
"Throughout Europe, as I met with European leaders, it's clear that they're prepared to do more, but the [Bush] administration has not put the structure together for people to be able to do it," he said.
Kerry declined to specify which leaders expressed a desire to help more with Iraq, or how. He met separately last week with French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Both leaders have been critical of the U.S.-led invasion.
cnn piece
John Kerry tours old Damascus on January 8
following his talks in the Syrian capital.
.
I think it has something to do with hubris and stupidity
Do not presume to know me or anything that I care about. I happen to care very much about election fraud because it is idiots that go out and cause fraud that make my vote mean less. Not to mention that fraud can happen on both sides of the fence so I really don't think it is fair to wave your high mightly finger at me, my friends, and my family. One of the ways to actually cut down on fraud is to have a system in place that is exact. The question is why do you not want a unified system for all 50 states? Most Republicans even agree that it should be more standard. Kind of how the SAT test is a Standard - no matter where it is administered it is the same thing! Lets take a look at history shall we?
