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forward of just another comment on the subject below

Tweaking the vote

Craig Morris   07.11.2004

Why asking if the elections were fair is tantamount to treason - and 
why I cannot help but do it
http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/co/18754/1.html


P.S. hopefully there are some with enough optimism to stay within and 
to try to change something
this certainly is based on my prejudice that change from outside (or 
above?) has minimal chances.
the opposite might be a very "American" idea ?: the invasion of the 
Irak being just one example out of many

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the big Fallujah offensive has started
http://www.counterpunch.org/mahajan11062004.html

Bush on spending "capital"
http://www.abc.net.au/correspondents/content/2004/s1236239.htm



>
>Kerry maybe had not, but American people did have a choice. They
>either made a wrong one, or they were cheated out of the right one.
>There are already numerous reports about fraud in Florida and Ohio -
>computer errors, or computers programed to calculate results so that
>Republicans win. In smaller counties in Florida, outside of media
>attention, for example, the Democratic majorities of voters were
>somehow turned into majority votes for Bush. Next time the "left"
>maybe fields a real candidate, someone like Dean or Kucinich.
>ivo
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>On 5 Nov 2004 at 17:57, Alan Sondheim wrote:
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>I don't think Kerry had a choice; even today, Iowa, one of the last
>states counted, went for Bush. And the numbers didn't add up.
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>Don't underestimate the fury here by the way - there have already
>been
>demonstrations, and I have a feeling that if anything this will
>harden
>what remains of the left - Alan
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>On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Ivo Skoric wrote:
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>>  This time around Bush might have lost on electoral vote, while
>>  carrying the popular one. But Kerry quickly conceded. Again, back to
>>  the sad Balkan example: lame Democrats behave as if they are there
>>  to provide a supporting role for the Republican leadership, just as
>>  the lame Serbian opposition in early nineties tippy-toed around the
>>  great populist... ivo
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>recent http://www.asondheim.org/
>WVU 2004 projects http://www.as.wvu.edu/clcold/sondheim/files/
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>Trace projects http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/writers/sondheim/index.htm
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