Re: This is what a hero looks like

Shameless.


Updated: 07:03 PM EDT
Kerry Blames Trickery for Keeping Voters From Polls
Senator Reflects on Campaign Lessons He Learned in Loss to Bush
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, AP

BOSTON (April 10) - Many voters in last year's presidential election were
denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters' group Sunday.

"Last year too many people were denied their right to vote, too many who
tried to vote were intimidated," the Massachusetts senator said at an event
sponsored by the state League of Women Voters.

"There is no magic wand. No one person is going to stand up and suddenly say
it's going to change tomorrow. You have to do that," he said.

Kerry supporters have charged that voting irregularities in largely
Democratic areas made it difficult for voters to cast ballots in the
November election. A lawsuit in Ohio cited long lines and a shortage of
voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods, but the Ohio
Supreme Court dismissed the suit.

Kerry also cited examples Sunday of how people were duped into not voting.

"Leaflets are handed out saying Democrats vote on Wednesday, Republicans
vote on Tuesday. People are told in telephone calls that if you've ever had
a parking ticket, you're not allowed to vote," he said.

Kerry has never disputed the outcome of election, saying voting
irregularities did not involve enough votes to change the result. Bush won
the pivotal state of Ohio by 118,000 votes, giving him enough electoral
votes to win re-election.

Bush supporters have denied using voter intimidation tactics to keep people
from going to the polls. A call to the Republican National Committee media
office was not immediately returned Sunday.

Earlier this year, Kerry joined Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in
filing voting reform legislation. The Count Every Vote Act would create a
federal holiday for voting, require paper receipts for votes and authorize
$500 million to help states upgrade voting systems and equipment.

Congress' investigative agency, the Government Accountability Office, has
also begun looking into the handling of provisional ballots and malfunctions
of voting machines. The study could lead to changes in the election process.

Kerry, using crutches as he recovers from knee surgery, suggested the United
States should spend as much time promoting democracy at home as it does
abroad in countries like Iraq.

"We need to go about the business of making our own democracy in America
work better," he said.


04/10/05 18:16 EDT

Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
> Shameless.
>
>
> Updated: 07:03 PM EDT
> Kerry Blames Trickery for Keeping Voters From Polls
> Senator Reflects on Campaign Lessons He Learned in Loss to Bush
> By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, AP
>
> BOSTON (April 10) - Many voters in last year's presidential election were
> denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former
> Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters' group Sunday.
>
> "Last year too many people were denied their right to vote, too many who
> tried to vote were intimidated," the Massachusetts senator said at an event
> sponsored by the state League of Women Voters.
>
> "There is no magic wand. No one person is going to stand up and suddenly say
> it's going to change tomorrow. You have to do that," he said.
>
> Kerry supporters have charged that voting irregularities in largely
> Democratic areas made it difficult for voters to cast ballots in the
> November election. A lawsuit in Ohio cited long lines and a shortage of
> voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods, but the Ohio
> Supreme Court dismissed the suit.
>
> Kerry also cited examples Sunday of how people were duped into not voting.
>
> "Leaflets are handed out saying Democrats vote on Wednesday, Republicans
> vote on Tuesday. People are told in telephone calls that if you've ever had
> a parking ticket, you're not allowed to vote," he said.

Anybody stupid enough to fall for these reasons is too stupid to be
allowed to vote!

>
> Kerry has never disputed the outcome of election, saying voting
> irregularities did not involve enough votes to change the result. Bush won
> the pivotal state of Ohio by 118,000 votes, giving him enough electoral
> votes to win re-election.
>
> Bush supporters have denied using voter intimidation tactics to keep people
> from going to the polls. A call to the Republican National Committee media
> office was not immediately returned Sunday.
>
> Earlier this year, Kerry joined Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in
> filing voting reform legislation. The Count Every Vote Act would create a
> federal holiday for voting, require paper receipts for votes and authorize
> $500 million to help states upgrade voting systems and equipment.
>
> Congress' investigative agency, the Government Accountability Office, has
> also begun looking into the handling of provisional ballots and malfunctions
> of voting machines. The study could lead to changes in the election process.
>
> Kerry, using crutches as he recovers from knee surgery, suggested the United
> States should spend as much time promoting democracy at home as it does
> abroad in countries like Iraq.
>
> "We need to go about the business of making our own democracy in America
> work better," he said.
>
>
> 04/10/05 18:16 EDT
>
>
>

"Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" <Buzcutt454@aol.com> wrote in message
news:115jd325ofdhe9e@news.supernews.com...
>
> Shameless.
>
>
> Updated: 07:03 PM EDT
> Kerry Blames Trickery for Keeping Voters From Polls
> Senator Reflects on Campaign Lessons He Learned in Loss to Bush
> By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, AP
>
> BOSTON (April 10) - Many voters in last year's presidential election were
> denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former
> Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters' group Sunday.
>
> "Last year too many people were denied their right to vote, too many who
> tried to vote were intimidated," the Massachusetts senator said at an
event
> sponsored by the state League of Women Voters.
>
> "There is no magic wand. No one person is going to stand up and suddenly
say
> it's going to change tomorrow. You have to do that," he said.
>
> Kerry supporters have charged that voting irregularities in largely
> Democratic areas made it difficult for voters to cast ballots in the
> November election. A lawsuit in Ohio cited long lines and a shortage of
> voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods, but the Ohio
> Supreme Court dismissed the suit.
>
> Kerry also cited examples Sunday of how people were duped into not voting.
>
> "Leaflets are handed out saying Democrats vote on Wednesday, Republicans
> vote on Tuesday. People are told in telephone calls that if you've ever
had
> a parking ticket, you're not allowed to vote," he said.

IIRC, they said dthe same thing in 2000. Only it was Florida.

From my own experience in 2004, I did have to stand in line, in the rain,
for about 1.5 hours or so.

>
> Kerry has never disputed the outcome of election, saying voting
> irregularities did not involve enough votes to change the result. Bush won
> the pivotal state of Ohio by 118,000 votes, giving him enough electoral
> votes to win re-election.
>
> Bush supporters have denied using voter intimidation tactics to keep
people
> from going to the polls. A call to the Republican National Committee media
> office was not immediately returned Sunday.
>
> Earlier this year, Kerry joined Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in
> filing voting reform legislation. The Count Every Vote Act would create a
> federal holiday for voting, require paper receipts for votes and authorize
> $500 million to help states upgrade voting systems and equipment.
>
> Congress' investigative agency, the Government Accountability Office, has
> also begun looking into the handling of provisional ballots and
malfunctions
> of voting machines. The study could lead to changes in the election
process.
>
> Kerry, using crutches as he recovers from knee surgery, suggested the
United
> States should spend as much time promoting democracy at home as it does
> abroad in countries like Iraq.
>
> "We need to go about the business of making our own democracy in America
> work better," he said.

Works pretty well, I think. I know Kerry would prefer that we modeled our
government after those peace-loving Vietnamese.

Dennis
>
>
> 04/10/05 18:16 EDT
>
>
>

"Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" <Buzcutt454@aol.com> wrote in message
news:115jd325ofdhe9e@news.supernews.com...

> Shameless.

Yeah, and in their rabid attacks on Bolton, the Dems, including and
especially Kerry, outed a CIA agent.

Way to go Einstein.