Kerry Preparing Grounds to Unconcede If you haven't been following John Kerry closely, get ready to hear of surprising developments. The vote-defrauded, potential president-in-waiting has just indicated through his lawyer that the validity of George Bush's reelection is no longer a given. Kerry Preparing Grounds to Unconcede Election Challenge likely on Jan 6th BreakForNews.com, 24th Dec, 2004 23:00ET by Fintan Dunne, Editor EXCLUSIVE If you haven't been following John Kerry closely, get ready to hear of surprising developments. The vote-defrauded, potential president-in-waiting has just indicated through his lawyer that the validity of George Bush's reelection is no longer a given. On 23 December, 2004 Kerry's lawyer confirmed to MSNBC's 'Countdown' that John Kerry will be seeking (likely on Monday 27 Dec.) to expedite court proceedings and secure evidence in an ongoing recount suit by the Green and Libertarian parties. That might sound like just another "count every vote" exercise by the Kerry campaign, were it not for two important details. Kerry's court filing will conjoin him to existing allegations that Triad Systems, a Republican-linked supplier of voting machines to around half of Ohio counties --"orchestrated" a covert campaign to thwart a legitimate recount in Ohio. If the allegation proves well founded, it could invalidate the Ohio recount and eventually even hand the presidency to John Kerry. Which probably explains the second critical detail: a quiet, on the record bombshell statement to 'Countdown' by Daniel Hoffheimer, the Cincinnati lawyer representing the Kerry campaign in Ohio. Previously, the Kerry Campaign's intent in Ohio seemed to be merely an exercise of American civic spiritedness. Two weeks ago, when Kerry wrote to Ohio's 88 county boards of election asking to visually inspect some ballots, Donald McTigue, the lawyer handling the recount for the Kerry campaign said: "We're trying to increase the transparency of the election process." In early December, when the Kerry Campaign joined a suit by Green and Libertarian party candidates seeking a recount in Delaware County, Daniel Hoffheimer said Kerry wasn't disputing President Bush's victory in Ohio. The aim was to make sure any recount was "done accurately and completely," Hoffheimer said. Now MSNBC 'Countdown' reports the same Hoffheimer, in comments on their imminent filing in the Ohio recount, concluding their call for a scrupulous recount with this caveat: "...Only then can the integrity of the entire electoral process and the election of Bush/Cheney warrant the public trust." That's the first time the Kerry Campaign has impugned the legitimacy of Bush's reelection. RECOUNT CHEAT SHEETS It's a signal move, likely driven by emerging evidence of suspicious activity by representatives of Triad Systems during the recount in Ohio. Evidence which has led a senior Democrat, ranking House Judiciary Cmtee. member, John Conyers Jr. to accuse Brett A. Rapp, the boss of Triad Systems of orchestrating a criminal conspiracy to pervert the outcome of the Ohio recount. The allegations first surfaced before an extraordinary Ohio hearing convened by Conyers on behalf of Democratic Minority members of the House Judiciary Committee. An affidavit filed by Sherole Eaton, Hocking County deputy director of elections, stated that a Triad representative had told her "how to post a 'cheat sheet' on the wall so the ...count would come out perfect and we wouldn't have to do a full hand recount of the county." That account has been corroborated by other officials and by extracts from a video documentary in which a Triad technician admits that the company was in possession of computer "backup" copies of the official election data. SIGNAL, THEN MANEUVER If the recount was fraudulent, does that have implications for the validity of the first count in Ohio? The Kerry campaign knows full well that it does. That's why their latest statement questions the "integrity" of the "entire" electoral process. And the election of Bush/Cheney. For Kerry, a fraudulent recount in Ohio could be an open door into to the Oval Office. Already, John Conyers is confident that a few U.S. Senators will join House members on January 6 to question the November 2 election. On Thursday, the Chicago Tribune reported that in a conference call with journalists Jesse Jackson said that Kerry had conceded the presidential election "much too soon. Before all the facts were in." But don't expect Kerry to quickly rush to a microphone in order to unconcede. He doesn't have to. His unconcession will take effect by default. If the Ohio recount is shown fraudulent, the domino effect could carry him through that door without claiming victory or even unconceding. Simply by allowing Bush's claim on the Office of President to fall --piece by fraudulent piece. Nudging the dominoes to topple in the right way. Thus leaving Kerry, poised to step into office over the Bush debris.
yes, it could... i want to see how this unfolds... and better brace for the republican big wigs to start shouting "sore losers"...
This is indeed interesting,to say the least.I personally feel there was voter fraud by the bush/cheney regime.Twice.I would love to see bush tossed out on his dumbass.Maybe he could find work at micky d's flipping grossburgers.LMAO.
Actually Bush and his entire cabal should be investigated and thrown in prison for life for corruption, fraud, war crimes, crimes against humanity and treason. But I wont hold my breath waiting for such uniform application of justice on those who have denied it to so many for so long (with intent to go even further over the next four years).
I'd settle for public tar and feathering.Then take all of his families monies and distribute to those that lost people as a direct result of his greed.
I concur with your call for the stripping of all financial assets, but not just from Bush Jr. Every last member of this cabal should be stripped of all assets in perpetuity and their progeny banned from ever holding public office (and thats merely the start). Yet still, this should merely be a facet of the larger judgement against them once found guilty of the aforementioned crimes in my post above. Its time our nation learned that our leaders are not above the "rule of law", especially when they themselves use it as a soundbite in their condemnations of those nations they wish to conquer or otherwise subvert.
But then this *might* blow up the conspiracy theorty that Kerry intentionally helped Bush get into office (or rather, conceded before he knew the official count as a favor to the Bush empire). If this is really a monumental thing here, it's due primarily (if not solely) to grassroots activism, as has always been the case throughout history.
A lot of actions are war crimes. Let's start with starting an unjust war under false pretenses and lies.
It doesn't make it untrue. Let's go on with the War Crimes by talking about Abu Ghraib Prison, Guantanamo Bay illegal detention center, killing at least 100,000 innocent Iraqis and not even bothering to keep track.
Maggie, I was agreeing with you lol. Mynameiskc, fiasco? lol In 2000 the electoral process heaved its last breath. It's dead now, unless activists unite to revive it, and the way anarchists see it, that would be a futile attempt, for the short and long term. What should be done is to expose the fraud that took place in Ohio and other battleground states, force the corporate media to cover the intricacies of the story, with relentlessness...until it would make them look bad for *not covering it. Progressives (and esp. the mainstream) have to wake up to the idea that what separates normal complacent people from political activism is the mind-numbing misinformation by the government sponsored media. FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS, and to a lesser extent, CNN. Progressives generally understand this to some degree but don't focus nearly enough energy on it, with exceptions. It's the media, folks!
you guys are both wrong, granted, I see the similarities you're talking about, but it's worse than anything we've ever seen since the American Indian genocide, and it's gonna keep on getting worse. What we're about to enter is something that's never happened before in our history. Brace yourselves....
You sure this is true, right? I mean this ain't one of those weathermen type things is it? I doubt kerry would want to go through with the entire thing even because even allowing all the allegations of voter fraud to be real, he would still have lost the popular election. As much as I don't like 43, he has more supporters willing to actually show up at the poles than kerry did...
