Ohio was much closer fwiw. Like NM, it boiled down to the challenges and provisional and absentee ballots.
Dana On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:49:22 -0800, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe that Bush won by a large enough margin (in the states where fraud > is being alleged) that it would take a tremendous amount of fraud to change > the bottomline (Bush victory). This isn't 2000 where somewhere in the > neighborhood of a mere 1,200 votes changed the course of history. Wasn't > Florida won by 700,000 +. I don't remember the count in Ohio. > > I am also willing to allow for the possibility of a skewed outcome if it will > facilitate inquiry into the system. If this becomes an attempt to overthrow > the election there is less chance of co-operation in a true fact finding > mission. Instead you'd have Dems and Reps fighting, hiding evidence, making > outlandish claims etc.. I don't think that will facilitate bettering what > very well may be a flawed system. I also believe that even if you could find > sufficient evidence to change the outcome of the election it wouldn't happen. > The process would take too long. There would be too much in the way of > jockeying for position and legal battles to make change anything. It would > just further divide an already divided nation. > > I'd have loved to have see Bush lose. I was more anti Bush than pro-kerry. > But Bush didn't lose and I don't believe there was enough fruad to change > that. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tangorre, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:04 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Election Audit Petition > > > From: Ken Ketsdever [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You say this.... > > > I dislike Bush no doubt about. I also know that he won the > > election fair and square. > > And then this... > > > If we don't validate our election process and the technology > > associated with it the results will always be questioned and > > the courts will get more and more involved. This should not > > be a partisan effort. It should be a fact finding mission, > > not a means of overthrowing a valid election. > > How do you know ti was valid if you yourself admit the process is > flawed? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135794 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
