An intelligent person would understand such things, one would assume...
On Nov 7, 1:16 am, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's what happens when they call the Race even before the Polls in > some States has closed... > > Close Elections will bring out more People, since it isn't decided by > the time they get there. > > On Nov 7, 1:03 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > STOLEN ELECTION IN > > ALASKA?http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/stolen-election-in-alaska/ > > Something stinks. Not just an ordinary low tide smell. Not like > > something you’d blame on the dog. It smells like an infection. For me > > to plug my nose, I’d have to overlook some curious facts. > > > In Alaska, more people voted for George W. Bush in 2004 than for > > Sarah > > Palin on Tuesday despite an identical 61-36 margin of victory. Yes. > > Only four years ago 54,304 Alaskans got off their sofas and voted for > > Bush, but decided to sit home and not vote for Palin in 2008. In > > turn, > > I have to ignore the 30,520 Alaskans who felt progressive enough in > > 2004 to vote for John Kerry, but weren’t inspired to vote for Barack > > Obama. I would have to glance past the 1,700% increase in the > > Democratic caucus in February, the 20,991 newly registered voters, > > and > > the three largest political rallies in Alaska’s history. I would also > > have to forget the people I stood in a long line with to early vote. > > It would be helpful not to know every other presidential election > > since Alaska began keeping records has had a larger turn out than the > > one we just had with our own Governor on the ticket. Try not to > > remember 12.4% more Alaskans showed up for the August primary as > > compared to four years ago, before the Palin nomination. Don’t think > > about the Lower 49’s record voter turn out this year either. Try to > > delete the memory file, though difficult, that 80% of us approved of > > Sarah Palin just two months ago. > > > Something stinks. You don’t care? Obama won. Yes. He. Did! Free at > > Last! Wait. Democracy demands all of the votes be counted…if you can > > find them. > > > In the balance hangs the fate of Alaska’s Senate and House seats. We > > still don’t know if we have elected the now convicted felon Ted > > Stevens, or Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich. We still don’t know if Don > > Young and his million dollar legal problems will defeat former State > > Representative Ethan Berkowitz and his dreams of Washington DC. > > Alaska > > hasn’t had Democrat representation in Congress since Mike Gravel lost > > his senate seat in 1980. > > > Four years ago, 313,592 out of 474,740 registered voters in Alaska > > participated in the election-a 66% turnout. Taking into account > > 49,000 > > outstanding ballots, on Tuesday 272,633 out of 495,731 registered > > Alaskans showed up at the polls; a turnout of 54.9%. That’s a > > decrease > > of more than 11% in voter turnout even though passions ran high for > > and against Barack Obama, as well as for and against Sarah Palin! > > This > > year, early voters set a new record. As of last Thursday, with 4 days > > left to vote early, 15,000 Alaskans showed up-shattering the old > > record set in 2004 by 28%! Consider the most popular governor in > > history-and now the most polarizing-was on the Republican ticket. > > Consider the historic nature of this race; the first African American > > presidential candidate EVER! The second woman to ever make a > > presidential ticket; and she’s one of our own. Despite that, we’re > > supposed to believe that overall participation DECREASED by 11%. Not > > only that, but this historic election both nationally and for Alaska > > HAD THE LOWEST ALASKA TURNOUT FOR A PRESIDENTIAL RACE EVER!!! That > > makes sense. REALLY??? Something stinks. > > > But wait, there’s more… > > > Pre election polls had both Mark Begich-D and Ethan Berkowitz-D > > solidly beating incumbents Senator Ted Stevens and Congressman Don > > Young by at least 6-10 points. Stevens is currently ahead by 3,353 > > votes with 49,000 ballots left to count. Berkowitz, however, is > > behind > > by 16,887 votes; a 51-43 margin. > > > Are we to believe Don Young came from an 8 point average polling > > deficit to win by 8 points-a whopping 16 point turnaround??? Remember > > how historic the pundits thought Hillary Clinton’s come from behind > > New Hampshire Primary victory was? She trailed Barack Obama by 9% in > > the pre primary polls and ended up winning by 2 points. It was called > > the most “stunning comeback in political history.” On Election Night, > > Don Young topped Hillary Clinton’s startling and unprecedented > > comeback. > > > Furthermore, there were nearly three thousand Alaskans, (2,783) that > > voted yet left the hotly contested congressional race blank. In the > > highly publicized senate race, complete with a nationally covered > > trial that ended with seven felony convictions for the incumbent, > > 1,392 Alaskans submitted a ballot and failed to register a vote in > > the > > senate race. I’m not sure statistically what that means, but it > > strikes me as odd that well over a thousand Alaskans would wait in > > long lines and not cast a vote in either the senate race or the > > congressional race-especially since there was only one ballot > > measure. > > In addition, this particular election had an extra high degree of > > local interest with Governor Palin on the national stage. > > > McCain-Palin was ahead in Alaska pre election polling by as much as > > 55-40. The Haysresearch Poll that came out Sunday indicated that gap > > had closed to 2.7 points! That poll was certainly consistent with > > Palin’s reverse meteoric fall in popularity within the state of > > Alaska. In that same Haysresearch Poll released on November 2, > > Question 2 addressed Governor Palin’s positive-negative rating. 11% > > of > > Alaskans surveyed said their opinion of Palin had become more > > positive > > while 37% indicated they were more negative towards Palin. > > Yesterday’s > > vote contradicts those polls. McCain-Palin won Alaska 61-36! A 25 > > POINT SPREAD!!! An identical point spread as the 2004 Election. > > > Alaska has certainly had our share of election hanky panky. Check out > > this link to our 2004 election results. There are 40 districts in > > Alaska. The Anchorage area districts run from District 17-District > > 32. > > Scroll down to the bottom of the page and pick any district from > > 17-32. Pay particular attention to the 3rd column labeled % turnout. > > Hit the back arrow and select another district. There are more > > precincts with voter turnout over 100% than under 100%. In other > > words, many more people voted in Anchorage area precincts than there > > were registered voters. Clearly, this is not possible. > > > In 2006, the Democrats filed a lawsuit against the Alaska Division of > > Elections to release public records needed to verify the 2004 > > election > > results. The Democrats also sought to have the Alaska Division of > > Elections release the raw data for the 2006 election. The State > > requested several deadline extensions and eventually refused to > > release the “central tabulator data file” taken from the Diebold- > > supplied computer used to run the “GEMS” (Global Election Management > > Software) application. A lawsuit was filed in Superior Court seeking > > release of the records. The Court eventually forced the State to > > release the 2004 database. The software was found to contain hundreds > > of edits after the 2004 election, including as late as July of 2006, > > prior to the release of the data. > > > With all that history, and the bizarre anomalies in polling and > > voting > > and reports from the field of ballots not being scanned on-site due > > to > > broken machines, could this election have been stolen? > > > The world is watching Alaska’s US Senate race. When President-Elect > > Barack Obama is sworn in on January 20, he will be greeted by a > > Senate > > with at least 57 Democrats-three shy of a filibuster-proof majority. > > And, there are still three hotly contested US Senate races that are > > too close to call; Georgia, Minnesota and Alaska. Just when we > > thought > > we were out of the national spotlight… > > > I’ve always said if Democracy was a religion, voting would be the > > sacrament. I’m wondering if someone stole the body and blood of this > > election. I’m wondering if the wine isn’t poisoned. Take a few > > whiffs. > > Breathe deeply. See if you don’t come to the same conclusion. Where > > are the votes? Something stinks at the Alaska Division of Elections.- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
