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Home Front: Politix

Left Wing Claims Exit Polls Were Accurate, 'Bush Stole Election'

2004-11-11

Here we go again

An emerging conspiracy theory among some political left wingers acccuses Republicans of stealing the 2004 presidential election. While many Americans wonder why Election Day exit polling was so inaccurate and showed Democrat John Kerry winning, liberal bloggers and activists insist the exit polls were correct and that Republican forces used fraud to help President Bush win re-election on Nov. 2nd.

Greg Palast, a contributing editor to Harper's magazine, conducted an investigation into voter fraud for BBC television's Newsnight. "I know you don't want to hear it. You can't face one more hung chad. But I don't have a choice. As a journalist examining that messy sausage called American democracy, it's my job to tell you who got the most votes in the deciding states. Tuesday, in Ohio and New Mexico, it was John Kerry, Palast said in his investigation reprinted at TomPaine.com. Many others on the left are also venting their anger at the losing Democratic nominee, John Kerry. The liberal website Buzzflash.com blasted Kerry in a headline, discouraging him from even considering another run for President in 2008.
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Posted by:Mark Espinola

#23 Isn't it strange how the MSM is all over this 'controversy' without a shread of evidence -- in fact in the face of evidence that the exit polling was slanted.

YET... they totally ignored the Swiftvet issue which had 200-odd eye witnesses incliding Kerry's entire chain of command.

Nope... no bias here... move along....

Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-11-11 3:07:08 PM

#22 The media-conformist left's de rigeur rejection of the election result is still more proof of their fundamentally authoritarian, absolutist, and morally depraved nature. In terms of personal ethics and intent, as opposed to committed acts, this is probably the most evil large group of people in history. The conspira-loons, and many of the rank and file, have to be aware of the ample proof that pro-Kerry exit polls were fabricated at the DNC and fed to gullible slaves like Kos.
When you deal with lefties, you deal with common criminals, preferential liars, and power-seeking psychopaths. BTW, where is your armed rebellion, left-scum? Is it the same as all your other pronouncements, claims, and diatribes; horseshit and media smoke from start to finish? Bring it on.

Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-11-11 2:57:03 PM

#21 Get over it...

Vote USA
As of last evening...

Bush 60,843,617 - 50.96% - 286 Electoral
Kerry 57,374,724 - 48.06% - 252 Electoral
others 1,165,939 - 0.98%

It is amazing how someone gets publicity for expounding on this stuff rather than be sent to an asylum for dementia.

Posted by: BigEd 2004-11-11 2:42:55 PM

#20 rkb, thanks for the CalTech study that demolishes these idiotic claims once and for all. A curious sidenote: the authors employ an unusual description for one of the flawed exit poll sample populations, calling it "too female and Western...[to be valid]"

Pretty obvious that the authors of this report-- even though no names are provided-- are Asians or Asian-Americans. I suspect that these folks are much more resistant to the kind of KosMikeyDU moonbattery than undereducated, innumerate "math is hard" non-asians. Another reason IMHO to tilt this country's orientation toward Asia, and to eliminate curbs on immigration for anyone with an advanced technical degree.

Posted by: lex 2004-11-11 2:29:24 PM

#19 Translation: Blah blah blah blah Election Quagmire!

I hope it takes another 4 years before the LLL realizes they're advertizing why people shouldn't vote for them.

Posted by: Charles 2004-11-11 2:26:19 PM

#18 As soon as the election was over the LLL were trying float this crap everywhere they could. It mostly was quickly dismissed. Nothing now here move along.

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-11 11:59:13 AM

#17 It was Thursday. I was working the Wellstone Assassination when the bosses at DU called. Drop everything, they said. We're pulling you off Wellstone.
What's up? Is Mumia Free? We finally find the Mossad guys that pulled 9/11?
No, they said. The election was fixed...again.
I understood. I pulled my Bushitler and Ashkkkroft files and started reading...

Posted by: Lefty Detective 2004-11-11 11:57:56 AM

#16 I'm saddened and disappointed

Posted by: Tom Daschle 2004-11-11 11:53:02 AM

#15 "Fake, but accurate."

Posted by: Seafarious 2004-11-11 11:50:02 AM

#14 No. These people just do not believe in democracy other than the Peoples Democratic Republic version. No outcome, no matter how big the difference would have been, would have satisfied these harpies. There is only one true faith/voice and that is theirs. The modern version of the devine right of kings.

Posted by: Don 2004-11-11 11:15:23 AM

#13 This is the left's version of Black Helicopters.

Posted by: lex 2004-11-11 10:45:50 AM

#12 RC, you don't realize how much that is possible. If you look at the Senate races it looks like the Republicans are posed to take even more seats.

Oh, I'm aware of how many more Democrat seats will be up for reelection than Republican seats. Barring a major screw-up, and if the Donks keep heading down the road of insanity, I think it's possible for a filibuster-proof majority.

Imagine what would happen if the Donks manage to postpone/filibuster judges, both appellate and supreme, until the 2006 election. Imagine the screams of anguish if the Republicans find themselves needing to fill dozens of judicial appointments without having Donk obstructions...

Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-11-11 10:30:57 AM

#11 I KNEW they would try to pull this crap. It was inevitible for the LLLs. Now, if they really feel like trying to rise up or something, just remember LLLs which side has all the guns. (Hint, it ain't yours)

Posted by: mmurray821 2004-11-11 10:12:39 AM

#10 RC, you don't realize how much that is possible. If you look at the Senate races it looks like the Republicans are posed to take even more seats. I don't wan to get my hopes up, but I will open my wallet to help.

Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-11-11 10:02:08 AM

#9 They didn't get over it in 2000. The won't get over it in 2004. That's because, elections adide, they are LOSERS.

Posted by: Tom 2004-11-11 8:56:22 AM

#8 The Cal Tech/MIT analysis of this claim can be found online here.

Posted by: rkb 2004-11-11 8:45:53 AM

#7 Filibuster-proof majority in 2006. Mark my words.

Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-11-11 8:16:50 AM

#6 Since the lefties are so much smarter than the rest of us cattle, and their ideas so much better, obviously they couldn't have lost the election. There was some underhanded business involved. Why can't you all see that?

It is fun to watch them chase their tails.

Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-11-11 7:23:36 AM

#5 The day after the election, the Daily Kos was urging people to put out relentless claims of fraud even if they were false, with the specific intent to undermine Bush's legitimacy around the world and here at home.

Posted by: rkb 2004-11-11 7:17:03 AM

#4 I heard an interview on NPR yesterday -- the interviewee, despite all the heavy hints from the interviewer, insisted that there had been no cheating that she could find. The electronic machines were honest, Ohio legitimately went to Bush, and the exit polls were quite simply wrong. Zogby wrote to that effect on his blog Mea Culpa: I'm a Pollster, Not a Predictor.

Posted by: trailing wife 2004-11-11 6:43:46 AM

#3 Hillary will introduce a Constitutional Amendment that will replace the Electoral College with CNN's exit polls

Posted by: Cheaderhead 2004-11-11 6:28:12 AM

#2 A tinfoil-mandatory anti-Bush conspiracy theory even Michael Moore's reluctant to touch?

Good enough for Jeremy Paxman. Nobber.

Posted by: Jitle Jiting4292 2004-11-11 5:34:14 AM

#1 I am laughing. The more the left talks about this crap the further they get from having a chance in four years. Every reputable person who has looked at this both partisan and non-partisan has said Kerry had his ass handed to him quite fairly. There was no cheating. If there had been the election would be in court today, it's not.

An intersting aside to this is that 56% of Kerry voters also voted to ban gay marriages. The vote against gay marriage also brought out Democrats not just Republican evangelicals. Most Blacks and Hispanics also voted against gay marriage where it was on the ballot. It's not the reason Kerry lost. It's another left wing illusion/delusion.

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-11 5:32:19 AM

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