Kos is right
The more I think about it, the more pissed off I am that the networks are calling Ohio when the state is still clearly undecided.
The odds may be slight, but this is Democracy. Let the fucking votes be counted.
And if the votes say Bush won, then great. Call it then.
But there is no reason to do so when the outcome is still so clearly in doubt.
He is right: it ain’t over until the last vote is counted and this includes absentee ballots and such, which can take some time yet before they are all counted. It is irresponsible in the extreme of the media to call states like Ohio where things clearly have not been decided yet. CNN.com is taken the right track on this one, by still calling Ohio too close to call.
In general, I know we are all disappointed Kerry hasn’t gotten a clean sweep, but the fight is not over yet, even if it turns out Bush is the “winner”.
Anonymous
November 7, 2004 at 5:21 amWhere is the outrage at the use of easily hackable electronic voting machines, without a voter-verifiable paper trail?
In my view the use of these machines thoroughly delegitimizes the election results. Don’t be so quick to try to find fault with Democrats when it is very likely that the Republicans have stolen yet another election.
More information here:
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/003197.html
and here:
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/003214.html
and here:
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won_.php
http://www.flashpoints.net/#2004-11-03
http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR110304.htm
http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/04/11/06/1857203.shtml?tid=103&tid=226&tid=172&tid=126
http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=388
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10103931.htm?1c
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041105/ap_on_el_pr/voting_problems
http://www.newbernsj.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=18297&Section=Local
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1105-25.htm
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/3/52213/1921
http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/130301/index.php
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/11/302395.shtml
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,65623,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2
http://www.movingideas.org/activism/networks/post_election.html
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=%2Farticles%2F2004%2F11%2F02%2Fnews%2Fobserve.html