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Was the 2004 election stolen? No.
In Rolling Stone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. argues that new evidence proves that Bush stole the election. But the evidence he cites isn't new and his argument is filled with distortions and blatant omissions.
By Farhad Manjoo [2006-06-03]

  • "...once again into this breach...", my foot.

    Dear Sirs:

    I'm ashamed to read, in Salon, Mr. Manjoo's smug rebuttal to Robert Kennedy's articulate and

    timely Rolling Stones piece about vote theft. This is a subject that has had virtually no MSM coverage, and yet Mr. Manjoo writes as if it is not just common knowledge but commonly and decisively pre-debunked.

    Anyone who followed Senator Conyers brave investigation into the sinkhole that was Ohio voting in 2004 will expect a better analysis of Mr. Kennedy's many, many unanswered assertions. Just the illegal and squirrelly manipulation of the Ohio recount alone is enough to raise the hairs on the back of your head and get you interested all over again in the biggest little "debunked" story of our era.

    I know when writing smells slick and perfunctory, as Mr. Manjoo's does here, and when there's a story that isn't getting its fair due, by far.

    And it's not just in Ohio: I've seen tallies of the 2004 Florida vote counts that have some profoundly weird vote-flipping going on with optical scan machines, every last one of them to the benefit of our fair and balanced leadership.

    I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Kennedy's opinion that, "nothing less is at stake here than the entire idea of a government by the people." I wonder if Salon might find it in its heart to be a little more attentive to the possibility that this too, not just Mr. Manjoo's patience, is in danger.

    DWG

    -- dwg
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    Friday, June 2, 2006 11:15 PM
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