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Saturday, June 3, 2006 12:00 AM

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

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Saturday, June 3, 2006 09:15 PM

Farhod can't add

Farhod's exit poll explanation is ridiculous. In 80% Republican disctrict if Reps responded only 53% of the time then Dems would have to respond 68% of the time to arrive at a 56% response rate. Conversely in 80% Dem district a Rep response of only 50% requires a Dem response of 54% to arrive at an overall rate of 53%. This would mean that Dems in a heavily Dem district would have to be a whopping 14% less likely to answer polsters than Dems in a hostile Republican district. This makes absolutely no sense. You would expect the opposite. Also that fact that Farhod can't do simple math blows his credibility. Shame on Salon Editors for not catching this. So will you fire Farhod and appologize now?

Antojr FL

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