Reply #51: Why all the misinformation? [View All]

[pointsoflight]

It has been pointed out many times that we're NOT talking about Connally getting 275K more votes than Kerry. The 275K refers to differences in the margin of victory for the two individuals. The margin between Connally and her opponent was 275K closer than the margin between Bush and Kerry. And that's EXACTLY what Olbermann says, as you can see below. How many times does this need to be clarified for you?

"Jackson refers in part to what several voters’ groups see as the incongruity of an underfunded Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, C. Ellen Connally, getting a net 45,000 more votes in Butler County relative to her Republican opponent than Kerry did relative to his. She finished ahead of her party’s presidential nominee by 10,000 net votes or more in five Ohio counties; by 5,000 or more in ten others."

Note the phrases: "relative to her Republican opponent" and "relative to his".