"Exit polls show KERRY with lead"... If CNN appreciated irony

[SoCalDem]

This is the story they ran about RUSSIA's election.. I used caps to "tweak it".. switched names and took a little liberty with places....The parallels are stunning... yet CNN doesn't get it..

Sent it to Wolfie & Judy, but I doubt they will see the irony or pathos of it all..

asd you read this article, think back to how our own election was (NOT) covered with as much attention to detail or garvity.. Everything that was WRONG here, was a glitch..or :tinfoilhat: conspiracy, that they all just laughed and giggled about

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/21/ukraine.ap/index.html



MY VERSION

No clear win yet in USA poll
Exit polls show KERRY with lead
Sunday, November 21, 2004
Posted: 7:57 PM EST (0057 GMT)


Supporters of JOHN KERRY celebrate exit polls that show him in the lead


ANYWHERE, USA (AP) -- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Central Election Commission said early Monday that PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH had collected 6 percent more votes in the country's presidential race than JOHN KERRY, while exit polls put the opposition challenger ahead.

The commission said that with 26 percent of precincts counted following Sunday's election, BUSH had 51 percent of the vote, compared to KERRY's 45 percent.

No geographic breakdown was given to indicate where the votes had been counted so far in the bitterly contested election, which is seen as determining whether USA tilts toward the LIBERAL or CONSERVATIVE AGENDA.

One exit poll, conducted by anonymous questionnaires under a program funded by several Western governments, said the LIBERAL-leaning reformer KERRY had won with 54 percent of the vote and BUSH trailed with 43 percent.

Another poll put KERRY ahead by only 49.4 to 45.9 percent, the {INSERT POLL-TAKER'S NAME HERE} news agency reported.

The confusing picture increased tension that had been building in anticipation of Sunday's major opposition demonstration (HAHAHA)

The commission announced its initial results after a crowd of about 5,000 KERRY supporters, who alleged election officials would falsify the results, had dispersed amid opposition calls for them to return at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) Monday. Some supporters pledged to spend the wintry night in tent campS set up IN OHIO AND FLORIDA.

KERRY'S supporters say election officials intend to falsify the results, and his followers gathered for a demonstration they dubbed a "parallel vote count." Groups of elderly BLACK PEOPLE, businessmen and students huddled in the cold, many wearing scarves or armbands in KERRY'S SUPPORT.

KERRY foes alleged the rally was part of an effort to foment civil unrest with the aim of seizing power. The Central Elections Commission office was heavily guarded by riot police and several armored vehicles were deployed on its territory. Ambulances were parked near the square.

BUSH spokesman KARL ROVE criticized the exit poll results, calling them "incorrect, unscientific and even comical."

SNIP.....

"The difference between KERRY and BUSH displayed in exit polls shows that even if authorities attempt to rig the vote they will not be able to falsify all of it," KERRY'S campaign manager told 5,000 people gathered .

Some 77.31 percent of registered voters turned out to vote. The figure was based on one-third of the country's 225 election districts.

Both camps complained of voting problems. Adding to the tension, a policeman guarding a polling station overnight was found dead of a head injury apparently inflicted by intruders, news reports said.(MAY ACTUALLY HAPPEN IF ELECTIONS DON'T STOP GETTING STOLEN FROM THE PEOPLE)

In the OHIO, about 40 people forced their way into a voting station and smashed everything. Members of the election committee, who were inside at the time, managed to protect the ballot box but were injured in the melee.

KERRY campaign complained that BUSH supporters were given absentee ballots and bused out of their native regions and back again so they could vote twice. They also complained of observers being barred from some polling stations and said attackers injured several people at KERRY headquarters in the city of CLEVELAND.{THIS COULD HAPPEN AS WELL, DUE TO YOUR INATTENTION TO REAL VOTING ISSUES IN AMERICA}

BUSH'S side, meanwhile, cited voter list problems.

Absentee ballots were expected to figure significantly in the contest.

The election came after months of opposition allegations of official interference, LIES, AND CHARACTER ASSASSINATION and complaints of intimidation OF PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO REGISTER, BUT HAD THEIR APPLICATIONS DISCARDED...AND INTIMIDATION OF MINORITY-RACE VOTERS IN SEVERAL STATES.

SNIP....

KERRY'S critics frequently portray him as a MASSACHUSETTS LIBERAL who could be unduly influenced by his INTELLECT,WELL-TRAVELED FOREIGN POLICY OUTLOOK,HIS ABILITY TO ACTUALLY RESEARCH AND THINK ABOUT DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND HIS KNOWLEDGE THAT ALL THINGS ARE NOT BLACK/WHITE..GOOD/EVIL . He says he wants to push the country to greater integration with Western Europe and has suggested seeking GREATER CONTACTS WITH THE UN AND NATO

BUSH HAS been strongly praised by FOX NEWS, MSNBC,CNN,ABC, NBC,RUSH LIMBAUGH, NEIL BOORTZ,BILL O'REILLY,AND MOST OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS. THE OVERT SUPPORT HAS COME IN THE GUISE OF "NOT" REPORTING IMPORTANT MISTAKES THAT HE HAS MADE...AND BY "NEGATING" ANY POSITIVE STORIES ABOUT HIS OPPONENT, JOHN KERRY.

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. That's funny.

Exit polls mean something everywhere else in the world, except America.

[SoCalDem]

2. I read yesterday that in our "next" election

the exit pollers will not even release their data, until much later.. I can only assume that it will be after they have had the time to "fix" them and make them "match" the outcome..:puke:

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. What else can it mean?

SoCalDem, when I lived you-know-where, I had a gringo boyfriend whose brothers went to boarding school in the States. They would come back and tell us the latest silly thing that their American bretheren were doing, and the contrast between what was happening in the U.S. and you-know-where, was sometimes stark. We especially were shocked by the U.S. media. Though things were bad in some places in you-know-where, the U.S. media would make it sounds like the entire country was in civil war, when the skirmish only involved a couple of streets in downtown.

Point I'm trying to make is that the American people have been the victims of their media for a long, long time. Now they're accepting things like sheep, which shocks the rest of us who lived in the you-know-wheres of this world. We once believed that Americans were more intelligent, educated and less susceptible to scams, especially those perpetuated by their own government. But it's not turning out that way at all.

[SoCalDem]

6. Help me.. I forgot where "you-know-where" IS ??

A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but mine apparently has done-been wasted :silly:

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. What was it you called it? Shimmy beach?

[SoCalDem]

9. Ft . Shimmy..... I had forgotten

The mind is the first to go :)

[MallRat]

3. Ukraine? USA? Same difference.

Isn't it sad that it's come to this?

-MR

[SoCalDem]

4. Actually they are ahead of us in that department..

This is the second part of their election.. It's sad that they will not be allowed to choose whom they want, but in practice, they at least had a sencond crack at it.. We do not have that option.. Every election for us is the "two minute warning" or "sudden death" variety.. winner take all (even if they cheat to do it.):puke:

[Cat Atomic]

7. It's amazing to watch them covering this story. They don't even

seem to see the contradiction. The fact that the US elections were just a few weeks ago makes it even more surreal.

Situtation: Exit polls don't match vote tally in the Ukraine, resulting in a loss for a puppet of US business interests
Interpretation: Possible election fraud

Situtation: Exit polls don't match vote tally in the US, resulting in a Republican win
Interpretation: Ban all exit polls