SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-22-04 01:02 AM
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"Exit polls show KERRY with lead"... If CNN appreciated irony
Edited on Mon Nov-22-04 01:06 AM by 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 conspiracy, that they all just laughed and giggled about
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/21/ukraine.ap/i... 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.
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