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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 09:36 AM
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UPDATED! National Media Blaster: NYTimes article, Ohio Hearing Video, MORE
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Updated 12/16


(The next two posts contain the new letters used in the blaster.)

CONGRATULATIONS DU! 86,631+ EMAILS SENT!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=161351

We are off to a good start! In the past couple of days we have had reasonably balanced coverage from both AP and the NYTimes! Without a doubt, this is the best opportunity we have had since election day! <Could our 86 thousand plus emails influenced them?>

Now, we have an even greater opportunity to force more media coverage; and we have more “mainstream” type facts to help convince and build public awareness (the NYTimes article, the Affidavit, public hearings, Kerry asking questions, and a lawsuit being filed - links in next post below).

So we all need to take positive action now - today! If you’re in a big hurry, just send the first group of 98 contacts since it contains the biggest media (mostly TV).

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http://www.independentmediasource.com/voteintegrity.htm

New and Improved!

Now you can use the National Media Blaster to reach the top 98 national media contacts with just one click of your email send button!

And, if you choose, you can reach a total of 391 with just three more clicks!
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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 09:38 AM
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1. Letter to the National Media
Edited on Thu Dec-16-04 09:42 AM by tommcintyre
The story of 2004 Election Fraud is fundamental to American democracy, and includes the "privatization" of our election system (Bush supporters owning the secret, proprietary source code that runs the electronic vote tabulation machines all over the country--a condition made to order for fraud), overwhelming evidence of election fraud through control of electronic voting, severe vote suppression by Republican election officials against minority voters in Ohio and Florida, in plain violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and an on-going cover-up.

Currently, at least four very important stories are developing regarding 2004 Presidential election irregularities and election fraud. How you handle these and future stories is critically important for the American people and for your organization. Many Americans have lost faith in the U.S. mainstream news media, due to your failure to adequately cover the Bush administration's false justifications for the Iraq War, and many other important stories. You are strongly suspected of covering up Bush administration lies, corruption and deception.

The 2004 Election Fraud story is too big to “keep a lid on it.” If you do not give it the coverage it deserves, you will not only lose out as a news organizations, in competition with other news sources, including new alternative news sources on the Internet, but you will also be failing in your responsibilities as journalists and as Americans.

Here are the current stories:

1 - 12/15 NYTimes: Lawmaker Seeks Inquiry Into Ohio Vote - asks the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a county prosecutor in Ohio today to explore "inappropriate and likely illegal election tampering".
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/politics/15ohio.html?adxnnl=1&oref=login&adxnnlx=1103129347-Sb0Nn2xF7zbMB5Qax04QDA

- Proof of Ohio Election Fraud Exposed (TRIAD: Affidavit, Conyers letter, everything HERE)
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/121604Z.shtml

The most damming evidence (in the Affidavit linked above):
"He advised Lisa and I on how to post a "cheat sheet" on the wall so that only the board members and staff would know about it and what the codes meant so the count would come out perfect and we wouldn't have to do a full hand recount of the county. He left about 5:00 PM."

2 - Representative John Conyers held a second forum on the Ohio election questions Monday, December 13th, in Columbus, Ohio concerning new evidence of election irregularities and fraud in Ohio. The many participants include other Congressional Representatives, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and key lawyers and witnesses in on-going election lawsuits.
- 12/13 Conyers/Ohio hearing video file:
http://www.fugw.org/ohio

Transcripts:
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/voteforum2.html

(more links below)


3 - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Democrat John Kerry has formally requested that county elections officials allow his witnesses to visually inspect the 92,000 ballots cast in Ohio in which no vote for president was recorded. The request is one of 11 items that Kerry is asking for as part of the recount that Ohio's 88 county boards of election will begin this week, according to a letter sent to the election boards over the weekend.
http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2682767

- The investigation involves enough votes "to possibly change the outcome," according to an interview of lawsuit participants, with Laura Flanders on Air America on Sunday. (The interview should be available online on Monday, December 13th.)
http://www.airamericaradio.com/shows/lauraflanders

- Entire text of letter:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/13/16140/513


4 Legal actions:
– Alliance for Democracy Co-Chair Cliff Arnebeck filed a "Contest of Election" Lawsuit in Ohio Supreme Court early on Monday December 13th. Rep. Conyers sent a letter requesting injunctive relief of the Ohio electors - i.e., that they either step aside or vote provisionally pending the outcome of the case.
http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/

- Rep. Conyers et al.: Urgent request to Ohio Governor (et al.) to delay, or treat as provisional, choosing electors until recount is complete.
http://my.core.com/~dlrslr/ElectionResults2004/LetterFromCongress.pdf

- Challenge asks Ohio's top court to review vote: "The challengers who went to the Supreme Court question whether Bush won the key swing state by 119,000 votes, guaranteeing his victory over Democrat John Kerry."... "The challengers allege unlawful ballots were added to the total and legally cast ballots were altered. Without listing specific evidence, the complaint alleges 130,656 votes for Kerry and John Edwards in 36 counties were somehow switched to count for the Bush-Cheney ticket."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002118804_ohio14.html

Petition: http://joeorgren.com/MossvBush1.pdf

Injunction: http://joeorgren.com/MossvBush2.pdf

- Kerry-Edwards 2004, Greens, and Libertarians have added election tampering to a civil suit filed against the state of Ohio over problems with the state's recount.
http://rawstory.com/exclusives/kerry_ohio_suit_1215.php


Will you be among the media that gives these stories the coverage they deserve?


More links:

- Startling new revelations highlight rare Congressional hearings on Ohio vote
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/985

- 12/8 watch the Conyers Forum online (search "ALL RECENT PROGRAMS >>", then click on "House Forum on Ohio Election Voting Procedures":
http://www.c-span.org/

Or paste the direct link below into the Address window of your Internet browser:
rtsp://cspanrm.fplive.net/cspan/project/c04/c04120804_conyers.rm

- Judiciary Democratic Forum - Preserving Democracy - What Went Wrong in Ohio - December 8, 2004
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/voteforum.html

- From Selma to Ohio: A Report from the Conyers Hearing
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/120904W.shtml

- Rep. Conyers et al.: 34 Election-Related Questions for Kenneth Blackwell (Ohio Secretary of State) Submitted 12-2, still no response.
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/ohblackwellltr12204.pdf

- Conyers Follow-up Letter:
http://www.pdamerica.org/downloads/2004VotingIssues/ohblackwellrespfollowup121404.pdf

- Blackwell responds to Conyers and the GAO Letter!
http://www.pdamerica.org/downloads/2004VotingIssues/ohblackwellresp121404.pdf

- Link to over 100 under-reported election irregularities/potential fraud stories (11-2 to present):
http://www.independentmediasource.com/election_art_1128_1204.htm
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tommcintyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 09:41 AM
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2. "Tell a Friend" letter
Edited on Thu Dec-16-04 09:49 AM by tommcintyre
I’m emailing you to ask that you join me in urging our national media to cover the 2004 Presidential Election problems. These problems are so serious that they have put the results into question. At the request of 12 Congressmen, the GAO (the Congressional investigative department) has agreed to an unprecedented investigation of the 57,000 reported irregularities. THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN OR INDEPENDENT ISSUE. It is an issue that must concern all voters. It calls into question the results of the 2004 election, and potentially jeopardizes our future elections. Please go to the url below and send the following letter to our national mainstream media.
http://www.independentmediasource.com/voteintegrity.htm

P.S. If you would like to know more about all this, please watch the 12/8 and 12/13 Conyers Forums online (links below). (You probably didn't even hear about these important hearings from the national media - that’s a good indication of just how bad this lack of coverage is.)

You can also read short summaries (or the full articles) of the Under-reported stories, and see for yourself how the National Media has been neglecting this important story (link below).

Sincerely,


-----------------------------------------------------------

The story of 2004 Election Fraud is fundamental to American democracy, and includes the "privatization" of our election system (Bush supporters owning the secret, proprietary source code that runs the electronic vote tabulation machines all over the country--a condition made to order for fraud), overwhelming evidence of election fraud through control of electronic voting, severe vote suppression by Republican election officials against minority voters in Ohio and Florida, in plain violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and an on-going cover-up.

Currently, at least four very important stories are developing regarding 2004 Presidential election irregularities and election fraud. How you handle these and future stories is critically important for the American people and for your organization. Many Americans have lost faith in the U.S. mainstream news media, due to your failure to adequately cover the Bush administration's false justifications for the Iraq War, and many other important stories. You are strongly suspected of covering up Bush administration lies, corruption and deception.

The 2004 Election Fraud story is too big to “keep a lid on it.” If you do not give it the coverage it deserves, you will not only lose out as a news organizations, in competition with other news sources, including new alternative news sources on the Internet, but you will also be failing in your responsibilities as journalists and as Americans.

Here are the current stories:

1 - 12/15 NYTimes: Lawmaker Seeks Inquiry Into Ohio Vote - asks the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a county prosecutor in Ohio today to explore "inappropriate and likely illegal election tampering".
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/politics/15ohio.html?adxnnl=1&oref=login&adxnnlx=1103129347-Sb0Nn2xF7zbMB5Qax04QDA

- Proof of Ohio Election Fraud Exposed (TRIAD: Affidavit, Conyers letter, everything HERE)
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/121604Z.shtml

The most damming evidence (in the Affidavit linked above):
"He advised Lisa and I on how to post a "cheat sheet" on the wall so that only the board members and staff would know about it and what the codes meant so the count would come out perfect and we wouldn't have to do a full hand recount of the county. He left about 5:00 PM."

2 - Representative John Conyers held a second forum on the Ohio election questions Monday, December 13th, in Columbus, Ohio concerning new evidence of election irregularities and fraud in Ohio. The many participants include other Congressional Representatives, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and key lawyers and witnesses in on-going election lawsuits.
- 12/13 Conyers/Ohio hearing video file:
http://www.fugw.org/ohio

Transcripts:
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/voteforum2.html

(more links below)


3 - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Democrat John Kerry has formally requested that county elections officials allow his witnesses to visually inspect the 92,000 ballots cast in Ohio in which no vote for president was recorded. The request is one of 11 items that Kerry is asking for as part of the recount that Ohio's 88 county boards of election will begin this week, according to a letter sent to the election boards over the weekend.
http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2682767

- The investigation involves enough votes "to possibly change the outcome," according to an interview of lawsuit participants, with Laura Flanders on Air America on Sunday. (The interview should be available online on Monday, December 13th.)
http://www.airamericaradio.com/shows/lauraflanders

- Entire text of letter:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/13/16140/513


4 Legal actions:
– Alliance for Democracy Co-Chair Cliff Arnebeck filed a "Contest of Election" Lawsuit in Ohio Supreme Court early on Monday December 13th. Rep. Conyers sent a letter requesting injunctive relief of the Ohio electors - i.e., that they either step aside or vote provisionally pending the outcome of the case.
http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/

- Rep. Conyers et al.: Urgent request to Ohio Governor (et al.) to delay, or treat as provisional, choosing electors until recount is complete.
http://my.core.com/~dlrslr/ElectionResults2004/LetterFromCongress.pdf

- Challenge asks Ohio's top court to review vote: "The challengers who went to the Supreme Court question whether Bush won the key swing state by 119,000 votes, guaranteeing his victory over Democrat John Kerry."... "The challengers allege unlawful ballots were added to the total and legally cast ballots were altered. Without listing specific evidence, the complaint alleges 130,656 votes for Kerry and John Edwards in 36 counties were somehow switched to count for the Bush-Cheney ticket."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002118804_ohio14.html

Petition: http://joeorgren.com/MossvBush1.pdf

Injunction: http://joeorgren.com/MossvBush2.pdf


Will you be among the media that gives these stories the coverage they deserve?


More links:

- Startling new revelations highlight rare Congressional hearings on Ohio vote
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/985

- 12/8 watch the Conyers Forum online (search "ALL RECENT PROGRAMS >>", then click on "House Forum on Ohio Election Voting Procedures":
http://www.c-span.org/

Or paste the direct link below into the Address window of your Internet browser:
rtsp://cspanrm.fplive.net/cspan/project/c04/c04120804_conyers.rm

- Judiciary Democratic Forum - Preserving Democracy - What Went Wrong in Ohio - December 8, 2004
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/voteforum.html

- From Selma to Ohio: A Report from the Conyers Hearing
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/120904W.shtml

- Rep. Conyers et al.: 34 Election-Related Questions for Kenneth Blackwell (Ohio Secretary of State) Submitted 12-2, still no response.
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/ohblackwellltr12204.pdf

- Conyers Follow-up Letter:
http://www.pdamerica.org/downloads/2004VotingIssues/ohblackwellrespfollowup121404.pdf

- Blackwell responds to Conyers and the GAO Letter!
http://www.pdamerica.org/downloads/2004VotingIssues/ohblackwellresp121404.pdf

- Link to over 100 under-reported election irregularities/potential fraud stories (11-2 to present):
http://www.independentmediasource.com/election_art_1128_1204.htm
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