I think we need to target CBS with this fraud story

[redsoxliberal]

they seem most willing to go against the mainstream to get a story right...
Thoughts?

[BayStateBoy]

1. Only Problem: RatherGate Burned Them Badly. They Will Hesitate

and who can blame them...

Nevertheless, I sent CBS the following:

The mainstream news media have been spoon fed a new word by Bush/Rove. That word is "evangelical," and they are babbling it to the exclusion of some very real issues impacting Democracy and the Bush Presidency.

The second Bush/Rove pabulum is the mythical Bush "mandate," also being belched along with the evangelical pill. Meanwhile, no one seems to entertain the possibility that the Bush "mandate" may mostly be an Electoral WMD.

The first message from Election 2004 is that BBV or any voting method not leaving a permanent paper trail that can be audited is undemocratic and un-American. They must be banished from the American landscape forever.

The second message is the history of American voting is both a history of recounts and a history of rigged elections. If there were widespread fraud it occurred in the Bush Family Fiefdom of Florida, which despite the "hurricane votes" Kerry should have won or at least come within a razor thin margin. That Jeb Bush has been "busy" assuring no chad recounts is not the product of conspiracy theorizing, it is just plain common sense.

The third message is that exit polls are always within 2% of voting tallies and no amount of media spin makes election 2004 an exception. Kerry had a 97.7% probability of winning Ohio and a 93.5% probability of winning Florida. Also when was the last time an incumbent President with an approval rating of less than 50% won reelection?

Those who persist in denying the validity of the exit polls need to explain the following: (1) Exit polling statistically correlated with voting tallies in every state except those using BBV or electronic machine combinations. (2) In every case of discrepancy, G.W. Bush was the recipient of extra votes (5%-7%) and NEVER John Kerry. Why?

The fourth message is that no amount of White House or media spin can stop the miasma of stench that is beginning to pervade results in Ohio and Florida. This will linger and foul the second term. Overturning the election is not the issue. Truth is the issue which is something that most journalists and media seem to have abandoned years ago.

And lastly, we have a president already regarded as illegitimate by 1/2 the people who is reelected in an election increasingly tainted with allegations of fraud. To those people he will forever remain illegitimate. Bush may rule 1/2 the country but he can never govern.

[Francesca]

6. love your letter

I think while many of us probably do not have your eloquence an email assault would be quite effective. Do we have an email address? and contact? I would like to send a brief message and suspect a number of us could do the same

[redsoxliberal]

8. cbsnews.com

at the bottom is a link to 'contact us'

that's where I sent mine.

[BayStateBoy]

12. I Just Used the DU Media Page with the link as follows:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x816939

[EndElectoral]

2. They've been gunshy since the AWOL story...I think Rather'd do it, but the

bigwigs there aren't going to take any risks.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. After the "scandal" of "Rathergate" either they won't touch it or

even if they did no one would believe them.

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Support Cobb, Nader, and Badnarik in pursuing recounts!
http://www.geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/electionreform.htm

[coloradodem2005]

4. It may just look Rovian.

Rove may even do it, just to discredit it, like the AWOL thing.

[redsoxliberal]

5. i'm just saying... they probably were right on rathergate

they just got scared out of it... and then they easily had the best election night coverage... we could at least give it a shot...

[Eloriel]

7. IMO we need to target everybody --

starting with our friends, relatives, bloggers, media. Here's a way to start:

URGENT: VOTE FRAUD? Tell everyone you know -- details
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1337662

[genius]

9. Ted Koppel has more courage. Let's target him.

[clydefrand]

10. Just sent them a message.

[Straight Shooter]

11. Nope. They've been scorched.

But all high-profile journalists are disgusting, anyway. Except Sy Hersh, maybe. A lot of good it did him. What happened to the damn sodomy videos?