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Fri Aug-26-05 05:36 PM
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"Paging TruthIsAll" - an article - A blast from the past

Edited on Fri Aug-26-05 05:48 PM by tommcintyre

While doing some research, I stumbled across the following article written on November 11th, 2004 (among the 20,000+ I found regarding TIA in just two searches).
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x391027#391171

What I find most interesting (and encouraging) is how just one poster (person) in a relatively obscure (compared to the power of the MSM) forum could have such an impact. Read carefully. This blogger gives TIA a significant part of the credit for sparking the discussion that still rages across the internet, 10 months later, with ever-growing intensity: "Did George W. Bush steal the 2004 election?"

http://hudson.typepad.com/line/2004/11/who_is_truthisa.html
Nov 11, 2004
Paging TruthIsAll

Most of the prominent left-leaning bloggers are downplaying the various and sundry allegations of election fraud in Bush v. Kerry -- perhaps nervous that lending credence to any "fringe" tall tales may hurt their ability to garner more mainstream credibility.

But now with even MSGOP commentators such as Craig Olbermann turning their attention to a few of the more glaring irregularities of Election 2004, the ground is belatedly swelling under the storyline (far too belatedly to make a difference, but it beats flatlining).

One particularly catchy synopsis of these disparate charges is making the rounds via smaller blogs and email, mostly unattributed to any source. A bit of googling by the 'Union' led quickly to this item at Truthout, which attributes the message (below) to a pseudonymous poster at Democratic Underground called "TruthIsAll":

To believe that Bush won the election, you must also believe:

That the exit polls were wrong;

That Zogby's 5pm election day calls for Kerry winning Ohio and Florida were wrong (he was exactly right in his 2000 final poll);

That Harris' last-minute polling for Kerry was wrong (he was exactly right in his 2000 final poll);

That incumbent rule #1 - undecideds break for the challenger - was wrong;

That the 50% rule - an incumbent doesn't do better than his final polling - was wrong;

That the approval rating rule - an incumbent with less than 50% approval will most likely lose the election - was wrong;

That it was just a coincidence that the exit polls were correct where there was a paper trail and incorrect (+5% for Bush) where there was no paper trail;

That the surge in new young voters had no positive effect for Kerry;

That Kerry did worse than Gore against an opponent who lost the support of scores of Republican newspapers who were for Bush in 2000;

That voting machines made by Republicans with no paper trail and with no software publication, which have been proven by thousands of computer scientists to be vulnerable in scores of ways, were not tampered with in this election.

Gulp... Well put, TruthIsAll; you should take a bow. Our comments section is open if you're reading this, or anyone knows more about TIA.
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So, wherever you are, take a bow.

THANK YOU TIA

<Hint to posters: Do NOT ask where TIA is, etc. in this thread (and especially DON'T answer this question), it you want this tribute/thank you thread to have any chance of surviving. Thank you for your cooperation.>
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One of the most important reasons I made this post, was to demonstrate just how much power for positive change one individual still has. You never know if something YOU write today, will spark the change that will return our country (and our world) to the people.

peace

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"Paging TruthIsAll" - an article - A blast from the past

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