NEW Keith O post!!!

[SueZhope]

It's Alive - It's Alive (Keith Olbermann)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

NEW YORK - You don’t have to have seen the entirety of the original movie “Frankenstein” to remember the over-the-top scene in which Colin Clive as the doctor recognizes the first twitching of his creation, and begins to rapturously repeat that line: It’s Alive!

[Melodybe]

1. YAY!!!!

[liberal al zib]

2. What

can we do without this genius Keith Olbermann

[progressoid]

3. He's pretty good for a sportscaster

or is that showing a negative attitude toward sportscasters?

[seemslikeadream]

4. WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE COORDINATE LITIGATE RECOUNT RECUSE

Rev. Jackson

[ooglymoogly]

39. well jackson hit another home run

seems when you need him he is always there and just has the words down to a t.

[crowsong]

5. new link on Kerry web page for donating to "post election day battles"

does anyone know when the new link on the Kerry page showed up, the link is on the upper right hand corner, and asks for contributions for a new fund:

Contributing to the Kerry-Edwards 2004 General Election Legal and Accounting Compliance Fund (GELAC) provides important support for our campaign. The Federal Election Commission has just granted our request to raise funds now to cover recount expenses. Your contribution to Kerry-Edwards 2004 GELAC will provide the resources to make sure we are prepared to win the post election day battles.

In addition to recount costs, GELAC helps pay for legal and accounting expenses incurred by the campaign. By paying for these expenses with GELAC funds, the campaign is able to spend more of its limited public funds on critical campaign expenses such as media, candidate travel and direct contact with voters.

[ima_sinnic]

13. it's not new--received link in an e-mail on 9/21/04 from Kerry campn

here is the e-mail:

From: "Mary Beth Cahill, Kerry-Edwards 2004" <[e-mail]>
To: xxxxx@xxxxx
Subject: We must prepare now
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:49:01 -0500

Dear XXXXX,

We've got to spend every dollar as carefully and wisely as we can between now and November. And as we learned in Florida in 2000, we have to expect the unexpected on and after Election Day. That's why I'm writing to ask for your immediate help on a very special project.

Election Day is several weeks away, but our campaign is already considering our options should John Kerry or George Bush pursue a recount like the famous Florida ballot dispute in 2000. That year, the Bush campaign raised more than $14 million in the Florida crisis, compared to Al Gore's campaign, which raised $3.2 million. We can never again be outspent 4-to-1 in such a critical situation.

Help us get a head start funding our recount efforts:

https://contribute.johnkerry.com

Our campaign is asking the Federal Election Commission whether we could use our GELAC fund to pay the expenses associated with a recount effort. We are optimistic that the FEC will rule by the end of the month. But we can't wait. We need to begin raising funds now.

Your GELAC contribution will also help in other vital and even more immediate ways. It can free up more of the limited public funds we have available to buy media, support candidate travel, and pay for direct contact with voters. Here's how it works. The law allows candidates like John Kerry, who accept public financing, to raise private contributions to cover legal, accounting, and related administrative costs. Without sufficient GELAC funds, we would have to divert portions of our public financing allotment to cover those costs.

That's a step we simply can't afford to take.

Contribute to our critical GELAC fund here:

https://contribute.johnkerry.com

I urge you to help us raise the maximum for GELAC. That way, we can spend our entire general election budget on the things that matter the most. That's our goal. Please act today to help us meet it.

Thank you,

Mary Beth Cahill
Campaign Manager

[liberal al zib]

15. It was there before the election

[propagandafreegal]

26. Kerry and the DNC won't get another penny from me till they step to this..

Election fraud business....they aren't visible(or vocal) enough.

[LiberalAndProud]

31. Maybe the link has been moved to a more prominent position ...

I read that same language before the election when I made a campaign contribution (early November).

[texpatriot2004]

6. There Keith goes again telling it like it is. Thanks Keith.

[berner59]

11. He's great....

Maybe he can call the Kerry campaign directly... He did mention though that Connelly did receive more votes than Kerry but I thought that was disputed yesterday...saying those numbers were a margin of error calculation, right??

Howard Fineman on Imus this morning said that Keith is the best writer on TV news...

Maybe a report tonight Keith with a Jackson appearance??? Or a Kerry comment???? wishful thinking...

[Pirate Smile]

18. Is it safe to assume Imus was slamming KO? Was Fineman defending him?

[truehawk]

7. Great OK Post

[texpatriot2004]

8. kick

[myschkin]

9. wonderful

I love the guy...

[keepthemhonest]

10. go keith go keith

He will be well-known for his helpful role in this ordeal

[jmatthan]

12. My comment to Keith Olbermann

"“Kerry was inclined to believe what he was told,” begins Jackson’s quote in The Cincinnati Enquirer, “and he was told the election was over. But now we’re unearthing information that did not surface at first. I suppose the more information Kerry gets, the more you will hear from him.”"

Obviously Kerry has never heard of Bev Harris, and as yet?!!

Obviously beside Keith Olbermann, he has also probably not heard of Mike Malloy, Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, Mike Webb, Guy James, Ray Taliaferro, Nate Clay, Peter Werbe...

Is it Ok to be blind, but for a leader hopeful to be deaf also maybe a bit much to stomach!



Jacob Matthan
Oulu, Finland

[leftchick]

30. Had Kerry Used his brain instead of relying on others....

He would have known that it takes time for the details to come out. I thought he was a bright man too! silly me.

[dewaldd]

14. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS, YOU MANAGED TO DISCREDIT OLBERMANN

Everyone jumped all over that Connally story without checking the facts.

Everyone emailed it to him without checking the facts.

Over and over again I tried to point out that the numbers were all wrong.

Hardly anyone listened to me. I emailed a warning to Olbermann, but I was probably the only one.

So now your one guy in the mainstream media is going to get raked over the coals by the likes of Anne Coulter. She is going to say that she was right--Olbermann can't count.

At least the Free Press corrected their story. http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/944

[IndyOp]

19. Link please! At least the Free Press corrected their story...

where is the correction?

Also - mistakes are going to happen - the worst thing we can do is to shut up because some of the information was wrong. It feels like a kick in the gut to be wrong, but we all just have to try to be more critical next time. Thank you dewaldd for trying to get the message out -- keep trying -- we need you!

[dewaldd]

21. http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/944

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/944 same link, story revised

[liberal al zib]

29. You mean

that judge Connelly got almost 600,000 votes less than Kerry where as the stupid rumor that spread out yesterday said that Connelly got 275,000 more votes than Kerry.
How dumb it is for people to start a rumor without even looking at simple facts.

[pauldp]

33. Don't Panic - Just let Jackson speak for himself...

“We don’t want to be presumptuous, but these numbers in the Butler, Clarmont, Warren and Hamilton counties are suspicious.”

Thanks for setting us straight on the numbers dewaldd, we need watchdogs like you, but I also think Olberman's a big boy and he can take care of himself. Mistakes will be made as this unfolds, just check the facts and correct when necessary. Everyone needs to buck up and not be so gun-shy because of what happened to Rather. We can't let freaks like Coulter scare us off.

The main thing is as the Free Press article says the "vote difference between Moyer and Connally provides a place to investigate and recount"

[ooglymoogly]

41. who started the rumor

was it the freepress or somthing before

[goclark]

48. BushCO started a rumor that Saddam was behind 911

and they kept on saying it until it stuck with the Amerikan people.

We get so upset as Democrats that if we get any part of our message wrong, we will get a spanking and they will send us to bed.

KO and Jesse Jackson are big guys with big shoulders.

People started a rumor that hanging Black men was the right thing to do.It stuck for a number of years. Now that rumor has taken a new form called "Put All Black Men in jail so they can't vote."

Thank God that people like Jesse were able to correct that tree rumor but look how much sorrow it caused. He and others are working night and day to beat down the JAIL rumor but it just keeps on sticking.
Every word.correct or incorrect, Jesse is saying now about the FRAUD will be jumped on by the BUSH Thugs within the next Fox News cycle. Every thing that he said will be discredited!

The pt. that I am making is, IMO, we need to shut up and support the hell out of Kerry, Edwards, Jesse,their mamas and anyone here who has done anything to support this cause.

We can quarterback when this is over but for now -- let's be good soldiers and MARCH with our leaders. The leaders right now are Jesse and Keith!

Every word that comes out of their mouth should get an AMEN.
Every time that the name Kerry is mentioned, we should hear, Amen!

If you have any bashing to do,hit the message /email option and blast away to me or others but not in this Freeped forum,please.
:think:

[pointsoflight]

51. Why all the misinformation?

It has been pointed out many times that we're NOT talking about Connally getting 275K more votes than Kerry. The 275K refers to differences in the margin of victory for the two individuals. The margin between Connally and her opponent was 275K closer than the margin between Bush and Kerry. And that's EXACTLY what Olbermann says, as you can see below. How many times does this need to be clarified for you?

"Jackson refers in part to what several voters’ groups see as the incongruity of an underfunded Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, C. Ellen Connally, getting a net 45,000 more votes in Butler County relative to her Republican opponent than Kerry did relative to his. She finished ahead of her party’s presidential nominee by 10,000 net votes or more in five Ohio counties; by 5,000 or more in ten others."

Note the phrases: "relative to her Republican opponent" and "relative to his".

[ClassWarrior]

44. Since when does Annorexia Coulter have any credibility??

I'd think it was a badge of honor to get raked over the coals by that guy.

NGU.

[pointsoflight]

50. Olbermann got it exactly right. How many people have to correct you?

"Jackson refers in part to what several voters’ groups see as the incongruity of an underfunded Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, C. Ellen Connally, getting a net 45,000 more votes in Butler County relative to her Republican opponent than Kerry did relative to his. She finished ahead of her party’s presidential nominee by 10,000 net votes or more in five Ohio counties; by 5,000 or more in ten others."

He says Connally got 45K more votes RELATIVE TO HER REPUBLICAN OPPONENT than Kerry did RELATIVE TO HIS. He does not say Connally got more votes. He says Connally won by a bigger margin than Kerry, and the 45K margin is exactly right. Do you get it yet or are you intentionally trying to cause confusion?

Oh, and isn't it OUR one guy, not YOUR one guy? Or are you admitting that you're a troll?

[Solitaire]

16. I'm confused about "being in the wrong line"

In New York City, before you vote, they look up your name and you have to sign on the dotted line. One time I was in the wrong line, and they politely showed me to the correct line.

What am I missing, doesn't everyone have to sign "first"?

:think:

[Pirate Smile]

20. These were provisional ballots so their names must have not been

on the registration sheets so they were going to cast a provisional ballot. Three precincts were in one location. Since they cast their provisional ballot at the WRONG table for their precinct, and Blackwell is throwing out provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct, the ballots get tossed. The table next to them may have been the correct table.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

27. What a ploy

I live in a suburb of NY, and we have the same set-up with voting districts within the same room. My table moved, it was early in the AM and I forgot my district. They had a list of addresses and their districts, and told me quickly which table I had to go to. Ain't it amazing Ohio didn't have that simple system? Not.......

BTW..with our good old reliable lever machines it took me all of 10 minutes to vote. When I pulled the lever, I said to myself, Bush, you're fired. I am still not giving up hope on that!

[fasttense]

35. Got to say this for Blackwell

He knows how to set up a blockade. He specifically fought against letting people vote in different precincts just so he could throw those votes out. What a plan, do it in the name of justice you can justify it in the end.

[Solitaire]

58. Yup, took me less than 10 minutes to tell, Bush...

You're fired!

Now I undestand about the lines. Thanks for the clarification.

[roseBudd]

49. Exactly provisionals are being tossed because poll workers failed

to do there jobs. Wrong line wrong table in the right building meant tossed provisioanl ballot.

[AndrewClarke]

25. wrong line

My precinct in Michigan was one of two precincts in one building. People there would come out periodically and say, "If you live west of Wadhams Road, get in this line. If you live east of Wadhams Road, get in this other line." There were also maps posted inside the building to help people find the correct line. But once you got to the table, the workers only had a list for one of the precincts. I heard them send some people from one table to the other when they couldn't find a name.

Apparently, in some similar places in Ohio, if they couldn't find your name, they'd give you a provisional ballot instead of sending you across the room to check the other precincts' tables for your name. Then, they would disallow your ballot when reviewing the provisionals.

[ooglymoogly]

36. its voter intimidation plain and simple

[IndyOp]

17. Is this good news?

"And lastly, though he legally has until December 6 to certify the Ohio vote, Cincinnati television station WCPO reported Sunday that Blackwell is in fact expected to do so on Wednesday of this week."

If he certifies early then the Badnarik/Cobb recounts can begin? Is that right?

:shrug:

[Pirate Smile]

23. Yes, recount can start earlier then.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

22. LOL! Gosh, I love this man, and

I am hoping that he's going to show Jesse's rally on Countdown tonight, and would it be too much to hope that he will actually have him on for an interview???

Keeping fingers, toes and other extremnities crossed!

From Keith's blog:

The fun continues throughout the Buckeye State. The Cincinnati Post Saturday quoted Chairman Tim Burke of the Hamilton County Board of Elections as saying that approximately 400 of the 3,000 provisional ballots invalidated in his jurisdiction were thrown out for an extraordinary reason. In some cases, one polling place served more than one voting precinct - and though they were in the correct building, voters were disqualified because they got in the wrong line. “400 voters were in the right place,” Burke says, “but not at the right table.” The newspaper says Burke plans to object to those disqualifications when Hamilton County meets Tuesday to certify its vote.

Other discarded provisional ballots will be sued over. Cuyahoga County tossed a third of all its provisionals, and a group called ‘The People for the American Way Foundation’ filed Friday for a writ of mandamus against Secretary of State Blackwell in the 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals, asking the court to order Blackwell to notify each of the 8,099 disqualified voters and afford them the opportunity to contest their disenfranchisement.

Yeah!!!!!!!

[SueZhope]

24. More on the ohio story from The free Press

I'm not sure if this one was posted on DU yet

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/947

Jesse Jackson demands Ohio presidential recount, blasts GOP election officials, and says Kerry supports the process
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
November 29, 2004

COLUMBUS--Preaching to a packed, wildly cheering central Ohio citizen congregation, Rev. Jesse Jackson blasted the presidential election back into the national headlines Sunday. Jackson said new findings cast serious doubt on the idea that George W. Bush beat John Kerry in Ohio November 2. A GOP "pattern of intentionality" was behind a suspect outcome, he said. At stake is "the integrity of the vote" for which "too many have died." "We can live with losing an election," he said. "We cannot live with fraud and stealing."

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. Posted at Freepress is great, but MSM is still missing in action,

Except for Keith, of course.

[Wordie]

47. Actually, Jesse's speech got coverage, although brief, on CNN Sunday. nt

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

52. That's Good! Thank you for letting me know! :)

[fasttense]

37. Love that line of Jesse's

"We can live with losing an election," he said. "We cannot live with fraud and stealing." Go get'em Jesse!

[Rose Siding]

32. Blackwell and Harris shared similar prestigious campaign positions

Blackwell in OH this election and Harris in FL 00. Right? -didn't she hold a title similar to "co-chair of the BC campaign"?

Is anyone keeping an eye on her, er...investments? or those of her family and friends? The House seat was a prestigious reward, but she REALLY delivered. I dread reading in one of the next civilization's history books that "if they'd only checked the bank accounts..."

As for Kerry being "inclined to believe what he was told"? It's f'ing INFURIATING and it's NOT the first time he's used that excuse.

KO's doing some honest work these days.

[myschkin]

34. Fear

OK, here the peak of my paranoia: The death of his admired ex-chief at NBC (see KO's newest blog) was a "warning" to him...

I hope this is just paranoia and KO will report as fearless as before on this issue...

Don't take it serious.

[kk897]

38. Ebersol isn't dead

Did you read it closely? He's in the hospital after *surviving* a plane crash.

[Rose Siding]

46. Have they found his son yet?

I haven't seen anything on that yet. Didn't it say he was on board too?

[mirandapriestly]

40. I had that tinfoil thought too, don't feel bad

He survived though

[SueZhope]

45. It seems very Twilight Zoneish

Thankfully he survived this....but it seems strange and very synchronous that this happened considering how important he was in Keith's career..is there any one else who feels that its one of those bizarre events? I have no idea what any of it might mean but do find it strange. love to her others thoughts

[liberal al zib]

42. YAY!!

Keith is so smart.

[liberal al zib]

43. We should all be shouting

Olbermann, Olbermann, Olbermann, Olbermann, Olbermann, Olbermann,
Olbermann, Olbermann....

[crispini]

53. Can't belive Blackwell's actually gonna certify EARLY.

Would've thought he'd have dragged his heels every chance he got.

[keepthemhonest]

54. yeah me too

I am still shocked about that. Then we can get to the recount quicker.

[Generator]

57. That's because

BushCo is "advising" Blackwell to rap it up quickly.

Otherwise, horse's heads will make an appearance in his sealy certa perfect sleeper.

[Patsy Stone]

55. I swoon daily from this man

And he blogged on a Saturday to keep us in the loop.
Lovely, simply lovely. Also, it appears he's a Watergate buff...

[Patsy Stone]

56. Also can't post this KO interview enough...

http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/frontpage4.asp

Scroll past Rather. Read all about it.