BRAD BLOG: The mysterious death of Mike Connell

[annabanana]

Those of us who were on the board during the '04 election remember some "weirdness" in Ohio, in the dead of night...

Mike Connell could have answered all our questions.

There is a big story coming up in the next edition of Maxim that will lay out a big juicy batch of investigative journalism surrounding his death.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7652

[rwork]

1. Could you send

this to Keith or Rachael?

[jotsy]

2. If what has come to light thus far is not enough to stir the justice department

into action on something regarding this criminal excuse for an administration...Ugh!

We as a nation may never be what we were, but for us to be the best we can moving forward means putting these bad boy brats down so publicly and adamantly that no one ever dare again abandon the rule of law in favor of supporting the rulers of apparent order.

Mr. Brad, I thank you yet again for your tireless work ethic. Will you take a minute to kick your feet up if I send you a 5?

[tbyg52]

5. >>no one ever dare again abandon the rule of law

And that's what's wrong with this "looking forward" BS. Laws that are not enforced are weakened. Laws that are only enforced for the peons are BS.

[jotsy]

10. I've likened this to raising a toddler.

When that moment comes that they hurt themselves, the pain is a reminder to be more cautious and aware from that moment on. Without that, they'd just keep getting hurt. Maybe it's not the greatest of analogies, but my life has been centered in parenting since '81, hard to see at all outside that particular line of sight.

[tbyg52]

11. Absolutely.

Here's what happens without the feedback mechanism of pain.

Life expectancy is shortened. A person who lives into their 40's is old for a Riley-Day syndrome patient. Half of these patients do not survive past 20 years of age.

http://health.allrefer.com/health/riley-day-syndrome-prognosis.html

[BradBlog]

13. Thanks :-)

I'll take the $5 (and lord knows I can use it!), but can't kick up any feet yet until tomorrow's U.S. Senate election in MA is far away in the rear view mirror :-(

[Botany]

3. move along nothing to see here ...... move along nothing to see here

Funny that the exit polls showed 51 to 48% lead for Kerry in female voters and
a 49 to 47% lead for Kerry in male voters @ about 1:00 AM 11/3/04.

The cover up of Ohio 2004 is still going strong.

p.s. Freepers and trolls are welcome to look up the CNN exit poll data if they wish.

[Lint Head]

4. I heard that Rove can be seen out in public occasionally.

If anyone comes into contact with Rove at a grocery store, theatre, mall or anywhere shout out, "Mike Connell, did you kill him! Why were you afraid of Mike Connell?" This cretin needs to be publically humiliated. Free Speech is one right that we the people have and should use.

[noise]

6. This is a conspiracy theory

If the '04 election was subject to fraud then Kerry and Edwards would have spoken up. There is no way they would have tolerated a stolen election. Stolen elections in the US? Not a chance. The GOP has too much respect for the political process and the public.

:sarcasm:

[abq e streeter]

7. But we're not supposed to be looking backwards

we need to be looking forward and reaching out in the spirit of bi-partisanship. Investigating these thugs and murderers for their crimes could conceivably ( just a wild guess anyway) be spun as partisan politics, and we can't have that can we? But I'm not worried, I have complete confidence in this story never reaching a wide audience, and the murderers of Mike Connell ( and of democracy) have nothing to fear. After all, it's just another conspiracy theory...(as always, added just in case it's somehow needed: :sarcasm: )

[noise]

9. Agreed

Such accusations may demoralize GOP officials and distract them from their task of serving the public.

[Subdivisions]

8. I'm glad to see this. I was doing some research on Connell just two days ago. n/t

[drm604]

12. Oh, I definitely remember the weirdness.

I posted some threads about Connell and his company back in 2005. Check out my journal entry from May 2005. http://journals.democraticunderground.com/drm604/31

I quoted a news release which was then on Connell's website. The release was still online as recently as 2008 but it's since been taken down. What I found (and still find) interesting was his statement that "Every client who turned to us for online strategy and Internet solutions came out a winner".

November 3, 2004
NMC CLIENTS WIN BIG IN KEY RACES

CLEVELAND, OHIO - You might call it the best kind of "November Surprise" for New Media Communications (NMC). With the declaration of President George W. Bush as winner of the presidential election, the company emerged from the 2004 General Election with a perfect score. "Every client who turned to us for online strategy and Internet solutions came out a winner," NMC President Mike Connell said.

From the White House to Capitol Hill, New Media clients garnered victories that surprised the pundits and made political history:
# Most notable was the Bush/Cheney '04 Presidential campaign. President Bush won 51.1% of the popular vote, enabling him to start off his second term with a mandate. Bush was the first U.S. President to garner a majority of the popular vote since his father did the same in 1988. He earned a record breaking 58.9 million votes -- more than any other U.S. President .

# In his South Dakota Senate race, former Congressman John Thune scored an upset over current Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle in the most expensive Senate race in history. This marked the first time since 1952 that a seated Senate leader has been defeated in a re-election bid.

# David Vitter made history as the first Republican to earn a Senate seat in Louisiana since Reconstruction. He gathered a decisive 51.6% of the votes in an unusual three-way "open primary," thereby avoiding a runoff election.

# In Ohio, Senator George Voinovich won a second term with a comfortable 63.9% of the votes.

Seven congressional seats went to Republicans whose websites and electronic communications campaigns were created by New Media. Far from shoe-ins, many of these pivotal races were highly competitive to historic proportions:

# Minnesota's Mark Kennedy emerged the victor after weathering fierce and blatant attacks from Michael Moore in "Fahrenheit 911."

# Geoff Davis of Kentucky faced down Nick Clooney, a former television host, whose campaign was heavily supported by friends of Clooney's son, Hollywood actor George Clooney.

# Robert Simmons and Heather Wilson won hotly contested battles in Connecticut and New Mexico, respectively.

# Joe Barton of Texas, Mike Turner of Ohio, and Kenny Hulshof of Missouri, rounded out the list of successful candidates who turned to NMC for Internet identity solutions.

In addition to its work for specific candidates, New Media created a number of electronic communications tools for the National Rifle Association, the Republican National Committee and the Ohio Republican Party. The efforts of these groups made a difference in strategic arenas all across the country. New Media also worked for two grassroots groups in Michigan and Ohio to successfully defend traditional marriage. These ballot initiatives to reaffirm the definition of marriage (as the union between one man and one woman) won by a wide margin in both states.

"We have really been blessed in this election cycle," Connell said. "This important string of victories for our clients is nothing short of phenomenal."

[malaise]

14. Karl Rove should be taken in

for questioning for starters

[uponit7771]

15. The election data on servers in TN should be readilly PROVABLE, why is there any doubt

...on this?

[Botany]

17. Those computers in TN I would bet have long since been ground up ..

... and dumped in a landfill. We know the data was shipped to TN but the computers that
hosted that data and their hard drives will never be inspected.

I live in Ohio .... on election night 2004 Connell was working in Ken Blackwell's office and sent
the head of I.T. for the Sec. of State and others home @ 8:00 PM telling them that he would
take of everything.

[drm604]

18. That's very interesting info about election night 2004.

Do you have a cite for that? I'm not doubting you, but others will.

[Botany]

19. CNN exit poll last posted @ 1:07 AM (roughly) 11/3/04 ...

.... then next poll posted about 3:00 AM was w/ what they called "blended data"
which combined the exit polling w/ the vote.

I think RFK Jr.'s Rolling stone piece has that data

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen


I worked for Kerry and he had a 4 point (if I remember right internal poll lead)
Kerry / Dems registered about 350,000 new voters .... bush /repubs registered
about 35,000 new voters.

Ohio had lost more jobs then any other state in the nation from 2001 to 2004 but
voted for bush even though economics being the # 1 predictor of voting behavior.

25% of all the voters in Cuyahoga County were removed from voter rolls prior to the
election .... more than double bush's margin of victory.



Besides I worked that Day @ the polls and watched "them" cheat all day long and when
I tried to call the fraud hot line the next day it had been hacked into and you couldn't get
through.

There is literally a mountain of data about Ohio 2004 but for some reason no one will touch it.

[drm604]

20. Oh, I know something was fishy about Ohio in 2004.

I've known that since 2004. The problem is convincing people and getting the media to talk about these things.

[Botany]

22. Trust me the media knows

When I gave sworn statement in 2004 in a packed meeting room in the Franklin County Court House (columbus oh)
their was tons of press there but hardly a blip in the papers on T.V. .....

People who lived in their same house for 20 plus years were removed from voter rolls, voting machine shortages,
people seeing their vote flip right in front of them.

http://www.thousandreasons.org/get_article.php?article_id=13

a little of what I saw and heard ..... it haunts me to this day.

[drm604]

23. They may know, but they need to talk about it.

I think part of the problem is that they are afraid of being labeled "conspiracy theorists". Even people like Keith and Rachel haven't said much about it.

[Botany]

25. I might be wrong but much of the press seems controlled by the right ..

... and has an agenda to push the corporate / energy companies / for profit health care industry / military interests.

The NY Times was very big stomping down the Ohio was dirty in 2004 meme.

The accumulation of billions if not trillions but certain factions thanx to Cheney's oil war seems like a non subject
but let Obama make one misstep or Harry Reid use the term negro the outrage that is ginned up is wild.

[iceman66]

36. The media is in on the scam!

They would not be able to steal elections without media complicity.

A lot of the 'talking heads' know EXACTLY what happened in Ohio in 2004, but they get paid very well to keep their mouths shut about such things.

[Botany]

21. This too.

Now recall that on election day 2004, when candidates normally pace nervously while awaiting a long night watching election returns, George W Bush and Karl Rove boarded Air Force One for an unscheduled visit to Columbus Ohio. Kerry supporters working in downtown Columbus recognized that this was a scary development. What to make of it? The Dispatch reported that the President and Rove came to Columbus to encourage the folks working the call center, and indeed Bush did tour the call center. Rove and Bush met with Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. Blackwell controlled Computer B in the scenario described by Spoonamore, in addition to serving as the co-chair of the Bush/Cheney campaign while also serving as the chief election officer as Secretary of State.Also, the Free Press has learned that Connell reportedly sent the Ohio Secretary of State's Chief IT officer Bob Magnan home at 9PM on election night, leaving partisan private contractors in charge of the state's official election count.


http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2009/3336

[sce56]

16. It would be great to see that story grow legs! K&R

On a side note have you read the book by Russ Baker? It seems Watergate was not what we've been led to believe! I'm half way through it see about it here. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7490618

[HCE SuiGeneris]

24. Major K & R

I want KKKarls head on a pike for this.

[drm604]

26. Kicking again.

This is an important story that needs attention.

[jgraz]

27. Kickety-kick

[tomp]

28. has maxim been carrying such exposes? nt

[babsbunny]

29. Wikipedia MAXIM Magazine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29

Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its revealing pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, none of whom are nude in the American version.

In the United States, Maxim is an industry leader, reporting a circulation of 2.5 million readers which they claim is enough to outsell leading competitors GQ, Esquire, and Details combined. The magazine is now using the brand name to market a myriad of other magazines and projects.

[BeHereNow]

30. Thanks Anna, been thinking about Connell for the last few days...

Great that you posted this and that Brad is keeping the
story, and related ones, alive.

In my heart of hearts, I can only hope that Connell fully
comprehended the depth of depravity he was dealing with in Rove and
that one day, some day, copies of what he was carrying to DC
when he was murdered, will see and come to the light of day.

Please Mike, I hope you made copies and RIP.
Another body on the BFEE trail of victims.

BHN

[SpiralHawk]

31. "Move along. Nothing to see here." - Republicon Homelanders Against America

[rhett o rick]

32. It they wont investigate the MLK murder what makes you think they will investigate this? nt

[drm604]

33. So we shouldn't even try? n/t

[rhett o rick]

34. Of course we should. I was just venting. nt

[mmonk]

35. Thanks.

[leveymg]

37. I'll be interested to see what that is - serious reason to doubt icing crashed his plane?

I remember the discussions here on that issue. Have to admit, I wasn't convinced by the theories offered at that time.

[Overseas]

38. K&R. Count votes by hand. Don't concede. //nt

[Blue Owl]

39. the faint stench of turdblossom grows stronger

Oh, it stinks alright.

[drm604]

40. Anyone know if the Maxim article will be available online? n/t