Kerry suggest voter imtimidation

[DougMD]

As if Kerry had any credibility to begin with, here he is with the same tired unproven excuse of voter intimidation. Flyers saying "Democrats vote on Wednesday"????? Who in their right mind possibly believes that any such flyer, if it existed, had any impact. The term ELECTION DAY does not mean election DAYS. Assuming it's true, people would have to be so stupid to believe that, they don't have the intelligence to form a rational opinion on who to vote for to begin with!!! Also, lack of voting machines in Democrat precincts, implicitly accusing the republicans of taking machines away or assuming republicans are in charge of assigning machines to democratic districts. How PATHETIC!!!!All we hear are BS excuses from the LOSER! Just the same old Gore soup warming over again...



Kerry cites voter intimidation examples
Sunday, April 10, 2005 Posted: 7:37 PM EDT (2337 GMT)



Kerry: "Too many people were denied their right to vote."


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BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Many voters in last year's presidential election were denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters' group Sunday.

"Last year too many people were denied their right to vote, too many who tried to vote were intimidated," the Massachusetts senator said at an event sponsored by the state League of Women Voters.

"There is no magic wand. No one person is going to stand up and suddenly say it's going to change tomorrow. You have to do that," he said.

Kerry supporters have charged that voting irregularities in largely Democratic areas made it difficult for voters to cast ballots in the November election. A lawsuit in Ohio cited long lines and a shortage of voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods, but the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the suit.

Kerry also cited examples Sunday of how people were duped into not voting.

"Leaflets are handed out saying Democrats vote on Wednesday, Republicans vote on Tuesday. People are told in telephone calls that if you've ever had a parking ticket, you're not allowed to vote," he said.

Kerry has never disputed the outcome of election, saying voting irregularities did not involve enough votes to change the result. Bush won the pivotal state of Ohio by 118,000 votes, giving him enough electoral votes to win re-election.

Bush supporters have denied using voter intimidation tactics to keep people from going to the polls. A call to the Republican National Committee media office was not immediately returned Sunday.

Earlier this year, Kerry joined Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a New York Democrat, in filing voting reform legislation. The Count Every Vote Act would create a federal holiday for voting, require paper receipts for votes and authorize $500 million to help states upgrade voting systems and equipment.

Congress' investigative agency, the Government Accountability Office, has also begun looking into the handling of provisional ballots and malfunctions of voting machines. The study could lead to changes in the election process.

Kerry, using crutches as he recovers from knee surgery, suggested the United States should spend as much time promoting democracy at home as it does abroad in countries like Iraq.

"We need to go about the business of making our own democracy in America work better," he said.

[etothepii]

Sore looser. He needs to go cry on Al Gore's shoulder.

[CalHunter]

Another lying idiotical democrat who's backing himself into a corner where his proof is going to be another forged document. Actually, come to think of it, wasn't there some kind of cartoon about this? Maybe Johnboy can use the cartoon as his proof? What a moron!!![:@]

[driftrider]

John Kerry will "suggest" anything that will get him more than 5 seconds of airtime. He was a camera-hogging glory hound in Viet-Nam, and some things never change. I've come to the comclusion that there are three things true about John Kerry. He's going to try to run for President again in 2008, he's going to lose, and he's crazy (and I mean really CRAZY, nuts, off his rocker, coo-coo, certifiable, etc...).

Why do I think he's crazy? Because like so many crazy people, he's going to do the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. He'll use the same campaign tactics, talking points, and stump speech he used in 2004, and actually think he'll get elected this time.

Mike

[Bob H in NH]

Ok, so Kerry says his voters didn't vote cause they didn't know what day to vote on? So, basically voting day has always been a Tuesday, if not always, for the life of these voters, press, TV and other media make a big deal out of the date, as well as the candidates themselves, but Kerry's supporters STILL didn't know when it was?? So his supporters are very dumb, is that what he's saying??

--Bob

[etothepii]

So his supporters are very dumb, is that what he's saying??

Heck, that's the heart of the democratic platform. You're too dumb, too incompetent, too lazy, too slow to do for yourself. You need government assistance, government handouts. You need a democratic leader to be in control of you. That will make America a great place.[:'(]

[kevin1]

The only thing the voters were intimidated by was the staggering lack of worthwhile candidates .

[Alsatian]

Who cares what John Kerry says? He is a discredited loser liberal from the liberal state of Massachusetts. The election is over. John Kerry lost. His significance to me is past, a danger averted. Why bother following his statements?

[kevin1]

ORIGINAL: Alsatian

Who cares what John Kerry says? He is a discredited loser liberal from the liberal state of Massachusetts. The election is over. John Kerry lost. His significance to me is past, a danger averted. Why bother following his statements?

Comic relief ?

[Coastie]

Hey, we are talking about Democrats here, many of them may very well have been convinced that election day had been changed to wednesday. They aren't all that bright you know as evidenced by their support of kerry in the first place.