Exit polls. OTsour grapz!

[pianolover 88]

Larry,

Oh my goodness! So beautifully stated, and not a wasted word. I hope the 
libs take it to heart and realize that, just like Bill O'reilly, we are 
looking out for you too! Please "wake up" and admit when you have lost. 
AMERICA HAS SPOKEN! And loudly, with a mandate as well! Now we ALL have to 
come together and celebrate this greatest nation on God's green earth.

Terry Peterson



----Original Message Follows----
From: LarryinAtlanta@aol.com
Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Exit polls. OTsour grapes!
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:50:38 EST

In a message dated 11/3/04 3:00:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sarLah@graphic-fusion.com writes:
Approximately 200,000 "provisional" ballots remain uncounted.  
Provisional
means mostly those folks who got "messed with" and had the 
presence of mind to
demand a vote anyway.  In other words, mostly poor, black, and Democratic.  
Do
you think those pissed off voters might have favored Kerry by 75%?  If so,
Kerry could have won.

Peace,
Sarah
Sarah, I truly mean no offense. But you are ranting on about this with
absolutely no facts. You have no proof that the provisional ballots were 
mostly poor
black democrats. And you obviously don't understand just what a provisional
ballot is. It's when people show up to vote, and they aren't listed as being
registered. It's a way to try and keep people from voting twice, without 
causing
them to not be able to vote at all. Historically, almost half of the
provisional ballots turn out to legitimately be bogus attempts for people 
who aren't
registered to vote, to vote. I'm sorry, but I don't care if you're rich, 
white,
and living in a mansion, if you don't have the good sense to follow the law
and register to vote properly, you don't have the right to vote. The only 
way
you can maintain order is to set rules and then make everyone play by them.

Next, Ohio has a long standing method by which they factor these provisional
ballots into the picture, and it's one that makes complete sense. If the
number of votes separating the two parties involved is larger than the 
number of
provisional ballots, then there is no reason to not go ahead and call the
election for the one with the most votes. In other words, if the one with 
the most
votes has 500 more votes than the other guy, and there are only 300 
provisional
ballots, common sense tells you that you aren't going to find enough votes
for the loser among 300 ballots to come up with more than 500 votes. Even if
every single provisional ballot is a vote for the loser (which is a 
statistical
impossibility) you would still be 200 votes short, and the loser would still 
be
the loser.

You are engaging in conspiritorial nonsense Sarah, trying to create 
boogiemen
to blame for your party's loss rather than look at the real reason you lost
not only the presidency, but seats in both the house and senate. That's 
what's
wrong with your party Sarah. Your party sticks its head in the sand, and
refuses to look at what America needs and wants. With this election, your 
party was
roundly rejected. Instead of clinging tighter to the ideology that has 
failed
you once again, perhaps it is time to open your eyes and ears and start
listening to the voices that are trying to tell you why your party is 
rapidly
becoming not only irrelevant, but dangerous as well.

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