Exit polls. OTsour grapz!

[David Ilvedson]

50% of America has spoken...don't forget that!

David I.




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From: pianolover 88 <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:01:41 -0800
Subject: Re: Exit polls. OTsour grapz!

>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 &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;
>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 &quot;provisional&quot; ballots remain uncounted.  
>Provisional
>means mostly those folks who got &quot;messed with&quot; 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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