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Democrats.com Declares Gore the Winner, Launches "Democracy in 2002" Campaign
Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (1): First They Stole the Election, Now They Are
Stealing the Truth
Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (2): Gore Gains 873 From Uncounted Overvotes, Well
Above Bush's 537 Margin of 'Victory'
Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (3): Gore Wins 6 of 9 Scenarios
Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (4): Gore Wins, Media Lies (Yet Again)
The Bush Family Dishonors The Sacrifices Of True Veterans
Wisconsin Republicans Want Photo ID's to Disenfranchise Black Voters
American Airlines Flight Crashes near Kennedy Airport
Bush v. Taliban: US Bombs Help Northern Alliance Gain in the North
Hillary Denounces Bush's Tax Cut
Working Families Need Help, Not the Rich
Bush v. America: Bush's Abuse of 'Crises' Brings Cynicism to New Depths
Republicans v. America: How Dare They!
Bush v. New York: Bush Refuses to Send $10.8 Billion For New York
Bush v. America: Bush's Ideological Zealots Must Be Stopped
Bush v. America: Leahy Demands Answers from Ashcroft About His Attack on the
Constitution
Is Ashcroft the New King of the United States?
Bush v. America: Ashcroft Shreds the Constitution
Trust Ashcroft? Are You Kidding?!
Bush v. America: How the USA Patriot Act Eliminates Civil Rights
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__Democrats.com Declares Gore the Winner, Launches "Democracy in 2002" Campaign
Following the long-awaited recount of Florida's Presidential ballots, Democrats.com
declared Gore the winner of the 2000 election and launched a "Democracy in 2002"
campaign to sweep Democrats into office across America in the next election. According
to Democrats.com co-founder Bob Fertik, "It has taken more than a year, but we have
finally learned the truth about Florida - that if all of the votes had been counted,
Al Gore would be President. The only reason George W. Bush was sworn into office is
because his campaign adamantly refused to count all of the votes. To put it simply:
George W. Bush stole Florida with the help of his brother, Governor Jeb Bush, his
campaign co-chair, Secretary of State Katherine Harris, and a partisan Republican
majority of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 30,000 members of Democrats.com are proud to
declare that we will NEVER 'get over' the Stolen Election."
http://democrats.com/display.cfm?id=243
__Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (1): First They Stole the Election, Now They Are
Stealing the Truth
We waited for more than a year for 175,000 uncounted votes to be counted. Now the
results are in, and the facts show that Al Gore won Florida. But Republicans and the
corporate media cannot allow the public to see the truth - that Gore won and Bush lost
- because that would expose the Presidency of George W. Bush as illegitimate. So the
same people who helped Bush steal the Presidency are now trying to steal the Truth.
This page is dedicated to exposing the monumental efforts by the media to distort the
truth: that Al Gore won, and George Bush stole the Presidency with the help of Jeb
Bush, Katherine Harris, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the TV networks.
http://democrats.com/display.cfm?id=249
__Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (2): Gore Gains 873 From Uncounted Overvotes, Well
Above Bush's 537 Margin of 'Victory'
According to the St. Petersburg Times, "Gore could have picked up 2,182 votes last
November on overvotes where voter intent is clear, and Bush would have gained 1,309
votes, the media companies' analysis shows. That difference [873 votes] would have
enabled Gore to defeat Bush in any statewide recount that included overvotes,
regardless of what statewide standard for counting undervotes was used." These clear
votes should have been counted on Election Day; election officials who failed to do so
broke the law. Moreover, the analysis of 2-candidate overvotes shows that Gore would
have gained another 25,000 votes, if all of Florida's counties used error-checking
machines. http://www.sptimes.com/News/111201/Lostvotes/Without_overvotes_Gor.shtml
__Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (3): Gore Wins 6 of 9 Scenarios
The media consortium applied its ballot review to nine scenarios for recounting
ballots. Under six of the nine, Al Gore won.
http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/news/gore_wins6of9.html
__Theft of the Presidency Day 369 (4): Gore Wins, Media Lies (Yet Again)
"Make no mistake. Al Gore won in Florida. Under any consistent legal standard of
counting the ballots, Gore won. The fact that the media consortium is lying about the
results is more an indication of just how debased our democracy has become, than it is
a reflection of what appears on the ballots that were examined." So writes Paul
Lukasiak. http://www.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=5111
__The Bush Family Dishonors The Sacrifices Of True Veterans
Now that it is proven that Bush and his Supreme Injustices stole the Presidency, it is
an insult that Bush shows his face on Veteran's Day, when we honor those who fought
and died for Democracy. But this is but one of many affronts to our country by the
Bushes. Grandfather Prescott Bush directed Nazi-financing front companies, which had
their assets seized under the Trading with the Enemy Act in '42. Chester Mierzejewski
claimed in '88 that pilot Bush Sr. bailed out of his plane early - when he could have
landed it on the water without dooming his crewmen to their deaths. Sr. was 'in the
loop' that armed our then-enemy Iran, while Contra supply chief Felix Rodriguez
regularly reported to him. Sr. also covertly armed Saddam's military up to the Kuwaiti
invasion, and left US taxpayers holding $2 billion in defaulted Iraqi debt. Sr.
invaded Panama to get his old partner Noriega. Jr. was AWOL from the National Guard.
And don't forget the Bushes' business with the bin Ladens.
http://www.bushwatch.net/binladens.htm
__Wisconsin Republicans Want Photo ID's to Disenfranchise Black Voters
"For the third time since the heated 2000 presidential election, [Wisconsin's
Republican] state Assembly voted Thursday to require Wisconsin voters to show a photo
ID before casting ballots. The 61-36 vote came despite repeated emotional charges from
Democrats that the measure would keep minorities, especially in Milwaukee, from
voting. If it became law, it would 'devastate' the number of African-American voters
in Milwaukee, Rep. Leon Young (D-Milwaukee) said... Democrats said the photo ID
requirement amounts to rewriting state election laws only because…Al Gore carried
Wisconsin. They also said it would punish and hinder minorities, the poor and senior
citizens. 'Al Gore took Wisconsin,' said Rep. Johnnie Morris-Tatum (D-Milwaukee), one
of six African-American members of the Assembly. 'Now we have to change the rules.
'I'm not the enemy; people who look like me are not the enemy. If you want to skew
elections, then I guess we are the enemy.'"
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/nov01/assem09110801a.asp
__American Airlines Flight Crashes near Kennedy Airport
American Airlines flight 587 crashed during takeoff 5 miles from Kennedy Airport, in
the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. Flight 587 had just left Kennedy en route to
Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. It was an airbus A300. 255 passengers and
crew are feared dead. Falling debris set off numerous fires.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/12/newyork.crash/index.html
__Bush v. Taliban: US Bombs Help Northern Alliance Gain in the North
The war to overthrow the Taliban government had its first significant success, as
Northern Alliance troops backed by US bombs took Mazar-i-Sharif. Taliban troops in the
north are in retreat, and Northern Alliance forces hope to surround and kill them.
Capturing Mazar-i-Sharif will allow the US to ship desperately-needed food and
humanitarian aid from Uzbekistan. But the US still refuses to help the Northern
Alliance take Kabul, because the Pashtun majority in the South would never accept
them. http://nytimes.com/2001/11/11/international/asia/11MILI.html
__Hillary Denounces Bush's Tax Cut
"Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton charged yesterday that the $1.35 trillion Bush tax cut
'undermined our fiscal responsibility and our ability to deal with this new threat of
terrorism. 'If we hadn't passed the big tax cut last spring we wouldn't be in the fix
we're in today. But the fact is, we are,' Mrs. Clinton said during an interview on a
CNN special, "America's New War'... 'I thought the plan passed by the House of
Representatives was a fiscal disaster that would set our country back for years to
come. It was really a giveaway to large corporate interests,' Mrs. Clinton said...
Mrs. Clinton then put the blame squarely on the Bush tax cut, saying it compromised
both fiscal responsibility and the government's ability to combat terrorism." So
reports the Reverend Moon-owned Hillary-hating Washington Times. You go, Hillary!
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20011111-88440872.htm
__Working Families Need Help, Not the Rich
"The fat years of the 90's have left us woefully unprepared for a deep recession
that's likely to take a particularly large toll on the poor and lower-wage workers.
Given all this, a 'stimulus' plan like the one that passed last month in the House of
Representatives and is being backed by the White House, which confers most of its
benefits on large corporations and upper-income households, seems exactly the reverse
of what's needed. Large corporations, already reeling from too much capacity, won't be
induced to add more. Wealthier households, already spending whatever they want, won't
be inspired to spend more. It's the bottom half who are in trouble. They're most
likely to spend whatever extra they get. And they desperately need whatever government
can supply. At a time of national crisis, when the nation must pull together, it seems
only logical that we do what we can to avoid pulling further apart." So writes former
Labor Secretary Robert Reich. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/12/opinion/12REIC.html
__Bush v. America: Bush's Abuse of 'Crises' Brings Cynicism to New Depths
"Why does the administration's favored bill offer so little stimulus? Because that's
not its purpose: it's really designed to lock in permanent tax cuts for corporations
and the wealthy, using the Sept. 11 attacks as an excuse. Ten months into the Bush
administration, we've all gotten used to this. But politics, while never completely
clean, didn't used to be this cynical. We used to see bills like the Democratic
stimulus package: mostly serving their ostensible purpose, with the special-interest
add-ons a distinctly secondary feature. It's something new to see crises - especially
a crisis as shocking as the terrorist attack - consistently addressed with legislation
that does almost nothing to address the actual problem, and is almost entirely aimed
at advancing a pre-existing agenda." So writes NY Times columnist Paul Krugman.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/opinion/11KRUG.html
__Republicans v. America: How Dare They!
In the wake of September 11th, special interests have decided that the U.S. Treasury
is their personal piggy-bank. And Congressional Republicans are championing their
unAmerican cause by voting for unwarranted bailouts, unnecessary tax breaks and
outright boondoggles. Why are Republicans caving in to their demands? One big reason
is because they need their campaign contributions to keep getting re-elected. Some of
the biggest beneficiaries of Congress's largesse are also among the biggest
contributors. For example, the pharmaceutical industry has given $53 million to
federal candidates and parties since 1990. The airlines have given $65 million and the
insurers a whopping $160 million. These outrages can only be stopped if we let our
members of Congress know how we feel about them. And in the longer run, we need a
stronger democracy to make sure these special favors for special interests stop - by
enacting public financing of Congressional campaigns. Take action now!
http://www.HowDareThey.org
__Bush v. New York: Bush Refuses to Send $10.8 Billion For New York
Shortly after 911, Congress appropriated $40 billion in emergency spending, $20
billion earmarked to rebuild New York City. But Bush refuses to send more than half of
that money - $10.8 billion. Bush's arrogance has even angered upstate Republicans, who
are trying to pass legislation to force Bush to send New York its funds. Bush says
he'll veto such a bill. Hey George, who elected you king? It's OUR money, remember?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/10/nyregion/10AID.html
__Bush v. America: Bush's Ideological Zealots Must Be Stopped
According to NY Times columnist Anthony Lewis, Bush "has not yet understood what a
wartime president has to do at home: Put aside ideological politics so he can be
president of all the people. With his evident approval, the ideologues in his
administration are riding their conservative hobbyhorses as if the country did not
have a higher purpose now. They, and the president, seem oblivious to the way those
actions threaten national unity." Those conservative hobbyhorses include John
Ashcroft's interference in Oregon's right-to-die law and California's medical
marijuana law. They also include Interior Secretary Gale Norton and Agriculture
Secretary Ann Veneman's capitulation on road building in national forests and
snowmobiles in Yellowstone. "Finally, there is the reeking scandal of the so-called
economic stimulus bill passed by the House."
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/10/opinion/10LEWI.html
__Bush v. America: Leahy Demands Answers from Ashcroft About His Attack on the
Constitution
Senate Judiciary Chair Pat Leahy (D-VT) sent a stinging letter to Attorney General
John Ashcroft about his massive violation of civil liberties, including indefinite
detentions and eavesdropping on client-attorney conversations. Ashcroft asks tough
questions, and he wants answers. Read the letter - and join in the discussion of our
Constitutional crisis (registration required).
http://community.democrats.com/forums/discussions.cfm?forumid=84&topicid=12875
__Is Ashcroft the New King of the United States?
"Were you aware that the attorney general of the United States now has the power to
arrest someone without probable cause, hold that person without presenting evidence,
and ultimately give that person a life sentence without ever having a trial? That's
the power Congress has given to the attorney general, which is stunning because I've
always believed that the United States was a nation where due process could not be
voided. With this legislation, we've put a rule on the books that puts us on the level
of evil, repressive dictators who rule by arbitrary and capricious whim and who lock
people up on the authority of a king with no opportunity to challenge the order. Is
the attorney general the new king of the United States?" So writes former Denver
Broncos player Reggie Rivers in the Denver Post.
http://commondreams.org/views01/1108-09.htm
__Bush v. America: Ashcroft Shreds the Constitution
"Mr. Ashcroft says that his strategy of 'aggressive detention of lawbreakers and
material witnesses' has been vital in preventing new horrors. That assertion has to be
taken on blind faith, and it would be easier to accept if the attorney general had
shown more overall restraint. But his definition of the Bill of Rights includes
eavesdropping on lawyer-client conversations and withholding from the public such key
facts as the identities of those still in custody, the reason for their continued
detention - including any charges filed - and the facilities where they are being
held. The secrecy even extends to refusing to explain the resort to secrecy.
Meanwhile, reports suggest that some detainees cleared of any connection with
terrorism have been held under harsh conditions for prolonged periods, and denied a
chance to notify relatives of their whereabouts." So writes the NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/10/opinion/10SAT2.html
__Trust Ashcroft? Are You Kidding?!
The Washington Post writes, "When Mr. Ashcroft sought broad new powers to combat
terrorism, the Justice Department responded to fears of abuse by insisting that it
could be trusted. Since then, it has responded to calls for the release of the names
of the nearly 1,200 people it has detained by announcing that it would, henceforth, no
longer release even the tally of people it has locked up. Now it has -- without any
congressional involvement -- created a rule that attacks a basic foundation of the
judicial system. The trust is wearing thin." Ashcroft's entire career has been devoted
to imposing fundamentalist authoritarian policies against the will of the people. He
is a key member of the extremist Federalist Society. We never trusted Ashcroft to
begin with, and urged the Senate to defeat him. The Washington Post is WAY too gentle.
Ashcroft must resign immediately, and our civil rights must be restored.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12868-2001Nov11.html
__Bush v. America: How the USA Patriot Act Eliminates Civil Rights
"On October 26, 2001, President Bush signed the USA Patriot Act (USAPA) into law. With
this law we have given sweeping new powers to both domestic law enforcement and
international intelligence agencies and have eliminated the checks and balances that
previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that these powers were not abused.
Most of these checks and balances were put into place after previous misuse of
surveillance powers by these agencies, including the revelation in 1974 that the FBI
and foreign intelligence agencies had spied on over 10,000 U.S. citizens, including
Martin Luther King." So writes the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in a detailed
analysis of how the USA Patriot bill shreds the Constitution.
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism_militias/20011031_eff_usa_patriot_analysis.html
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