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August 31, 2008 at 10:39:57
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The reason that conspiracy theories – any conspiracy theories – are deemed implausible on their face is that they require so much silent loyalty to pull off. “And why hasn’t someone – anyone – come forward to tell this story? Do you mean to tell me there isn’t one honest man close enough to the inside of this thing – no one who would be willing to go public and blow this thing to pieces?” For four years now, election theft has been in the backwaters of American journalism, while the mainstream press has steered clear of the issue. Same old conspiracy theorists fussin’ and bellyachin’. Neither have the Democratic victims of this fraud been willing to speak out. Al Gore (FL 2000), Max Cleland (GA 2002), and John Kerry (Ohio 2004) have not merely been silent on the issue, they have actively worked to discredit the truth that elections were stolen from them. Now it really gets weird. Two of Karl Rove’s computer experts have come forward with details about how it was done. Stephen Spoonamore and Michael Connell are lifelong Republicans, and insiders in campaigns going back to George Bush, Sr in 1988. Here’s a segment from a transcript of Mark Crispin Miller’s recent interview on the Thom Hartmann show:
[Mark]: Spoonamore...a lifelong Republican and erstwhile member of the McCain campaign until he discovered so much about the Republicans’ election fraud that he resigned, and a prominent expert on computer crime. Now two years ago, Thom, this guy gave a long interview to ... the news division of one of the three major networks. It's up online, you know, people can get it at my blog.... It's stunning... This guy has come out and said, and he has documentary evidence to prove this,... that the Bush team has been stealing elections since and including 2000. Spoonamore has named Karl Rove's IT guy...Mike Connell, a fervent Catholic and fanatical pro-lifer who told Spoon that he has helped the Republicans to steal elections to save the babies. I’m not making this up. Whenever Karl Rove wanted something done, he would say to Connell ‘just make it happen’, and this kind of thing has included Florida in 2000, Ohio in 2004, also Don Siegelman’s stolen re-election in Alabama in 2002. Evidence suggests he was involved in the theft of Max Cleland's re-election in Georgia in 2002.
The mystery is what sustains the veil of silence in the ‘liberal media’, including NPR, the New York Times, and even The Nation? And yet more mysterious: Why isn’t this a campaign issue? There is little doubt that millions of votes will be stolen from Obama this November, via a devil’s grabbag of dirty tricks. I know personally election integrity activists who have approached the Obama campaign with solid evidence about elections that have already been stolen from him, and Obama’s staff has rebuffed them.
Now that the perps themselves have come forward, what is keeping the lid on this story? We have no clear answers, but there is indirect evidence of three means that are being used to maintain the silence:
* Prominent Democratic insiders are Republican agents in disguise. Bob Frum, James Carville and Donna Brazile are examples.
* Group-think is a powerful force. It is difficult to sustain an independent position that is at odds with the underlying reality on which so much public communication is based.
* Threats of violence and threats of prosecution. This administration has assassinated opponents (Paul Wellstone, Athan Gibbs, with several other suspicious deaths) and used selective prosecutions (Don Siegelman, Bob Ney, Eliot Spitzer) to end the careers of politicians who threatened their modus operandi.
The valiant few who have been willing to talk about the issue, despite their vulnerability and national prominence, include John Conyers, Stephanie Tubb Jones, Dennis Kucinich, and Cynthia McKinney. Print media that have featured articles on the subject: Rolling Stone, Harper’s Monthly, and In These Times.
I have faith that there remains a core of democracy in the American system, and that the truth will come out in time. When the history of vote theft is laid bare, it will change the landscape of American politics for generations to come.
Transcript of Miller/Hartmann interview
Brad Friedman’s blog on Mike Connell
Videos of Stephen Spoonamore talking about vote thef
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Stephen Spoonamore on Voting Machines
Go to YouTube and type in "Velvet Revolution Interviews Stephen Spoonamore to watch his entire 8 part interview about the voting machines and how they are so easily hacked, negative counting etcetera. I have written to Lou Dobbs, Kieth Olberman, CNN.com and many others asking them to have Stephen Spoonamore on their shows to talk about this. Whether they will do it or now, who knows. But I hope at least some will. Lou Dobbs recently did a segment about this. I hope he follows up. by weslen1 (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 64 comments [8 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:51:24 PM  (0+)
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Reply: links are already in the article text
The link marked "Spoonamore video" goes to the Velvet Revolution page. by Josh Mitteldorf (27 articles, 82 quicklinks, 5 diaries, 73 comments [39 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:00:59 PM (0+)
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Reply: Don't hold your breath
Dobbs is no friend to election integrity- His shark eyes are dead and have been for years. The media and the most visible bloggers are all under the spell of Microsoft. Their one goal is to set up the next election theft by portraying a close race and by keeping solution out of the public conciouseness. The best thing for the bad guys is if the public spins in circles trying to find a smoking gun while more insecure elections take place. The fact is it does not matter if the election was actually rigged- it is enought that it could be rigged. Let's move towards solution. Please support open source / paper ballot systems. If we move towards transparency- we will dramatically affect the cartel and reclaim our great country. - BT by Brent Turner (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 94 comments) on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:46:05 PM (0+)
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I Believe
I have thought from the beginning that those elections were rigged. The thing that I have a hard time with is Carville. I would have sworn this guy was a democrat through and through. But maybe I shouldn't be surprised. Nothing seems sacred anymore. by Jay Timmins (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 113 comments [5 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:55:36 PM (0+)
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Reply: Carville - another interpretation
My line on Carville comes from Bob Woodward's book, via MJ Rosenberg's blog on Talking Points Memo. A friend offered me the theory that Carville is a Clinton loyalist, thus he wanted Kerry to lose in '04 to give Hilary a chance in '08. by Josh Mitteldorf (27 articles, 82 quicklinks, 5 diaries, 73 comments [39 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 10:55:03 PM (0+)
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Conspiracy Watcher!
Crooks use force and fraud to rule. Fraud is always about conspiracy - usually to lie. by John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1760 comments [39 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 at 9:31:34 PM (0+)
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voting issues are real
Dan Rather Reports on HDNet has spent some time with the voting machine issue... notably here: http://www.hd.net/danrather_epguide.html Personally I think this issue is off people's radars because of the 24 hour news cycle. People just forget about it, as if it went away. What could be more important than insuring the integrity of any election, whether it has to do with unsecured machines, unsecured operational software (and on the other side, software not made available for independent examination), unsecured or non-transparent record keeping, even paper quality changes that could have caused the hanging chads debacle? To think that in 2000 an election recount was basically suspended, and ended in some "we must get this done today" mentality (as if our very security and survival were at stake! They were? We, as a country, could not survive without a clear presidential choice past the official inauguration day? We must have a decision, we just cannot wait following some serious analysis and maybe even some court time? Oh, that's right, that would be like delaying the SuperBowl because of weather. Americans are not whiners, they are a bunch of children.) 2000 was a real perversion of the US Constitution and democratic process. As I was saying before the US Patriot Act, and the invasion of Iraq.... "What is the hurry? Sometimes ACTION is necessary, other times it can follow more critical analysis". Think that would have worked out? by Dan Leithauser (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 5 diaries, 5 comments) on Monday, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:06:06 PM (0+)
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A definite theory not a hypothesis or joke or hoax.
I still see too many bloggers blaming third parties for losing those elections or that voters were too 'stupid' to get the right person in office. Play right into the Dominionist hands. And now the same problem with the close vote and the wait for manipulation to come. Hell, McCain lately has already acted as if he is president right now! by nightgaunt (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 448 comments [27 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:58:35 PM (0+)
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Absentee Ballot with a twist, or trail.
I thought of this years ago after hearing about the counting fraud. Three weeks before the election request an absentee ballot. When you receive it fill it out, but don't sign it. Instead fill it out and make a photo copy of it. Take it to a notary public and sign in front of a witness. Make sure the notary public sign and stamp the copy only. Hand delieve the original to where it's supposed to go and tell the person in charge what you did and that you are taking the copy to your candidate's local headquarters. You've got your paper trail, and your candidate has proof of fraud. by flatlanddog (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 9 comments) on Monday, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:20:37 PM (0+)
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Voting
The ability of the American vote was removed from reality many years ago when the two parties, the Democrats and Republicans, joined hands and married. There is a war being fought against the American public by the media, the corporations and the elitist bankers. As long as we vote Democrat or Republican, and even if we vote Alternative since the Alternative Parties are foisted on us to placate those with even a modicum of intellect, our votes don't count. Thomas Jefferson said a revolution might very well be necessary once every 100 years or so to preserve Democracy by the People. That time has come. I fear his words won't be heeded. The masses are asleep at the wheel, placated by American Idol, 60 Minutes, the internet and fast food dinners while the elitist bankers and their corporate puppets pull the strings on governments to usurp the worlds resources and create Police States to corral the sheep. by jeff prager (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 188 comments) on Wednesday, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:11:27 PM (0+)
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