Re-live the 2004 Election all over again
You already know the ending, so why not see it all again?For just $17, a new documentary called "Swing State Ohio" follows President Bush and Democrat John Kerry, their staff, volunteers, regular people, students, lawmakers, supporters and Rob Portman across the Buckeye State, in the days leading up to Election Day 2004.
Two years ago... Has it really been that long?
Back then, Portman was just the U.S. trade repesentative and Ken Blackwell -- who is also featured in the film, just not as much as Portman - was just secretary of state. Now, Portman is budget director and Blackwell is running for governor.
What's interesting is how this film, which is surprisingly nonpartisan, sets all that up.
Rep. Sherrod Brown, who's running for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Mike DeWine, also is interviewed in the film, as is Lloyd Purdy, a tobacco farmer from Adams County.
Read more and watch the trailer here.
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Post a Comment*Um, two years ago, Portman was still a Congressman.
What's interesting is how Ken Blackwell stole that election.
International election observer Bob Fitrakis will be presenting the evidence tomorrow night July 29th 6pm at 205 W. McMillan. Come and see for yourself cause you won't read about it in this right-wing rag.
Ken Blackwell is a traitor to his race and country. Stealing elections is bad enough, but disenfranchising your own people is disgusting.
Actually, back then Portman was the 2nd District Congressional Representative, but way to go on the details.
Actually, Portman was running for another term in Congress in '04, and Blackwell was still secretary of state.
Cincinnati’s very own multi-platinum recording artist and former candidate for Mayor, Justin Jeffre, will introduce international elections observer and Green gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Bob Fitrakis, at an event Saturday, July 29th, 6pm, at Mac’s Pizza Pub in Clifton (205 W. McMillan).
"Dr. Fitrakis’ candidacy will give people a chance to vote for a true reformer this November,” said Josh Krekeler, head of the SWOHGP. “By entering the Governor’s race Fitrakis is broadening the political debate to include ideas like single-payer universal health care that will really help Ohio’s citizens and economy – simple ideas that Republicans and Democrats consider out of bounds.”
Come listen to Fitrakis discuss the voting irregularities in the 2004 Ohio elections, or his progressive platform for Ohio. Connect with area progressives in this free event.
Specials include Green beer and other spirits in honor of the Green Party!
*Every vote in Ohio 2004 was cast or counted on an electronic device. About 15% — some 800,000 votes — were cast on electronic touchscreen machines with no paper trail. To stop fraud, we need to reform and clean up the elections process. As an elections expert, Bob is the right man to do the job. A recent report by the non-partisan General Accountability Office confirms that some widely used electronic voting machines are easily hacked. Vote skimming and tipping are readily available to those who would manipulate the vote.
Except Portman wasn't even nominated to the United States Trade Representative until St. Patrick's Day 2005.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/03/20050317-2.html
Portman was a congressman. This film is sweet
Wow some guy speaking at a pizza pub. Let me run right down there. Lets see. If this guy was so famous or so repected I doubt he would be speaking at a pub. He will of course lay a conspiracy theory based on very, very loose facts that he will make seem that some group of people stole an election. I can't believe that people buy into this crap. Yes electronic voting machines are used in Ohio and other states and yes we do need more of a paper trail. But just because one canidate wins or loses does not mean it was fruad. It seems every election is now stolen. Have fun at the pub hearing from this "expert". Maybe if he is actually an expert he will be able to speak at a McDonalds next. But by all means go and live and die on everything he says. Even if it is stretching the truth please believe everything he says. I am sure that all of you that go have already made your minds up that the "election was stolen".
The guy at the pizza joint had 45 people there. He's an international election observer, an expert on what to look for in fradulent elections. Things like private partisan companies secretly counting votes. Like exit polls that are the most accurate in the world being way off the margin of error. Like facist theocratic partisan officials like Blackwell doing everything he can to disenfranchise black voters.
Fitrakis' work was the basis for the RFK jr. article in Rolling Stone and Congressman John Conyers congressional investigation that found unprecedented numbers of disenfranchised black voters in Ohio.
Little ignorant anons refuse to look at the evidence, but the truth is out and it will not die or go away.
6:19, what's sad is that the Republicans corrupted and fouled up the 2004 election so badly that you can neither prove nor disprove hypotheses that the election was stolen.
Without a doubt, Bush officially won in OH by thousands more votes than he really did; whether that changed the result is unclear and I'll even admit I think Bush would have won by a small margin. But reforming the ****ed-up process is the real point here.
And what makes your comment even sadder is the fact that you would never go hear Fitrakis speak because you don't want to listen to left-wing opinions, and yet you accuse anyone who goes to his talk of the exact same thing. If you really aren't overly naive and impressionable, which I would find hard to believe, then I challenge you to actually go to this thing.
Prove me wrong.
Yes, you can prove the fact that the election was stolen, you just have to look at the overwhelming evidence that has been collected by Fatrakis and others who instigated the recount and are still uncovering evidence.
Fitrakis has written about this and that led Congressman John Conyers to do an investigation. Just look at the evidence, it's out there. Or you can just cover your ears and call names like the Republicans.
I am an international election observer and think the election was perfectly fine. Come here me speak about it at Longworth's. Also buy me a beer.
I would imagine many of those same "disenfranchised voters" would have trouble getting up before noon. I know a few "disenfranchised voters" who are mad that they didn't get to vote for Hackett. They don't live in the district where Hackett/Schmidt ran for election. If I was too stupid to vote, I'd feel disenfranchised, too...
If I was too stupid to vote, I'd feel disenfranchised, too
Another wRong wingnut whacko that doesn't know schmidt !
Let's talk about stupidity:
Does I was = I were ??
HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRATIC 2006 !!
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