Stolen Election 2004: Wednesday Update

One day and counting - have you called your Senators yet (202-224-3121)?

If you can get to DC on Wednesday, Democrats.com is co-sponsoring a Stop Voter Disenfranchisement Rally at 10:00 a.m. in Lafayette Park, across from the White House (16th & H Streets, NW). We will then march to Capitol Hill to join the ReDefeatBush.com Patriotic Outrage Rally at noon.

Rev. Jesse Jackson presented the case for the challenge in his local paper, the Chicago Sun-Times:

Conyers will step up, accompanied by other courageous members of the House. They will object to the count and demand a debate. To force that debate, they need only one member of the Senate to join them. [Senate Democratic leader Harry] Reid should lead the entire caucus to join them. Kerry should stand alone if necessary to demand clean elections in America.

If America is to be a champion of democracy abroad, it must clean up its elections at home. If it is to complain of fraudulent and dishonest election practices abroad, it cannot condone them at home. But more important, if our own elections are to be legitimate, then they must be honest, open, with high national standards.

The time has come to stand up for clean elections, and to let it be known that massive irregularities will not go unchallenged.

Jackson's appeal to John Kerry is pointless, since Kerry will be MIA, as the Boston Herald reports:

Kerry's two-week overseas trip, which includes stops in war-ravaged Iraq, conveniently allows the defeated Democrat nominee to avoid a potentially awkward moment on the House floor as congressmen vote to certify election results.

"(Kerry) wants to personally thank our troops for their service, focus on the steps that must be taken to achieve success in Iraq and hear from experts in the region," Kerry spokeswoman April Boyd said...

"While he conceded the election on Nov. 3, he is still very passionate about having every vote count," Boyd said.

Senator Kerry, if you were truly "very passionate about having every vote count," you could "report for duty" in the Senate on behalf of the 59 million Americans who placed our ultimate trust in your hands.

What are you afraid of - a vicious attack by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, or Bill O'Reilly? None of their listeners would ever vote for you, even if you personally killed every terrorist in the world and lost four limbs (and an anal cyst) in the process. A frown by the Washington Post or NY Times? Your e-mail list is bigger than their combined readership, so just tell them to go Cheney themselves!

As Randi Rhodes advises all Democrats:  grow a pair!!!

The other 44 Senate Democrats remain silent. Yesterday I called the press secretaries of the 10 Democrats I consider most likely to stand up - but I'm still waiting for them to tell Democratic activists where they stand. The Moonie Times got a statement from Barack Obama:

[Rev. Jesse] Jackson called on newly sworn-in Sen. Barack Obama, Illinois Democrat, to support them. Mr. Obama said his staff is reviewing the Ohio resolution, but said he has not decided whether he will sign it.

"The election is over and President Bush won fair and square, so I don't think we need to challenge the election, but we continue to have chronic problems in our voting system," he said. "Some of the practices in Ohio were clearly illegal and disenfranchised voters and, let's be real about this, some Republicans were denied their rights to vote as well."

Yes they were - and Independents, Greens, and other voters too. The principle we're fighting for is the one core principle of Democracy, which transcends all parties - every vote must count.

Meanwhile Karl Rove's Media Blackout Memo is in full force. According to Google News, the TV networks (including Keith Olbermann) and national newspapers all Memorized the Memo. If there are any non-whores left in the Washington media, they should prove it by attending today's 2 p.m. press conference at the National Press Club.

BEYOND ANY REASONABLE DOUBT, BUSH DID NOT WIN THE OHIO OR NATIONAL VOTE.
HISTORIC PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGE.

WHO:
Lead plaintiff, Moss v. Bush, Rev. Bill Moss
Lead trial counsel, Peter Peckarsky
Professor and statistical expert, Ron Baiman, Ph.D.
Publisher and lawyer, Bob Fitrakis
Lawyer, Susan Truitt
Exit polling expert, Jonathan Simon, JD
Senior editor, freepress.org. Harvey Wasserman
Legal statistician, Richard Hayes-Phillips, Ph.D
Director, Progressive Democrats of America, Tim Carpenter
NAACP, National Voter Fund, Greg Moore
Author Warren Linney, MA (The Patriot Test)

WHAT:
• Exit polls did not match the reported vote in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and 7 of 8 other key battleground states
• Voting machines with secret software owned by private, partisan companies subject to manipulation and which deprived citizens of their right to fair and transparent elections
• Uncounted and provisional ballots negatively and disproportionately affected African American voters
• Inexplicable vote disparities
• Voting Rights Act Violations
• Recount did not recount all the votes
• Challenge at January 6 Joint Session of Congress

WHY:
TO PROVIDE FULL BACKGROUND ON KEY ASSERTIONS PRIOR TO THE HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CHALLENGE TO THE 2004 VOTE

What about the rest of America's so-called "free press"? The only article in Ohio was in Tuesday's Toledo Blade (Bush campaign urges dismissal of election lawsuit). The only local papers were Washington's right-wing Moonie Times (Dissent to mar Bush validation), Kerry's right-wing Boston Herald (On Iraq trip, Kerry to skip election finale), and Bush's spunky Lone Star Iconoclast of Crawford (05’s Brave New World).

Investigations into the presidential vote in Ohio have revealed that the election was compromised in a major way, eliminating any possibility that the election was fair. On Jan. 6, the government has an opportunity to right this wrong to democracy by refusing to certify the Ohio electors. That will be a red-letter day in history, for its ramifications are deep.

Our question is “Will Congress act to save democracy?” Our guess is “Probably not.” The conventional wisdom in Washington is that the people do not deserve a fair election; only reassuring propaganda.

Where is the so-called "liberal" media? In the entire country, only NY Daily News columnist (and Democracy Now co-host) Juan Gonzalez (Recount countdown) mentioned the Elector challenge.