The drumbeat of the pro-democracy movement in America (who could have ever imagined there’d be a need for one in this country?!) seems to be growing louder as more and more Mainstream Media folks get into the game!
Following on the heels of yesterday’s Miami Herald piece about Miami-Dade’s possible return to paper ballots, Herald columnist, Robert Steinback jumps in with a damning condemnation of Electronic Voting today pointing out that, “Nothing is more important, for the world’s pre-eminent democracy, than assuring the sanctity of each vote.”
Steinbeck goes on to say:
Indeed. Clearly there are still a few in the MSM who get it. It may just take them a while to figure it out.
Moreover, Steinbeck — for the first time that we know of — mentions the Clint Curtis / Tom Feeney vote-rigging scandal in the pages of The Herald, along with a litany of reasons for returning to paper ballots [emphasis added]:
We may never find out what Walden O’Dell, CEO of touch-screen voting machine manufacturer Diebold Inc., meant when he told Republicans in a 2003 fund-raising letter that he was “committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president [Bush] next year.”
We may never learn the truth behind the affidavit of computer programmer Clinton Curtis alleging then-Florida Rep. Tom Feeney — now a U.S. congressman — asked the software company for which he worked in 2000 to design an undetectable computer program for flipping touch-screen machine votes.
We may never know for sure if Nov. 2 exit polls that projected John Kerry winning several states he ultimately lost were themselves biased — or whether they were accurate, exposing tampered election results. The victors, after all, never question the score — or the scoring.
And tomorrow, The BRAD BLOG has learned, syndicated Tribune Columnist, Robert Koehler will also go on record about the pitfalls of E-Voting, a condemnation of what went wrong in 2004, and some terrific coverage about those of us who are out there trying to fight the good fight to save our endangered democracy…even while the rest of the MSM continues to yawn.
Perhaps things are changing, however. We’ll see. But at The BRAD BLOG, hope always springs eternal. And so we press on…
YES!! YES!! Give em hell Miami!
It will be nice to have a news paper in the house again. They do listen. Well, can’t say the Curtis story is not in the MSM any more. This is not a small town rag, like the SP one.
WOW, thanks Brad, you made my day.
And BTW, ACORN is not happy with the smear they got from ACVR. They are checking into it as we speak.
This is one of the reasons not to get too upset about Lucy Morgan’s piece–bad publicity is always better than no publicity. As Joseph Conrad said in The Secret Agent:
"Things don’t bear very much looking into."
Nice work!
Why not just go to mail-in ballots?
No fuss, no mess.
No polling places, no poll workers, no voter intimidation, no challenges, no waiting in lines, no rush to fill out ballots, no problems with opening-closing times or inclement weather.
Even putting return postage on the mail-in ballots would be less expensive than the present system.
Neat!!
Why not just go to mail-in ballots?
No fuss, no mess.
No polling places, no poll workers, no voter intimidation, no challenges, no waiting in lines, no rush to fill out ballots, no problems with opening-closing times or inclement weather.
Even putting return postage on the mail-in ballots would be less expensive than the present system.
Neat!!
I wonder if the Miami Herald is aware that Clint Curtis has taken a lie detector test and passed but Feeney hardly will even talk on the record, much less take the test?
Open call for Feeney to take a lie detector test. Can’t we start our own petition?
Mr. Brian #6 Perhaps we could get the email address of journalist Robert Steinbeck of the Herald, and email him about this factor.
He may not be aware of the lie detector test Curtis took nor of the fact Feeney has not.
Perhaps he would ask Feeney to take the test in a future article?
"How beautiful upon the mountaintops are those that bring good tidings." What great news!! Slowly but surely the truth is coming out and changing minds. America is awakening at long last. Thanks Brad for pushing forward when it seemed so pointless. Your efforts are starting to bear fruit at last.
Can it be possible that the veil is lifting? Is this the first crack in the wall of silence? What we learned in Nashvilee last weekend at the National Election Reform Conference is that the evidence of fraud during the 2004 election is beginning to surface like the tips of many icebergs breaking the surface. Rest assured, there is no doubt: the 2004 election was stolen.
Thank you, Brad, for all you do. You are a true citizen warrior and great American patriot (you deliver a fine speech too!)
Great news Brad. Thanks for the update as usual!
A good article. Not screaming from the rooftops yet, but Steinbeck addressed a lot of important points.
I’m glad Steinbeck wrote this: "low-tech vote-counting systems make fraud attempts more labor intensive, and thus more readily detected. Paper ballots can be forged or lost, for example, but attempting to swing elections using such methods almost surely requires a team of conspirators, and likely would leave a trail of evidence. With computerized voting machines, a hacked line of code can instantly alter thousands of votes.
And this line is another keeper: "victors, after all, never question the score — or the scoring.
But, isn’t it a shame — it seems to be the norm in our country — that winning is more important than playing an honest and ethical game?
Will the REAL Moral Majority PLEASE stand up?
yippy ki ya
Brad pat yourself on the back and keep up the good fight.
Somebody needs to send "Press information packs" to all media outlets detailing concisely ALL the facts you have gathered so far .This should be the proverbially “snowball” ,picking up people as it rolls over their collective “reality based” minds ,growing hopefully to the point where its own momentum will keep it going .
Welcome to the new Civil War!!
The MSM is competing with the blogosphere.
LOL ! Poor Paul, don’t you hate it when your computer doesn’t do what it’s suppose to. Your signature double comment is cute! 😀
Brad, that is so awesome. You are one incredible guy. In the face of endless brick walls you have continued on. I do admire that so much. I hope for all of us that this mission you are on succeeds, and I have got to say, that if it does, it is because of you and your unrelenting passion for seeing this through. Thank You so much for all that you do.
Robert Steinback
rsteinback@herald.com
*bfg*
While everyone is in gear to write letters to Robert Steinbeck and his editor regarding the excellence of reporting on the subject of voting fraud, please take a minute to visit Blackboxvoting.org.
This post includes a letter to the Wall Street Journal OpinionJournal.com editor James Taranto, who has on 2 consecutive days alleged in his daily "Best of the Web" column that Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) cited satirical or humor-based sources when he commented recently on instances of fraud in the 2004 general election.
Taranto claimed that Kerry "embarrasses himself" by doing so, and referred to Kerry as "dense." But Kerry’s comments were in fact based on real news reports of attempted fraud.
Links included in this post to Wall Street Journal and Media Matters who reported on Taranto’s stories.
Nice catch by Media Matters & Pat Vesely of BBV.
BTW Brad! You’re our HERO. Great work.
(Sorry to go "off topic". I’m posting this in the comments of all of today’s topics)
TO: KestrelBrighteyes, Teresa, Peg C, Peggy, Winter Patriot, Supersoling, Chemo-Electric Trashman, Shadowtwinchaos, Bejammin075, Da Wookie, Czaragorn, Savantster, Kira, Republicans are Fascists, BUSHW@CKER, Miss Persistent, Cole and any other Brad Blog regulars (or non-regulars) I might have missed (AND SOME ARE NOT NAMED BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY CORRESPONDED WITH THEM):
I have sketched out a BRAD BLOG FUNDRAISER BLOGATHON concept and have already shared it with several Brad Bloggers by e-mail. All have expressed enthusiasm about what I presented to them and several have given additional excellent suggestions. I am trying to incorporate these suggestions (and some other ideas based on some of your comments on various threads) into the overall concept to try to create a Blogathon that will go beyond just fundraising for Brad and try to do something positive for Progressive blogsites, in general. TERESA commented in a recent thread: "… more and more people will be coming to the blogs. That’s where it’s happening now. Money will be coming as well. I think it is important for us to absolutely keep up this wonderful intelligent dialogue, without too much complaining, and people will be tuning in more and more. They will want to be a part of this growing movement. We are in the vanguard. I take our responsibilty seriously." These are my sentiments, exactly. This is where the Revolution has already begun and we need to do everything we can to further it and to support the vanguards of the vanguards, like Brad and the Brad Blog. I don’t have e-mail addresses for most of those I mentioned above. I would like to share what I (with the help of others) have come up with and add your ideas to the mix before presenting the final proposal to Brad, hopefully in the next week. To do that, I need as many of you as possible to link to my e-mail address (click on Steve at the top of this comment) and e-mail me so that I can e-mail the proposal to you and you can comment or add to it if you wish. I promise not to share your e-mail address with anyone, including on this blog (unless you have already posted/linked it on the blog). It would not be practical to try to flesh this concept out on an open comment blog and their are a few things that I’d like to leave as a possible surprise to Brad if this idea takes wings. I have no other agenda or marketing ambitions. I am a pediatrician and have plenty of other things to do to keep me busy, but, like many of you, I feel called to action by what is happening in this country and by what I have learned from this and other blogs. I would like to try and do my part. I look forward to hearing from you and getting your input.
Thanks, Steve
More recognition for Brad at Shakespeare’s Sister Blogspot
"People ask where are the Woodwards and Bernsteins of today. Well, we’ve found them—they’re called Brad, Aravosis, Susan G… The only difference between them and W&B is that it’s a lot harder for them to get their stories into the Washington Post. They need our help. We pushed Gannon into the mainstream media; now it’s time to do the same with Clint Curtis. Let’s go. "
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Push for the Lemme Case to be re-openned as someone here said "if it bleeds ,it leads" and one thing will surely lead to another !
Its a house of cards(money) ,threaten their personal fortunes and they will change sides faster than "rats deserting a sinking ship".
Wonderful news. Let’s keep at the MSM until our stories receive comprehensive coverage! And blessings upon thee, Brad…
Hi, Peg C – "ditto" from me to Brad
Not only don’t the victors question the score or the scoring, but according to American tradition, nobody else (including the losing candidate!) is expected to question it either. Meanwhile the United States has no compunction about telling Ukraine their own election was rigged.
It’s laughable, when you think about it. A columnist for the New York Times writes that Intrade, a futures market in Ireland that handles huge bets on upcoming events (like wars, elections, who the next Pope will be) called every one of the 50 states accurately last November. This is "remarkable," John Tierney writes, but he fails to acknowledge the obvious…that if a "smart money" off-shore marketplace got it right, but the exit polls (which represent actual voters) were off by 5-1/2% (sic), then somebody knew something that other people aren’t supposed to know about what happened on November 2.
A nice little pearl from Steinback.
We should be sure to let people know when they’re doing well, as well as when they are doing poorly. When I became a regular netizen several years ago, one policy I adopted was not to just criticize those whom I think are doing poorly, but to make it a point to drop a line to those sites I visit on a somewhat regular basis and tell them I enjoy their site and appreciate the work they’ve put into it.
(BTW, Brad, I enjoy your site and appreciate the work you put into it.) 🙂
I don’t know if this has ever been suggested before, but have the legit reporters of the bloggerverse ever considered forming their own MSM? Much like Fox News represents those who are on the right, this service (let’s call it "WebNews") would represent those who are IN the right. You could form your own association of journalists whom you know are on the up-and-up, create your own news features, which would be posted on the web (not just articles, but video newscasts), and compete directly with the MSM. If they won’t ar the stories (and some local stations might, given proper encouragement), then outsource. If these stories start showing up on newscasts in Europe et al, especially if they are shown in Canada, it would pressure the MSM to cover the stories properly, or step aside for those who will.
It could be the blogging journalist’s equivalent to the AP. Just a thought. (It’s easier to come up with ideas than the money to pay for said ideas.) 🙂
One little amusing tidbit to close with. I saw this comment from an article on a pro athlete who is a member of the "upper class", and it immediately made me think of the Republicans. The article refered to "the haves and the have-yachts".
Well, I got a chuckle from it. 🙂
comment#25, this is a great idea journalist bloggers getting a newspaper or tv show. I’m sure when we get back our country,i.e. have a democracy again..someone will do a market survey..see that there is definately a need and market..I’d invest. Right now, we have state media though.
Thanks to Brad Blog and everybody who is working so hard to fight this evil BS. I had a husband in Iraq last year and who knows when he’ll be going back – could be tomorrow for all we are guaranteed right now. A five year old who is disabled and requires 2+ surgeries every year for about the next 8 years, and one unhappy to be military teenager right now. I so have my hands full at this moment and I so rely on you who are able to fight this fight right now!! If you guys weren’t out there on the frontlines right this minute I shudder to think how much worse this all could be at this moment! I awaken every morning and check on how things are going and I feel hope!! Somedays it was small but it was hope none the less. You guys are really getting somewhere now because you did get in there every single day and fight and fight and fight for the truth about all of this. I send you much love today!
Tracy
You and yours are in my thoughts and prayers.
Tracy —
Keep coming back and keep making noise, we need your help!
Tracy! Welcome! What an honor for us.
The legislation just passed in Congress to help the soldiers and families is a good sign. Things might be turning in our favor.
Welcome Tracy! Thanks for joining in and sharing your story. You, your husband, your little 5 yr. old and your military teen are in my thoughts & prayers. Bless you for your kind and uplifting words.
I know I need to read the words of the good people who post here and it makes me do research on what’s happening in the world today. It’s just a great place for education as well as for sharing and offering support to each other. Brad’s starting a bunch of brush fires!
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds. — Samuel Adams
We’re blessed to have Brad working his tail off every day & doing a great job finding & reporting the TRUTH.
Much Love Back!
Thanks for dropping by, Tracy, I hope you’ll become a regular member of our warm yet unrelenting clan of kindred spirits. Our hearts go out to you and your wonderful family. I grew up believing that the truth will always prevail, but the caveat seems to be that it will only if enough people are aware of it. I’m so glad it’s reached you, and I urge you to keep your spirits up and do whatever you can to support and multiply the forces of good. With each of us doing our little bit we shall surely overcome!
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