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February 05, 2005
Accuracy, Anyone???
Yesterday there seemed to be a collective HUH? heard round the state.
The rulings coming out of Judge Bridges courtroom seemed to be very positive for the voters of this state initially. I won’t say Republicans because this isn’t a partisan issue at all…no matter how some newspapers [you know who you are] want to spin it. This is a case of voter’s rights….and the sanctity of our Democracy that is based almost solely on honest and clean elections.
But then just before the court adjourned for the day Judge Bridges seemed to rule against a revote. Or did he?
Until the transcripts come out we are all just left to guess.
Even the lawyers amongst us are mulling this one over quietly.
So I have a couple of observations here.
The MSM has been very busy spinning this story from the beginning. Accuracy has not been a priority for them as shown yet again today in this Seattle Times piece. You can decide for yourself who was misleading who….but it’s not good either way.
In the Seattle Times Jenny Durkin, attorney for the Democratic Party, stated ….
“No revote is possible," Durkan said, "www.revote.org is out of business."
Okay, there are several problems with that statement. The first of which is www.revote.org was never in business. And the average person will probably go to that site and think; wow…they really are out of business!
So it’s misleading to say the least.
If you are going to rip on a group that way, maybe you should get it right. It’s www.revotewa.com .......a small thing you say?
Maybe……. .
But accuracy is not a small thing for a newspaper……….. the devil is in the details.
So, either the ever-morphing Seattle Times or Ms. Durkin got it wrong. Was it deliberate? Well, at this point you really do have to wonder. How many other things are they getting wrong? Is this just another oops in Seattle?
Like the voting irregularities?
So when it comes to what Judge Bridges actually said, I think I will wait and read his words for myself………in the court transcript.
Posted by ChristmasGhost at February 5, 2005 07:07 PM
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I heard about this site from a friend in Germany. You would be surprised how many people are following this. We hear and read so many different stories about this. You are right. We need to wait until the real news comes out. The newspapers are awful here.
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Posted by: big_kraut at February 7, 2005 11:17 PM
I think that you are right, lets wait and see the transcripts .Let me qualify my statement I am not a lawyer so this is just my opinion of what I read. The judge said that he can not authorize a re-vote but the suggestion was that he could nullify it. It seems that after Judge Bridges rules, no matter which way it will be appealed to the Supreme Court. I believe that Gregoire will hold on to her job mainly because this state is so strongly Democratic. There will be fines and changes will be made to the election process here in Washington. I think the big losers here will be the voters that will not trust the outcome of any election in this state for some time to come.
Posted by: Bob6997 at February 6, 2005 12:47 PM
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