<<50% of America has spoken...don't forget that! David I.>> That's true. The other 50% don't bother to vote. Terry Peterson ----Original Message Follows---- From: David Ilvedson <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> Reply-To: ilvey@sbcglobal.net, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: Re: Exit polls. OTsour grapz! Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:59:06 -0800 50% of America has spoken...don't forget that! David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: pianolover 88 <pianolover88@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:01:41 -0800 Subject: Re: Exit polls. OTsour grapz! >Larry, >Oh my goodness! So beautifully stated, and not a wasted word. I hope the >libs take it to heart and realize that, just like Bill O'reilly, we are >looking out for you too! Please "wake up" and admit when you have lost. >AMERICA HAS SPOKEN! And loudly, with a mandate as well! Now we ALL have to >come together and celebrate this greatest nation on God's green earth. >Terry Peterson >----Original Message Follows---- >From: LarryinAtlanta@aol.com >Reply-To: Pianotech &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt; >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Exit polls. OTsour grapes! >Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:50:38 EST >In a message dated 11/3/04 3:00:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, >sarLah@graphic-fusion.com writes: >Approximately 200,000 &quot;provisional&quot; ballots remain uncounted. >Provisional >means mostly those folks who got &quot;messed with&quot; and had the >presence of mind to >demand a vote anyway. In other words, mostly poor, black, and Democratic. >Do >you think those pissed off voters might have favored Kerry by 75%? If so, >Kerry could have won. >Peace, >Sarah >Sarah, I truly mean no offense. But you are ranting on about this with >absolutely no facts. You have no proof that the provisional ballots were >mostly poor >black democrats. And you obviously don't understand just what a provisional >ballot is. It's when people show up to vote, and they aren't listed as being >registered. It's a way to try and keep people from voting twice, without >causing >them to not be able to vote at all. Historically, almost half of the >provisional ballots turn out to legitimately be bogus attempts for people >who aren't >registered to vote, to vote. I'm sorry, but I don't care if you're rich, >white, >and living in a mansion, if you don't have the good sense to follow the law >and register to vote properly, you don't have the right to vote. The only >way >you can maintain order is to set rules and then make everyone play by them. >Next, Ohio has a long standing method by which they factor these provisional >ballots into the picture, and it's one that makes complete sense. If the >number of votes separating the two parties involved is larger than the >number of >provisional ballots, then there is no reason to not go ahead and call the >election for the one with the most votes. In other words, if the one with >the most >votes has 500 more votes than the other guy, and there are only 300 >provisional >ballots, common sense tells you that you aren't going to find enough votes >for the loser among 300 ballots to come up with more than 500 votes. Even if >every single provisional ballot is a vote for the loser (which is a >statistical >impossibility) you would still be 200 votes short, and the loser would still >be >the loser. >You are engaging in conspiritorial nonsense Sarah, trying to create >boogiemen >to blame for your party's loss rather than look at the real reason you lost >not only the presidency, but seats in both the house and senate. That's >what's >wrong with your party Sarah. Your party sticks its head in the sand, and >refuses to look at what America needs and wants. With this election, your >party was >roundly rejected. Instead of clinging tighter to the ideology that has >failed >you once again, perhaps it is time to open your eyes and ears and start >listening to the voices that are trying to tell you why your party is >rapidly >becoming not only irrelevant, but dangerous as well. >_________________________________________________________________ >Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! >http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Tht _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
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