This is finally being told by a Magazine somewhat in the mainstream. It's a long article with lots of stats. Unless you are really into the numbers or a real CT nut you may find it boring after a couple pages, but no one I know could possibly walk away without being mad as Hell. This is going to be my shortest diary to history as I just want to make sure this is released ASAP. Anyone with much more knowleadge than me is welcome to add thier 2 cents.
http://www.rollingstone.com/...
I can only hope some of the Big Papers run with this. I wonder if there is anyway to reverse the results, and have Pres. Kerry assume his correct place in History.
Like many Americans, I spent the evening of the 2004 election watching the returns on television and wondering how the exit polls, which predicted an overwhelming victory for John Kerry, had gotten it so wrong. By midnight, the official tallies showed a decisive lead for George Bush -- and the next day, lacking enough legal evidence to contest the results, Kerry conceded. Republicans derided anyone who expressed doubts about Bush's victory as nut cases in ''tinfoil hats,'' while the national media, with few exceptions, did little to question the validity of the election. The Washington Post immediately dismissed allegations of fraud as ''conspiracy theories,''(1) and The New York Times declared that ''there is no evidence of vote theft or errors on a large scale.''
This whole article is full of the fact surrounding just how dirty the whole affair was and how it was done. I'm adding bits as time goes by.
Indeed, the extent of the GOP's effort to rig the vote shocked even the most experienced observers of American elections. ''Ohio was as dirty an election as America has ever seen,'' Lou Harris, the father of modern political polling, told me. ''You look at the turnout and votes in individual precincts, compared to the historic patterns in those counties, and you can tell where the discrepancies are. They stand out like a sore thumb.''
If you don't have time to read the article check out this diary. It is much better detailed : http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/6/1/16497/40871