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| 9. Ken Blackwell Outsources Ohio Election Results to GOP Internet Operatives, Again |
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more at http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2006/11/7/115314/... SOS Blackwell also neglected to inform that he outsourced Election Night hosting services to the provider of Internet operations for the Republican National Committee, SMARTech Corp. It's clear that most of the IP address space allocated to Smartechcorp, if it has a domain name, is operated by the RNC or its functionaries and allies. Is there significance to the fact that election.sos.state.oh.us, on Tuesday night, will correspond to the IP address that lies between Karl Rove's Votervault.com and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)? Just one arrangement of odd bedfellows in that example click the link to IP Block 64.203.98.xxx for other familiar examples such as Becki Donatelli-client, VetsForFreedom.com, or Ken Mehlman's 72hour.org.. They're all hot items right now with each aimed capture the reader's vote. Attempting to surf to http://election.sos.state.oh.us will redirect the visitor to http://www.sos.state.oh.us . Following Election Results links leads to http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ElectionsVoter/results20... (not the Election Night Dashboard at time of writing). On Tuesday, Nov. 7, databases of name servers should be refreshed to enable websurfers to clicking 'election.sos.state.oh.us' to arrive at http://64.203.98.137//Results/Dashboard.aspx . http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A64.203.98.137 ... Ken, it's harder to make stuff disappear on the internets, not as easy as disappearing $10,000 Diebold lobbyist checks...>
Ken Blackwell outsourced the design of the Election Night Project to Mike Connell who is a GOP operative and the principal of New Media Communications and GovTech Solutions. Their association may go back as far as the George H. W. Bush era. Connell's long-established association in the online political, campaign and fundraising arenas, in addition to his technological expertise, made him a shoe-in for government and non-government services where pay-to-play is the standard..
On April 7, 2000, Blackwell certified the woman-owned (Connell's wife, Heather), small business that Mike Connell spunoff of New Media Communications in order to provide government contracting service a 'non-partisan' face. When Blackwell stamped 'approval' on that incorporation, he'd previously approved the merger of DCI Group and NewMedia Communications.
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| -So SMARTECH, company that hosts gwb43.com (owned by RNC), ALSO hosted the OHIO ELECTION RETURNS??? |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-21-07 04:45 PM |
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Ka-powee!! republicon rot to the core. |
SpiralHawk |
Mar-21-07 04:46 PM |
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WAS THE FIX IN before this? Kerry-Bush vote-switch found in probability study |
L. Coyote |
Mar-28-07 12:19 PM |
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Links?!? |
MagickMuffin |
Mar-21-07 04:46 PM |
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Some other sites hosted by SmartTech |
threadkillaz |
Mar-22-07 04:27 PM |
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There are only just so many coincidences... |
Greyskye |
Mar-21-07 04:47 PM |
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Whoa there!. . . . . . That's very interesting.... |
annabanana |
Mar-21-07 04:48 PM |
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The OHIO server could not handle election night traffic. Cronyism at work. |
L. Coyote |
Mar-21-07 08:21 PM |
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Why on earth would the SoS have a server that didn't have the capacity ... |
Botany |
Mar-22-07 02:35 PM |
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Wouldn't it matter if it's the RNC that's involved? |
WinkyDink |
Mar-22-07 03:37 PM |
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Linky? |
tandot |
Mar-21-07 04:50 PM |
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Keep peeling that stinky onion.. |
SoCalDem |
Mar-21-07 04:50 PM |
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Fancy that! |
TerdlowSmedley |
Mar-21-07 04:51 PM |
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UPDATED with links....nt |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-21-07 04:54 PM |
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Ken Blackwell Outsources Ohio Election Results to GOP Internet Operatives, Again |
BadgerKid |
Mar-21-07 04:56 PM |
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They had the contract to handle all RNC stuff |
blogslut |
Mar-21-07 04:58 PM |
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RNC payments (over the counter) to Smartech by election cycle: |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-21-07 05:01 PM |
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And Rove's boy, Scott Jennings, had his assistant on that gwb43 |
Skidmore |
Mar-21-07 05:07 PM |
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Some relevant stuff at SourceWatch |
starroute |
Mar-21-07 05:08 PM |
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Jeff Averbeck is head of Smartech and Airnet, $ to/from RNC, Corker |
mcg |
Mar-22-07 07:52 AM |
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Un-friggen'-believable. |
Old and In the Way |
Mar-21-07 05:10 PM |
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Wow, this puts a fresh emphasis on this photo, does it not? |
seafan |
Mar-21-07 05:18 PM |
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Kick and Rec n/t |
emulatorloo |
Mar-21-07 05:20 PM |
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You are correct....wow, I can see the connection now. |
Old and In the Way |
Mar-21-07 05:27 PM |
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This may account for Rove's "math". Direct links to the WH |
mod mom |
Mar-21-07 08:57 PM |
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and this quote, for 2006 |
Morgana LaFey |
Mar-21-07 05:40 PM |
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excellent catch |
librechik |
Mar-22-07 12:36 PM |
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I think every DUer needs to have that particular quote handy |
Morgana LaFey |
Mar-22-07 06:42 PM |
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Son of a bitch my blood boils every freak'n time I see that hog pic |
lonestarnot |
Mar-21-07 07:29 PM |
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BIngo |
malaise |
Mar-22-07 05:24 AM |
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my my indeed!! |
helderheid |
Mar-22-07 09:23 AM |
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The story that goes with the photo |
ProSense |
Mar-22-07 10:09 AM |
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Great compilation, thanks. Gotta keep documenting everything. |
seafan |
Mar-22-07 10:44 AM |
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Now that's interesting |
CabalPowered |
Mar-21-07 05:25 PM |
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I always said, if they ever started investigating, it would be a 24/7 job |
Terri S |
Mar-21-07 05:29 PM |
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technomania.com's "Hall of Shame" |
SoCalDem |
Mar-21-07 05:30 PM |
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Wow! |
Janice325 |
Mar-21-07 05:32 PM |
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I hope you are sending this info to Leahy, Schumer and Conyers |
Beaverhausen |
Mar-21-07 05:42 PM |
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I think we ALL need to send it and CALL about it.... |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-21-07 06:11 PM |
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And Olbermann! |
Alizaryn |
Mar-21-07 09:24 PM |
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BOOM! |
redacted |
Mar-21-07 06:18 PM |
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Company called AIRNET shares Smartech offices/phone number |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-21-07 06:27 PM |
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Airnet Hosts GOP Internet Sites in 2004 |
Emit |
Mar-21-07 06:34 PM |
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Kick. |
bobthedrummer |
Mar-26-07 06:55 PM |
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Check out their website |
merh |
Mar-21-07 07:44 PM |
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Well, of course. |
Patsy Stone |
Mar-21-07 06:30 PM |
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Jesus Christ. The evidence is OUT THERE. Waiting... |
tom_paine |
Mar-21-07 06:32 PM |
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Democrats Need To Offer To Host Ohio's Official Returns in 2008... |
Blackhatjack |
Mar-21-07 06:39 PM |
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Just a detail regarding nameservers... |
dotcosm |
Mar-21-07 06:43 PM |
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But consecutive IP addresses... |
FatDave |
Mar-22-07 11:56 AM |
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EPISODEFORTYNINE - down the street from Smartech - provided ELECTION RESULTS to RNC |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-21-07 06:52 PM |
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Still hosted by smartech |
passy |
Mar-22-07 05:12 AM |
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And linked to Donatelli group |
passy |
Mar-22-07 05:21 AM |
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question from a nontechnical person |
renate |
Mar-21-07 06:59 PM |
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They didn't steal enough votes in 2006 |
eridani |
Mar-21-07 08:59 PM |
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IMO, they switched X amount of votes but needed X+ votes to actually win. We won by wider margin |
cryingshame |
Mar-22-07 07:42 AM |
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See post # 22 .... Karl misunderestimated how many votes to "switch" |
loudsue |
Mar-22-07 11:26 AM |
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That is some great work y'all. |
MGKrebs |
Mar-21-07 07:02 PM |
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(taken from another thread) Smartech hosts RNCftp.com |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-21-07 07:11 PM |
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SURPRISE: Bush-Cheney Campaign PAID Smartech (AIRNET ) $$$$$ |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-21-07 07:27 PM |
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Funny how these threads never seem to make it onto the freeper sites |
Atman |
Mar-21-07 07:32 PM |
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Unfortunately it never makes a diff to some at DU, either. They prefer the powerstructure |
blm |
Mar-22-07 09:21 AM |
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RNCftp.com -> take a DEEP breath and check this out |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-21-07 07:43 PM |
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Holy sheeeeeettttt |
merh |
Mar-21-07 07:49 PM |
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Looks like a list of sites managed by Smartech - some interesting ones |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-21-07 07:54 PM |
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It IS the RNC -- it's their bunker headquarters. Look at all those |
loudsue |
Mar-22-07 11:35 AM |
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If one can wrap themselves into the mindset of the NO QUALMS........ |
nolabels |
Mar-22-07 03:31 PM |
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The hits just keep on comin' |
Patsy Stone |
Mar-21-07 08:37 PM |
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but do the folks that need to act on this see it for what it is? |
merh |
Mar-21-07 09:07 PM |
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Well that depends |
Patsy Stone |
Mar-21-07 09:11 PM |
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Jeez a lotta info to pass on to Conyers and KO and Jon |
GreenPartyVoter |
Mar-21-07 07:50 PM |
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Don't forget Bill Maher....he's starting to understand better what's been |
loudsue |
Mar-22-07 12:02 PM |
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What are these? |
Patsy Stone |
Mar-21-07 08:28 PM |
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lookup gwb43.com, Rackspace.com, IndyMedia |
mcg |
Mar-22-07 07:25 AM |
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This is why Dems must create law requiring hand-counted pen and paper ballots, |
seafan |
Mar-21-07 07:44 PM |
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YES!! |
helderheid |
Mar-22-07 11:13 AM |
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My jaw... |
reprehensor |
Mar-21-07 08:00 PM |
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Oh my goodness... followed some links check this out |
btmlndfrmr |
Mar-21-07 08:01 PM |
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I don't understand these threads. Could it be that Pukes all use |
BuyingThyme |
Mar-21-07 08:05 PM |
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Cronyism. Not much more as yet shown. |
L. Coyote |
Mar-21-07 08:34 PM |
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GovTech received authorization from the GSA |
btmlndfrmr |
Mar-21-07 08:39 PM |
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OHIO is not a fed agency, so did Blackwell let this to bidders?? n/t |
L. Coyote |
Mar-21-07 08:48 PM |
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On April 7, 2000, Blackwell certified the woman-owned (Connell's wife), small business |
btmlndfrmr |
Mar-21-07 08:54 PM |
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Here is a link to State of Ohio website & the contract with GovTech |
recoveringdittohed |
Mar-22-07 07:01 AM |
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Rove and top aide Susan Ralston on election night: |
bleever |
Mar-21-07 08:20 PM |
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Hardly the pizza place... |
Patsy Stone |
Mar-21-07 08:34 PM |
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Whaaaaaaa??? |
bleever |
Mar-21-07 09:14 PM |
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This explains a bit more |
Patsy Stone |
Mar-21-07 09:41 PM |
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Hansel's regrettal. |
bleever |
Mar-21-07 09:55 PM |
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It's the $64,000.00 question isn't it? |
btmlndfrmr |
Mar-21-07 09:19 PM |
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My head has just officially exploded |
SharonRB |
Mar-21-07 08:30 PM |
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It's enough to make you vomit. |
Patsy Stone |
Mar-21-07 08:34 PM |
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So what does this mean? |
Marie26 |
Mar-21-07 08:45 PM |
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It questions whether or not, due to party loyalty |
Patsy Stone |
Mar-21-07 08:53 PM |
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It's corporate outsourcing of gov. functions |
Marie26 |
Mar-21-07 08:58 PM |
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If they were doing any WH business on a private server |
Patsy Stone |
Mar-21-07 10:27 PM |
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No doubt. nt |
Marie26 |
Mar-21-07 10:56 PM |
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And the plot thickens... |
Cobalt Violet |
Mar-21-07 08:55 PM |
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k&r for the truth |
yardwork |
Mar-21-07 09:06 PM |
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PLEASE ALSO JOIN ME IN CONTACTING OH AG MARC DANN: |
mod mom |
Mar-21-07 09:06 PM |
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I think a couple of these companies named are the same ones that Carol |
grannylib |
Mar-21-07 11:05 PM |
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I have a vague recollection of that, but nothing specific yet. There's this though |
donkeyotay |
Mar-22-07 01:35 PM |
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Am I right in remembering Blackwell had direct access to the tabulator? |
And the Oscar goes |
Mar-22-07 12:23 AM |
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Is Kerry still working behind the scenes to contest Ohio? |
Bluebear |
Mar-22-07 07:02 AM |
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If the scene was about ten miles in front of him, then maybe. n/t |
Darkhawk32 |
Mar-22-07 07:52 AM |
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Blackwell wasn't kidding when he said he'd deliver Ohio for Bush, eh? |
Roland99 |
Mar-22-07 07:50 AM |
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Swit Boat Liars connection |
passy |
Mar-22-07 08:54 AM |
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Rapublicons abandoned avoiding even the appearance of impropriety long ago. |
glitch |
Mar-22-07 08:59 AM |
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See the episode 49 connection (also on the server) & 2004,2006 elections plans |
The Count |
Mar-22-07 09:03 AM |
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Bastards are toast. |
CrazyOrangeCat |
Mar-22-07 09:12 AM |
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Yeah, esp. with that LIBERAL MEDIA blasting this from every street corner. |
Roland99 |
Mar-22-07 09:47 AM |
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If they won't, at last, broadcast some real news, some truth . . . |
CrazyOrangeCat |
Mar-22-07 10:11 AM |
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I sure hope you're right. eom |
stubtoe |
Mar-22-07 10:31 AM |
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Why is anyone surprised? |
TheGoldenRule |
Mar-22-07 10:06 AM |
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That's EXACTLY why election threads should NOT be sent to the basement |
loudsue |
Mar-22-07 12:20 PM |
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The Sec. of State's office has it's own servers |
Botany |
Mar-22-07 10:09 AM |
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If John Edwards had known this...... |
Gloria |
Mar-22-07 10:15 AM |
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I GUARANTEE you that Smartech and Airnet have zeroed those servers... |
paparush |
Mar-22-07 10:25 AM |
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That's what I'm afraid of, paparush. We TRIED to get investigations |
loudsue |
Mar-22-07 12:30 PM |
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Agreed loudsue. But isn't proof of mere access by the Smartech sysads enough, |
redacted |
Mar-22-07 03:35 PM |
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god how I love |
Left Brain |
Mar-22-07 10:51 AM |
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it's political . . . so what? . . . aren't elections political? . . . (sarcasm) . . . n/t |
OneBlueSky |
Mar-22-07 10:56 AM |
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I called Leahy and Conyers about this yesterday. |
vickiss |
Mar-22-07 11:43 AM |
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You need to call back & link this thread to one of their aides. |
loudsue |
Mar-22-07 12:34 PM |
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Thank you! |
bleever |
Mar-22-07 12:46 PM |
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DOES IT SUPRISE ME? NO |
benld74 |
Mar-22-07 12:00 PM |
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So --- ultra-smelly. |
byronius |
Mar-22-07 12:22 PM |
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this has to see the light of day - the possibilities are ENORMOUS |
IWantAChange |
Mar-22-07 12:32 PM |
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GREAT post, Jackstraw!!! |
loudsue |
Mar-22-07 01:05 PM |
#119 |
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Tobacco suit fine dropped from 130mill to 10 bill: Sharon Ubanks resigned |
caligirl |
Mar-22-07 01:36 PM |
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THAT DOES IT. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO CALL HOUSE JUDICIARY & THE SENATE ASAP |
redacted |
Mar-22-07 02:16 PM |
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Puts into perspective Tom DeLay's 1/6/05 comment on the House floor |
Botany |
Mar-22-07 02:27 PM |
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I'm sure he said it with a smirk. What an asshole. |
loudsue |
Mar-22-07 02:55 PM |
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I was on 11/2/04 to 11/3/04 to 3:30 AM |
Botany |
Mar-22-07 03:01 PM |
#126 |
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This is insane. We live in a banana republic...nt |
jackstraw45 |
Mar-23-07 10:47 AM |
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What about all the comments that if there was something wrong why weren't their any charges filed? |
glitch |
Mar-22-07 03:03 PM |
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Looking back on the Ohio lockdown |
nomatrix |
Mar-22-07 03:21 PM |
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Has anyone sent this thread to the congresscritters?? |
loudsue |
Mar-22-07 03:34 PM |
#130 |
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Some of them know a lot more than we do-the staffers too. |
bobthedrummer |
Mar-27-07 09:48 AM |
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Call your senators & rep... send this link to people in the media... |
redqueen |
Mar-22-07 03:41 PM |
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The meaning of TRESPASSERS-W, if you're interested. |
crispini |
Mar-22-07 11:15 PM |
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Did I ever tell you that you are my Fav? |
Botany |
Mar-24-07 11:56 AM |
#138 |
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Susan Bonzon Ralston should testify under oath along with Karl Rove |
bobthedrummer |
Mar-25-07 08:25 PM |
#139 |
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