Greetings from a first time (diary) caller. I've been skeptical about the idea that this election was fraudulently stolen. Not because Bush, Rove, and Co wouldn't stoop that low, but rather because the amount of fraud needed to produce these election results seems too large and widespread. Crooked yes, but stupid? Getting caught stealing the election by manipulating hundreds of thousands of votes would be political suicide for the GOP with lasting effects. Better to lose than to face such recriminations.
But systematic "fraud" did occur. The FL felons list, the Sproul Assoc. shenanigans, the Ohio vote machine deployment, are all examples of election "fraud" in my opinion, perhaps with the tacit knowledge by the national party. This sets the scale for fraud: a few thousand votes here and there, enough to swing a razor thin election or make a small lead insurmountable (Ohio?), but still be under the radar. If exposed, be deniable: attributed to a few bad apples - easy in our media climate.
With that `scale' in mind, the results of the Miami Herald Recount might just suggest that something is amiss.
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