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LIES, DISTORTIONS, MISREPRESENTATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, WHOPPERS and HYPOCRISIES
(A Very Partial List) Submit to the List
JESSE JACKSON, JR.'S CHICAGO BUTTERFLY BALLOT
KARL ROVE CLAIMED: "this same butterfly ballot, similar--very much similar to the format being used in--in Florida, is also used in the other races in Cook County, including the race for the congressional district seat now held by Jesse Jackson Jr." See Nightline Transcript.
THE TRUTH: The ballot presented to Ted Koppel, on camera, by Karl Rove of the Bush campaign, and then deftly shuffled under a piece of paper out of sight, was a forgery. After being caught in this lie, the Bush campaign claimed to have gotten, quote, "bad information" concerning the Chicago ballot. The Nightline audience's laughter was eloquent. See details.
PBC BALLOT COMPLAINTS
CAME ONLY AFTER THE POLLS WERE CLOSED
JAMES BAKER CLAIMED: Complaints about the Palm Beach County butterfly ballot only began after voting had ended. "And we haven't heard one gripe about that ballot until after the voting took place." See AP Report.
THE TRUTH: "It was clear there were complaints before polling closed on Tuesday and before it was clear the race was tight enough for the Buchanan vote to be a real issue." See Reuters. Elections officials began receiving complaints about the confusing ballot as soon as the polls opened, and even sent memos out to the polling workers acknowledging this.
MANUAL RECOUNTS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
REPUBLICAN LITIGANTS CLAIM: "manual recounts are unconstitutional because they give more consideration to some ballots than others." See Reuters Story.
THE TRUTH: Government: Florida elections statute permitting manual recount of votes was not unconstitutional. A Florida elections statute which permitted county canvassing boards to authorize a manual recount of votes upon a timely, written request of a candidate or a political party did not rise to the level of a clear constitutional injury in violation of the First Amendment, due process clause or equal protection clause. The statute was reasonable and nondiscriminatory on its face. The recount provisions were generally applicable and evenhanded. Further, they did not limit the candidates' access to the ballot or interfere with the voters' right to associate or to vote. Moreover, the statute served an important governmental interest. It ensured an accurate and true reflection of the will of the electorate. See Westlaw Bulletin.
ALMOST 17,000 REGISTERED
REFORM PARTY MEMBERS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY
KARL ROVE CLAIMED: Buchanan's performance in Palm Beach County is not anomalous, because, "There are disproportionate shares of Reform Party members in Palm Beach County. For example, while there's 16,695 Palm Beach County residents who have registered in the Reform Party, in the nearby county of Broward, there are only 476 individuals registered to this party." See Nightline Transcript.
THE TRUTH: "In Palm Beach County, more than 16,000 voters registered in the Independent Party, one that claims no connection to Pat Buchanan. But only about 350 registered in two different Reform Parties." See Nightline Transcript.
BUCHANAN'S PBC PERFORMANCE NOT ANOMALOUS
A REPUBLICAN MONKEY MAILER CLAIMED: The Buchanan results in Palm Beach County were not anomalous, considering Buchanan's almost 9,000 votes in the 96 Republican Primary.
THE TRUTH: "Some commentators have argued that the fact that Buchanan received 8,788 votes in Palm Beach County in 1996 indicates that it is reasonable to believe that he could receive 3,407 votes there in 2000. However, this argument ignores the fact that in 2000 Buchanan received only 17,356 votes in Florida whereas in 1996 he received 162,713 votes in Florida." (See Harvard Research). There is a 97.5% chance that at least 2000 of the Buchanan votes in Palm Beach County were intended for Al Gore. (See New Scientist: Statistically significant.) (Complete List of Statistical Resources) The Buchanan campaign has characterized the Bush claims refuting these voting result anomalies as "nonsense," and has admitted that many of the votes cast for Buchanan were obviously intended for Al Gore.
NEXT: REPUBLICAN LIES, PART II
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