[Mb-civic] Kerry unconcession?

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    This can be found nowhere else in the news but it is 
    interesting enough to warrant knowing aabout!
http://www.breakfornews.com/articles/KerryPreparingGroundsToUn
concede.htm

27 Dec Update: 
Kerry Files Motion to Protect Ohio Vote Evidence 

MSNBC has released the full Dec. 24th statement by Kerry lawyer, 
Daniel Hoffheimer: 
" Kerry-Edwards will support the third-party candidates in asking the 
Federal Court in the Ohio recount lawsuit to order the preservation 
of the evidence obtained during the recount and to expedite 
discovery of the facts. Various problems and errors have occurred 
in a number of Ohio's 88 county boards of elections during the 
recount, which will conclude next week. The most publicized of 
these problems was the machine manipulation in Hocking County 
but developing evidence will reveal other problems as well. Senators 
Kerry and Edwards are very concerned that the law for conducting 
the recount should be uniformly followed. They want to be sure that 
all circumstances involved in the Ohio election, including the 
recount, should be put before the Court and disclosed to the 
American people. Only then, can the integrity of the entire electoral 
process and the election of Bush-Cheney warrant the public trust."

If you haven't been following John Kerry closely, get ready to 
hear of surprising developments. The vote-defrauded, potential 
president-in-waiting has just indicated through his lawyer that 
the validity of George Bush's reelection is no longer a given.

On 23 December, 2004 Kerry's lawyer confirmed to MSNBC's 
'Countdown' that John Kerry will be seeking (likely on Monday 27 
Dec.) to expedite court proceedings and secure evidence in an 
ongoing recount suit by the Green and Libertarian parties. That 
might sound like just another "count every vote" exercise by the 
Kerry campaign, were it not for two important details. 
Kerry's court filing will conjoin him to existing allegations that Triad 
GSI, a Republican-linked supplier of voting machines to around half 
of Ohio counties --"orchestrated" a covert campaign to thwart a 
legitimate recount in Ohio. If the allegation proves well founded, it 
could invalidate the Ohio recount and eventually even hand the 
presidency to John Kerry.
Which probably explains the second critical detail: a quiet, on the 
record bombshell statement to 'Countdown' by Daniel Hoffheimer, 
the Cincinnati lawyer representing the Kerry campaign in Ohio. 
Previously, the Kerry Campaign's intent in Ohio seemed to be 
merely an exercise of American civic spiritedness. 
Two weeks ago, when Kerry wrote to Ohio's 88 county boards of 
election asking to visually inspect some ballots, Donald McTigue, 
the lawyer handling the recount for the Kerry campaign said: "We're 
trying to increase the transparency of the election process." 
In early December, when the Kerry Campaign joined a suit by Green 
and Libertarian party candidates seeking a recount in Delaware 
County, Daniel Hoffheimer said Kerry wasn't disputing President 
Bush's victory in Ohio. The aim was to make sure any recount was 
"done accurately and completely," Hoffheimer said.

Now MSNBC 'Countdown' reports the same Hoffheimer, in 
comments on their imminent filing in the Ohio recount, concluding 
their call for a scrupulous recount with this caveat: 
"...Only then can the integrity of the entire electoral process and the 
election of Bush/Cheney warrant the public trust."
That's the first time the Kerry Campaign has impugned the 
legitimacy of Bush's reelection.


RECOUNT CHEAT SHEETS
It's a signal move, likely driven by emerging evidence of 
suspicious activity by representatives of Triad GSI during the 
recount in Ohio. Evidence which has led a senior Democrat, 
ranking House Judiciary Cmtee. member, John Conyers Jr. to 
accuse Brett A. Rapp, the boss of Triad GSI of orchestrating a 
criminal conspiracy to pervert the outcome of the Ohio 
recount.
The allegations first surfaced before an extraordinary Ohio hearing 
convened by Conyers on behalf of Democratic Minority members of 
the House Judiciary Committee. An affidavit filed by Sherole Eaton, 
Hocking County deputy director of elections, stated that a Triad 
representative had told her "how to post a 'cheat sheet' on the wall 
so the ...count would come out perfect and we wouldn't have to do a 
full hand recount of the county."
That account has been corroborated by other officials and by 
extracts from a video documentary in which a Triad technician 
admits that the company was in possession of computer "backup" 
copies of the official election data.


SIGNAL, THEN MANEUVER
If the recount was fraudulent, does that have implications for 
the validity of the first count in Ohio? The Kerry campaign 
knows full well that it does. That's why their latest statement 
questions the "integrity" of the "entire" electoral process. And 
the election of Bush/Cheney.
For Kerry, a fraudulent recount in Ohio could be an open door into 
to the Oval Office. Already, John Conyers is confident that a few 
U.S. Senators will join House members on January 6 to question the 
November 2 election. On Thursday, the Chicago Tribune reported 
that in a conference call with journalists Jesse Jackson said that 
Kerry had conceded the presidential election "much too soon. 
Before all the facts were in."
But don't expect Kerry to quickly rush to a microphone in order to 
unconcede. He doesn't have to. His unconcession will take effect by 
default.
If the Ohio recount is shown fraudulent, the domino effect could 
carry him through that door without claiming victory or even 
unconceding.
Simply by allowing Bush's claim on the Office of President to fall --
piece by fraudulent piece. Nudging the dominoes to topple in the 
right way. 
Thus leaving Kerry, poised to step into office over the Bush debris.

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