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Coming Up For Air
Kerry Preparing Grounds to Unconcede
Election Challenge likely on Jan 6th

BreakForNews.com, 24th Dec, 2004 23:00ET
by Fintan Dunne, Editor EXCLUSIVE

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 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 Systems, 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 Systems during the recount in Ohio. Evidence which has led a senior Democrat, ranking House Judiciary Cmtee. member, John Conyers Jr. to accuse the boss of Triad Systems of "orchestrating" a criminal conspiracy to pervert the outcome of the Ohio recount.

The allegations first surfaced before an 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.

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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I read something about this here last night. What can you tell us about BREAKFORNEWS...is it reputable?

I've had the same question. In the last few months, I've seen Breakfornews quoted as a source on a couple of things that did pan out, but don't know much about it. Allan, do you know?

I too have seen BreakForNews mentioned here and there and I can't tell you much about them myself other than in scanning both this story, as well as a number of others on ther home page, they do provide fairly credible sources in many cases (in this instance, mainstream MSNBC), versus, say, one person making a claim. Does the writer inject some hopeful spin in the writing? Perhaps, but there remain a lot of facts within the copy. We'll really have to see what develops further.

I've added BFN to my resource site (Offered as a convenience, not really a 'plug' since it's a 'labor of love' versus making anything off it or even wanting to. It really started out as a line-up of url's for my own daily scanning ease) providing alternative news & opinion for progressives of all sort, along with activist info, etc. I don't agree with every stance but I think you can gain a lot of insights from a spectrum covering mainstream Democrats to Libertarians to Anarchists. Some of these outlets are coming of age and providing some really decent investigative journalism, sorely lacking in convention choices. I also can't afford to donate to all these people so, in the least, I thought, I'd showcase them (including this place:-) It's at http://aloffair.com. Feel free to check it out and see if there are any useful links you might find. It loads in about 20-30 seconds over broadband and could take over a minute on a distant DSL. (Each link has its own window; You might have to adjust your pop-up filter on some systems.) I've heard nightmare load-up times, however, over land lines like a 56k phone modem.

BuzzFlash.com, InformationClearingHouse.info, AntiWar.com & CommonDreams.org are my personal immediate go-to's whenever I log in offering great summaries of articles but there are others that seem to be good 'diggers', like The Blue Lemur, for one, that I try to catch at least once a day.

Does that help or did I put you to sleep?

Thanks, Allan! You didn't put me to snoozing at all. BuzzFlash, I'd already added, but I appreciate the links to some of the others. Since the msm has not been responsive, I've resurrected my old love for independent journalism, but haven't been sure about how reliable some of these sources are. At DU, for instance, I feel like I'm sometimes separating the wheat from the chaff.

Thank you! :D