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To: MSI who wrote (307670)	10/12/2002 1:13:50 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Poll-ishness....... MSI, The mainstream media is appalled that the CIA apparently is manipulating polls to their own agenda: newmassmedia.com ************** Then there is this indication that the Repuglicans of the Gross Hypocrisy Party (GHP) are running scared as well as being running dogs...... ********** The liars in the GHP use a variety of cheating techniques. The most hilarious one today is from Miami, where the righteous and indignant fascists among the Cubans were too flummoxed to carry on when challenged about how they were stealing elections down there: PIG ALERT Message 18104649 SUEEEY! Commissioners Stage Apparent Walkout Over Election Plan MIAMI, 5:08 p.m. EDT October 11, 2002 - Six Cuban-American members of the Miami-Dade County Commission left the commission chambers in unison Thursday, forestalling a vote on a plan that would bring in outside monitors for the Nov. 5 election. The plan was meant to prevent a repeat of the Sept. 10 primary disaster in which Miami-Dade and Broward counties saw near chaos at the polls, with polls opening late, workers unable to turn on the electronic voting machines, and major discrepancies between voter registration and the final vote count. Commissioners who support the monitors had considered bringing in the foundation led by former President Jimmy Carter, which often travels to troubled countries to ensure legitimate elections, but several Cuban-American commissioners reportedly balked at the idea, both because of Carter's recent trip to Cuba and his support for ending the embargo, and because they felt his presence would stigmatize the county as akin to a third-world nation. The plan up for vote on Thursday would involve contracting with the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Democracy, a nonpartisan group. To vote on the plan, the 13-member commission needed a quorum of seven members present. The walkout prevented the quorum, therefore, stalling the vote. In addition to the six who walked out Thursday, a seventh commissioner, former Chairwoman Gwen Margolis, was ceremonially retired at the previous meeting and was absent. The commissioners walking out Thursday were Javier Souto, Bruno Barreiro, Rebeca Sosa, Joe Martinez, Jose "Pepe" Cancio and Natacha Seijas. All are on record as opposing the monitors," ************************* These pricks could be called pond scum, but that would be unkind to scum.