MEDIA COMPLICITY ARTICLE 2

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Tuesday 14th December 2004 

Smoking Gun of Election Fraud is in Ken Blackwell’s Hand

Votergate 2004 is not going away. There are stories 

every day about the 

Ukraine

 and the obvious fraud 

in their elections but deafening silence about our

 own elections continues. Last week there were 

CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS about voter 

fraud. Not one GOP Representative bothered 

to attend, desperately afraid of lending any 

legitimacy to the allegations. What was presented 

even made Congressman John Conyers 

object to the elections results. Where was 

the coverage??? Not one word from the 

NY Times??? I can understand FOX not 

covering an event potentially damaging 

to their boss, Bush, but the NY Times? 

This is the same paper that apologized to 

it’s readers for it’s horrific coverage in the 

lead up to the Iraq War, and now they give 

their readers another reason to not trust them 

as being objective. Even if you think the 

allegations are baseless, COVER the story!

Now, we have yet another blatant piece of evidence that the 

Ohio

 

results are fraudulent, and it is greeted with more silence. On Friday, 

Ken "GOP Whore" Blackwell decided to stop the legal recount being 

conducted in Greene County Ohio, in mid-count. When the volunteers 

asked under what authority they were being stopped they were told that 

Ken Blackwell had determined that “all voter records for the state of 

Ohio

 

were “locked-down,” and now they are not considered public records.” 

For those who may have been unaware due to the media lockdown, Ken 

Blackwell is not only the Ohio Secretary of State, but he was also the State 

Chair of the Bush reelection campaign. Conflict of interest anyone? Katherine 

Harris redux anyone?

Now, here is the kicker. Blackwell not only did not have the authority to take this 

action, he is actually in violation of the law. Ohio Revised Code Title XXXV 

Elections, Sec. 3503.26 that requires all election records to be made available for 

public inspection and copying. ORC Sec. 3599.161 makes it a crime for any employee 

of the Board of Elections to knowingly prevent or prohibit any person from inspecting 

the public records filed in the office of the Board of Elections. Lastly, ORC Sec. 3599.42 

states: “A violation of any provision of Title XXXV (35) of the Revised Code constitutes 

a prima facie case of election fraud within the purview of such Title.”

Did you get that 

America

 ? The Secretary of State of Ohio, who has an obvious 

conflict of interest by being the State Chair for the reelection of George W. Bush, 

has now violated the law to stop a recount that could prove that Bush actually lost 

Ohio, and thus the entire presidential election. Where in the hell is the media? Where 

is the outrage? Why is this not the TOP story on every network? Why is this not the 

HEADLINE in every paper? Again, even if you think the fraud allegations will not amount 

to overturning the election, isn’t the potential of real voter fraud in this country worth reporting? 

When a man who is so obviously compromised and ethically bankrupt such as Blackwell actually 

VIOLATES THE LAW, isn’t that considered news? Is it 

not even more relevant when you consider the ONLY possible reason for Blackwell to illegally 

stop the recount is that he is afraid of the results?

Blackwell’s strategy is transparent. First he insisted that recounts 

cannot occur until after the results were certified. Then he delayed 

the certification process until the absolute last day. During that 

period he told Keith Olbermann that he would not seek to interfere with any recount attempts and 

that such efforts would be, “yet another audit of the voting process." His actual quote from that 

interview was:

“We’ve told the two officials, candidates that once we certify on 

December 6th, they have five days to certify. I mean, to ask for a 

recount. Once they ask for a recount, we will provide them with a 

recount. And that’s what I’ve said from the very first indication that they were interested in a 

recount. Once it was established that they were statewide candidates with standing, our law says 

that they can ask for a recount. We will regard this as yet another audit of the voting process.”

Apparently Blackwell forgot that the recount was a legal procedure. Obviously his strategy has 

been to delay and stall. He knows that the further he pushes the process, the harder it will be to 

overturn the results. These tactics are abhorrent and translucent. Every citizen should be outraged, 

regardless of party.

Tomorrow the Congressional hearings continue, this time from the state of 

Ohio

 at 10:30 AM . 

This represents yet another chance for our media to prove that they are not mere lackeys of this 

administration. This is yet another chance for them to prove that they are concerned with your 

interests. This is not about democrat or republican. This is about the heart of our democracy. 

There have been statistical studies and analyses that have swayed me to believe there was gross 

fraud in the 

election but even if you do not believe such, is it not part of 

democracy to ensure that the election was fair? Blackwell waited until late Friday to stop the recount 

because he knew that it would be the most opportune time to avoid any media coverage. This Monday, 

tomorrow, that better change.

We now have a smoking gun, in the hands of Kenneth Blackwell. If mainstream media do not cover both the 

Blackwell illegalities and the second Congressional hearings about VOTER FRAUD in THIS COUNTRY, 

then it is time to send them the message they will understand, BOYCOTT. If your local paper, in my case the 

NY Times, refuses to acknowledge that CONGRESS IS MEETING TO INVESTIGATE FRAUD, and that 

Kenneth Blackwell HAS NOW BROKEN THE LAW TO PROTECT BUSH, then it is time to cancel 

subscriptions, tell them why, and never read their product again if they refuse to represent YOUR 

interests and present the news, not determine what you will and will not read. Anything less is unacceptable 

and un-American.

Anthony Wade is co-administrator of www.ibtp.org, a website devoted to educating the populace to the 

ongoing lies of President George W. Bush and seeking his removal from office. He is a 37-year-old 

independent writer from 

New York

 with political commentary articles seen on multiple websites. A Christian 

progressive and professional Rehabilitation Counselor working with the poor and disabled, Mr. Wade believes 

that you can have faith and hold elected officials accountable for lies and excess.

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by : Anthony Wade

Tuesday 14th December 2004