MetaFilter posts tagged with kerry and 2004

Democracy Inaction

EarBucket — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:54:02 -0800

Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House.

Swiftboat'd

delmoi — Tue, 30 May 2006 19:52:23 -0800

NewsFilter: Kerry Pressing Swift Boat Case Long After Loss

Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes

specialk420 — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 10:51:59 -0800

Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes An error with an electronic voting system gave President Bush 3,893 extra votes in suburban Columbus, elections officials said.

Franklin County's unofficial results had Bush receiving 4,258 votes to Democrat John Kerry's 260 votes in a precinct in Gahanna. Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct.

do the math.

And the winner is...

coyroy — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 12:03:37 -0800

And the winner is... Kerry with 77% of the vote!

Endorsement: Kerry for President

Postroad — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:23:31 -0800

Endorsement: Kerry for President Ok. The NY Times endorsed Kerry. And now the Washington Post. But now the Orlando-Sentinel, a paper that has not endorsed a Demcorat in the past 40 years! "Four years ago, the Orlando Sentinel endorsed Republican George W. Bush for president based on our trust in him to unite America. We expected him to forge bipartisan solutions to problems while keeping this nation secure and fiscally sound. This president has utterly failed to fulfill our expectations. We turn now to his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, with the belief that he is more likely to meet the hopes we once held for Mr. Bush. Our choice was not dictated by partisanship. Already this election season, the Sentinel has endorsed Republican Mel Martinez for the U.S. Senate and four U.S. House Republicans. In 2002, we backed Republican Gov. Jeb Bush for re-election, repeating our endorsement of four years earlier. Indeed, it has been 40 years since the Sentinel endorsed a Democrat -- Lyndon Johnson -- for president...."

Election 2004: Step Right Up and Win Some Crap

rcade — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:56:40 -0800

Two weeks from today, John Kerry will win the popular vote by "23% or more" over George W. Bush, according to 5 Star Psychic Advice. See if you can do better than the spirit world by predicting the electoral and popular vote totals in the second quadrennial MetaFilter Presidential Contest ...

and i know a few things about photo essays

tsarfan — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:01:31 -0800

The best political photo essay i've ever seen. A cheeky look at Bush's flip flops in the form of a shoe catalogue.

absentee ballot fun

taumeson — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:49:59 -0800

So I saw this image online (of a Michigan absentee ballot...which arrow is for Kerry, and which is for Bush?) and it made me think, what the hell is going on with this election? On the one hand, I'm told your vote might just be worthless if you use electronic voting machines but on the other hand the alternative (in my state, at least) is to use an absentee ballot, which, according to some, might be easier, if only because I can have members of a political party help me fill it out.

klingons for kerry

angry modem — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:10:05 -0800

klingons for kerry

This land will vote for me...

Turtles all the way down — Sat, 17 Jul 2004 07:08:02 -0800

This Land is Your Land (with apologies to Woody Guthrie). Belated non-partisan Friday Flash Fun. (Saturday Sarcastic Silliness?)

Leak me a veep

moonbird — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 23:47:56 -0800

Veepfilter: The well-kept secret about Kerry's running mate might just have broken... on an aviation message board, of all places.