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Saturday, September 11
BUSH TRIED TO INSTALL CRONY AT FLORIDA ELECTION BOARD
by
Linda Thieman
on Sat 11 Sep 2004 05:35 PM CDT
 BUSH TRIED TO INSTALL CRONY AT FLORIDA ELECTION BOARD
The Daily Mislead
George
W. Bush has said "Every registered voter deserves to have confidence
that the system is fair and elections are honest."[1] But according to
a new report, the [pseudo-]pResident is doing all he can to once again
rig the election in Florida.
According
to the Miami Daily Business Review, a Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R)
appointee at the Broward County Board of Elections hired a law firm
headed by two close cronies of [pseudo-]pResident Bush to fight any
charges against it during the 2004 election. Specifically, the Broward
Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes hired the law firm Blosser &
Sayfie.[2] Justin Sayfie "is a former spokesman for Gov. Bush and
currently is co-chair of the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign in
Broward County." He is also a Bush Ranger (aka someone who has raised
more than $100,000 for Bush's [re-selection] campaign).[3] James
Blosser is also "a top fund-raiser for Bush's re-[s]election
campaign."[4] Many observers expect the election will be extremely
close in Florida and predict it will touch off litigation. County
election supervisors and their legal teams could play a key role in
deciding the election.
While
Snipes has since been forced to fire the law firm,[5] it shows just how
far the Bushes are willing to go to throw the Florida election again.
Earlier this summer, Jeb Bush attempted to purge thousands of voters
from the Florida voting rolls, but was stopped after public pressure
overwhelmed the effort.[6] Additionally, Florida GOP operatives are
going to naturalization offices to give new immigrants voter
registration forms which are already pre-marked to register the voter
as a Republican.[7]
Sources:
1. "President Signs Historic Election Reform Legislation into Law," WhiteHouse.gov, 10/29/02,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1195992&l=53257.
2. "Elections Supervisor Rapped for Hiring Lawyers With Bush Ties," Law.com, 8/30/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1195992&l=53258.
3. "Top Fundraisers Earn Right to Party," Los Angeles Times, 8/31/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1195992&l=53259.
4. "Elections Supervisor Rapped for Hiring Lawyers With Bush Ties," Law.com, 8/30/04, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1195992&l=53258.
5. "Broward elections supervisor fires lawyer over firm's connection to President Bush," Sun-Sentinel, 8/28/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1195992&l=53260.
6. "State ceases felon voting purge," Miami Herald, 8/14/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=1195992&l=53261.
7. National Public Radio, 7/25/04.
Visit www.Misleader.org for more about Bush Administration distortion.
Rising Medicare Costs Take Toll in Iowa
by
Linda Thieman
on Sat 11 Sep 2004 02:52 PM CDT
 Smith Notices Sea Change
by Andrew Smith, Candidate, House District 40
This past week I've been doing a lot of door knocking, and I have to
tell you, something is happening, change is happening, and it's big.
People are angry, they are angry about the Medicare increases, they are
angry about prescription drugs, they are angry that the cost of health
insurance keeps going up and up and they want new leadership. They want
Democratic leadership. I truly feel that the Medicare increase was the
straw that broke the camel's back. I feel a real sea change, something
big, and something I haven't seen before.
I'm telling you, I've been door knocking all summer, meeting with folks
from all over District 40. I've knocked on thousands of doors,
but I now sense something different, a stronger resentment then I've
ever seen. The tide is turning, and our campaign is surging, and
whatever it was that happened to cause this change is something big.
To learn more about Andrew Smith, Democratic Candidate, Iowa House, District 40, Tama and Grundy Counties, click here and here. To contribute to his campaign, click here.
Iowa Hit Hard by Medicare Increase
Des Moines Register
Some Iowans may cut back on their coverage, and the state faces having to pay more for Medicaid, officials say
Sharply
higher Medicare premiums announced last week by the Bush administration
will have a double-barreled impact on Iowa, say state health-care
administrators.
Some
elderly or disabled Iowans, health officials predict, will cut back on
their medical coverage rather than pay the increase. And the state of
Iowa will have to deal with an even bigger crisis in paying for
Medicaid, the health-care umbrella for the poor.
"Sometimes,
one more peanut breaks the cart," said Eugene Gessow, the state
administrator overseeing Medicaid in Iowa. "At this point, our ability
to absorb additional costs faces an enormous challenge."
...$11.60 more per month
The
increase will cost Part B recipients $11.60 more per month - an
additional $140 or so annually - starting in 2005, bringing the monthly
premium to $78.20.
(Click here to read the rest of the article.)
IDP Announces Open Seat on DNC
by
Linda Thieman
on Sat 11 Sep 2004 09:00 AM CDT
 IDP Announces Open Seat on DNC
The Iowa Democratic Party will hold an election for a vacancy in the position of Representative to the Democratic National Committee.
The IDP
elects both a male and a female representative to the DNC. The vacancy
to be filled will be for the female representative.
The election will take place on Saturday, September 18th, during the meeting of the State Central Committee.
Please call 515-558-9580 for more information.
The Truth About September 11
by
Linda Thieman
on Sat 11 Sep 2004 04:34 AM CDT
 The Truth About September 11
By Bill Moyers, AlterNet.org
Much of
the truth about 9/11 is now public, thanks to the Commission's report:
Key government officials failed the system, and they failed the
American people.
It has
taken three years for the details of the terrorist plot of 9/11 to
emerge. The fateful turns that led to the attacks have finally entered
the public discourse. Their lessons, however, have yet to be learned.
The first lesson is that the highest officials in government did not want us to know the truth.
They
already had the story they wanted Americans to believe: Nearly 3,000
people had died, we were assured, because the terrorists turned our
liberties against us, had brazenly exploited our open society.
According to this official view, the atrocities were inevitable, the
plot so diabolical and its execution so precise that only a superhero
could have prevented it.
It
sounded right. For the American people, the terror seemed to have
fallen out of that near-perfect September sky, out of the clear blue.
We now know otherwise.
(To read the complete article, click here.)
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