Boxer Rebellion
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) was joined with Representative John Conyers (D-MI), ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, Representative Stephanie Tubb-Jones (D-OH), and 29 other Democratic members of the US House in challenging the Ohio presidential election results. See how House and Senate members voted.
A report prepared by Conyer’s staff, Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio?, was sent to Senator Boxer, along with a letter singed by 24 House Democrats, asking for her support in the Senate for a challenge.
Sen. Boxer wrote a letter to Rep. Tubbs Jones that said in part , "I have concluded that objecting to the electoral votes from Ohio is the only immediate way to bring these issues to light by allowing you to have a two-hour debate to let the American people know the facts surrounding Ohio's election.” Letter here.
Senator Kerry said in a statement, "While I am deeply concerned about the issues being highlighted by my colleagues in Congress and citizens across the country and support their efforts to highlight the need to ensure voting rights, I will not be joining their protest of the Ohio electors."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) declined to answer reporters' questions directly about whether she supported the move. But she, too, spoke during the House debate, saying of the challengers, "This is their only opportunity to have this debate while the country is listening."
Did you notice that when questions are raised about election irregularities, they always seem to happen in voting districts controlled and run by Democrats? If there were any problems or voting rights issues, who caused them? More grandstanding by our “leaders” – we hope you will let them know your opinion concerning their actions.
Update: Human Events Online says: Two days ago, on January 4, 2005, the Michael Moore published a new letter to Senator Boxer and other Senators reminding them that they didn't object to the electoral vote count four years ago, and requested that they rise and object to the vote count from Ohio today. Today, in fact, Senator Barbara Boxer just objected to the Ohio vote count.
