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Will The Democrats Now Stand And Fight In Ohio?
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 10:52 am | Bob Fitrakis
As the Reverend Jesse Jackson rocked a cheering crowd here in Columbus Sunday, a national movement was born. Shouts of "you got that right!" rang through the hall as Jackson preached that what Karl Rove and George Bush and Kenneth Blackwell are ... More >>
Jesse Jackson Demands Ohio Recount, Blasts GOP
Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 11:58 am | Bob Fitrakis
Preaching to a packed, wildly cheering central Ohio citizen congregation, Rev. Jesse Jackson blasted the presidential election back into the national headlines Sunday. Jackson said new findings cast serious doubt on the idea that George W. Bush beat ... More >>
Voter Transcripts Feed Floodtide Of Election Doubt
Friday, 26 November 2004, 10:25 am | Bob Fitrakis
A floodtide of evidence of questionable practices in the 2004 election is mounting fast against Ohio Republican Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell and Republican Franklin County Board of Elections (BOE) Director Matt Damschroder. More >>
How The 2004 Central Ohio Vote Was Manipulated
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 11:39 am | Bob Fitrakis
The Republican head of the Board of Elections in Franklin County, Ohio, manipulated the supply of voting machines on November 2, denying thousands of likely Democrats the right to cast their votes in a fair and timely manner. More >>
How The Ohio Election Was Rigged For Bush
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 11:09 am | Bob Fitrakis
Following four community public hearings in Ohio about election irregularities and voter suppression – two in the capitol, Columbus, and one each in Cincinnati and Cleveland – a clear pattern and practice of voter disenfranchisement is emerging. More >>
Hearings On Ohio Voting Put 2004 Election In Doubt
Friday, 19 November 2004, 9:58 am | Bob Fitrakis
Highly-charged, jam-packed hearings held here in Columbus have cast serious doubt on the true outcome of the presidential election. More >>
Ohio Election Officials Held Back Voting Machines
Wednesday, 17 November 2004, 10:43 am | Bob Fitrakis
One telling piece of evidence was entered into the record at the Saturday, November 13 public hearing on election irregularities and voter suppression held by nonpartisan voter rights organizations. More >>
And So The Sorting And Discarding Of Votes Begins
Friday, 12 November 2004, 11:13 am | Bob Fitrakis
Are the provisional ballots in Ohio being thrown out? A new rule for counting provisional ballots in Cuyahoga County, Ohio was implemented on Tuesday, November 9 at approximately 2:30 in the afternoon, according to election observer Victoria Lovegren. More >>
Bob Fitrakis: Did Kerry Concede Too Soon?
Monday, 8 November 2004, 5:39 pm | Bob Fitrakis
Why did a voting machine in Republican Gahanna, Ohio report 4,258 votes for George W. Bush when only 638 people cast votes at the New Life Church polling site? More >>
Eminem Was Right About The Buckeye State ''Mosh''
Thursday, 4 November 2004, 12:05 am | Bob Fitrakis
In one of the most phenomenal voter turnouts in American history, voters in the predominantly Democratic wards in the city of Columbus, Ohio dug in for the long wait to vote against Bush. When the polls closed at 7:30pm in the inner-city 55th ward, the four polling ... More >>
Election Suppression In Franklin County, Ohio?
Wednesday, 3 November 2004, 11:03 am | Bob Fitrakis
Is There Inner-City Election Suppression In Franklin County, Ohio? by Bob Fitrakis Election Day Report – Columbus, Ohio November 2, 2004 - 12:15pm EST http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2004/977 More >>
Twelve Ways Bush Is Now Stealing The Ohio Vote
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 11:44 am | Bob Fitrakis
The Republican "November Surprise" to steal the 2004 election is in full force here in Ohio. With polls showing a dead heat, the GOP is staging an all-out attack on a fair vote count in the Buckeye State. More >>
Sinclair's Hyman & The New Operation Mockingbird
Wednesday, 13 October 2004, 12:04 am | Bob Fitrakis
The first time I saw Mark Hyman on Columbus’ Sinclair Television ABC affiliate, I told the listeners of my WVKO radio show that he looked like a Stepford CIA clone with a microchip buried in his ass. More >>
Fitrakis: Ohio Electoral System Riddled With Flaws
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 3:32 pm | Bob Fitrakis
Whether Kerry or Bush wins in Ohio may well depend on how many voters are disenfranchised in the state’s three largest counties: Cuyahoga, Franklin and Hamilton. More >>
E-Voting: The New Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Friday, 10 September 2004, 11:45 am | Bob Fitrakis
The fight for Ohio’s 20 electoral votes this November is being waged in the courts, the election boards, the polling places and the streets. More >>
Random Notes From The Heartland – Bush In Columbus
Friday, 3 September 2004, 12:40 am | Bob Fitrakis
The Nationwide Arena doors opened at 1:00. There would be a four-hour wait before the prodigal son returned to his ancestral home, Columbus, Ohio. More >>
Bob Fitrakis: On Bush And Hitler’s Rhetoric
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 12:25 am | Bob Fitrakis
President Bush told Texas evangelist James Robinson that ''I feel like God wants me to run for President. I can’t explain it, but I sense my country is going to need me. Something is going to happen . . . I know it won’t be easy on me or my family, ... More >>
Bob Fitrakis: The Insanity Of Star Wars The Sequel
Monday, 28 June 2004, 11:31 am | Bob Fitrakis
The lasting legacy of Ronald Wilson Reagan will be Star Wars and a bloated imperialist U.S. military budget. At the beginning of the recent war against Iraq, nearly two dozen years after Reagan first took office, his impact was plainly clear: the mainstream ... More >>
Ronald Reagan: A Legacy Of Crack And Cheese
Thursday, 17 June 2004, 12:46 am | Bob Fitrakis
The mainstream media spent an entire week mythologizing Ronald Wilson Reagan. Why did the corporate for- profit media spend so much time creating a cult of personality around a former President with an estimated 105 IQ? More >>
Fitrakis: A Truth Commission For The United States
Friday, 7 May 2004, 2:00 pm | Bob Fitrakis
The official word from the Bush administration is that the torture and sexual abuse in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison is not ''systematic''. If we ignore all of the facts in the public record over the last four decades, this would be a plausible explanation. More >>
