[POL] Hillary Aide Pressed Networks to Nix Ohio Call

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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/11/5/05342.shtml

Friday, Nov. 5, 2004 12:51 a.m. EST

<b>Hillary Aide Pressed Networks to Nix Ohio Call</b>

When the Fox News Channel called the state of Ohio for Bush a little after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, NBC quickly followed.

But ABC, CBS and CNN held out for hours - in part because they had been pressured not to make the crucial call by Clinton operative-turned-Kerry advisor Howard Wolfson.

Florida had just been called for Bush, with Pennsylvania going for Kerry hours before. After Fox put Ohio's deciding vote in Bush's column, the Clintonistas who had taken over team Kerry knew it was time to deploy the shock troops.

At that point, according to the New York Times, Wolfson, who served in 2000 as Hillary Clinton's press secretary - "burst into the 'boiler room' in Washington where the brain trust was huddled and said, 'we have 30 seconds' to stop the other networks from following suit."

Kerry pollster Mark Mellman and campaign organizer Michael Whouley started burning up the phone lines to ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC.

Only the Peacock network refused. "Then Mr. Wolfson banged out a simple, two-line statement expressing confidence that Mr. Kerry would win Ohio once the remaining ballots were counted," the Times said.

The message was issued under campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill's name shortly after 1 a.m.:

"The vote count in Ohio has not been completed. There are more than 250,000 votes that remain to be counted. We believe when they are, John Kerry will win Ohio."

The old Clinton warroom tactic succeed. ABC, CBS and CNN held their Ohio call till it was clear Kerry himself was prepared to concede.

 

[expose']

The Dems tried to lie, cheat, steal this election up to the very last moments before Kerry placed the concession call to Bush....

Can you imagine the kind of country this would have been if they would have won?....ACK!

 

[USDA]

Tell me expose' what kind of country do we have now?

BTW I really give a damn about either of them...i suspect in their own devious ways they would just make matters worse.

 

[pjadams]

Well, what other country would you rather? You can go there anytime.

 

[White Sunlight]

Are we all morons, we are on the verge of a dollar collapse, engaging Iran in the third War of the past two years, maxed out on troops, near a draft regardless of the Washington babble, Social Security will collapse along with the dollar and we will face UN troops to quell the unrest that we as citizens will not start but will certainly follow.

Bush or Kerry did not speak of real issues and unfortunately for Bush he will be dragged through the mud of his second term, soon, I predict within 120 days his rating will fall below his lowest approval ratings and a great darkness will begin to cloud the minds of the American people.

And as we look for God the greater, we will know that our country was squandered for our lack of purpose, courage and conviction and many will die. But to those who in truth understand they will purified by the events that will transpire.

So to all that say my man won or my man should have won, ask that question when bread is short and ask this question also; how long will I remain a fool to the words of weak and incompetent men. For if you really understand what was missed in this election, your tone would be different and your spirit detached from what is about to transpire.

White Sunlight