Jeb Bush responds to Carter comments on voting issues

[Cocoa]

notice that, contrary to Jeb's insinuation, electronic voting was NOT among the issues Carter warned about. If anything, Carter sees electronic voting as a positive development...

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/printfullstory.aspx?storyid=24958

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Governor Jeb Bush says "conspiracy theories" about the state's voting machines are "constant haranguing of nonsense."

The governor says he's particularly disappointed in former President Jimmy Carter, who said this week that conditions for a fair election in Florida do NOT exist. In Monday's Washington Post, Carter wrote "the disturbing fact is that a repetition of the problems of 2000 now seems likely."

Touchscreen machines were introduced in Florida after the 2000 election, when punch-cards were responsible for delaying the outcome of the race between George Bush and Al Gore. Carter says "some basic international requirements for a fair election are missing in Florida."

Most significantly, Carter says there are NO requirements that a nonpartisan electoral commission or official organize and conduct the electoral process. He says Secretary of State Katherine Harris was "highly partisan" in 2000 and her successor, Glenda Hood, has shown "the same strong bias."

[cthrumatrix]

1. bookmark this for Nov 3..... sent it to Greg Palast for a laugh

Jeb is part of the mafia to deliver the state.... computer voting has already been demonstrated to have errors in Florida.

shut up Jeb

[Carla in Ca]

34. Actually, this is good

It requires Jeb to be accountable to President Carter's standard.

[CarolynEC]

2. The Bush boys really do have comprehension problems, don't they?

Neither seems able to respond to or discuss what someone actually SAYS... only what he THINKS they said. Do you imagine either of them would be able to graduate from high school today, if they had to pass the aptitude tests schools now require?

[BootinUp]

7. Thats how they keep the public confused

It is completely intentional.

[Just Me]

31. Intentional obfuscation is an element of that "F" word,...

,...fascism,....

I used to fear it's development,...now, I believe I have to fight it.

[Demit]

10. They'd have to be socially promoted to GET to high school...

There was a little item in a NYT in early July entitled "Math Question Stumps Jeb Bush". A student asked him a question from the Fla Comprehensive Assessment Test, "What are the angles on a 3-4-5 triangle?" His guess: "The angles would be--I don't know, 125, 90 and whatever remains on 180?"

Hahahahaha. I don't know what a 3-4-5 triangle is either, they didn't call it that when I was at school, but I know that once you take 125 and 90 away from 180, there's not a whole lot left...

[kayell]

12. More importantly, the reporter didn't bother to correct the message

that Jeb MEANT to give, that this is only about the machines. Nice little redirect from the story of voter suppression that Carter is concerned about.

[Sputnik]

18. Harry Truman summed up Republicans best

"If you can't convince them, confuse them."

[BootinUp]

26. That is such a good line, I think it should be resurrected. -eom

[Sputnik]

33. Jim, I still love that pic

I was there that day. Wes is a good man and our country needs him working again for us.

[Just Me]

30. The "guilty" often show signs of paranoia and delusion. n/t

[ixion]

3. jeb's statement in Bushspeak

the fix is in, nothing to see here.

[bullimiami]

4. "gangster says hes "legitimate businessman""

they all do it. hes just another dirty crook.

[tom_paine]

5. And Tony Soprano says connections to the Esplanade and Councilman

Zellman are also "conspiracy theories" and "nonsense"

Actually, a better real life would be Little Nicky Scarfo and Atlantic Cioty Mayor Mike Mansfield, who had the identical relationship as the fictitutious Zellman/Soprano.

In either case, the arrogant dismissals of criminals regarding their criminal behavior carries no weight with me nor any Free People.

Imperial Subjects of Amerika, though, are likely to be taken in.

[MallRat]

9. Did Scarfo beat the crap out of Mansfield for sleeping with his former GF?

Inquiring minds, y'know...

-MR

[tom_paine]

14. I don't know. They need to do a book/show/movie

on Lil' Nicky.

If there is one, I haven't seen it.

[Freddie Stubbs]

24. Zellman is a State Assemblyman

And it bugged the hell out of me trying to figure out From where I recognized the actor who played him. Then I realized that he played Boon in Animal House.

[Tommy_Douglas]

6. What else is he going to say?

He's a stupid, petty, man that hates democracy.

[Cocoa]

8. I hope Carter responds back

Carter is capable of getting angry, I hope this insulting and dishonest response from Jeb lights a fire under him.

[Zorra]

11. Jeb Bu$h knows darn well he is actively working on throwing the election

and is lying like the evil conniving republican snake that he is.

Notice that he did not refute, specifically, any of the facts former President Carter mentioned.

Because there is so much factual evidence to prove that Jeb and Glenda the Hood are deliberately committing voter fraud that if this gets full media attention, Jeb and Glenda the Hood are going to be in the forefront of a nationwide scandal.

[Shadoobie]

13. 4 hurricanes not enough to smack some sense into him?

Jeb blocked the use of paper ballot printouts, citing cost concerns and time restrints.

Has he given any thought to what would happen if there were widespread power outages?

Greg

[DFWJock]

15. Jeb to Jimmy:

Dont worry, we have everything "under control." wink wink

[Supersedeas]

16. the former President and Nobel Prize Winner is just a kook conspiracist

Some response.

[Rose Siding]

22. In fact, 2000 never really happened

no voting abnormalities at all.

[Dhalgren]

17. On Jeb's best day,

he couldn't carry Jimmy Carter's jock-strap! Jeb Bush is a Lilliputian compared to Jimmy, he shouldn't even be allowed to speak regarding Carter...

[Darnoc]

20. Kick

N/T

[DeepModem Mom]

21. Welcome to DU, Darnoc --

[Rose Siding]

27. Very well said

Strike me dead if I'm ever so dismissive of anything Carter makes the effort to speak about.

[DeepModem Mom]

19. One of Rove's favorite tactics -- brand opponents as nutty...

a time-honored tactic, in fact, of demagogues.

[Minstrel Boy]

23. Minstrel Boy's Law: When a Bush brands a charge a "conspiracy theory,"

the accusation is most probably true.

[cliss]

25. Hmmm, touchscreen machines were introduced

in Florida after the 2000 election. Now refresh my memory here, didn't Ole Jeb face his re-election in 2002? And he won by a landslide, didn't he?

Hmmmmm......

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

28. When BFEEers use words like nonsense, ridiculous, silly

They actually mean: sure, so what, quit asking. MKJ

[Disturbed]

29. Jeb Bush is a Neo Fascist

He is one of the signers of the PNAC.

The Bush Crime Family is the envy of the La Costra Nosa.

[flordehinojos]

32. "I am so disappointed in you for ....." is such a tired old bush line.

Jeb is disappointed in Jimmy Carter.
Barbara Bush was disappointed in Judy Woodruff way back when in 1988 when Woodruff was a real journalist and asked Babs a real question.
Poppy Bush was disappointed in Mary Tillotson during the l988 campaign for asking about his affair with a former staffer.
Jeb bush was disappointed in the Florida press when they asked about a possible link between him and one of the people in his cabinet whose name, or position i cannot recall.

Yeah... whenever the bushes want to cover up their derrieres, they become "disappointed in ....." whatever the situation, whoever the person, whatever the issue.

[struggle4progress]

35. When Kerry wins, can we talk Jeb into secession?

I'd love to see him trying to stare down the Marines ...

[scarface2004]

36. hey jeb

go fuck yourself (as your dick cheney would say)