The 9/11 tea party in Bridgeport got drowned out when Miss Anne Coulter took the stage. Rude? Undoubtedly. But also funny as hell.
Stolen from Courtesy Connecticut Bob.
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A more realistic figure was 60-70 thousand but of course she won't leave that up on her frontpage.
Conservative activists, who organized a march on the U.S. Capitol today in protest of the Obama administration's health care agenda and government spending, erroneously attributed reports on the size of the crowds to ABC News. Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, the group that organized the event, said on stage at the rally that ABC News was reporting that 1 million to 1.5 million people were in attendance. At no time did ABC News, or its affiliates, report a number anywhere near as large. ABCNews.com reported an approximate figure of 60,000 to 70,000 protesters, attributed to the Washington, D.C., fire department. In its reports, ABC News Radio described the crowd as "tens of thousands." Brendan Steinhauser, spokesman for FreedomWorks, said he did not know why Kibbe cited ABC News as a source. As a result of Kibbe's erroneous attribution, several bloggers and commenters repeated the misinformation.
Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, the group that organized the event, said on stage at the rally that ABC News was reporting that 1 million to 1.5 million people were in attendance.
At no time did ABC News, or its affiliates, report a number anywhere near as large. ABCNews.com reported an approximate figure of 60,000 to 70,000 protesters, attributed to the Washington, D.C., fire department. In its reports, ABC News Radio described the crowd as "tens of thousands."
Brendan Steinhauser, spokesman for FreedomWorks, said he did not know why Kibbe cited ABC News as a source.
As a result of Kibbe's erroneous attribution, several bloggers and commenters repeated the misinformation.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics...
Considering this was in the works for about 6 months, and was getting almost daily ramming by Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, et al, those numbers strike me as disappointingly low for the baggers.
These nutcases have their own national network though, and talk radio, so disproportionate coverage.
I was watching some Boston TV this morning and they did a piece on the DC rally, with a closeup of a sign that read:
Bury Obamacare with Kennedy
Both anchors frowned.
PS How come nobody covered the Washington DC anti-war march in January 07 with hundreds of thousands in the Mall and on the streets? Was it because we were more sedate?
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From our June post, Connecticut: Land of Steady [and Slow] Habits, quoting Brad Friedman: http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?...
It's been nearly five months[now eight!] since the official complaint about Ann Coulter's alleged voter fraud in 2002 and 2004 was filed in Connecticut, yet state election officials continue to refuse comment on the status of the case beyond acknowledging that it's "still pending," as recently confirmed by The BRAD BLOG. Several charges of absentee voter fraud were alleged in the complaint against Coulter in Connecticut, where evidence shows she cast absentee ballots illegally while living in her then permanent New York City residence... "The delay in this case is inexplicable given they need to prove two things: where she registered to vote/voted and where she lived when she registered to vote/voted," the complainant in the case, Daniel Borchers, a Christian conservative who has long opposed Coulter's behavior...
Several charges of absentee voter fraud were alleged in the complaint against Coulter in Connecticut, where evidence shows she cast absentee ballots illegally while living in her then permanent New York City residence...
"The delay in this case is inexplicable given they need to prove two things: where she registered to vote/voted and where she lived when she registered to vote/voted," the complainant in the case, Daniel Borchers, a Christian conservative who has long opposed Coulter's behavior...
Ms. Coulter is a embarrassment to the Country and our State. Yet we embarrass ourselves when justice is delayed. because Connecticut voters count: http://www.CTVotersCount.org
In a case which almost identically mirrors the allegations against Coulter, New York resident Daniel Jarvis Brown, who had been registered to vote at his parents' home in CT, voted in the November 2008 election illegally by absentee ballot. Coulter also used her parents home address, claiming it as her own, when she is alleged to have voted while a permanent resident of NYC in 2002 and 2004... But the timing of Brown's violation and subsequent settlement of the case is notable as well. While Brown's violation [PDF] occurred in November of last year, he signed his agreement with the State Elections Enforcement Commission less than three months later, on February 23, 2009, and the Commission formally adopted the agreement on March 5th, just four months after the original violation. In another more recent case [PDF], a CT voter was alleged to have voted improperly during a referendum in the Town of New Hartford on February 12, 2009. After an investigation by the Commission finding no impropriety, the complaint was officially adopted as "dismissed" on May 27th, less than two months after the election.
But the timing of Brown's violation and subsequent settlement of the case is notable as well. While Brown's violation [PDF] occurred in November of last year, he signed his agreement with the State Elections Enforcement Commission less than three months later, on February 23, 2009, and the Commission formally adopted the agreement on March 5th, just four months after the original violation.
In another more recent case [PDF], a CT voter was alleged to have voted improperly during a referendum in the Town of New Hartford on February 12, 2009. After an investigation by the Commission finding no impropriety, the complaint was officially adopted as "dismissed" on May 27th, less than two months after the election.
It could naturally depend on the level of due process and level of cooperation/objections/from the accused. because Connecticut voters count: http://www.CTVotersCount.org
Remember the lines of people packed like sardines going on for blocks? If they had a million teabaggers this weekend then there must have been half the entire USA protesting bush and nearly the entire USA at Obama's inaugural. Drinking Liberally in New MilfordePluribus Media
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The main problems noted were the distribution and fairness, as well as the cost (the U.S. ranks #1 in cost). In responsiveness the U.S. ranked #1 as well, so the health care is there, it's just not being distributed correctly.
http://www.photius.com/ranking...
A study I would take more seriously is one published last year by Ellen Nolte and Martin McKee in the journal Health Affairs. They examined avoidable mortality - that is, deaths whose risk of occurrence would be far lower if the population had access to appropriate health care interventions. In that study, based on data for the year 2000, France was also ranked No. 1, with the lowest rate of avoidable deaths. The United States was last, in 19th place, with the highest rate of avoidable deaths. That's a severe indictment of our health care system in my judgment and calls attention, quite justifiably, to the high performance of the French health care system.
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