U.N. observers requested for U.S. election

[BT]

THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
U.N. observers requested for U.S. election
House members send letter to Secretary General Annan

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Posted: July 2, 2004
1:22 p.m. Eastern



© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Worried about the fairness of the upcoming U.S. presidential election, several House members have asked the United Nations to "deploy election observers" across the country.


Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

Recalling the contentious Florida vote count in 2000, the lawmakers urged the international body to "ensure free and fair elections in America," said a statement by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, who spearheaded the effort, Agence France-Presse reported.

The letter was signed by nine members of Congress.

"As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election," Johnson said in the letter, according to AFP.

"This is the first step in making sure that history does not repeat itself," she added



The Congress members, including four blacks and one Hispanic, pointed to a controversial report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights which "found that the electoral process in Florida resulted in the denial of the right to vote for countless persons."

The bipartisan commission, they said, determined "that the 'disenfranchisement of Florida's voters fell most harshly on the shoulders of black voters' and in poor counties."

The letter said the commission also determined that "despite promised nationwide reforms [of the voting system] ... adequate steps have not been taken to ensure that a similar situation will not arise in 2004 that arose in 2000."

The Nov. 7, 2000, election was decided 36 days later when the U.S. Supreme Court made two rulings that stopped Democratic challenger Al Gore's attempt to recount the Florida votes. A number of independent investigations confirmed President Bush won the state's 25 electoral votes, giving him a total of 271 to Gore's 267.

Tom Kilgannon, president of Freedom Alliance, a group dedicated to protecting American sovereignty, admonished Johnson and her colleagues.

"Your appeal to the secretary general is alarming and embarrassing," he said. "As a Member of Congress sworn to uphold the Constitution and represent the people of the United States, it is disturbing, to say the least, that you would entrust the most sacred act of American democracy - our presidential election - to an international institution, which is unaccountable to the American people and mired by scandal and corruption."

Kilgannon said the request "undermines U.S. sovereignty, demoralizes American servicemen who are fighting to build democratic governments abroad and sends the message worldwide that the United States is nothing more than a Third World nation unable to police itself."

[BT]

Well ant that nice?

fell like being obsirved to make it fair?

[Shorthair]

Brilliant political ploy by the left. They are so much more crafty than us honest people on the right. This is a disaster in the making. Mark my words.

[deerslayer11]

BT said:

The Congress members, including four blacks and one Hispanic,

I think that about says it all....

[RedOak]

I say piss on them. Bring on their observers and show them how an election is done.

[hunt4fun1]

[Shorthair]

RedOak said:

I say piss on them. Bring on their observers and show them how an election is done.

All it will take is one "hanging chad" or some such thing for the UN to have a question about and Lord help us. The Dem's will be contesting the election and putting doubt in the peoples minds with the assistance of their seditious allies in the press.

[RedOak]

Shorthair it might keep that bunch on their toes too. Both parties have plenty of little games they play at the elections.

I think Florida pretty much acheived an embaresment all around last time. I do believe they will do much better this time so who cares if the UN sits and watches. Now if they want to step in they can step off.

[hunt4fun1]

I'm still stayin away from this one.....it may cause heart failure.

[GoTres]

Both parties have plenty of little games they play at the elections.

Pretty sure I remember the allegations that dead people helped elect LBJ as governor of Texas.

Getting out the dead vote, now there's an idea.

[RedOak]

I watched a PBS special quite a bit back on Florida. The hanging chad that everybody made such a big stink about was really the smallest problem they had.

In rural areas the lists were what I would call beyond hope. People that could vote cant and people that shouldn't be able too can. You have one poor overworked woman trying to keep track of the thing. I really pittied her because she seemed like she really cared but the methods they were using were riducously outdated.

There was a black congresswoman who was given the shakedown treatment. Because her current adress was in Washington she could not get in to verify she was on the list for that precinct. She did manage to stamp her foot and raise hell and get to get in and vote. I have voted this way before and know the law on it and this is BS. I probably would have been aressted in Florida after putting my boot througth some moron's buttocks.

Florida had many severe problems and has been working to correct them. I believe they will do so much better this go around. I don't have any problems with observers and I really think the more the merrier when it comes to them. I also think all American citizens should act as observers themselves.

As far as the U.N. goes if they want to watch alogside our poll observers that is fine. If they see something amiss, well good. We have our systems in place to deal with such, and thank you for the tip. I do not see them having the authority to step in and handle matters themselves.