New Mexico Recount is OFF!!!!!! Don't know if it was posted yet,

[Gloria]

but the calls are being made to cancel the training meeting for volunteer observers.

Apparently, no one came up with the money in the 15 hours our illustrious governor Richardson demanded for it to be held!

I am so PISSED, you cannot believe! If this is the attitude of "our Democratic leaders"--they can stuff it!

[IAMREALITY]

1. I think I need to go back to the F**K thread LOL

GRRRRRRRRRR

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[jamboi]

9. Hang on! How do we know for sure yet? sounds premature n/t

[jamboi]

10. Postponing the meeting could indicate litgation, not cancelation. Wait

till we find out for sure.

[EFerrari]

16. Jamboi is right. Let's hold it, hold it for now. n/t

[berniew1]

26. Someone said they could still do it if have indication of money support

Also that they think this decision was illegal.

[IAMREALITY]

27. Yes, You Are Right Jamboi

Forgot to go back and edit the original post when I realized the OP was a bit presumptive. I forgot I posted to begin with! LOL

[rodeodance]

2. First Nevada, now NM. sad

[Helga Scow Stern]

3. This really sucks. Waiting for news of it. Sorry it's this. n/t

[wildflower]

4. Heard someone call Randi about this today...was it a DUer?

She was asking if Randi would tell people to call the governor.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. Randi was very curt to her. The woman was from Help America Recount

And obviously there to assist the Glibs. If memory serves me correctly Randi had a link to them when requesting money for a recount. Randi dismissed her as if she was working for a group acting on their own. Then Randi threw in a comment how she likes Richardson. The weird part came when Randi said she supported Ohio because two presidential candidates were behind the recount there.... Hello????? The same two are behind the recount in New Mexico. I was so surprised that Randi didn't connect that, and realize that it was the Glibs that wanted the recount in New Mexico. This was the first time I heard something from Randi that actually shocked me. Her lack of knowledge? Covering up for Richardson? Really odd.

[Warpy]

5. Richardson is DLC

and a real DINO. See how the end of the sales tax on food has been accomplished? What? You're still paying it? He campaigned on getting rid of it. He did lower taxes on the rich, though.

He's been a total disappointment. I think he's thrilled to have Bush cheated back into office because his taxes will be lower.

I can't believe some DLC type Democrats think he's presidential material. If we could get Gary Johnson back, I'd vote pubbie in a nanosecond.

[Gloria]

7. I held my nose when I voted for Richardson....his tax plan

was too Repug-lite for me....again, caught between worse and worser....

[kainah]

11. the man has ambitions

and doesn't want anyone calling him an "obstructionist" or anything like that later on. This really is disappointing.

[brindis_desala]

6. Sad to say, Nader had it right ...although

if Gore had showed some backbone maybe we wouldn't be in this mess. HAVAS was a Trojan Horse. I'm still trying to figure out why Chuck and Hillary were the only two senators who sniffed at the FIX. If nothing shifts before Jamuary you're going to see a HUGE shift to the Greens...probably long overdue. If we're going to have "pretend" elections we might as well "pretend" we're doing something REAL.

[elizm]

12. "pretend elections"...exactly

And I, like you, will not participate in any more after this one. If the Democrats won't stand up...I'm with you...I'm a GREEN from here on out.

[Skip Intro]

15. Those Damn Democrats!

LOL.

[ewulf]

14. Sure hope Dean gets the DNC position.

His failed candidacy did a lot to give the democrats some temporary balls, but they need a permanent back bone transplant. If that happens, maybe we won't all have to defect from the party...

If Dean doesn't get in, and Democrats keep shelving the fraud issue, we might actually start loosing elections even without vote rigging. I wonder how much Kerry understands this, at least in his subconscious? Taking Dean out of the running for '08 would sure help him out, why doesn't he just make Dean his candidate for DNC and stop messing around?

[jamboi]

8. Hang on, that sounds like you're premature. Lets get confirmation.n/t

[pointsoflight]

13. If this is true, Richardson will never get my vote.

[EFerrari]

17. So, how MUCH does it cost to buy an election in this country? n/t

[OKthatsIT]

18. Its stupid to recount Diebold TouchScreens

why should we pay a ransom for NOTHING?

Think about it. They needed to go through the court system, not recount. Now if they ask for attorney support, then that would be getting somewhere.

[haifagirl1]

19. you're right, it's off!

[jamboi]

24. How do you know? n/t

[Doremus]

20. So this is how they're going to do it -- price recounts so that nobody can

afford them?

USA - home of the best democracy money can buy?

And for a Democrat to pull this is un-fricking-believable.

[Gloria]

21. They're going to court,.....AP story....

http://www.abqjournal.com/elex/aprecount12-15-04.htm

Presidential Recount Request Headed To Court

By Deborah Baker
The Associated Press
SANTA FE — A judge on Wednesday upheld the state canvassing board's decision to require more than $1 million up front before a recount of presidential votes in New Mexico could begin.
State District Judge Carol Vigil made the ruling after a hearing.
A lawyer for the Green and Libertarian presidential nominees who requested the recount said they would take their fight to the state Supreme Court unless some kind of compromise could be worked out with the board.
"I think the judge's decision does not comply with the law," Lowell Finley said.
He had argued that the board went beyond the law Tuesday when it voted to require the payment of $1.4 million by 10 a.m. Thursday.
Finley said the Greens and Libertarians are "fully prepared" to pay for the recount, but that the law requires a deposit of no more than the $114,400 they already have deposited.
Vigil said the $114,400 "has got your foot in the door," but that the board was within its rights to require more up front.
Finley said he would discuss with board lawyers the possibility of narrowing the recount request to review only a portion of the state's voting machines used in the Nov. 2 general election.

MORE

[OKthatsIT]

22. Thats what I said they should do all along

GOOD GOING!

[OKthatsIT]

23. NOW SEND THEM MONEY

for legal aid

[zeemike]

25. perhaps we should recall Richardson

It worked in California