Keith Olbermann Voter Irregularities Video Part V

"Kerry/Edwards Campaign Joins Ohio Recount."

"As Senator Kerry stated in his concession speech in Boston, we do not necessarily expect the results of the election to change, however, we believe it necessary to make sure everyone's vote is counted fairly and accurately." White called for witnesses, volunteers, and donations.

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That is Democrat David Krikorian conceding in the OH-02 Democratic primary last night. Krikorian is now predicting that Jean Schmidt will win the race and even goes as far as to accusing his opponent of pulling the race card.

Let’s talk about that “race card” for a moment. The opponent Krikorian is talking about is Surya Yalamanchili, an Indian and former contestant on The Apprentice. Last week it was discovered that Krikorian said to a VFW crowd “do you think a guy with a name like that has a chance of ever being elected?” This led Krikorian to one of the harder feats in politics – being named Worst Person in the World by Keith Olbermann.

The story didn’t die there last Friday night. Instead Krikorian, who ran as an independent in 2008 as a “Reagan Conservative”, went into a full right wing style conspiracy defense:

KRIKORIAN: Keith Olbermann is a buffoon for not checking his sources, for not even bothering to check. But here’s one thing I will state for the record: Last night’s program was sponsored by Procter & Gamble’s Oil of Olay brand, which is the exact brand that Surya Yalamanchili worked for. So how did they cover that story last night? Because I’m sure that Keith Olbermann is not reading the Cincinnati press. So our folks think that the Oil of Olay brand people – Procter and Gamble in particular – were advancing their former employee. And that’s how it got in there. […]

I think [Olbermann] was reading from his script. So somehow that got put in there. And how did it get put in there? Well, look at the relationship between the story and the show’s sponsor. I think it’s pretty clear how it got in there.

This even led Proctor and Gamble to issue a statement denying the allegations and landed Krikorian another spot on Worst Persons Monday night.

Krikorian doesn’t think Yalamanchili can be elected to anything because of his last name. Well guess what David? He just won an election and the person he defeated was you!

This is great news. A new CBS/NY Times poll (click here for the document) shows Sherrod Brown way ahead. The GOP is pulling out their cash on DeWine which seems to be a very cool concession speech.

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The poll shows that:

Ohio Democrats are particularly energized about voting in general this year. 58% of them say they are more enthusiastic than usual,
compared to just 32% of Republican voters. That trend is also evident nationally, although the gap between the two parties is much smaller; nationally, 50% of Democrats are enthusiastic, compared to 35% of Republicans.

John Kerry's concession speech.

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John Cole:

During Huckabee’s concession speech, it appeared to me that he is really enjoying himself, which is kind of sick. He is starting to look like the Mayor in BTVS. I mean, no one enjoys this crap. And anyone who does has to be evil. Like the mayor.

Ahhh, Mayor Richard Wilkins III from season 3 of Buffy.....

I may not be as cool as Amato to be wined and dined by CNN, but the party here at the AFL-CIO is lots of fun. There was just a nah nah nah nah cheer when Santorum gave his concession speech. Good luck finding that special man on dog you seek my friend.

In terms of races, Chris Murphy is projected to beat Nancy Johnson in Connecticut. So Lieberman has not completely screwed things in the Nutmeg State. If that is accurate, 4 down, 11 to go....