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Mark Crispin Miller: “Kerry Told Me He Now Thinks the Election Was Stolen”

by Open-Publishing - Friday 4 November 2005
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New York University professor and author Mark Crispin Miller says in an interview on Democracy Now!: “[Kerry] told me he now thinks the election was stolen.

He says he doesn’t believe he is the person that can be out in front because of the sour grapes question. But he said he believes it was stolen. He says he argues with his democratic colleagues on the hill.

He said he had a fight with Christopher Dodd because he said there’s questions about the voting machines and Dodd was angry.

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  • more from Mark Crispin Miller at Democratic Underground

    My exchange with Kerry

    Kerry’s statement was not planned. He did not expect to see me.
    His sister, Peggy Kerry, purposely invited me to that fundraiser so
    that I could hand the senator a copy of my book. (She too understands
    the urgency of getting the top Democrats to push the issue of
    electoral reform.)

    So I spoke briefly with him just as he arrived, and handed him the
    book, saying, "You were robbed, Senator." He said, "I know!" with
    a clear gesture of extreme frustration, and then said that he can’t get
    any of his colleagues on the Hill to face the issue. Said that he had
    lately had an argument about it with Chris Dodd, who didn’t want to
    hear about it. Kerry tried to tell him about all the problems with the
    electronic touch-screen machines, but Dodd refused to listen, saying
    that he had looked into it, and that "there’s nothing there." (In bringing
    the subject up with Dodd, Kerry was not influenced by the GAO report,
    which he didn’t even know about until I mentioned it to him. Indeed, he seemed mightily impressed that the GAO had come out with a strong
    report.)

    I urged him to spearhead a major senatorial investigation into what went down last year, in the spirit of his best work in that chamber, when he led inquiries into Iran/contra and BCCI. He said that, given his position, he
    doubts that he can be the one to go out front about the issue, because
    of the "sour grapes" factor. I appreciate his dilemma, but still think
    that he must embrace the issue of electoral reform, for the country’s
    sake. (I also think that it would be the only way in which he might redeem
    himself for his deplorable concession just a year ago.)

    Believe me, I understand, and share, your feelings of impatience
    at the senator’s long silence (which, again, he certainly would not
    have broken if I hadn’t happened to bump into him). But if he’ll
    champion the issue of electoral reform, we stand to gain much more
    than we can get from merely cursing him for his timidity. I therefore
    would advise you all to shower him with strong encouragement ASAP