Reply #18: My LTE [View All]

(I live in Massachussetts. Also, the fact that the Globe is the 14/100 on the top papers list is signifigant.)

To the editor:

I would like to congratulate Brian Mooney for a well written overview of the many problems that occurred during the 2004 elections. It is s breath of fresh air to see a major publication acknowlege the depth of the issue.

Two comments. The first is, when you dig, you find that a disproportionate number of the irregularities favored Republicans and their candidates. Some of this is obviously due to bias after the results of November 2nd. But anyone who follows this story should start keeping score now, and at top of each inning, they should ask themselves "what are the odds" and "was Bush's margin of victory really as large as 3.3 million votes?"

The second is that the media need to take a second look at Kathy Dopp's research. This woman cannot seem to get a break with the media, as her work is always portrayed as being debunked. She is serious about her work, and of three attempts to discredit it, the third being the Miami newspaper's hand recount which involved counties which were not implicated by Dopp, have all missed the mark.