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Topic: Hmm... seems election stealing has a history down south
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clockwork
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posted 07 March 2003 06:13 AM
quote: Is such a scenario unimaginable? The fact is, it happened--not in 2000, but in 1876, when New York Gov. Samuel Tilden, the Democratic nominee, went to bed on Election Night with a solid 250,000 plurality over Ohio Gov. Rutherford B. Hayes, only to see Hayes win the White House after a two-month battle where bribery, blackmail, extortion, voter fraud, and murder were freely employed by partisans of both candidates. It may seem like the stuff of fiction--in fact, Gore Vidal's novel 1876 puts the contest at the center of its plot--but the real story, set down by author and onetime political correspondent Roy Morris Jr., has enough drama, melodrama, farce, and tragedy to power a dozen such books. Morris's blend of research, narrative skill, and historical perspective renders Fraud of the Century a compelling tale for anyone even remotely interested in American political history.
Hayes's Ride
From: Pokaroo! | Registered: May 2001
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