Reply #10: I don't think Kerry has learned the right lesson.

[Stevepol]

He didn't lose the election. The swiftboat smears didn't have that great an effect. They probably helped him as much as they hurt him.

He supposedly knew then that the voting machines were giving anomalous results, that many dirty tricks were being played in OH and elsewhere, and yet he didn't even make a peep about it.

The lesson he should have learned is that, when the results are clearly anomalous (exit polls versus alleged results), when there are thousands of reports of people being denied the right to vote, when one precinct even closes down claiming they got a demand from the FBI to close down and keep the vote counting secret because of a terrorist threat when that was a lie -- when these things and many more happen, YOU DO NOT CONCEDE AN ELECTION. YOU DISPUTE IT WITH ALL THE ENERGY AND PASSION AT YOUR DISPOSAL UNTIL YOU CAN BE SHOWN THAT YOU WERE NOT CHEATED BY CRIMINALS OUT OF WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS.