Failing to Fight: Sen. Reid: "I think the Ohio count was bad" in 2004 but glad Kerry pulled plug!

[Land Shark]

Right on the heels of the convictions of Ohio elections officials for rigging the presidential recount (see http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=465777&mesg_id=465777 ) we now have this:

Sen. Harry Reid now admits the Ohio presidential election 2004 vote count was "bad." But still, there's nothing to be done about it apparently since he's glad Kerry was a "good American" who "pulled the plug." Senator Reid, Does this mean that only bad Americans fight for every vote so that every vote be counted?

There's a Failure to Fight (for every vote) here. Now the trigger for said fight (a bad count) is not even denied!

Harry Reid appeared on Hardball last Thursday. Asked by Chris Matthews if he thought John Kerry "got a good count in Ohio" in 2004 Reid responded as in the transcript portion below.

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'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Jan. 25
Read the transcript to the Thursday show
… MATTHEWS: What did you think your colleague John Kerry, the Democratic nominee last time around, who you worked hard for, dropping out of 2008 contention so early in the battle?

REID: Chris, I spoke on the Senate floor and it was really heartrending to me, to see him say he is not going to run. He did the right thing, I acknowledge that. But he came so close and that was such a terribly unfair election. Here is a man who is a hero, decorated war hero, and with the Swift Boat stuff at the end of the campaign, people wondered if he had even ever been to Vietnam. John Kerry is a good American. He has been a great senator. He will continue to be a great senator.

MATTHEWS: Do you think he was treated unfairly in the count or was it just in the campaign? Do you think he got a good count in Ohio, for example at the end of that election?

REID: Well, I think the Ohio count was bad, but he is a good American. He realized that it was time to end the election and not drag this on. I think some votes could have been changed in the state of Ohio, but John Kerry did the right thing. He just pulled the plug….

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16826322/