Election fraud.

Ridge, who resigned Feb. 1, said Tuesday that he often disagreed with administration officials who wanted to elevate the threat level to orange, or "high" risk of terrorist attack, but was overruled.

Off the top of my head, I can remember at least one instance during the election campaign where the Bush administration raised the terror alert level to orange -- for NYC, Newark, and D.C. only -- and the media made a big spectacle out of it with much help from the Bush administration when Dubya sent his wife to Newark at the height of the alert. Now to all the husbands and boyfriends in my reading audience, let me pose a question to you: Would you prod your wife/girlfriend into a burning house? Would you intentionally throw her in harm's way? No, of course not.

So why did Dubya? Unless, of course, it really wasn't dangerous to visit Newark. But if it wasn't dangerous, then why did the Bush administration place it under a heightened terror alert? The only logicial answer is that they did so because the media attention (read: free advertising) paid to such an event could only work to Bush's advantage during a heated and contentious election campaign.

This argument is supported by the fact that that the FBI believed there was a credible dirty bomb threat in Boston on 1/20/05, one day away from the inauguration. The threat was so great that it prompted Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to cut short his visit to DC for the inauguration festivities so he could head back to Beacon Hill and administrate the situation.

Yet with a credible dirty bomb threat being levied less than 24 hours before Bush's second inaugration, the terror alert level wasn't elevated. Why is that? Could it be because Bush no longer had an election to win?

I think Ridge helped to answer that question. So, where do we go from here? Who do we petition at the FEC to see if Bush can be punished for rigging his election?

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Election fraud.

Ridge, who resigned Feb. 1, said Tuesday that he often disagreed with administration officials who wanted to elevate the threat

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