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Bomb Squad Detonates 2 Suspicious Packages Found Outside Early Voting Site in Central Fla.

Nov. 4, 2012 8:54am Madeleine Morgenstern

The bomb squad detonated two suspicious packages found outside a central Florida polling site Saturday, suspending voting for more than four hours on the final day to cast early ballots.

The first item, described as a cooler with a USB cord sticking out of it, was found outside the West Park library Saturday morning, WESH-TV reported. A bomb-sniffing dog later reacted to a bag of garbage near the library’s front door, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Both items were destroyed with a water cannon within an hour of each other.

The library was evacuated after the first item was discovered just before 11:30 a.m. and voters were allowed to get back in line shortly before 4 p.m., Central Florida News 13 reported.

Long lines plagued Florida’s early voting sites all week, with wait times stretching to six hours at one polling place in Miami-Dade county, according to the Associated Press.

Outside the West Park library, about 100 voters decided to stick it out and wait while the bomb squad attended to the items. Resident Tracy Jackson told the Sentinel it was “voter intimidation” to try and keep her from voting for President Barack Obama.

“I feel like there’s more to it; this is a ploy,” Jackson said.

According to News 13, all voters in line by 8 p.m. were permitted to vote.

Approximately 3.9 million Florida voters cast early ballots, either at early polling sites or by voting absentee.

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Magyar
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:20am
This is just the beginning folks— On Nov 7th there will NOT be a victor! It will be a f-ing mess until Ovomit finds a way to cheat his way to victory….

And then there will be chaos!

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- BrerRabbit
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:15am
  Agree!
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 12:38pm
  With Ohio the way it is, it is looking that way.
  
  I am so naive. I know that Kennedy won Illinois in 1960 due to ballot stuffing in Chicago. I thought that was ancient history. I was wrong.
  
  The crooks need to go to jail.
  
  I would be satisfied with Obama going to his mansion on the north shore of Hawaii. At the very least it will break the Camelot vision many Democrat voters have of the Democrat party.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:10am
I’ve identified the OBAMAZOMBIE who tried to keep white people from voting,you know it’s an OBAMAZOMBIE right away because she can’t speak proper English and she’s as dumb as a box of rocks. I’d bash her brains out if she had any but unfortunately she doesn’t so I can’t.

For your viewing displeasure,WARNING language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnsq4Se4pBg&feature=related

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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:33am
  Hi Progressiveslayer,
  
  Did you notice the bill in her hand?
  
  The denomination was 9/11…..
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:46am
  Hi Monk
  
  No I missed it the first time but watched it again and caught it. A certified nut case there.
  
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- momrules
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:11am
  I watched the video. I am so ashamed of this woman and ashamed that there is even one person in America that is as vile and as ignorant as she is.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 12:47pm
  PROGRESSIVESLAYER, Dang, talk about somebody being stoned! Look into her eyes….if you dare.
  
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- resme
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 2:18pm
  @mom, America is full of evil and vile people, Mainly congress/senate/executive.
  
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- OhioRifleman
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 5:59pm
  As I have a YouTube account, I went ahead and posted on that link. It bears repeating here, but in a more legible format:
  
  Another one who worships at a cult of personality. Strangely unsurprising.
  
  Off the top of my head, here are another few that have or had cults of personality (in no particular order):
  
  Castro
  Stalin
  Lenin
  Marx (His was posthumous; not much love for his gameplan until after he was dead)
  Pol Pot
  Mao Tse Tung
  Mussolini (Very short lived cult, that one)
  Guverra (Still popular today, even with people he despised when he was alive)
  
  I’m sure I’m missing a few names in there. Feel free to add them.
  
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barber2
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:10am
Oh, my, but the Trolls are on the loose today, folks. NOBAMA 2012

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Thornyrose13
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:51am
How about waiting to see how the investigation comes out. it was irresponsible of the reporter to quote the voter claiming “voter intimidation”. the person or persons involved could be right wing, left wing, foreign terrorists, or bored high school geeks having fun. Without more information, I say just get on with business and quit adding to the poisonous atmosphere with more rumors. That only helps the campaigner-in-chief, since if he’s desperate enough he can claim an emergency and act accordingly.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:47am
Randy I’m a birther as well and I know he wasn’t born here because he’s never released his college admission records because they’ll prove he’s a foreign exchange student.It’s the greatest fraud perpetrated on the American people and a close second is ‘man made global warming’.

Barry has spent millions in attorneys fees to keep those records sealed,he has a good reason.

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- barber2
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:05am
  PRO: Or those records might prove that he LIED about his birth place to get financial aid because he CLAIMED to be a foreign student. Lies and Fraud ? Sounds like Obama to me ! ( whatever is hidden in those records, it only exposes him for what most of us already know he is : a sham, a fake, a fraud, a Marxist on a mission ) NOBAMA 2012
  
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- BHOHG2G
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 1:35pm
  I feel the same way. Why would anyone intent on tearing apart America give a damn about breaking it’s laws. That was just iceing on the cake. Mark my words. One day the truth will come out and EVERYONE, even the MSM will be saying “I knew it! I knew it all along”!
  
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randy
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:35am
I will always be a “Birther”
One day the truth will come out, and someone will have the baIIs to do something about it.

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- momrules
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:18am
  Me too, Randy, me too. Obama is a well covered, protected fraud. The media is complicit in that fraud, every darned one of them.
  
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- ScottG-CO
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:18am
  Randy, the true beauty of it all (for me) is that in 3 days- plus the time to Jan. 20- I won’t have to worry too much about it. “The truth is out there” has never rang more clearly than it does now. If only there were a way to take away his pension and SS detail……Michelle would divorce him!
  
  O M G
  
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Individualism
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:27am
well if they could move it to a uninhabited location that would have been allot better because radiation can still come out of a bomb and areas where the US goverment has bombed and people that have lived there have had much higher rates of cancer. and that could be a result of even two little ones such as that.

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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:26am
Even though children 18-29 are reported more Socialist than older people, fortunately they get their vice from video games,and texting, moreover they are pacified and satisfied by what can be construed as imagination even though it’s outside their own mind. Lol, wait and see what happens when those age groups have their imagination come back to them.

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- Ballot_Box_Revolution
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:49am
  I have done quite a bit of online gaming in MMO games, where people can openly chat to everyone on the server…..100s of people connected at the same time…..I had seen plenty of political arguments, and to my surprise most of the arguments were anti-Obama, with only a few people arguing on his behalf.
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:25am
Were the “packages” actually ballots? Did the DNC find a new way to make sure “all votes are cast” by sending them into a powder state?

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- GaltLine
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:45am
  That’s what this article leaves out or doesn’t know. What did the bomb squads neutralize? Bombs or what?
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:41am
  Destroyed with a water cannon??!! What were the bombs made of, dirty hands? Mud?
  “Dey jus wanna keep me from voting for Bama.” Yeah, anything to cry racism. I can’t tell if Obama caused the black chip on the black communities shoulder or just exposed it.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:24am
Remember the infiltration across the US-Mexican border of Hezbollah agents? How much does anyone wish to bet this may be their handicraft in an effort to create chaos for our elections; which would favor Obama most of all?

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- Untameable-kate
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:45am
  Hi Snow, good to see an old friend is still on here! It looks like the libs are up to their old tricks again. They know they can’t win if they don’t cheat, there are not enough left wing radicals in this country to keep their dog-god in office.
  
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- kickagrandma
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:19am
  SNOW and UNTAMEABLE KATE~~~ It is good to see both of you. I have marveled over the past week how many of the “original” posters here have “disappeared”. I do so miss their wisdom. Good you are still here. Welcome back, KATE!
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:57am
  @Kate and Grandma:
  
  Yup the left cannot win an honest election, and I have to wonder if Obama will unleash his extremist allies from around the world in the US on Tuesday? This is far from over.
  
  And its good to see everyone coming back again. I like what the Blaze has become, not quite the wild west of its beginnings, but at least they have most of the problems with screen name thieves taken care of.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:08am
  Hi Kickagrandma,
  
  To answer you question on the other post…..
  
  You have to answer the question asked before hitting the “submit” button.
  
  This new feature stops the trolls from writing scripts that flood the tip section.
  
  Hope this helps. Also, after the first tip the “Have a tip?” disappears so just refresh the page or switch to another story and then come back to the one you were on.
  
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randy
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:23am
Resident Tracy Jackson told the Sentinel it was “voter intimidation” to try and keep her from voting for President Barack Obama.

Yeah, Right!

Like anyone with half a brain actually believes that….
More like the other way around.

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- momrules
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:15am
  The MSM has promoted the idea that R’s are the ones cheating and using voter intimidation tactics. Of course that is what that ignorant woman believes.
  
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Walkabout
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:22am
Will this get erased 3 times?

The easiest way for military members to defeat DOMESTIC enemies is to vote them out of office.

They cannot prosecute you for that.

Domestic enemies are those that don’t have you back, when you are under mortar attack in Benghazi

Domestic enemies are cozy with Putin & ask him to wait until after the election.

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- Untameable-kate
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:53am
  I would have liked the Romney campaign to blast the airwaves with that hot mike moment. I am seriously worried about that business.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 12:35pm
  One of the best Christmas presents would be to see Obama retire to his $ 35 million mansion on the north shore of Hawaii in February 2013 & all the OWS & other dupes to realize that they were had.
  
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HKS
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:22am
The acorn bullies and the union goon squads will be out in force for this election, the liberals can feel the heat on the back of their ruthless necks. Stay calm and vote these worthless bastards out.

“Remember Benghazi”

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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:22am
Oh well, eventually you’re going to run out of ideas like Ipods and such to keep on keeping people captive in Babylon, and then what?

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biffo
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:20am
These no good dem cheats are stacking the deck in Florida for they know it’s lost in a fair fight. Bitch about voter intimidation while the black obama thugs take over voting sites. Let’s get the riots going and see what they do to their own community and any of the stupid people who get near them. They will never make it to the taxpayers homes, and will be killing each other as usual. Remember Reginald Denny. Never again.

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Proverbs17-12NLT
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:19am
Wow steppin up democrats, what happened to the envelopes of white powder?

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- riseandshine
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:27am
  …http://911review.org/Wget/www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline/main/AAanthrax.html
  
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Stoic one
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:18am
What I do not ‘get’ is with such a loooong protracted early voting time frame; why are there any lines at all?
I will vote on TUESDAY November 6 2012, the first Tuesday of November as defined by law.
All of these early voters should not have long lines.

Unless they are voting early and voting often.

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- dublinthewagons
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:27am
  They are democraps voting early. It takes a long time to push out those hanging chads.
  Remember this one “I pushed with all my might, but couldn’t push the Chad out”
  
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- cykonas
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:31am
  Stoic, I don’t think it’s a conspiracy. I’m in Gainesville FL, for example, and here’s how early voting works here, and I’m pretty sure it’s similar all over out state.
  
  For the election in Gainesville on Tuesday there will be 63 voting precincts, each with it’s own location, open around the city to cast ones vote. For early voting there are only 3 polling places for the entire city. So each polling place has to handle 21 normal precincts of potential voters. That is why there are so many people at any one of the early voting locations.
  
  The way it’s set up also slows down the poll workers because they have 21 different ballots and they have to make sure you get the correct one based on your state and local voting district/precinct. When a person goes to the poll on Tuesday the poll worker only has one ballot to deal with because everyone is from the same state/local district precinct.
  
  There just aren’t enough volunteer poll workers to have all 63 polling places open for the entire early voting process. Most of the poll workers have regular jobs and it’s pretty difficult to get a month or two off every 2 years. Personally, I think they should do away with all early voting except for absentee situations, but I really don’t think it’s conspiratorial, just chaotic. Peace.
  
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:17am
They are getting more dangerous by the day. Chaos is the name of the legions who are dark.

http://www.wnd.com/2012/obamas-benghazi-investigator-tied-to-libya-bombings/

http://www.shoebat.com/2012/09/25/innocence-of-muslim-film-was-made-by-terrorists/

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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:14am
A system whereby it is a right to vote rather than a privilege is a system doomed for failure.

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- Al J Zira
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 7:29pm
  OK. So tell us who grant us the right to vote or better yet, who has to right to take away that right to vote?
  
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Ilikepeople
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:12am
Is the idea to get people to vote via the Internet? Or is it now that any people who make derogatory remarks about early voting law will be considered a threat?

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justangry
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:10am
Sounds hokey to me. If someone were wanting to cause chaos at a voting center, why would they put their bomb out where everyone would notice 3 days in advance?

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- Untameable-kate
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:17am
  Maybe just trying to put a scare into the older voters, scare them away and BO might have a chance in Florida.
  
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- DZ-015
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:21am
  Did you read the article before posting?
  
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- Proverbs17-12NLT
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:26am
  It was a prank left over from Halloween, it was a box full of dog poop
  
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- BlackCrow
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:28am
  Here in Texas more people vote the Friday before the election than on election day. Lines because they combined 15 precinct polls in one location.
  
  As for me I voted the Wednesday after they opened early voting; almost two weeks ago. And I would vote for a rattlesnake before I would vote for a Communist/Democrat!
  
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Oneirishman
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:03am
Wow, Madeleine could you get a little more info here? Who hired all these pathetic journalists at the Blaze?

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- Al J Zira
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 7:32pm
  Is there a point to this comment or are you just trashing the writer?
  
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Tigress1
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 8:59am
No, it was probably the Occupiers trying to prevent people from voting for Romney. Election day will probably be interesting. We will have the NAACP and the Black Panthers popping up.

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- Untameable-kate
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:14am
  The New Black Panthers will show up on Tuesday and Holder will decide they are exercising their constitutional rights. Free speech, freedom to peacefully assemble something like that. It will be funny if they try that crap here in Az.
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:54am
  @Untameable Kate:
  
  Good to see you on the site again; and yes let the NBPP try their garbage of intimidation; they need to be reminded ahead of such stupidity in AZ we have many people authorized to carry concealed.
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 8:58am
They weren’t pallets of bottled water?

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:03am
  lol good one. Were there any NAACP pamphlets in the immediate vicinity?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 9:36am
  PROGRESSIVESLAYER, I thought maybe they were prepping for Tuesday morning. Just pre-staging their supplies.
  
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gyro
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 8:57am
quote
Resident Tracy Jackson told the Sentinel it was “voter intimidation” to try and keep her from voting for President Barack Obama.
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what can you say
Nuts

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- urep
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:43am
  Hi, she is talking BS… the area where that happens is the Winter Park area in Central Florida a very upscale part of the Orlando, the majority signs there are for Romney… I know because I vote in that area… so the voter intimidation could be for whom?
  
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- Al J Zira
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 7:34pm
  I was waiting for this response. What is the area demographic? Thanks.
  
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