136,000 is very close, when there are over 100,000 "provisional" votes to resolve, most of which were for Kerry. You know, the african americans that the Republicans didn't want to have vote so they "challenged" them? Those won't be resolved for up to 10 days (it is different in different states, and I don't know Ohio's regulations).

There was also historic levels of absentee balloting all over the country (many being people distrusting the electronic machines). These also won't be counted for up to ten days. And apparently to Kerry, they don't count at all.

So in addition to the exit polls indicating a lot of fraud going on, there are a lot of uncounted votes. Without a massive audit, which thankfully somebody thought of, there would be no way to tell who won according to the actual will of the people.

Which is supposed to be what counts, not who the networks want to win or who the sitting president wants to win.

Homage to his most sacred majesty, Godzilla,
God of the Atom and King of Monsters,
On this his 50th birthday!
All hail the Golden Jubilee of the King of Monsters!

Yeah, I think you've nailed it there. Internal consistency. Yup.

Every time I try to get someone to read a graphic novel, they say "I don't know, I've heard they're not internally consistent."

And they never say "But aren't comic books just incomprehensible babble about superheroes geared towards the same small, scary audience that's been reading them for twenty years."

Because, you know, who would complain about that when Warren Ellis keeps churning out stuff that may or may not be internally consistent.

That bastard.