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Democrat Takes 10-Vote Lead in WA Governor Race
Two major developments in the apparently neverending Washington state governor's race happened on Wednesday. As the second recount wound down, with 38 of 39 counties reporting -- all but the heavily Democratic-leaning King County -- Republican Dino Rossi extended his lead from 42 votes to 49. Then, the state Supreme Court ruled that its December 14 decision which disallowed including new ballots in the hand recount did not preclude county canvassing boards from including new ballots, which paves the way for 735 previously rejected ballots in King County to be processed. Then, King County announced that its hand recount (not including the 735) swung toward Democrat Christine Gregoire by 59 votes, giving her a 10-vote lead statewide (1,373,051 to 1,373,041). More court challenges are likely to follow.
*prepares for more Republican complaints* They just can't accept defeat gracefully, huh?
We counted and counted until we got the result we wanted! Go Dems!
Does this give you any faith in the system? I sure as hell don't want to blame a side as much as I want to say the american voting system just isn't good enough to deal with the fact that our nation is split 50/50. Everyone in Washington just wants a governor at this point. I may note that despite what you hear it was the Deomcrat Christina who decided to have the recount so its her fault that we are making this a big scene. I voted democrat in the fall but I sure as hell wish they would shutup right now.
The issue is the Democrats blatantly altering the election process to favor their candidate. What happened was that the ballots in King County were thrown out as a result of missing or mismatched signatures. The Democrats then tried (and succeeded) to get the ability to contact each of those voters individually to verify their signature and vote. This is a blatant abuse of the process. Some Democrat operative shows up your house wanting to know if you didn't really mean to vote for their candidate. And the Democrats are the ones always whining about voter intimidation??? Disgusting. There's a reason that elections aren't run like this...
Social Engineering Expert: Because there is no patch for stupidity.
So go back and count them! That's not what the Dems did. They tracked these individuals done, which is tantamount to intimidation and coercion. The entire process is dependant upon the voter's confidence that their vote will be a) counted and b) confidential. Having Democrat (I refuse to say Democratic anymore) operatives show up and ask you how you MEANT to vote is just ridiculous.
Social Engineering Expert: Because there is no patch for stupidity.
Score: -1, Conservative.
It's ok, man. I feel your pain. But at least we still have the White House and the Congress, and hopefully soon the Supreme Court. I laugh when I wonder what they're going to throw at us in '08. Clinton/Obama? Yeah, right.
There are several things we do not know. The most important things is why those ballots were rejected. There are real and legal reasons to reject a ballot. Reasons such as they are not a citizen of the United States or they are a college student trying to vote where they are going to college instead of getting an absentee ballot from where they are from like you are supposed to do.
It is also known that the Democrats use the inner city to get more votes by having people vote more than once. There is no real system to insure that everyone who is supposed to vote votes just once. Remember the registration cards for crack cocaine scandal?
There is also such a thing as voter responsibility. Take Florida. If a person votes for more than one person for President of the United States, that ballot shouldn't be counted--even if it's just a dimple.
Democrats won't ever stop complaining because in their minds they won--even if they only get 1 vote! I am always a little suspicious about ballots that are suddenly found or were previously rejected!
I hope the Republican continue to fight this. The United States needs another Liberal in office like I need another hole in my head. Don't people learn from California's 80 Billion-dollar liberal fiasco.
At the next eco-hypocrisy-meeting, count the private jets used to get to the meeting. Should be interesting to see that
(Unless, of course, we're the Supreme Court in 2000. )
The Supreme Court stopped Al Gore from hi-jacking an election. He planned on recounting until he won. Al Gore took it to the courts first. All recount that were done are the Supreme Court said Bush won. Unless Al Gore was suceeded in fabricating new ballots, he lost. Get over it.
4 MORE YEARS! Did you see the county election map? That was quite a sea of red for the Republicans with small islands of blue in major cities! I know you liberal nerds can't stand to here this so you'll mod me down.
At the next eco-hypocrisy-meeting, count the private jets used to get to the meeting. Should be interesting to see that
This "gain" is voter fraud, pure and simple. If the Republicans had "found" votes the way the Democrats did, Democrats would be having heart attacks and screaming at the "injustice" of it all.
The Democrats are AGAIN making a mockery of elections, just as they used to in Daly's Chicago.
This is just like Florida, only this time the Democrats actually might get away with it....
Count, count and recount until they get the results they want, and then declare victory.
It basically comes down to the fact that the Democrats can't with anything anymore without cheating.
Period.