UNBELIEVABLE GOP questions vote discrepancies: 8,500 and counting

[PennyMan]

Is This Washington Governor Race Ever Going To End
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Washington%20Governor&dpfrom=th

[NEOBuckeye]

1. Just think, if only John Kerry had contested the Nov 2 presidential result

With the same determination the GOP has shown in Washington. Whistle-ass might be on his way back to Crawford now.

[elperromagico]

4. The GOP would just insist that Bush had won and that Kerry

was interfering with the will of the people. Funny how the tables turn when they're on the losing side, isn't it?

Edit: Correction - They were on the losing side in 2000 too. But they could play like winners in that case. Bit harder here, when there have been three recounts.

[susanna]

9. What about Gore in 2000?

Just where would we be now? It boggles the mind...truly.

[Pam-Moby]

2. They need to get over it....the dem won n/t

[Clark2008]

3. You know those GOPhers are just "tin-foil hatters,"

"bitter enders," "conspiracy theorists" and "nuts," don't you?

My gosh - vote discrepanies and election fraud could NEVER happen!

:tinfoilhat:

[SueZhope]

20. yes that is true Clark2008

Where do that get this stuff from perhaps a
` late night conspiracy-theory movie.''
:crazy: :tinfoilhat: :crazy:

[elperromagico]

5. Dino Rossi wants a re-vote.

One recount.

Two recounts.

Three recounts.

Ehh, hell. Let's throw in a re-vote.

And if the results are close again? Well, let's have another re-vote!

Why not let the people of Washington just keep re-voting until a result finally is to Mr. Rossi's liking?

Gee... that sounds like a cracker-jack idea right there.

[Elidor]

6. Keep voting until you win

That's their strategy:

One high-profile Republican, former Gov. Dan Evans, joined the chorus calling for a new election with an online essay published Dec. 31.

"Democracy may be messy, but its principles are why it still serves us best," Evans wrote for the Web site www.revotewa.com. "If we screw up the implementation, let's go back to the principles. The voters' will is paramount."

He proposed a special election next month. On Monday, Evans said his appetite for a revote depends heavily on how King County answers questions about the 3,500-vote difference between voter rolls and certified ballots.
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But if we are to go by the standard proposed by this blowhard Evans, Kerry should call for a nationwide recount in the presidential election. In fact, they called repeatedly for Gregoire to concede in the interests of "moving forward" and "healing" when they were ahead. Now it's about "voter's will" and "democratic principles," of which they have not the slightest shred. The bastards grow more brazen with every election.

[FreepFryer]

7. Okay, compromise - hand recount WA & OH Pres '04. I think the DU crowd...

would be fine with that.

:)

The GOP called fraud before the recount was even complete. They are unprincipled, and that will be one of their undoings.

http://www.redefeatbush.com

[hootinholler]

12. I for one wouldn't agree.

It doesn't fix the problem. We are dealing with Dominionists here. The ends justify the means to them. They need to be jailed.

-Hoot

[FreepFryer]

17. I wasn't proposing

The cultural war ends there.

I was obviously implying that an OH hand recount would lead to a Kerry victory in OH, which would lead to a Kerry presidency. Step 1 out of 7,916 steps to taking back our country.

Nice post re: the 2000 dissenting opinion, by the way.

[Florida_Geek]

8. Give me a BREAK

"One high-profile Republican, former Gov. Dan Evans, joined the chorus calling for a new election with an online essay published Dec. 31.

..cut...

On Monday, Evans said his appetite for a revote depends heavily on how King County answers questions about the 3,500-vote difference between voter rolls and certified ballots.

"A lot depends on what the outcome is of that investigation," Evans said. "If they can explain that and there are no other significant errors, in spite of the fact of a close election, it's time to say 'OK, we'll accept it.'""

Does anybody believe this, if they can explain this problem the GOP will stop.. Not ME.

[Alizaryn]

10. Hummm. what a nice precident that would set huh?

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[Wilms]

14. Even if it cost Gregoire, we'd be so much better off with a re-count.

For a pile of reasons we've all made relative to Ohio, etc.

We all are so :grr: with Republicans, that we :bounce: as long as they are hurt, not caring if they've been wronged.

It's understandable. But it's not O8) and, stratigically, it's not very :think:.

[sepia_steel]

16. Peak_Oil... What the hell???

No one is anti-RECOUNT. THREE COUNTS HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED, and 2 OF THEM made Gregoire the winner. Do we really need a re-vote???

GET. A. GRIP.

I say, let em' revote. Gregoire would win again.

But you need to chill out, man.

[pa28]

13. A public relations stunt.

For example, victims of domestic violence who can cast votes without location information. Also, provisional ballots out of county sent back to the county of residence. Well, you get the idea.

The discrepancy in Rossi leaning Snohomish is 1,700 votes and at least four times as many people live in King. There seems to me nothing out of line with these numbers.

Maybe Rossi is sticking up for stalkers rights. :eyes:

[No Exit]

15. Good! Let their hypocrisy shine forth glaringly! n/t

[Diane R]

18. Here is a link to their petition asking for a revote.

http://revotewa.com/petition.htm

[Vektor]

19. Well then...

"Perhaps there's a logical explanation for all this," said state GOP Chairman Chris Vance, referring to public records that show nearly 8,500 more ballots than voters in five counties. "But if there is not, this election is invalid on its face and the Legislature cannot in good conscience certify Christine Gregoire."


I guess we cannot certify Shrub either.

Who is wearing the tin foil hat now?

Ya know what though? These Repugs aren't afraid to say SHIT no matter how ludicrous it is. I wish the Dems would do that.

Maybe they are so indignant that Gregoire couldn't have won, because they set the machine to "Rossi" and it malfunctioned! :-)

[fasttense]

21. Maybe they will prove our case for us.

If they find fraud (and they know where to look) then we could use the same justification for Kerry. Keep an eye on this it will point the way for where the rest of the fraud is hidden.

[cags]

22. If there was fraud and Dino wasn't privy to it? Doesn't that help us

I haven't kept up with this story to much, so I'm not sure what the exit polls were like for these two, but if there were more votes than voters, wouldn't that help us if they could "uncovered fraud". I'll bet the irregularities favored Rossi every time. Then what would they say. I bet Bush would shut Rossi up quick if they got too close.