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I'm Genuinely Confused...Why does George Allen still think he can win?

Posted on 11/08/2006 1:09:02 PM PST by zbigreddogz

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To: dfwgator
Everytime someone posts a vanity thread, an angel loses its wings.

At least this one has a legitimate question instead someone's self important opinion.

81 posted on 11/08/2006 1:56:34 PM PST by Krodg
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To: commonguymd

Absentee ballots are counted in a central precinct on election day. Those numbers are included in the total.


82 posted on 11/08/2006 1:56:45 PM PST by NittanyLion
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To: HOTTIEBOY

bttt


83 posted on 11/08/2006 1:57:23 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: zbigreddogz

In Virginia a recount is automatic if the difference between the candidates is less than .50% of the total vote. In this case some 2.2million votes cast. It's not that Allen is asking for a recount.

Personally, I think a recount would be futile, but by law Allen, his supporters and the state are entitled to a recount. It might be not so much FINDING 7K votes, as disqualifying 7K votes. The last precincts that came in and flipped the lead Allen held all night for the final tally, after some 99% of the votes had been counted, were from Arlington and Fairfax Counties.


84 posted on 11/08/2006 2:06:08 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: commonguymd

Absentee ballots were counted, I think "provisional ballots" are the only ones left, and those are for people who weren't registered, like illegals. I think Allen should fight this one out but I think he will lose.

Allen's a good man, but got trapped by the media, who took a few quotes out of context. He'll be back, and will win next time around.


85 posted on 11/08/2006 2:08:18 PM PST by MuchoMacho
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To: EDINVA

According to the link on Drudge, only 94.57 percent of precincts have been counted. Seems like it's not even a matter of a recount at this point but a COMPLETING of the count.


86 posted on 11/08/2006 2:08:34 PM PST by ilovew ("I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American." --Daniel Webster)
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To: MuchoMacho

There was nothing out of context with that macaca quote.

I wanted him to win, but I do have trouble beliving he didn't know that was a racial slur.


87 posted on 11/08/2006 2:09:39 PM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: EDINVA

I read earlier there is no automatic recount in VA. The state foots the bill if one is requested by the trailing candidate under the 0.5% threshold. The trailer can also request one at his or her own expense if the spread is 0.5 to 1.0% I think that's right.


88 posted on 11/08/2006 2:15:09 PM PST by Genoa
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To: Man of the Right
Lanny Davis still thinks Kerry carried Ohio in 2004.

And there are people who think there are unicorns and fairies . . . doesn't make it so.

89 posted on 11/08/2006 2:15:25 PM PST by gop_gene
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To: frogjerk
How many Vanities can you fit on the head of a pin?

I don't know but, a pinhead can create a lot of vanities.

90 posted on 11/08/2006 2:17:26 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (If a pug barks and no one is around to hear it... they hold a grudge for a long time!)
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To: zbigreddogz
The really bad part of the macaca quote was "Welcome to the real Virginia", spoken to a real Virginian.

Democrats are real. Political opponents are real. They are real Virginians, and real Americans.

When it pops out that you think otherwise, or feel otherwise, you've got a problem.

91 posted on 11/08/2006 2:21:43 PM PST by Jim Noble (To preserve the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity)
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To: Jim Noble

Plus cowboy boots and chewing tobacco are for real cowboys or frat boys...not grown men who grew up privileged in the suburbs of LA and Chicago.


92 posted on 11/08/2006 2:27:53 PM PST by Blackirish
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To: ilovew

I saw that info posted somewhere ... not sure if it's accurate or not. Last night around midnight at the State Board of Elections site, they were up around 99%, and that's when the lead flipped... between 99.16 and 99.26% of all votes cast. All kinda strange.

I think if Allen is sure he lost, he will conceed and not put everyone through an unnecessary recount, but he is entitled to wait until it is crystal clear that he did lose. If he did (as it appears).


93 posted on 11/08/2006 2:32:58 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA

Until the count is announced on Nov 28th there is no count to ask for a recount of.

Everybody is missing that the results we have now are unofficial.

Remember the McDonnell Attorney General race just last year?
He had a 3400 vote lead in the election night unofficial count. But in the official vote count- which his opponent did ask for a recount of- he had only a 300 and something vote lead.
I think he ended up winning by about 300.


94 posted on 11/08/2006 2:35:37 PM PST by mrsmith
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To: zbigreddogz

It was not a racial slur by any stretch of the imagination. Have you ever heard "macaca" used before?

What hurt Allen, besides the Washington Post, was that he looked mean-spirited in calling the Webb volunteer a macaca. He was saying " this guy's not one of us". That went against the perception that Allen was a nice, optimistic person.

I am sorry he lost, but I share the sentiment that he would have been a disaster for President in 2008 (and I fully supported him).


95 posted on 11/08/2006 2:36:36 PM PST by neocon1984 (end the idiocy of post-modernism)
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To: neocon1984

You seem to be incorrect on that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaca_%28slur%29

I agree with you about 2008, but it sure would have been nice to hold the Senate.


96 posted on 11/08/2006 2:39:21 PM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: dfwgator
Everytime someone posts a vanity thread, an angel loses its wings.

ha ha ha ha ha
97 posted on 11/08/2006 2:39:26 PM PST by Chili Girl
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To: EDINVA

I think a recount would be okay. The problem I would have is if he insisted on continuing to recount until he wins. With this close of an election, I think the people who voted for him deserve one recount. And then, if he's still behind (which I suspect he will be), he should concede graciously.


98 posted on 11/08/2006 2:40:56 PM PST by ilovew ("I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American." --Daniel Webster)
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To: Blackirish
Plus cowboy boots and chewing tobacco are for real cowboys or frat boys...not grown men who grew up privileged in the suburbs of LA and Chicago.

You got that right.

99 posted on 11/08/2006 3:09:48 PM PST by Jim Noble (To preserve the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity)
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To: ilovew

Well, I think it is partly Rove's fault, but it's not some kind of evil conspiracy, it's just stupidity. Those other years, it worked, he just thought he was invincible this time.


100 posted on 11/08/2006 3:33:39 PM PST by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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