Posted on 12/30/2004 5:57:02 AM PST by crushkerry
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I agree with this analysis.
It was a dumb idea to ask for a revote. He should have simply investigated the legitimacy of the newly "found" ballots, and perhaps demanded a recount in the GOP counties. However, I doubt that it will damage future prospects. There are enough folks in Washington who think this election was fixed that there will be a big backlash in the next election.
So, we should sit on our hands and do nothing while the Democrats steal a state governorship in plain sight.
Sure, it's a meaningful analysis, maybe even a good analysis, but that doesn't mean the federal government shouldn't step in to guarantee a republican form of government in Washington state!
Exactly. He is on solid ground in asking the state to recount in certain areas he requests. He should have the same rights as she had.
No, but we shouild try not to act as stupidly as Al Gore.
So9
If his campaign can come up with more than the extra Gregoire votes in King County, they could demand that the Supreme Court allow the new Rossi votes to be counted on the SAME LEGAL BASIS that the Court allowed the count of the 761 extra King County votes.
Congressman Billybob
I disagree. Thune's loss wasn't after 3 counts of the ballot, the first 2 of which were won. Thune's loss was on the first count. Dino Rossi has every right to challenge an outright election theft where previously rejected ballots and whiteout altered ballots were counted in the 3rd count. There so many irregularities in this election a revote makes perfect sense to me.
Gore was NEVER AHEAD in the count. Dino Rossi won in 2 counts. This situation is much different than Gore's and Thune's.
If there is proof of the theft, it needs to see the light of day. More importantly though, Republicans in all legislatures need to take a lead on electoral reform.
Demrats are setting the agenda as a civil rights issue, i.e. first there is voter fraud (bussing in extra voters, voting twice, buying votes, etc.), then when things are close DEM heavy precincts suspiciously always find lots of votes late in the count(Thune, Rossi, Bush (NM,FL(2000)) etc, when its close first call for a recount (FL, OH, NM, WA) then go to a HAND count (which is ridiculous) and when that too fails look for a liberal judge to rule for you.
Clear legislation at the outset, practiced and upheld consistently would doom Dem cheating and prevent future outrages. Rossi came out on the losing end of their agenda but just as easily Bush could have in 2000. If not addressed, one day it will cost the Republicans more than Washington State it will cost them Presidency and more.
The argument against Rossi here is not the fact that the election was stolen - it was. It was that his call for a revote, while it is legal and possible - is politically stupid, especially in light of the point in the article that a Dem legislature is never going to OK it. I think John Thune is the model to follow here. If anyone could have challenged fraudulent ballots it was him.
I can see why he's upset and that it's hard to look to the future when you've been robbed in the present, but politically I don't think it's the right move, even though he did win the first recount
Partially agree. The recount is foolish, but what comes next is a full on contest of the results. This will show that fraud took place, without a doubt. The backlash then will be against the Witch, who could have spared the state the embarrassment of the stolen election.
Rumor has it that Dino holds the smoking gun...if this is true then the Dem legislature has no choice but agree to a revote, or to compromise with a full count of the military votes, previously rejected Rossi votes, etc.
Why aren't the Republicans demanding that ALL MILITARY votes be counted?
Perfect analysis
They are on top of this... Rossi brought it up during his press conference last night.
"As it now stands, some people in King County had the rules changed so their votes could count, while other wrongfully disenfranchised people across the state – including many members of our military – have been denied the opportunity to have their votes counted."
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