WA Gov. Race: Counties Deny GOP's Plea to Reconsider Rossi Votes

The post I was replying to stated that there was a rumor that Rossi was going to concede. If he concedes what is clearly a case of election fraud, he gives legitimacy to what is clearly an illegitimate process. Conceding defeat when you know you really haven't lost fair and square is the tactic I and others protest. Because it is the strategy of a loser. If Rossi and the Republicans throw in the towel knowing that the "election" of Gregoire was rigged, just in the hopes of prevailing in some hypothetical future contest, they'll be playing right into the hands of the 'Rats, who will bury them the next time out.

I lived through the McIntyre-McCloskey theft of '84, so I know whereof I speak. McIntyre rolled over and conceded that one which was an outright robbery, the 'Pubs all told him to be their good boy and they'd help him "get" McCloskey in '86, and he ended up getting creamed.

Talk about Thune-Johnson-Daschle all you want. The political dynamics of a statewide race in a moderate to conservative midwest state are vastly different from a liberal, 'Rat-dominated west coast state. This was a rare win opportunity for Republicans. Those kinds of chances seldom come along. If we don't grab for the brass ring this time around, if we slink off to the sidelines and pat ourselves on the back about how close we came, and of how that bodes well for "next time" against Can't Do Well, or Murray, or Gregoire II, we'll likely end up on the wrong end of a landslide.

My primary point is I just can't buy the claim that the GOP always caves in.

I realize how frustrating it is to live in a Demo-dominated state, and how you don't want to let the few chances to win slip away: I'm from California's Bay Area.

I well remember the narrow victories that Boxer had over Herschensohn, Feinstein over Huffington, and Davis over Simon.

Those were tough to take, especially Boxer's first win, considering how useless she's been since. Feinstein at least is not completely hopeless, and Davis is on the ash heap of recall history. (Of course, Schwarzenegger is a RINO)

It's hard to believe that as recently as the three elections of the 1980s, California was Reagan Country, and for one election GHW Bush Country.

-George

OK, George. You're right, they don't always, and you are correct to call me on an inadvertent generalization. Bush fought against the attempted theft of his legitimate victory, in the face of those who were calling upon him to concede on the basis of his losing the popular vote. He stood by the Constitution and that was the correct thing to do.

Close loses are heartbreaking and in those cases where we lose fairly and squarely, then we just have to suck it up and try again. The race in WA is just too questionable to lie down for. I hear lately that Dino Rossi is not conceding and I think that is the correct thing to do, in this case. He should fight for what he believes in and if he believes there are too many questions about Gregoire's reputed "victory", then concession is the last thing to consider.

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