Posted on 11/24/2008 10:21:34 AM PST by rabscuttle385
The State Board of Elections has certified challenger Tom Perriello as the winner over Republican Congressman Virgil Goode.
The board today certified Perriello as the winner by 745 votes in the 5th District congressional race. Goode is entitled to a recount if he chooses.
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Count until the Democrat wins -—
Do you believe this is the case with this particular election? 745 votes is a pretty good spread for a close election.
Yeah, I do. It’s easy to stuff an extra couple of thousand ACORNS in the hopper when someone turns their back.
I even had the Democrat party tell me here to leave the parts of the ballot blank that they thought would be close races, so they could fix it if needed later.
another victim of the Top Of The Ticket Not Being A Republican Syndrome.
Turnout occurs based on the top of the ticket candidate almost exclusively. And considering how exciting McCain was to actual Republicans, plenty of them decided not to show up in Goode’s district while the ACORN crowd showed up for their Messiah. And we lose another seat to simple political realities:
1. The guy at the top IS the leader of the party - like it or not. In virtually every race below that, the guy at the top is STILL the reason voters show up.
2. If you don’t plan for victory, you should be prepared for defeat (McCain didn’t plan on winning and had no GOTV)
3. Leaders inspire. Leaders Lead. When nobody leads, there is no place for followers to go. And thus there are no followers.
4. The GOP has to defeat the DNC candidate AND the MSM is every election. (previously, the MSM pretended to be independent of the DNC but they didn’t have to bother this time)
Not smart to admit to a major felony like tht. But no one ever said democRATs were smart.
Dang. That is pretty bold. I just find it amazing that both sides think the other cheats. The Democrats think we cheat by electronic machines and courts. We think that they cheat by stuffing ballots, deceased folks and perhaps counting. I guess blame has been made for years and years and will never end.
Well, since it was just he and I, what can you do. Who is going to believe it anyway.
The particular election they wanted me to “leave blank” were for Judges, there were more than 2 candidates. I had the wife call the same office and ask them who to vote for, she got the same answer, just leave them blank, they are all good.
Doesn’t take much to fill in the gaps.
BTW, a good strategy when trying to figure out who to vote for in these no-Party affiliation races is to call the two parties and ask. Sort the results to your liking. Been doing this for many moons.
Dems steal anotther close one....................................................................
Damn it, and damn those worthless paleocons bittercons and useful idiots who choose to stay home.
I tend to agree with you. Do we even know whether ACORN registered any voters in this congressional district? Blaming all our electoral woes on ACORN is simply dumb (and inaccurate) and until we stop doing it then Republicans are never going to address the real reasons why we lost and get back into power.
Up in Minnesota, statistically speaking Franken still has a slightly less than even chance of beating Coleman — i.e. it could easily happen for uncontroversial reasons — yet I expect that if it does happen then everyone around here will be wailing that the only explanation can be the election was stolen from us (by ACORN again, no doubt).
Other recounts have been happening all over the country in Congressional and State elections. Plenty of them are being won by Republicans, but I guess nobody mentions that because it goes against the general thesis that we only lose close elections because the other side cheats. But guess what? This isn’t kindergarten any more.
There were lots of reasons to send a message to the RINOS by staying home...Kosovo, no veto deficits, Saudi Arabia/Turkey love fest...until Palin came on board and then there was less reason to stay home.
for me, the main issue for holding one’s nose and voting “my friends” McCain was the Supreme Court...we shall see the scope of the disaster to come.
Yes, ACORN absolutely recruited in this district. Goode’s district includes Charlottesville and the surrounding counties. Very liberal - lots o’ college students.
Those precincts were where pierello won.
I am devasted with this loss. Other than Eric Cantor, there is no one representing my viewpoint in government anymore.
Richmond ping.
This loss is breaking my heart. I voted for Goode when he ran against Chuck Robb in the primaries, lo these many years ago. I’ve been a big fan of Goode’s ever since.
A recount is defintely in order
Almost a 50% increase in Dem voters in Charlottesville.
Charlottesville vote 2004 Dem 11,088 Rep 4,172
Charlottesville vote 2008 Dem 15,705 Rep 4,078
"Women at VMI?, What's next, men at UVA?"
It’s the dramatic change in the UVA vote this year that stinks.
That’s just too much.
I once had a Democrat old-timer tell me all kinds of tricks they played on the Pubbies locally, as we sipped lemonade on her front porch. She thought I was a Dem.
Allowing liberals to defeat conservatives in Congress sends the wrong message. It tells the party to move left. It is slitting your throat to make a point.
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