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Rushing to the Line of Scrimmage (to avoid a video review)
self observation | 11/09/2020 | Ghost of Nixon

Posted on 11/09/2020 10:38:32 AM PST by ghost of nixon

All football fans know the drill - after a close play is ruled your in your teams favor, your team hustles to the line of scrimmage to start the next play...negating a challenge and review. Obviously what Democrats and the MSM are attempting now.

What's interesting to me is the history of the replay review in football (and now other sports) and how it relates to the current election. We had the technology (instant replay) long before the video review was brought into major league sports. Blown calls by officials were now obvious to fans. It was an obvious improvement the game to allow video review. There are exactly ZERO football fans who oppose video reviews (and the challenge flag system). The only opposition to video review was it took too long, but that argument never held up against the continuing improvements in technology and the desire of everyone for JUSTICE on the football field.

Same thing applies here - to elections. We now have the technology for we (the average voter) to see bad calls (i.e. vote fraud). We have the technology to quickly review bad calls in elections. Elections are way more consequential than football games. Regardless of how this election plays out, the side opposing thorough reviews of elections (and voter rolls, and voter ID laws) cannot stand against the demand from the voter. Unless, we continue to shrug at weird elections results and walk away each time this happens to our team.


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election technology must also provide for quick, statistcal review and audit of the results
1 posted on 11/09/2020 10:38:32 AM PST by ghost of nixon
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To: ghost of nixon

It depends on what you mean “by our team”. The deafening silence coming from the GOPe, including Mike Pence, is telling.


2 posted on 11/09/2020 10:42:01 AM PST by buckalfa
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To: buckalfa
depends on what you mean “by our team”.

we are finding out every day who exactly is on our team

3 posted on 11/09/2020 10:44:52 AM PST by ghost of nixon
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To: ghost of nixon

Good analogy.


4 posted on 11/09/2020 10:48:36 AM PST by libertylover (Election 2020: Make America Great Again or Burn it to the Ground. Choose one.)
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To: ghost of nixon

Exactly what happened...


5 posted on 11/09/2020 10:58:16 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Vendome

Good analogy. Another is stopping a marching offense on 4th down only to have the ref make a bad call and giving another 1st down. It takes the wind out of the sales. A 5 minute timeout should be allowed in those cases so that the Ronnie Lott’s can bring the defense back in focus. Remember it’s easier to say your sorry than to ask for permission.


6 posted on 11/09/2020 11:04:09 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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