Posted on 11/16/2009 6:44:33 AM PST by MNJohnnie
Doug Hoffman just told Glenn Beck they are 2000 votes behind in NY 23with 10,000 absentee votes left to count.
This is NOT over.
Karma. It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving guy.
Now what I wouldn’t give to smack the gloat off nantzy lugosi’s toxic wastedump of a face permanently.
“Yep, Thune lost to Tim Johnson by 524 votes with the help of the Native American shennigans. The really funny thing is that, had he beaten Johnson, Daschle would have retained his seat two years later. So it actually worked out pretty well.”
Agreed. I consider Thune’s loss to Johnson the setup for a greater and better cause.
Or as Algore said to Dubya after taking back his concession, "You don't need to get snippy about it!"
Oh my it is getting closer and closer. I want to see SanFranNan’s face if she has to unswear him in! Will make it much harder for them to ram healthcare and all of the other Obama follies through.
One way or another, Owens is toast, be it this year or next year, 2010 WILL BE A POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE.
A Hallelujah! bump
2010 will be a TSUMMI that will sweep the libfacists away!
But the absentee votes were mostly military and may go heavily for Hoffman
"Just because they marked Hoffman doesn't mean their INTENTION was to vote for him, we have to call that for Owens."
MNJohnnie, didn’t the person he ran against vote recently for the Health Care bill? I thought I had heard that he raced to the capital to participate in that vote.
If Hoffman is declared the winner, that vote would have to be withdrawn.
Hi there SueRae. That was my take too. Would love seeing that...
Look for the Dimmicrats to challenge validity in the recount phase.
Especially military validity, as they did in Florida.
Fred “Gopher” Grandy??
He’s still around? Cool.
We are going to deal with these little communists.
They are BIG communists.
No the vote stands. There is a legal principal involved. Heard a Conservative lawyer explaining it. It seems under the law there is something like “Defacto authority” that based on the facts at the time he was defacto in office anything he does until the facts change are legally binding
No expertise, per se, but all you need to do is read the Constitution, Article I, Section 5 - Membership, Rules, Journals, Adjournment:
Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members ...
Regardless how people think concession *doesn't count*, the House seated the projected winner of the race, if it becomes contested, the House will do a re-count. Sam Gjedenson won re-election up in Connecticut by TWO VOTES some years ago, there is also precedent of the Democrats cheating, leaving votes in the box and seating their candidate over the obvious GOP winner, see Panetta, Gingrich, and what Michel did to anger his conference to allow Gingrich to move from back-bencher to Minority Whip.
How about the principle of de-defacto? ;-)
Seems strange, but it’s interesting to hear. Thanks.
I also love included in his s-a post is the comparison to the Bush/Gore debacle.
Oh well.
Any election that’s close will always go the the Demonrat.
Weird Al Franken is the latest example. ACORN and it’s affiliates have it down to a science.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.