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The poisonous double standard over ‘stolen election’ complaints
NY Post ^ | 22 Nov 2018 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 11/24/2018 10:27:18 AM PST by Rummyfan

Now that all of the controversial elections, recounts and re-recounts are over, let us review some of our lessons learned.

Florida is the Jaguar of vote-counting, and I’m not referring to the animal or the Jacksonville NFL franchise. I mean the car. For decades, part of the “charm” of having a Jaguar was how often it broke down. (That’s no longer the case.) It was the kind of conspicuous consumption that economist Thorstein Veblen used to write about, with owners bragging about how much they paid for repairs.

The spectacle of sweaty election officials poring over provisional ballots — 18 years after the state became infamous for such things — has now cemented election incompetence into the montage of images we associate with the Sunshine State: beaches, rocket launches, Mickey Mouse and the human menagerie of freaks, weirdos, moperers, villains and perverts that fall under the omnibus internet meme “Florida Man.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: jonahgoldberg

1 posted on 11/24/2018 10:27:18 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Two or three Florida democRAT controlled counties giving the whole state a bad name!


2 posted on 11/24/2018 10:32:36 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: Rummyfan

When was the last a republican had a miraculous “come from behind” victory after losing on election day?

If this was a random occurrence - about half the time it should happen to the republican candidates...


3 posted on 11/24/2018 10:33:55 AM PST by 2banana (Were you)
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To: Rummyfan

Maybe we’ve found Florida’s problem. Their voting machines are made by Lucas.


4 posted on 11/24/2018 10:37:42 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: Rummyfan

Has Jonah Goldberg ever commented on any of the James O’Keeffe videos?


5 posted on 11/24/2018 10:45:27 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history? The)
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To: Rummyfan

” I mean the car. For decades, part of the “charm” of having a Jaguar was how often it broke down.”

Before the Brits sold Jaguar to Ford in 1989, the story was that you had to have two of them just to make sure one of them would be running when you needed to go somewhere.


6 posted on 11/24/2018 10:50:20 AM PST by vette6387
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To: 2banana
"When was the last a republican had a miraculous “come from behind” victory after losing on election day?"

Yes. And, it seems, only here at FR is it ever discussed...

7 posted on 11/24/2018 11:13:34 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Rummyfan

It is so ‘80’s to cry about double standards in the press. If Jonah hasn’t noticed, the press doesn’t even pretend any more.


8 posted on 11/24/2018 11:19:50 AM PST by Chaguito
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To: Rummyfan; All
Regarding rigged elections, forget Trump’s wall. (Ok, don’t forget Trump’s wall.)

What Pres. Trump should be doing in addition to building the wall is this imo. Since Congress and SCOTUS cannot change the Constitution (ahem!), Trump should be enforcing the 12th Amendment and Section 1 of the 14th Amendment (14A) which the constitutionally undefined political parties have been scandalously ignoring where federal elections are concerned.

The 12th Amendment prohibits state winner-take-all laws for electing president imo, Sec. 1 of 14A prohibiting non citizens from voting in federal elections.

In order to stop states from violating Section 1 of 14A, states need to require citizens to present citizenship / photo ID cards in order to vote, such cards scannable to facilitate Democratic ballot box officials with “poor” eyesight.

Corrections, insights welcome.

9 posted on 11/24/2018 11:35:19 AM PST by Amendment10
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To: Rummyfan

Incompetence my ass. This is totally orchestrated.


10 posted on 11/24/2018 11:58:43 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: Rummyfan

“Election incompetence”=election fraud.


11 posted on 11/24/2018 12:19:11 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: vette6387

If you go out to the garage and don’t find a puddle of oil on the floor, be sure to add a quart before you leave.


12 posted on 11/24/2018 1:25:47 PM PST by seowulf
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To: seowulf
“If you go out to the garage and don’t find a puddle of oil on the floor, be sure to add a quart before you leave.”

Actually, it was the Lucas Electrics that were the Achilles heel of the older Jags.

13 posted on 11/24/2018 1:30:25 PM PST by vette6387
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To: Rummyfan
Overheard Reagan-FLL in first-class 6:45am the day after the election: "There aren't enough ballots! Not enough ballots!"

The listener remarked that he thought about it for 30 minutes, then suddenly realized the loudmouth (yeah, that attorney) wasn't saying "There aren't enough votes!".

Add in the fact that PBCounty Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher boasted in front of the MSM cameras that she had personally failed to meet the machine recount deadline for PBC and then in the same breath bragged that she had filed PBC's hand recount "with one second left".

Add in the fact that Snipes had her resignation ready before submitting Broward's hand recount, rightfully fearing that either Scott or DeSantis would charge her with ballot fraud, but luck-of-the-Amish skirting charges, with the strange litigation abeyance that unfortunately accompanies lame-duck transition periods in every state.

14 posted on 11/24/2018 2:57:48 PM PST by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: Road Warrior ‘04

Two or three Florida democRAT controlled counties giving the whole state a bad name! ........................... ?? What name? They just want to make it South NY Metro.


15 posted on 11/25/2018 5:00:40 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft (What is earned is treasured, what is free is worth what you paid for it.)
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To: Bringbackthedraft
They just want to make it South NY Metro.

Certainly can't disagree with your assessment!

16 posted on 11/26/2018 5:10:14 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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