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To: governsleastgovernsbest
While it would be very sweet to see this doubtless defrauded would-be senator crucify Tiny Tommy next time around and while I can understand that perhaps he thinks he is taking the higher road by not resorting to the democRATS' mud-wallerin' tactics, I think he did have a responsibilty to the voters and to the party to ask for a recount and to raise issues about the obvious irregularities.

And what happened with the thread that was posted stating that according to South Dakota election law, any 3 voters in a precinct could ask for a recount? Was this ever done?

I am not so much concerned about this one election as I am about the implications of these kind of Rat practices which they obviously have no conscience about. To the Rats, the end justifies the means no matter how dishonest, illegal or even dangerous the means might be. Because of this, I can't stop thinking that this election, by a twist of fate, could have had a very different result.

Suppose that the race had gone as they expected it to in Georgia, Colorado and Minnesota leaving either South Dakota or Arkansas, 2 of the states where fraud was out of control, as a tie breaker. I'd venture the guess that it would have gotten very ugly and that the Rats would still be in power. In other words they would have been rewarded for their cheating with victory. As it turned out, they focused their energies in the wrong places leaving Republicans a comfortable margin of victory in states they thought they had in the bag and the results in South Dakota and Arkansas are irrelevant in the overall Rat picture. Neither are "significant" victories. All they have gained is 2 impotent senators whose legitimacy will always be in question. But what I fear is that dropping the ball based on having won the senate anyway establishes a bad precedent and does nothing to help us in our efforts to keep elections honest and above board. Every time they cheat and get away with it, and especially if they win, they are encouraged to step up those efforts in the future. Isn't it time we call the Republican party to account BEFORE the next election?

147 posted on 11/14/2002 8:58:52 AM PST by sweetliberty
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To: sweetliberty
Well said, and mega dittos.

I suspect that if we were looking at breaking a possible 50-50 tie in the Senate, holy hell would break loose in South Dakota...there would be screams for a recount.
150 posted on 11/14/2002 9:05:24 AM PST by Cuttnhorse
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To: sweetliberty
I posted this comment yesterday under a different topic, but I would like to reiterate.

If the Dems can steal an election in a state of 400,000 voters where county auditors know the voters and their families by name, think of how easy it would be in California, Texas or Florida.

For 12 months, the Thune campaign talked about concerns about voter fraud on the reservations. I live 17 miles from one reservation and 22 miles from another. I have friends on both. The tactics were unbelievable. I would not have the imagination to dream of the ideas let alone the cajones to try to pull them off.

Yet with all the radar up, they got it done!!!

You should ALL be very concerned about what happened here!!
152 posted on 11/14/2002 9:14:30 AM PST by SD Badlands
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