DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO COUNT ALL THE VOTES

Rich Galen ^ | 11/27/02 | Rich Galen

[Greek]

I checked to see if this was posted before and apologize if it has been. Maine needs some Rapid Response Freepers to act now...Galen is great if you want to sign up for two emails per week, see http://www.mullings.com....

[Coop]

Gotta love dem Dems!

[blaze]

It's going to be okay. Remember, they tried these tactics last election, and look what happend. The voters aren't going to put up with this much longer.

[blam]

FReep them Sumbitches!!

[I'm ALL Right!]

The voters aren't going to put up with this much longer.

Why are they putting up with it now?

[Grampa Dave]

Maine repubies should round up these Maine Rats and feed them to the moose for winter food.

[Teacher317]

no conflict of interest in voting to keep his own seat?

Well, the two justices who sent money to the Lautenberg and Toricelli campaigns didn't recuse themselves, so why should this Dem?

[metesky]

Maine ping

[Waco]

Were the absentee ballots from miltary ever counted in Fla. I've never heard they were.

[nicmarlo]

PING! (Don't know the county, but maybe some Maine FReepers can help us out here as to what's going on; possibly another county to add to the FReepers Against Voter Fraud watch list.)

The Maine State Senate is comprised of 35 members. Following all the counting there was one seat still in play: Democrat Chris Hall v. Republican Leslie Fossel.

* The Maine Senate is split 17-17. This one seat will decide control.

* The two candidates are nine votes apart: 8,893 for the Democrat; 8,884 for the Republican.

* According to the Portland Press-Herald there are still 44 ballots to be counted.

* The Democrats have refused to count any more votes and the state Supreme Court has ruled that, under state law, each legislative body has the responsibility to decide election disputes.

* * *

* According to retiring Senate Republican Leader, Mary Small, the ballots have been examined, but NOT COUNTED. If they were to COUNT ALL THE VOTES, Fossel would win.

[TheLion]

Thanks for the ping!

[sweetliberty]

Thanks for the ping nic. This just gets more outrageous all the time. I hope that we can make enough noise to keep the HOT spotlight on the scummy little Rats in these areas. They are already in a frenzy crying foul because one network on TV and talk radio dare to present facts instead of aiding and abetting their felonious behavior. I will definitely add this to the reference list.

[bluedevil]

Actually, Mullings is posted three days a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Rich Galen is a unique individual. He will travel anywhere to speak and usually for free. I met him in Mount Airy, NC at a supposed function sponsored by the local Young Republicans. The turnout was about twelve or fourteen. He told me that he was accustomed to speaking in phone booths, and the huge audience was quite a treat for him.

[Madame Dufarge]

Here's a reply I got from a Republican State Legislator when I wrote to her on the tobacco tax jihad in Maine.

This is what we're fighting:

. Yes, the legislature is a scary group who are mostly made up of Socialists and Communists.

Is this what the people of this state want? I wonder. They keep electing this type of legislator.

I am one of the folks up there that is constantly harrassing them on the floor (along with Rep David Trahan and 31 other House members) about increasing taxes and how bad a thing that is, and that it actually does the opposite of what it takes to improve a struggling economy. They just do not get it. The more they take , the more people remain in poverty and under the thumbs of the government. Oh, did I hear you say that is what their game plan is?

Many of the legislators have gone to school at very liberal- thinking colleges, others are mill workers that are envious at anyone who owns or operates a business of any kind and are of the mentality of workers vs. businesses.

Indeed, we the legislature, are truly ruining this state. But, it is not the whole of it. The minority tries very hard to make a change and not tax our citizens out of this State.

I battled the increase of the gas tax on ;I voted forever trying to turn around 5 Democrats' votes. Well I did, to no avail, 5 other Democrats switched their vote because they promised Mike Saxyl that they would if he needed them.

Deals are made that are clearly against the people and for the Commissioners and to keep Government in control. I was totally disgusted.

Take care

Sincerely,

Rep. Lois Snowe-Mello

I have enormous admiration for this woman.

She speaks the truth.

[FreedomCalls]

Will we see this on the evening news?

[gunnedah]

Demoncrats will always lie,cheat,steal and in some cases may kill to win an election. This has been going on for well over 50 years, especially in the South.Why is there no real election reform and purging of voter registration dockets. Simply the Republicans dont have the fight in them and the Democrats dont want to be caught.

[nicmarlo]

That's the best, most honest, letter I've ever read by any representative (or Senator). Darn worthy of your admiration, I must say.

[nicmarlo]

I found this update from The Lincoln County News:

Hall Named Provisional Winner in Dist. 16 -- Fossel Withdraws Appeal -- New Strategy Revealed

(Update -- Posted 11/27 at 2:00PM) Senate Dist. 16 Republican candidate Les Fossel withdrew his appeal to the Maine State Supreme Judicial Court regarding the recount in Dist. 16. just 4 hours before the scheduled hearing. Withdrawl of the motion asking the State's highest court to intervene in the recount process removes the last roadblock to the swearing in of Democratic candidate Chris Hall as the new State Senator for Dist. 16.

However, the fight for Dist. 16 isn't over yet.

A statement issued by the State Republican Party leadership expressed resolve that the State Senate will make the final decision on who will be the next senator in Dist. 16, as already outlined in the State constitution.

The statement also revealed that the Republicans plan on taking their fight regarding the ballot count straight to the Senate floor in Augusta. . . .

[sasquatch]

feed them to the moose

PETA would have a fit for poisoning the moose!

[rightwing2]

In 1984 there was an infamous case of a contested Congressional election in Indiana’s Eighth District. The Republican won on election day by 34 votes. The Democrats, who already had a 71-seat majority, refused to seat the Republican, appointed a task force (2- 1 Democratic), and conducted a recount which lasted until the Democrat got ahead. The Democrats then stopped counting and declared the election over. * It was that act which legitimized the claim of a young, firebrand, back-bencher from Georgia, Newt Gingrich that the Democrats – who had controlled the U.S. House for three decades – were nothing short of a band of thugs. * That power play by the Democrats was the shot heard ‘round the Capitol. Four years later Gingrich was elected Republican Whip five years after that he was Speaker.

I remember that incident well and was very angered by the RATS fraudulent actions, a tradition which they have continued until the present day. BTW, Gingrich was elected Minority Whip in 1989, not 1988. Lott was House Minority Whip in 1988, but then was elected to the Senate. Then Dick Cheney served in that position for a few weeks before he was selected as SECDEF by Bush Sr.