Republicand and conservatives do and will accept a defeat grqciously unlike the whiney, crying libtards who would moan, groan and piss around forever if they lose.
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 6:56 AM, mike [never forget] 532 < [email protected]> wrote: > > Potential Franken Victory Sends GOP into Paranoid Fits > http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/115385/ > When Republicans lawyer up, that's just preserving the sanctity of the > vote; when Dems do it, they're 'stealing' ... something. The possible, > perhaps, impending victory of Al Franken to the Senate has sent GOP > officials into a paranoid tizzy. > > In an "urgent message" to supporters, the Republican National Lawyer > Association accuses Franken and his "liberal allies" of "working > feverishingly [sic] to steal the Minnesota Senate election." > > "As you may know, the precinct recount phase of the Minnesota Senate > race was won by Sen. Norm Coleman on Election Day," reads the > petition, signed by the group's executive director, Michael Thielen. > "But Al Franken still won't concede. Instead, Franken raised millions > of dollars from liberals in New York and Hollywood to fight a "legal" > battle to undo the will of the voters. He even got the Minnesota > Supreme Court to order canvassing boards to consider about 1600 > previously rejected and questionable ballots. Now, Republican Norm > Coleman has until December 31st to fight against Franken's liberal > legal team to keep his Senate seat. RNLA and Norm Coleman are fighting > for every vote -- literally!" > > From there, the RNLA asks readers to donate money so that it can > uphold the sanctity of the Minnesota election and prevent Franken from > "stealing" the Senate seat. > > For those following the recount closely, the letter is filled with a > variety of obvious misinterpretations and inaccuracies. For instance, > the RNLA gives the impression that during the canvassing process, > officials "found errors favoring Franken so incredibly statistically > improbable that statisticians are questioning the officials in these > counties." It's not clear which statisticians the RNLA is referring > to. But a study done by a Dartmouth professor actually predicted the > very gains made by Franken. > > > > RNLA then says that "during the recount an Election Official explained > an error that resulted in Franken losing votes occurred when her > precinct double-counted some votes on election night. But after > pressure from Democrats made the official change her story the > [Secretary of State] Mark Ritchie led Canvassing Board decided for > that precinct only the recount did not count and would instead use the > more favorable to Franken Election Day total." > > In all likelihood the instance they are referring to involved the loss > of a very specific envelope of ballots in a highly Democratic > district. At first officials assumed they had simply counted those > ballots twice on Election Day and could not match that vote total > during the recount. Later, however, it became clear that ballots had > been misplaced. And when they couldn't be relocated the state decided, > as is permitted by law, to simply use the Election Day results and > forgo the recount of that district. > > The funniest bit, however, comes at the end of RNLA letter, in which > the group makes a plea to help Coleman match the money Franken has > raised for their "legal battle." > > "Since election day when it was clear Norm Coleman had won, Al Franken > raised millions of dollars to continue his legal battle. We need to do > the same for Norm Coleman." > The Minnesota Republican, of course, is mired in an ethics scandal > that could threaten his Senate seat should he win reelection. Franken > is just lawyering up for the recount. > > > > > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
